NYX Mutualism

The product of an iterative process of communal collaboration, Mutualism was developed over lockdown in 2020 by electronic drone choir NYX, spoken word and sound artist aka Belinda Zhawi, and visual artist Nick Cobby. Described by NYX as a metamorphic meditation, embodying our relationship with nature, symbiosis transformation and collective consciousness, the 11minute audiovisual work emerged from what the choir term symbiotic working, intended to generate a true sense of connection, expression and interdependence. Unfolding from the image of a match being struck deep within a mass of dense and twisted foliage, Mutualism is slow, introspective trip through the leaves, stones and earth of the natural world, a call and response between the modulated vocal tones, live electronics and instrumental arrangements of NYX, the lysergic visuals of Nick Cobby and the incantatory performance of Moving slowly together, each phase of development returned a collective of 14 artists to creat