A choreographic installation by Mia Habis and Omar Rajeh, commissioned for the 16th edition of the Biennale de Lyon, that explores the physical and philosophical potential of the human body. An installation of moving images, Walking in Wrinkles, probes the fragility of the ageing body of Georges Macbriar. The protagonist’s gestures, captured by the camera, provide testimony to his long story. “In fact”, Macbriar reportedly said to the artists during filming, “what you’re asking me to do is summarise a hundred years in a single movement.” Habis and Rajeh’s creation – at once cinematographic, musical, robotic and choreographic – invites the audience to partake in a sensory experience through the fragile yet resilient movements of a hundred-year-old body.

Omar Rajeh and Mia Habis dive into a journey with George Macbriar who has turned 100 years old in February 2022. 

Duration

60’

Concept, direction and creation Omar Rajeh & Mia Habis With George Macbriar

Sound design Rana Eid Platform design L.E.FT Architects | Makram El Kadi & Ziad Jamaleddine Robotics Naseem Daher Electronics Nijad Al Dubayssi

Mechanics Omar Ghalayini Platform production and manufacturing ACID Projects Director of photography Rémy Chevrin 1st camera assistant Hugo Martin 2nd camera assistant Cyan Jayr Camera support Ghaith Almahmoud Electrician Laurene Fernandez Electrician backup Inès Dahmani Electrician backup Grégoire Delattre Electrician backup Daniel Monneau Machinist Baptiste Charruyer Editing Magali Todeschi Color grading Isabelle Maurel Administration Bruno Viguier Administration Jean-Louis Pagnon Special thanks to Marie Mochet, Louis Pitaud, Marie-Brigitte Guignebert, Lyonel Bellot and Thorsten Greve 

Co-produced by La Biennale d’art contemporain de Lyon With the support of Cinéfabrique, L.E.FT Architects, Grame-Centre National de Création Musicale, Veduta

A production  of Omar Rajeh | Maqamat