SINGLE REVIEW: MOLTENO “OUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE”
“I was lucky enough to stay in the middle of nowhere in the first lockdown and there was a quietness and a sense of eeriness and social isolation that seeped into the studio at the time. With ‘Our house is On Fire,’ I wanted to explore the way homes can feel inescapable in periods of change like relationship breakdowns or family dysfunction. Like the house is slowly burning.” Molteno
Photo credit: Laura Viana and Simone Meissl
On the edge of immobility hovering over each motion, Molteno’s voice is the narrative witness, involved yet remain untouched. Our House is on Fire” is overwhelmingly evocative and as soft as a feather, drifting in melancholy.
Like the moment of stillness in a dark night, flicking that perfect reflection of shadows; witnessing the flame invading the sky with its titian madness, fading in smokey surreality in a distance.
The escape to the inescapable lays in the puzzle of reality. As the tumultuous, polluted world sinks down, the stars shine again in resounding echoes of crickets chirping.