Angelica Mesiti — Future Perfect Continuous, 2022
2026
HD video, 16:9, black and white, 5:1 sound, 8'
Venue
Born in 1976 in Sydney, Australia
Lives and works in Paris, France
Rubbing hands, clicking fingers, clapping and striking thighs gradually recreate the sound of a rainstorm in Future Perfect Continuous. Performed by a group of young adults, the exercise shifts attention between individual action and collective coordination, as each performer listens and responds to the others. Angelica Mesiti describes it as an activity in which “we could create something together that was impossible to do on our own”. Individually, the gestures are unremarkable; together, they become the weather. The work takes its title from the grammatical tense that looks back to the past from a point in the future, emphasising the duration of a particular action or event.
Through moving images, Angelica Mesiti explores how sound, gesture and non-verbal communication shape collective experience. Her films draw on collaborations with performers, musicians, and communities, creating compositions in which rhythm and repetition structure attention. Rather than following a narrative progression, her work emphasises duration, resonance and the circulation of forms between bodies.
Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Allen, Paris
Performed by: Adrien Wadih, Alice Daubelcour, Clara Eon, Diane Chéry, Félix Touzalin, Gabrielle Taron Rieussec, Juliette Dubloc, Lucas Bouan, Paul Meynieux, Sehyoung Lee, Yixuan Xiao
Cinematography: Martin Roux
Assisted by: Rhaissa Monteiro Pinto
Sound design: Jan Vysocky
Assisted by: Stéphan Rives
Colorist: Laurent Ripoll
Gaffer: Rémy Pigeard
Assisted by: Théo Dubois & Elie Cottin
Production: Violeta Kreimer / MISIA FILMS
Line Producer: Maoumy DJIGAL
Assisted by: Michael Chereau
With the support of the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body | With the support of the Australian Embassy in France and Australian philanthropist and arts patron Kerry Gardner
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