A Question of Movement, 2011
Single Channel HD Video
Duration 34 minutes
edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs
MC0152
Copyright The Artist
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Henry Montes and Marcus Coates have experimented with the role of physical movement in approaching and understanding questions. Filming members of the public in their homes and places of work,...
Henry Montes and Marcus Coates have experimented with the role of physical movement in approaching and understanding questions. Filming members of the public in their homes and places of work, Montes invites them to ask a question which Coates uses as a catalyst to spontaneously approach through movement. Montes mediates between the participants' questions and Coates' subsequent movement so the participant can direct and choreograph Coates to get what they need from his movement. This relationship explores the potential functionality of contemporary dance/movement and its potency as an empathetic language to articulate unconscious reasoning.
Filmed in London, UK. Camera by Deborah May and Abi Oseni , Sound by John Avery , Edit by Deborah May, Commissioned by Siobhan Davies Dance
Filmed in London, UK. Camera by Deborah May and Abi Oseni , Sound by John Avery , Edit by Deborah May, Commissioned by Siobhan Davies Dance