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Nix Nugent is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work spans music, activism, and writing. Their album Retrograde, produced with Gareth Thomas, blends genres like drum and bass, folk, and parody, showcasing their diverse sound. Their song “Lockdown” supports NHS staff, with proceeds donated to a Nurses’ Charity. Nix also composes for projects such as Boudica The Musical and a spiritual podcast.An advocate for disability rights, anti-racism, and LGBT+ issues, Nix ran as a Green Party candidate in 2017. As a former teacher, they contributed to Teachers’ Union conferences, giving speeches and leading workshops. In 2023, they joined the Disabled Writers cohort at The Mercury Theatre, exploring playwriting with Graeae’s support. As a member of the improv troupe Neurodelicious, Nix will perform at the Colchester Fringe.Nix is passionate about PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance), creating the one-person musical Becoming MOM about it. A dedicated carer for their son, they write poetry and stories for him. As a sound healing practitioner, Nix uses meditation and cacao ceremonies to foster healing. Their art, using natural materials, reflects a mindful carbon footprint, with pieces displayed in local campaigns like #savethewick.
Becoming Mom
Reparenting
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Date 2023
Medium canvas with neon paint and re-purposed lettering belonging to a light box that broke. Orange plastic part from a toy that also broke. Reflecting on sustainability the piece is held by a bull dog clip for hanging.
Motivation This is a piece that came about after reading ‘Recovery of your inner child’ by Lucia Capacchione. The reader is encouraged to explore inner child work through art and I found this to be instrumental in my healing journey from burnout in teaching. The orange hand serves as a high five to the face in the journey of parenting and then in turn re-parenting the self to be better.
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Gentle parenting
I was NOT brought
up that way
Undoing the past
Why is the coffee in soft play so shit?
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Date 2023
Medium canvas with neon paint and re-purposed lid from my old broken re-usable coffee cup. Formula for coffee written on a brown sticker. A ‘cool’ emoji from re-purposed broken light box letters. Reflecting on sustainability the piece is held by a bull dog clip for hanging.
Motivation Coffee got me through the first few years of sleepless nights being a new parent and I tend to keep objects that cannot be recycled and re-use them in later art work. It only felt right to pay homage to the lifting little bean.
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Soft Play Coffee
Adults’ hell on earth
Broken spirit coffee cup
Conflict, don’t look up
I see you, I hear you, I feel you
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Date 2023
Medium canvas with neon paint and ‘I see you’ written from re-purposed broken light box letters.
Explanation Re-parenting myself has been one of the loneliest journeys I have ever taken. Being a cycle breaker is very difficult, especially as a late diagnosed neurodivergent adult with little support. I used to find myself crying, envious that my son had the kinds of parent that I never had.
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I love the fact that
you dictate & keep me straight
yet, allow me flow
Allistics
Allistics allistics
Stop ballistics
You’re crackers
We’re biscuits
Let’s NOT get it twisted
You’re simple
We are gifted
Called out
On your bullshit
Tide’s turning
We’re learning
consciousness shifted
we shall be lifted
Toilet List
Label
Reparenting myself has enabled me to be more conscious of my psychological patterns and be a much better parent to my son. I am a proud (and burned out) cycle breaker.
He and I are PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidant, but we prefer the term Pervasive Drive for Autonomy). To have a good relationship with my child, I have had to develop some creative ways of parenting. Over the course of his life, I have made hundreds of resources like this one to help him learn things and in turn, help me stay calm.
Although he was potty trained from 31 months old, he still (age seven) struggles to remember ALL the steps involved in using the toilet and leaving it reasonably clean, after going. Distractions occur all the time and even the sound of the flush can scare him. Finding a massive floater in the toilet can dysregulate me and trigger my O.C.D.
Traditional ‘teaching’ does not work with some children. Music and pictures really help my son, so I devised this song and list to help us both. There is a copy in each toilet in my home. The funny thing is, we both forget it exists sometimes and he still leaves the toilet unflushed, and I still moan.
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How to Change the World
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Psychiatry UK Parody Advert
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Books
‘Recovery of your inner child’ Lucia Capacchione
‘unconditional Parenting’ Alfie Kohn
‘self-care for adult children of emotionally immature parents’ Lindsay C Gibson