A choreographic installation presented in the glass gallery of the Museum of Modern Art's ground floor Gallery A. The space connects the interior of the institution with the urban environment - it is located at the interface, in the passage. The installation is meant to attract attention and direct it towards the body: our own bodies, the bodies of the dancers, and the presence of bodies in the space of the Museum and the city.

The Museum of Bodies proposes to expand the field of experience of the visual arts from the dominant sight (which excludes the blind and often involves distance and judgement) to hearing and bodily presence. In dance, this means an attentiveness directed towards one's own body, thoughts and imaginings. Dance here does not function as a formal display, but as a way of processing stimuli - a form of active exploration of reality through the body as a perceptual apparatus. The improvising dancers react to sounds and the presence of the audience. Their movement is not based on defined figures, but on tuning into the context and interacting with the environment.

The museum of bodies acts as a filter of perception - it sensitises us to the way we perceive others and ourselves in public space. It reminds us that our vision is not neutral. It is shaped by social contexts, cultural norms, habits, power structures. The dancing body actively participates in defining the relationship with the environment, it becomes a communication tool, a medium - alive and political. The focus and attentiveness that this interaction requires can also help to perceive other art forms - more slowly, with reflection and openness to bodily experience.

The title of the project alludes to the first choreographic intervention in the new headquarters of the MSN, realised for its opening in October 2024. It also refers to the idea of Boris Charmatz's Musée de la danse, who, when looking for new contexts to present choreography and dance, emphasised its role as a political medium with an immediate, bodily impact.