The more you rehearse, the worse it gets

Since its genesis, Brazil-based collective MEXA discusses the distances and proximities between the street and the museum, life and art, politics and aesthetics. These abysses and possibilities of building connection are the core of MEXA’s collaborative process. They blur the lines between the scripted and the unpredictable, between the demands of the past and the urgencies of the present.   

‘The more you rehearse, the worse it gets’ is an attempt to collectively build an artwork confined to a limited time frame, to see what could be created. Presented at Transform 21-22 as an online performance, the collective presents an electric, unfiltered presentation of process and performance. Experience the chaotic and mesmerising world of MEXA as part of an online watch party on Wed 9 March at 7pm, or engage with the experience ‘on demand’ until Sat 12 March. 

Transform is also hosting a remote residency with MEXA to develop new creation ‘Transatlantica’ for the 2023 festival. Check the website for updates and opportunities to engage with the project as it evolves. 

Based in Brazil, MEXA was formed in 2015 as an activist initiative, following episodes of violence in homeless shelters in São Paulo. Since its genesis, the collective explores and debates the distances and proximities between the street and the museum, life and art, politics and aesthetics.

‘The more you rehearse, the worse it gets’ is a Panorama Festival initiative. Residency commissioned by Transform and supported by Leeds 2023.