Moby Dick

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Directed by Wu Tsang and scored live by the Zürcher Kammerorchester to a composition by Caroline Shaw and Andrew Yee with Asma Maroof, the silent film follows the white whale above and below the surface of the water, developing a visual cosmology that resists the exploration and exploitation of the earth under imperial colonialism. The staging of Moved by the Motion interweaves the story of the whaler's 'floating factory' with the early days of the film industry.

Moby Dick was shown at the opening of the Venice Biennale, at the Shed in NYC, at the Rencontres d'Arles at Luma Foundation and at Hollandfestival in Amsterdam in 2022.

After the novel by Herman Melville

Presented by

Moved by the Motion

Directed by

Wu Tsang

Screenplay

Sophia Al-Maria

Original score

Caroline Shaw / Andrew Yee / Asma Maroof

Conductor

Kevin Griffiths

Producer

Laura D'Incau

Cinematography

Antonio Cisneros

Movement Direction

Tosh Basco

Choreography

Josh Johnson

Costume Design

Telfar / Kyle Luu

Production Design

Nina Mader

Virtual Production

Bild Studios

Video Design

Fray Studios

Editing

Jérôme Pensel


With Tosh Basco / Josh Johnson / Steven Sowah / Fred Moten / Sebastian Rudolph / Thomas Wodianka / Thelma Buabeng/ Vincent Basse / Ondrej Vidlar / Mel Guesson / New Kyd / Gottfried Breitfuss / André Atangana / Maja Beckmann / Karim Boumjimar / Enantios Dromos / Timon Essoungou / Rene Melliger / Wiebke Mollenhauer / Daniel Kweku Schmid / Stéphanie Scholl / Corey Scott-Gilbert / Sscopeta Shephard / Malik Sievi / Rafal Skoczek