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Transmission · chalet, sliema
first signal
opening 2027
a hundred years on

they sang here, a hundred years ago. listen.

the sirens of chalet are coming back to the water. we are looking for them, and for the cast and crew that holds the room around them.
Answer the call →
i · the legend

they sang here for a hundred years.

in 1926, chalet was the room they chose.

now, very quietly, they are coming back.

sliema · 1926 — 2027
interlude

there are some sounds the sea never forgets.

i · the call
above the water
i  the call

from the city, the call.

a piazza set into the sea. the place the song reaches the street, every evening, with the sound of the water beneath your feet.

ii · the answer
at the water
ii  the answer

from the water, the answer.

arrivals at dusk. boats coming slowly to the dock. sirens rehearsing in the shallows. you watch from above, and feel the room breathing.

and then, very gently, the floor opens.

iii · the song
beneath the water
iii  the song

and the song, six metres beneath.

the underwater club. the reef on the other side of the glass. dinner, jazz, the long slow breath of the water. a room that exists nowhere else in the world.

hold your breath. they are singing.

the casting · now open

we are looking for you.

for the cast of the next hundred years of chalet. sirens, hosts, performers, divers, musicians. for those who can hold a room. and for those who can hold their breath.

i  above

the floor.

ones who hold the room.

ii  on

the stage.

ones who command attention.

iii  in

the deep.

ones who can hold their breath.

iv  behind

the crew.

ones who make it possible.

ii · answer the call

tell us your name.
and what you hear.

every application is read. every reply, written by hand. we hear all of you.

this is not a workplace. it is the room beneath the sea.

answer the call →