Perpetuum | Leeds Inspired

Central to the image sits a white man. As he sits on a wooden chair, he gazes sideways with his arms bent in front of him. He has short, light brown hair and is wearing a red, short sleeve t-shirt and blue jeans. In the background stand 3 other people. Two are embraced, holding one another by the neck. The man is wearing a blue t-shirt and the woman is wearing a red shirt, both are wearing white shorts. To his right is a white man, he is wearing a blue check shirt and dark blue jeans.

Photo: Henneke Wetzer

Thu 23 Oct 2025 - Fri 24 Oct 2025

Perpetuum

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Event organiser:

Transform

Join Transform for an immersive, deeply moving video installation presented in collaboration with Light Night and Yorkshire Dance.

Choreographer Katja Heitmann collects and preserves ‘human movement’ in the Motus Mori archive. Over 2000 people, including from Leeds, have contributed their personal gestures to this archive.

In PERPETUUM, the movements of people from Leeds are projected on a monumental scale. As you get closer to their holograms, you stand face to face with them and hear the stories behind their movements. In a sea of light, your personal movement also becomes visible.

The New York Times – ‘Turning the gestures of everyday life into art.’

Theaterkrant – ‘Art cannot be more urgent’

Performances at Transform 25 co-presented by Transform, Light Night and Yorkshire Dance and supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the UK.

Supported by Fonds Podiumkunsten, Gemeente Tilburg and Provincie Noord Brabant . Co-produced by Media Art Festival, SPRING and Yorkshire Dance.