UBIK 2025

curated by Vivien delta, Tania Salha and Eveleigh-Evans

6 Sugar House Lane, London, E15 2QS

PV: Thursday, 23rd January, 6 – 9pm
Open: 24th January – 1st March 2025, Thursday – Sunday 11:30am – 5pm

Drinks kindly sponsored by Jim and Tonic

 

UBIK 2025 is a two-part project by Changeable Beast that invites viewers into an otherworldly “Third Space” inspired by UBIK, the elusive and multi layered substance in Philip K Dick’s 1969 novel. 

The idea for this project emerged when the artists of Changeable Beast, travelling through space on their way to an interplanetary studio critique, encountered UBIK. 

UBIK is slippery- at once a tangible substance, a concept, and a metaphor but always a catalyst for exploring time, reality and social change. Previous accounts of UBIK have manifested as a life-preserving force appearing in the form of an aerosol spray; a commentary on socio-economic theories; a sobering agent and an entity of divine power taking on a phallic shape.

Drawing on these metaphors and interpretations as well as Dick’s essay “Who is an SF writer?” In which he outlines the SF writer as someone who “reframes reality from within”, UBIK 2025 examines art as a subtle yet potent form of activism that redefines the world we live in, challenging societal norms and allowing for boundless inquiry.

Set out over two 3-week long exhibitions, through performance, sculpture, time-based media, drawing and print, Changeable Beast (+ special guests) invite viewers into speculative narratives, exploring alternative futures and cultivating dialogues about potential change.



Artists

Part 1:
Andy Gomez
Eveleigh-Evans
Jennifer Moore
Katrin Hanusch
Karen Byrne
Matthew Foster
Rachael Causer
Seona Myerscough
Tania Salha
Tom Witherick
Vivien Delta

Part 2:
Aileen Kelly
Carolyn Whitaker
Clare Jarret
Chuting Lee
Diana Wolzak
Ellie Reid
John Summers
Kay Senior
Ornela Novello
Susan Young
Tessa Garland

Featured Artworks

Aileen Kelly

No Elephants In Penzance, 2024, Mirror, wood, plastic lemons, rotating turntable

Andy Gomez

Urðarköttur, 2024, Pencil and Graphite on Paper

Carolyn Whittaker

Still Reds, 2024, Jars of watercolour

Diana Wolzak

Entity 1, 2024, metal, cellotape

Ellie Reid

A Moment of Being #2, 2024, Steel & sequins

Eveleigh-Evans-Rattle

Flocked Blood, Polystyrene, 2023

Jennifer Moore

Remnants

KarenByrne

Psychergic, 2024, sticks, jesmonite, wax, polystyrene

Katie Huston

Kay Senior

Broken Nights, found glass, pillows 2024

Ornela Novello

Strong and Sturdy, 2024, Mixed Media

Rachael Causer

Lick 24, detail

Seona Myerscough

2025

Tania Salha

UBIK (Portals Series), Duct Aluminum Acrylic Motor Sensored Camera,Various sizes

Ornela Novello

Strong and Sturdy, 2024, Mixed Media

Tania Salha

UBIK (Portals Series), Duct Aluminum Acrylic Motor Sensored Camera,Various sizes

Tessa Garland

Desert Life, 2025, monitors, resin, polytryrene balls, wire

Tom Witherick

Flights of Fancy, 2023, Video still

Vivien Delta

Old world “drawings”, 2024-2025, size variable, clay, wood, plywood, ink, paper, roofing rubber

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