The blue slow motion, the blue plastic rock and the blue
sand are elements superposed and used as a metaphor and
criticism of a human desire to manipulate and transform
nature for its own comfort and pleasure. In the complex
relationship between humans and the land, blue is
transforming the landscape, performing and questioning
poetically the politics of the self and moving slowly
towards a strong connection with the land. In a specific
spot, a simple action, a new repetition new everytime.
ALTOFEST VALLETTA 2022
International Contemporary Live Arts “OUT OF THE BLUE*
A project by Teatringestazione Co-produced with Valletta Cultural Agency
Artistic Directors and Curators Anna Gesualdi e Giovanni Trono
Dramaturg Loretta Mesiti
In partnership with Valletta Design Cluster
With the support of Istituto Italiano di Cultura La Valletta and Eu-Japan Fest
ALTOFEST is a human-specific project that turns homes into performance spaces after a period of co-habitation of artists with residents in a unique political act to reimagine a city as a community, united through art, questioning the relationship between artistic practices and daily life.
Thanks to the Valletta Cultural Agency, in synergy with the Valletta Design Cluster and with the support of the Italian Institute of Culture La Valletta and Eu-Japan Fest, this October the festival is back in Malta, following the ECoC special Edition run in 2018. 2022 is dedicated to Valletta.
Nine international artists will be coming to Valletta, to live and work in the homes of nine residents and families.
“Out of the blue” is a synthesis of the aesthetic matters emerging from the dramaturgy of Altofest Valletta 2022. It represents the link between all the performances scheduled from 14th to 16th October.
The works that make up the programme of Altofest Valletta 2022 invite us to dive into unusual, unexpected dimensions that seem to come out of the blue. They are; pieces of a broken tradition, of a shattered heritage, that leave room for that element that remains outside the frame that cannot be foreseen or neutralised through systems of control.