A dancer turns up in public space, in the middle of the crowd, stirring, shaking and dancing, inspired by the different representations of “happiness”. Happiness, as seen in Molar as a performative state, with its established rules of behaviour and its embodiments perfectly mastered by advertisers. The Catalan dancer has chosen to explore its representation and emotional commodification in today’s Western societies with this choreographic performance, played since 2016 throughout Europe in Spanish, Italian, English, German and French versions.

Engaging his body in a series of movements, motions and choreographic sequences aimed at sharing this state of “comfort” with the audience community by bringing them together around the body and getting them moving, Quim Bigas reaches out and connects with the expression of collective emotions. While happiness is persistently presented to us as something we can buy and constantly seek out, Molar reminds us, through movements and choreography, of the importance of social interaction and the strength of information processes in our representations.