PERPETUAL MVMT< >SND

Perpetual MvmtSnd is a performance collective in residence at the Mascher Space Coop in the South Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. Co-directed by visual artist/electronic musician Bilwa and movement artist Emily Sweeney, Perpetual has been self-producing work since September 2006, when we performed in a laundromat. Since those auspicious beginnings we have been fortunate to count among our ranks of collaborators: Mikronesia, Rebecca Patek, Allison Lorenzen, Zornitsa Stoyanova, Daniele Strawmyre, Helena Espvall, Christina Zani, Jil Stifel, Sean Mattio, John Phillips, Tyler Gibbons and Robin MacArthur (Red Heart the Ticker), Pandar (Gemini Wolf), Bianka Brunson and Jeb Lewis (Lillie Ruth Bussey), Amanda Louise Lewis, and Loren Groenendaal.

Perpetual MvmtSnd explores the intersection of various artistic media, the way these media inform and inspire one another in a perpetual loop, and the way this intersection creates a sensory state that impacts a part of us not touched by movement or sound alone. Inspired by research into sensory experience and culture, Perpetual MvmtSnd seeks to create work that illuminates humans' perception and use of our bodies.