An antiporta is a second door, set just behind the main one in traditional Maltese townhouses. Usually wood and glass, it lets the front door stand open for light and air while keeping the house private. It's an entirely Maltese fixture, and one that's fading fast from everyday use.

The installation celebrated and documented that fixture, inside a high-ceilinged room flooded with daylight. A lightweight metal frame stood against the tall balcony windows, playing off their scale. Sheer fabrics, hung at different densities, echoed the antiporta's own layered glass. A red velvet stool and a worn strip of carpet led visitors toward a small chamber, where a two-minute film played on loop: a bell rings, voices speak in Maltese, and the antiporta's story unfolds, its function, its history, and its place in Maltese homes.

The piece later travelled to St James Cavalier in Malta. Wherever it showed, the point stayed the same: a small architectural threshold, once central to how Maltese homes negotiated public from private, now fading from view.