Event Time:
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Entrance: in front of the Courts of Justice, Republic Street
The Malta International Arts Festival invites the audience to descend inside a 16th century underground water cistern below the streets of Valletta for a truly unique experience. Greek artist Myrgon works at the threshold between sculpture, movement and ritual, using raw clay as an extension of his living body. Drawing on ancestral practices, the result is an intimate, time‑based tableau that blurs the boundaries between body and land, performer and landscape. A unique ritual performance, enhanced by the evocative setting of the underground site.
Biography
Myrgon
Greek artist Myrgon works at the threshold between sculpture, dance and ritual, using raw clay as an extension of the living body. In his performances, the material slowly coats his skin, erasing familiar contours and inviting the audience to witness a body in continuous becoming. What begins as a simple gesture of covering becomes a wordless narrative about vulnerability, protection and metamorphosis, where each layer of earth both conceals and reveals. Drawing on ancestral practices and the mythic image of humanity shaped from clay, Myrgon reimagines the performer as a moving sculpture, equally fragile and monumental. Breath, weight and touch guide the choreography, as clay cracks, slips and reforms, leaving traces of the action on both skin and ground. The result is an intimate, time‑based tableau that blurs the boundaries between body and land, performer and landscape.
In collaboration with Heritage Malta
