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Proġett XX

Spazju Kreattiv St James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the reimagining of St James Cavalier as a centre for creativity, Spazju Kreattiv presents Project XX. The exhibition explores the building’s recent past as a British Armed Forces NAAFI outlet, a government printing press as well as its transformation into a centre for creativity. The timeline is articulated through oral history accounts and visual documentation.

ABOUT ORDER

Spazju Kreattiv St James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta

The exhibition ABOUT ORDER by artists Sandra Contreras, Anette Kuhn, Sabine Linse, Mariel Poppe, Héctor Velázquez and María Tello adopts fragments of the storyline of Maltese cultural history and their dynamics.

Marsa Junction Project Public Art Exhibition

Spazju Kreattiv St James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta

In collaboration with Infrastructure Malta, Spazju Kreattiv will be displaying the winning models for the open call for public art to embellish the Marsa Junction Project. This is an opportunity to observe these monuments before they come to life and become a public art fixture.

Faith.

Spazju Kreattiv St James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta

Faith. (il-Fidi) – kunċett ferm akbar minn kemm tista’ tissuġġerixxi dik il-kelma ċkejkna nfisha. Għall-individwu pereżempju, jista' jindika s-sistema ta’ twemmin tiegħu, li wiret jew kiseb b’xi mod ieħor.

Through the People’s Lens: A Quarantine Diary

One of the very first industries that had a sudden and substantial impact by the COVID-19 pandemic was undoubtedly that of the arts and the creative sector.  Due to the global health crisis, by mid-March 2020, most of the cultural institutions across the world had been indefinitely closed.

Dehumaneation

Spazju Kreattiv St James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta

Exploring the space between dehumanization, humiliation and nation through a geopolitical and historical perspective.

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Spazju Kreattiv St James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta

Gustav Courbet’s 'The Origin of the World', is possibly the better-known of historic paintings, to audaciously depict and place female genitalia in the foreground of the work, thereby elevating it to subject matter.

Carnival Costumes Exhibition

Atrium / Atrium Approach / Upper Atrium

An exhibition of Carnival 2021 Competition Costumes from the participants that usually take part in
the Carnival Costumes Competition.

Variable Depth, Shallow Water

Spazju Kreattiv St James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta

Izabela Pluta is a Polish-born, Australian-based artist, who uses photography to interpret and re-conceptualise the role performed by images today.

SURA

Spaces St James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta

SURA is a collection of handcrafted dolls accompanied by their voices and stories. Each doll is an attempt at making sense of the human need to create objects in our own likeness.

Nothing Really Matters

Spaces St James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta

Nothing Really Matters is an exhibition of paintings that were drawn from a series of unanswered questions posed by the artist, Debbie Caruana Dingli, to “imagined” mothers whose children have been convicted of a crime and locked away to serve time.

Twilight Zone – Between Analogue and Digital Media

Spazju Kreattiv St James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta

Malta is a place where the tradition of fireworks lives on. We read this as a way of drawing pleasure from communing with the energy and vigour of light.

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MFA in Digital Arts Exhibition 2021

Spazju Kreattiv St James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta

The Degree Exhibition will showcase the final projects of the student cohort following the MFA in Digital Arts degree programme organised by the Department of Digital Arts at the University of Malta. As a graduate show, the body of work is the culmination of practice directed research.

Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo

Spazju Kreattiv Cinema St James Cavalier, Castille Place, Valletta

Frida Kahlo’s legendary style, lust for life, men, women, politics and her Mexican heritage has made her a ubiquitous feminist icon and style muse to generations. But what do we know of her as an artist?