il-Mansab The place selected for the stretching out of nets (snares) to catch birds, rabbits etc ;“I began by documenting my father’s ability to mimic bird song. He belongs to a community of bird-trappers in Malta and Gozo. I seek to create an archive of their community and identified occasions where I could, in the disguise of an artist and for the sake of art, motivate them to come together. It was also essential to involve international collaborators, removed from the Maltese context, as external eyes to such a personal and controversial subject for myself and the Maltese. ” Jimmy Grima
