PRELUDE - FOREST ON THE MOVE
June 22 – July 3 [12 day prelude] on sites and on the net

As a performance, Moving Forest mixes together a number of developing strands of activity under both aesthetic and participatory concerns. The open use of urban space is reshaped by art methods into the domain of the epic, creating unexpected and unforgettable experiences of sharing and belonging, transcending the routines of daily life.

Moving Forest mobilizes a modular framework derived from the stages of the Macbeth/Throne of Blood narrative to create a structure wherein a range of ‘sub-projects’ can be developed by individual artists or teams. Through deep-level collaborations crossing art forms and individual practices, this project offers a very rare convergence between practitioners working in sound/visual art, performance, software art, programming, game, video and other media. By integrating these works into a meaningful ‘disjointed whole’, Moving Forest reinterprets the tales of Macbeth as a contemporary, symphonic collaboration, amplified by sound and fury signifying the current political moments .

During the 12 days prelude, we create an openstreetmap interface where the participants/force of Moving Forest can upload their action/location data with audio/video streaming possibilities. This durational prelude of forest on the move takes us to the 12 consecutive hours of joint performance.