“My continued exploration of the fluid loop motif serves as a poetic response to what I refer to as Circle Culture.”

The Fluid Loop, introduced by Christie-Coxon in 2001, is a dynamic visual motif at the heart of her conceptual framework Circle Culture. It symbolises interconnectedness, diversity, transformation, and the evolving relationship between human consciousness and the natural world.

Free-flowing and self-referential, the Fluid Loop appears across her wide-ranging practice — from paintings and soft paintings to site-responsive installations, where it is often worn as a veil or mantle in performance-based works. It draws on natural cycles and patterns of flux, referencing universal symbols such as the ancient ouroboros and Zen enso, which embody renewal, impermanence, and wholeness.

The Fluid Loop invites reflection on change, duality, and the continuous exchange between humanity and the living world. It challenges Cartesian dualism, offering instead a vision grounded in circularity, oneness, and ongoing transformation.

More than a visual element, the Fluid Loop functions as a meditative and philosophical symbol. Through it, Christie-Coxon proposes an alternative way of seeing and being — one that embraces multiplicity, fluidity, and the boundless potential for evolution within both personal and collective experience.

“Like the ancient Ouroboros (the snake devouring its tail), my artistic exploration of the organic Circle expresses the unity of all things; never disappearing, rather, perpetually evolving in an eternal cycle of destruction and re-creation. The Circle feeds back, constantly informing itself.”