Motus Interior - Praeteritum Futuri (The Past of the Future)

Motus Interior (Inner Movement) Motus Interior is a trilogy of art films created by Sonny Mikszath within the project Att Bryta i Ljud (Breaking into Sound), a cross-disciplinary initiative where film, music and visual art were presented at historical extraction sites around the plateau mountains in Västergötland, Sweden. The project is rooted in the unique plateau mountains, a geological landscape formed over millions of years. Nature has shaped these formations slowly through time, while humans have continuously extracted stone, limestone and minerals from their structure. The films explore the meeting point between these forces, where deep time and human intervention overlap. The work has been exhibited in several contexts in Sweden, including large-scale projections on the rock walls of Tomtens limestone quarry in Falköping, as well as screenings at Skövde Art Museum. Praeteritum Futuri (The Past of the Future) The first film moves in a calm, contemplative rhythm through quarry sites, excavations and industrial remnants. The camera observes traces of human activity as if they were archaeological findings belonging to both past and future. The atmosphere is quiet, mysterious, and shaped by a strong sense of time passing. Statisk Elektrisitet (Static Electricity) The second film takes the form of a music video. As part of the project’s exploration of new tools, artificial intelligence was incorporated into the creative process at the request of the organizers. The film is built around a progressive rock song performed by a female voice that speaks about freedom, identity and resistance against external expectations. The title refers both to a physical phenomenon and to an invisible energy that emerges when a person chooses to exist as themselves. Motus (Movement) The final part of the trilogy is the most abstract and contemporary in form. Narrative structure gives way to motion, texture, light, and associative imagery. The film reflects on landscape, material and the traces left by both nature and human activity. It becomes an open work where meaning is shaped by the viewer. Together, the three films form an artistic investigation into place, time, memory and transformation, with the plateau mountains acting as both origin and recurring presence.