Song of a Bird

il-Mansab The place selected for the stretching out of nets (snares) to catch birds, rabbits etc ;
"I began by documenting my father’s ability to mimic bird song. He belongs to a community of bird-trappers in Malta and Gozo. I seek to create an archive of their community and identified occasions where I could, in the disguise of an artist and for the sake of art, motivate them to come together. It was also essential to involve international collaborators, removed from the Maltese context, as external eyes to such a personal and controversial subject for myself and the Maltese. "  Jimmy Grima

Manifestations

Song of a Bird: The Choir

January 22, 2019 No Comments

October 2017, COMETOGETHER 4. Frascati Theatre, Amsterdam, Audio-Installation (ongoing 10-minute audio installation)

Nassaba: Song of a Bird

October 12, 2018 No Comments

In Nassaba: Song of A Bird, Jimmy Grima follows his father with a camera to the fields on the Maltese rocky coasts, where until recently he went to catch migratory birds.