MEUTE/or, an uprising, a hunt
2023, in production with Jessica El Mal, funding and research residency with antre peaux, Bourges, France
Meute. Formerly: uprising, sedition, military operation (=émeute). From this: hunting expedition, and finally, pack of hunting dogs… from movere, put in motion.
The initial sense of movement is preserved in the derivatives mutin… and meuter, mobilize, excite. From the French come the German words Meute, pack, Meuter, rebel, Meuterei, mutiny.
- Dictionnaire d’Étymologie Française
The initial sense of movement is preserved in the derivatives mutin… and meuter, mobilize, excite. From the French come the German words Meute, pack, Meuter, rebel, Meuterei, mutiny.
- Dictionnaire d’Étymologie Française