Past Continuous

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Past Continuous
X’sinifikat għandha l-kelma ‘arkivju’ fid-dinja kontemporanja u diġitalment konessa? U kif tista’ l-prattika artistika tinvolvi teknoloġiji moderni biex iddaħħal tifsira ġdida f’materjal arkivjali? Korp ta’ xogħol ġdid mill-artist Alex Urso jieħu dawn il-mistoqsijiet bħala punt tat-tluq, jirrevedi u jerġa’ jinterpreta materjal li jinsab fl-arkivju ta’ Magna Żmien.
Urso jsellef il-materjalità fid-diġitali, u jagħti tridimensjonalità permezz ta’ installazzjonijiet u collage interattiv. Immaġini familjari għall-udjenzi Maltin – pajsaġġi tat-toroq tas-seklu 20 kif ukoll xeni ta’ kuljum u ritratti – li jerġgħu jiġu immaġinati u kkuntestwalizzati mill-ġdid f’diversi stampi fissi u li jiċċaqalqu. Din l-esebizzjoni li hija parti mill-Festival ta’ ŻiguŻajg fejn tinteraġġixxi ukoll ma’ udjenza multi-ġenerazzjonali, li tippermetti lill-passat jivvjaġġa lejna, u jagħmel xeni mill-passat aċċessibbli għall-għajnejn tas-seklu 21. Immaġini wieqfa u li jiċċaqalqu jidħlu u joħorġu bħal oġġetti pulsijiet b’mijiet ta’ kubi tal-karta jakkumulaw f’manifestazzjoni fiżika ta’ immaġini diġitali, u ħajjiet li diġà għexu jingħataw ħajja permezz ta’ realtà miżjuda (augmented).
Artist
Alex Urso
Sound
Yasmin Kuymizakis
Kuratur
Margerita Pulè
Diskussjoni – Valletta Design Cluster
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Past Continuous Collage Workshops
Dates and time
Sunday 7th November 2021, 10:30am
Sunday 7th November 2021, 12pm
Number of participants: 10 per workshop
Ticket Price: €3 per child (includes admission of 2 accompanying adults)
Location: Atrium, Spazju Kreattiv.
Discover the freedom of collage and image-making, with fragments of archival images from the Magna Żmien collection, combined with images from magazines, newspapers and your own photos and drawings. Through this hour-long workshop, children and their families can explore the connections between the past and the present, merging images from the 20th century with contemporary or fantastical images. Each participant will develop their own collage to take home with them.
The workshops will be given by artist Alex Urso, and alongside his exhibition Past Continuous, taking place at Space A, Spazju Kreattiv.
Age: the workshops are suitable for children aged 7+, along with their older siblings, parents, grandparents or guardians.
Please bring with you: Your own pair of scissors, one or two photos of yourself and your family that you don’t mind cutting up, and any brightly coloured old magazines you might have.
Duration: 60min