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