Moving Signatures
A new collaboration between CoisCéim Broadreach & IMMA Horizons
A brand new interdisciplinary collaboration celebrating IMMA’s exhibition of its permanent collection, ART AS AGENCY, a major three-year display showcasing over 100 artists from the 1960s to the present.
Running from 2 August to 16 November 2025, this collaborative, movement-based slow-art project invited participants to capture and share their unique moving signature in response to the artworks at IMMA. A slow journey from the spontaneous to the considered, it culminates in free performances open to the public on 16 November.
This four month-long project began in the galleries of IMMA where participants of all ages took part in a series of Saturday afternoon slow-art tours designed to provoke the senses and deepen connections with selected works from the museum’s permanent collection. Then, guided by choreographer and filmmaker Jonathan Mitchell, participants responded physically to an artwork that resonated with them to capture their own moving signature - a unique trace.
These moving signatures were filmed and will be shared as a series of citizen reviews through IMMA. A selection of excerpts is available to view below. The short films also became the building blocks of a new dance work, co-created during Sunday sessions at studio at CoisCéim. This collective response to the artworks will be performed at IMMA on 16 November and captured in a short dance film.
Gallery
THE ARTWORKS
JOHN KINDNESS"Dulce et Decorum est…", 1990LEARN MORE | Deirdre O’Mahony"The Model Plot", 2016-2025LEARN MORE |
Jesús Rafael Soto"Curvas Inmateriales", 1966LEARN MORE | Colin Middleton"Bon Voyage", c. 1976LEARN MORE |
Giorgio de Chirico"Il Trovatore", c.1960LEARN MORE | Patricia Hurl"Jingle Bells", 1988LEARN MORE |
Siobhán Hapaska"the recent incarnation of two advanced souls", 2012LEARN MORE |
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ABOUT THE PROJECT
This collaborative movement-based project is deliberately slow - and explores how our lived experience, intergenerational exchange, and creative expression can open up new forms of agency, presence and participation in the museum.
Together, we ask: how can we expand our understanding of health to include the spaces we occupy, the histories we inherit, and our relationships with the natural world? In addition to the artworks on display, the performance piece will also be informed by the museum itself - its architecture, its history, and its role as a public space - engaging with place in ways that are grounded, situated, and deeply felt in the body.
project schedule
MOVING SIGNATURES was an open, two-part project designed for all levels of experience. Participants were welcome to drop in, explore, and take part at their own pace—whether it’s for one gallery tour or the whole creative dance journey. It’s pay what you can, and we’re committed to keeping the project accessible and inclusive for everyone.
PART ONE
FREE SLOW-LOOKING ART TOURS Saturdays at IMMA Irish Museum of Modern Art, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 8: from 2 August to 6 September. Duration: approx 2 hours
PART TWO
MAKING MOVING SIGNATURES Sundays at IMMA Irish Museum of Modern Art, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 8: on 14 and 21 September
CREATIVE DANCE SESSIONS Sundays at studio at CoisCéim, Fairview, Dublin 3: from 28 September to 9 November
CULMINATES - three live performances at IMMA on 16 November
Project fees
PART ONE Free - all welcome.
PART TWO PARTICIPATION FEE Pay What You Can - Recommended Price €156* (Range: €65 - €299).
*Paying the recommended price of €156 or more, choosing to do so supports those that can’t. It makes it possible for us to continue to offer Pay What You Can and welcome those who otherwise wouldn’t be able to take part.
PERFORMANCES Free - all welcome. Booking required. Click here to book.
Credits
PROJECT LEADER & FILMMAKER JONATHAN MITCHELL
IMMA HORIZONS CURATOR SUNDARA O’HIGGINS
PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR INNA MAZURENKO
PARTNER
IMMA Horizons
IMMA Horizons aims to contribute to new research and ongoing conversations in Ireland and globally, on how creativity can positively impact health and wellbeing across the life course through programming and partnerships. We provide free, creative, inclusive experiences and events for adults and community groups to meet and explore art together at a relaxed pace, in a sociable and supportive environment that encourages active participation by all. Take time for yourself, engage your senses and stretch your imagination, while discovering new ways of looking at the world and connecting with others, through facilitated experiences at IMMA and online.
