Kaxxa Infernali: Explosions SOLO PERFORMANCE, 50 minutes, Maltese (with English subtitles) https://vimeo.com/636340450/7550dbade6 Maltese fishermen (and firework-makers) have, in the past, fished unexploded bombs from the islet of Filfla [1], which was used as target practice for rockets, missiles and torpedoes during the British Rule (1800-1974). “Kaxxa Infernali : Explosions” is
A record for a record.
The process of gaining access to an archive, of searching through a potpourri of memory, and decoding the fragments and connections therein is an act that leaves its own traces.
The artist’s chance encounter with a document in an attic opened a window onto a previously unexplored history; an account of one night in 1989 where two men, Goran Sergej Pristaš and Ritsaert ten Cate, met. They spent the evening drinking jenever, watching twenty VHS videotapes.
Blurry Memories, Corridor Conversations And Boxed Obsolete Media: A Research Space
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