FRAGMENTA

The exhibition “The Snake Show” tells the story of the changing perception of snakes throughout history – from prehistoric examples to contemporary perceptions. Having been a symbol of wisdom, fertility and life, the snake lost its positive meaning with the arrival of St. Paul to Malta, his encounter with a snake, and the advent of Christianity. The symbolic power of the snake symbol, however, has remained undiminished from prehistory to her incorporation into popular Christian devotion and beyond. The exhibition […]

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TIME: Sunday, November 19th, 2 – 6 pm. LOCATION: Underground shelter of the Sant’ Elena Band Club Birkirkara FRAGMENTA-event with Darrin Zammit Lupi and Karen Irmer. The event takes place in an underground war-shelter. Bring a torch and water-proof shoes. Walk in the dark. Shine your light. There is some fog. See what you find. Maybe you discover something new… In “Almost There” Darrin Zammit Lupi presents beautiful landscape images that were created while on a two-week migrant search and […]

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Fragmenta invited to discover “Psychoarcheology,” a project in the form of a temporary intervention by artist-in-residence Erik Smith. Drawing on psychogeography and urban archeology, this trans-disciplinary, “psychoarcheological” project is conducted on a field close to the Chapel Ta Loretu, looking out on the airport runway. This site was identified by overlaying a network of “ley lines” onto maps of the island based on the location of existing archeological sites and prominent geological features. The project seeks to produce an altered […]

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Text by Holly Knowles Valentine Hall, Hamrun, July 12th, 2017: A dark haired woman in a long white dress stands outside the front doors on a hot pavement. It is 6.55pm and the sunlight is at ankle level, flickering over her silver platform shoes. She smokes a cigarette as “(Today I Met) The Boy I’m Gonna Marry” by Darlene Love plays in the background. Her carefully made up eyes follow the traffic. Summer, 1986, Valletta: A dark haired girl in a long […]

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The sound of chains. The sound of some solid object dragging across a pavement. Slow steps. As we watch the video, we see a pair of white Reebok classics cast in plaster, in rough art-school style. They are dragged across the ground, leaving white traces on the pavement of an early-morning, deserted Sainsbury supermarket parking lot. The Reebok plaster casts are attached to the ankles of a person with chains. This person is wearing plastic Adidas slippers, white socks, a […]

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