Explosions: Kaxxa Infernali

Poster image for Explosions / Infernali, featuring a surreal collage of two hands holding black matter above a rocky island beneath a bright blue sky.
Promotional poster for Explosions: Kaxxa Infernali by Jimmy Grima and the rubberbodies collective.

Genre Documentary Theatre

Duration 50 min

Language Maltese with English subtitles

Maltese fishermen (and firework-makers) have, in the past, fished unexploded bombs from the islet of Filfla, which was used as target practice for rockets, missiles and torpedoes during the British Rule (1800-1974) of Malta.

Kaxxa Infernali: Explosions is a 50-minute solo piece. It unfolds a ‘sound’ landscape made out of voices, sounds, noise and histories (personal and national) connected to different types of explosions – military, ritualistic, artistic, criminal – from fireworks to bombs, on the Island of Malta. Silence comes to play a central role in this creation.

For Full Video Documentation, please contact Jimmy at jimmy@rubber-bodies.com.

Credits

ByJimmy Grima / the rubberbodies collective
AuthorsJimmy Grima and Joachim Robbrecht
DramaturgyMaria Rößler
TranslationsJulia Camilleri
Sound designMario Sammut
Set design and propsAdrian Mamo
Technical advisorGodfrey Farrugia
Research assistantSean Decelis
CollageIra Brand
Conversation partnersMark Anthony Falzon and Florian Malzacher
Production managerStephanie Bonnici
Co-producerSpazju Kreattiv
Photo creditsLindsay Bahia