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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 23 FEBRUARY 2020 5 I am psyched, and very grateful to [curator Margerita Pule] for inviting me over and welcoming this performance. I find Malta exciting, and maybe even more important sometimes to exhibit my work, specifically work such as 'My Womxn is a God my God is a Womxn'. The country is still suffering greatly from certain in- built tropes concerning gender and sexuality. In my eyes, femi- nism is non-existent over there. I see mothers, wives, daughters who are exceptional human be- ings, but they are so heavily in- fluenced by this patriarchal sys- tem that they aren't even aware of this, they continue to accept suffering and being mistreated as if this is most natural thing in the world. I could write so much about this, but it is coming from an angry place which I don't wish to put forward here. So what I'd like to add is this: I would hope to see as many womxn come along to this show and hopefully feel some em- powerment or energy… and if not, just do some dancing have a drink and talk more about the real important things. What do you make of the local musical scene? What would you change about it? I think there is good stuff hap- pening, such as Malta Sound Women Network, Bewyld festi- val, Kinemastik after parties and other people who have kept me on the dance floor till the early morning hours with their sexy tunes. Though I wish that there are more people doing crazy shit, my idea of the music scene is either very mainstream or still very 'indie'… it lacks in variety and it is very safe and straight, personally I haven't really been excited by much. I also think that we should make an effort to integrate the 'mainstream' scene with the 'alternative' scene, may- be some interesting things could emerge from that. What's next for you? As I always say, food and sex… Seriously though, I should be having a show at the end of March, and I'm also part of this year's peer forum at Camden Arts Centre. I will be working alongside 15 other artists, and our group will be exploring the importance of collective affec- tion and how artists can or- ganise, communicate, present themselves and work towards social change by sharing a more personal and intimate voice through their work. Roxman Gatt will be perform- ing My Womxn is a God My God is a Womxn on February 28 and 29 at 8pm at MUŻA, Valletta. The show forms part of the Strangers in a Strange Land exhibition and performance series, which is in turn a part of Spazju Kreattiv's Art+Feminism 2020 Project, in collaboration with Wikimedia Community Malta. For more information and to book tickets, log on to: www.unfinishedartspace.org/ strangeland THIS WEEK THEATRE "Feminism is non-existent in Malta"