‘Us’ - Clubbing Report
Artist and photographer Charlene Galea presents the exhilaration, intimacy and beauty of the clubbing scene, at a time when clubs all over Europe are closed. Her joyful, and at times very personal, documentation includes 35mm photographs dating from 2012 to 2020, and covers clubbing scenes in Barcelona, Berlin, France, Ibiza, London, Malta, Morocco, the Netherlands, Romania, and Tunisia.
‘Us’ takes a poignant, but celebratory look at the intense and transient closeness that is made possible by a clubbing night out; the chance encounter, the bathroom ritual, and the night’s soundtrack.
The physical and emotional intensity created, transcending generational and social constructs, is documented closely, truthfully, and warmly in this two-day exhibition.
Artist: Charlene Galea
With contribution by: Tina Camilleri
Curator: Margerita Pulè
Cameron St, Gzira, Malta
26 & 27 December 2020
‘Us’ - Clubbing Report. Photo Lily Sapiano
‘Us’ - Clubbing Report. Photo Lily Sapiano
‘Us’ - Clubbing Report. Photo Lily Sapiano
‘Us’ - Clubbing Report. Photo Lily Sapiano
‘Us’ - Clubbing Report. Photo Lily Sapiano
‘Us’ - Clubbing Report. Photo Lily Sapiano
‘Us’ - Clubbing Report. Photo Lily Sapiano
'Us' is part of The Wandering Tower - the 2020 edition of the international Mahalla Festival, taking place in Istanbul.
The Wandering Tower is the title of a surrealist short story by Sergej Prokofiev from the times of vivid migration movements on the edge of the world wars.
The Festival is quoting the title as a metaphorical frame for Mahalla 2020/2021. The tower of Babel is connected as a motive to the search for the origin of language and the access to the divine.