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Backlot
May 26, 2023 - June 25, 2023
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Backlot is a new exhibition by Charlie Cauchi. She uses video work, photographic images, built structures and more to break down the complex possibilities of Malta’s on-screen cinematic (mis)representation.
Visiting foreign productions have been the mainstay of Malta’s film (servicing) industry for decades, with the island often doubling for other locations. From the Middle East to Ancient Greece, Malta’s on-screen malleability stems from years of foreign rule. Over centuries, it has transformed as the island changed hands, with each new occupier leaving its own indelible imprint on our cultural heritage.
Through her work, Charlie posits herself as a surrogate for the location scout, pitting the real against the “reel”. She asks: What is our own relationship between the reality we live in as Maltese people and the artifice that is projected onto us and, in turn, onto screens, big or small?
This work reclaims these spaces and reframes our gaze to dispute or acknowledge the real, the recreated and the suppressed. Which places and spaces appear again and again in differing guises, and which have had more fleeting screen time? What are the bits in between that end up on the cutting room floor?
Dates: 26 May 2023 – 25 June 2023
Opening Hours:
Monday | Closed
Tuesday – Friday | 9am – 9pm
Saturday & Sunday | 10am – 9pm
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