Installation and Workshop by Isaac Warrington

Workshop, July 18th at Dwejra Tower, Connections in Clay, 6:30 pm

[registration required] 5 people

A guided fossil trail, allowing participants to take documentative photos of fossils and rock formations and recreate what they discover in clay.

The cyclical interaction between the topographical terrain of Dwejra and everyone who visits or lives there is examined in this work. How individuals create and modify their surroundings is evaluated in relation to the elements that have made up the region. The different types of fossils that are abundant in the area provide evidence of the changing environment, and the idea of sediment itself serves as an example of how the cosmos alternates between decomposition and recomposition on a continual basis.

The wind and waves sculpted the naturally occurring rock formation known as the Azure Window, and now those same forces have claimed it. One can already see new windows forming around the Dwejra area, and so the cycle repeats itself. Nevertheless, the locals hold no claim to what is given to them nor to what is taken from them.

Photos: Elisa von Brockdorff