In socius: connecting people
We start each city-archive by interviewing local residents.
In the collecting and preserving phases, we invite a wide range of participants to donate their personal movements and the stories they trace in their body. By contributing to the archive, they become connected with the everyday movements of thousands of others.
We then expand our local collaborations to transform the archive into a city-wide monumental ritual owned by local custodians.
In situ: transforming space
We work in situ to bring out the specificities of body and context into a new light.
We start with Motus Mori: Museum, a durational performance-exhibition that unfolds across several rooms in a calm, neutral setting. We adapt the experience to each site to create a contemplative and intimate environment.
We then work closely with local partners to identify symbolic public spaces for further manifestations of the archive.
Motus Mori is a long-term travelling project in continuous development. The Institute comes back to your city, year after year, to meet local residents, add their movements to the collection and create bespoke manifestations of the living archive.
Step 1 – Collecting
Our dancers conduct movement-interviews to collect the movements of people in your city and exhibit them in durational choreographic sculpture exhibitions.
WHO
Movement-donors: minimum 50, no maximum
Motus Mori team: 3-10 dancers, 1 choreographer, 1 producer
WHERE
Museum, gallery or similar quiet space
Step 2 – Preserving
Next, we invite the initial interview participants to create a local audio-choreography based on their own movements, which they share with the wider community.
WHO
Movement-donors from step 1
Motus Mori production team
WHERE
Where Indoor or outdoor public space
Step 3 – Sharing
Together with local partners and community members, we co-create city-wide monumental rituals that will be passed on by local custodians, preserving the collected movements for future generations.
WHO
All participants from previous steps & new participants
Motus Mori production team
WHERE
Where Indoor or outdoor public space
Participating cities