It is not her first time in Malta and she has also worked with The Rubberbodies Collective before. She is known for projects that are a mix of the artistic, the social and the political and she has shared her art in countries like Austria, Germany, France, the UK, Italy, Cyprus, Ireland and Croatia.
Katarina worked on numerous multidisciplinary projects while co-running an artistic organisation for 12 years. This is where Katarina entered the picture with ample experience in the theatre setting as a dramaturg. Years later it was still there and, when a project related the subject of wind was proposed as part of the run-up to Valletta 2018, he decided to use this opportunity to further explore this idea.īefore long, Jimmy had an initial concept – of flying kites over the harbour – into something more complex. Jimmy found this information intriguing enough to file it at the back of his mind. This information implied that the origins of the wind rose were related to Malta and its geographical position. When I sit with Jimmy Grima, artistic director of The Windrose Project, and Katarina Pejovic (dramaturg, writer, intermedia artist) on a sunny afternoon, the breeze caresses our brows gently, making our conversation enthusiastic.Īs I was to learn, the seed of the idea for this wind-inspired project was planted years ago, when, working in collaboration with the Malta Maritime Museum on another project for The Rubberbodies Collective, Jimmy came across some information pertaining to the wind rose (also known as the compass rose as found on maps). The wind is an intangible thing that is usually in the background until it is a nuisance, or until it brings relief. As we take them in, we survive, and deepen.” Haruki Murakami, Hear the Wind Sing And all we can do is go with those things. The wind knows everything that’s inside you. The wind envelops you with a certain purpose in mind and it rocks you.
But then, at some point, we are made to notice. We just don’t notice as we go about our lives.
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