VALLETTA 2018
EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE
VALLETTA 2018 THEMES
THE THEMES AT PLAY IN OUR CULTURAL PROGRAMME PAINT A VIVID PICTURE OF ISLAND LIFE – ITS SPIRIT, ITS SCENES, ITS PEOPLE AND THEIR STORIES. IT-TEMI TA’ VALLETTA 2018 IT-TEMI LI RESSAQNA FIL-PROGRAMM KULTURALI TAGĦNA JAGĦTUNA STAMPA ĊARA TA’ KIF INHI L-ĦAJJA TAL-GŻIRA – L-ISPIRTU U X-XENARJU TAGĦHA, U NIESHA U L-ISTEJJER TAGĦHOM.
ISLAND STORIES What’s island life really like, anyway? A close look at island life soon reveals that there’s more than one narrative at play. The perspectives that Island Stories seeks to draw out portray vivid, timely pictures of life on our shores. Valletta 2018’s Cultural Programme resonates with distinctly Mediterranean narratives steeped in our salty island air. They’re stories about the Islands’ realities, their communities and the spaces they use; of how old spaces are – or could be – used for new things, and of how to create new spaces inside which one may appreciate tradition.
STEJJER TA’ GŻIRA Jiġifieri l-ħajja ta’ gżira kif tkun? Ħarsa mill-qrib lejn il-ħajja ta’ gżira troddilna lura numru ta’ narrattivi li jinteraġixxu flimkien. Il-perspettivi li jfittxu li jtellgħu fil-wiċċ l-Istejjer ta’ Gżira huma immaġni ħajjin u mingħajr konfini ta’ żmien u ħin. Il-Programm Kulturali ta’ Valletta 2018 jidwi b’narrattivi Mediterranji mwaħħdin mal-ħsejjes naturali tal-gżejjer. Huma stejjer dwar ir-realtajiet, il-komunitajiet u l-ispazji tagħhom; dwar kif spazji qodma qegħdin – jew jistgħu – jitħaddmu mill-ġdid biex iwelldu spazji ġodda li fihom wieħed jista’ japprezza t-tradizzjoni.