Since October 10, 2006, I have been recording myself performing a short movement phrase every night. I have set a twenty-year timeframe for doing this. At the end of this twenty years, I will decide to either continue with Omnia Mutantur I (barring circumstances that will prevent me from physically performing the movement phrase, such as my death), or use the accumulated material in a work which I consider to be the culmination of the project.

Update (24-May-2007): I've created a setup using a yoga mat and a tripod so that the recording of the movement will be consistent throughout the project. Eventually, I would like to get a motion capture system in place! (Anyone out there who can donate me one? :)

Two thoughts were the motivation behind this project:

• In a study done on farm workers who hand-roll tobacco, researchers discovered that the workers' skill at tobacco rolling---as measured by the number of cigarettes they roll per unit time---improved asymptotically at a logarithmic rate. As the workers became more skilled, the improvement became smaller but was never zero.
• Everyday or nearly everyday, till the day we die, we brush our teeth, put on clothes, eat, drink, breathe. The repetitiveness of our life, when examined, can be staggering. Routine is an obsession; we are obssessed with remaining alive, keeping healthy, fitting in with society.

Will I get "better" at doing this this short movement phrase? What would "better" mean in this case? Will I find a "right" way of doing the phrase? Can I read from my movements other changes happening in my life? (Sometime along the way, I began introducing my nightly recording with a brief summary of how my day went.) How would the very first recording from October 10, 2006, compare the very last one? Also, as I age, how does this affect the movement?