2018 Cultural Programme
Visual Arts
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SUBTERRANEAN MATTER August-September 2018 St James Cavalier, Valletta
c. Plan3D Berlin
The mysterious connections that Malta and Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, stow away beneath the earth’s surface come to light thanks to this intriguing visual art exhibition and short documentary by Leanne Wijnsma. The work treats modern digital resources as the Earth’s natural networks of dirt and waters – a large pool of information connecting spaces, places and people. Subterranean Matter captures and recreates hard-to-access underground spaces using 3D technology: the fifteenth century cisterns beneath Valletta’s Law Courts, Valletta’s World War II war rooms, a Cold War bunker in the centre of Leeuwarden and twenty-first century aqueducts in Friesland. Visitors can crawl into the digitised tunnels, map the stones and soil and even smell the humidity. Part of the work is a short documentary named The Diggers, a showcase of stories from Maltese subterranean places that premieres with the exhibition. Created by // Maħluq minn: Leanne Wijnsma Organised by // Organizzat minn: Valletta 2018, Fondazzjoni Kreattività
SUBTERRANEAN MATTER Minn Awwissu sa Settembru 2018 Fil-Kavallier ta’ San Ġakbu, Il-Belt Valletta
Ir-rabtiet misterjużi li Malta u Leeuwarden, fl-Olanda għandhom moħbija taħt l-art se jaraw id-dawl, bis-saħħa tal-esibizzjoni tal-arti viżiva mill-aktar interessanti u dokumentarju qasir imħejji minn Leanne Wijnsma. Ix-xogħol jittratta r-riżorsi diġitali moderni bħala qafas naturali tad-Dinja li ġejja mit-trab u mill-ilmijiet – ġabra kbira ta’ informazzjoni li tgħaqqad spazji, postijiet u nies. Permezz tat-teknoloġija 3D, Subterranean Matter tiġbor u toħloq spazji taħt l-art li diffiċli wieħed jidħol fihom: iċ-ċisterni tas-seklu
15 taħt il-Bini tal-Qorti fil-Belt Valletta, il-kmamar ta’ żmien it-Tieni Gwerra Dinjija fil-Belt Valletta, bunker ta’ żmien il-Gwerra Bierda fiċ-ċentru ta’ Leeuwarden u akwedotti tas-seklu 21 fi Friesland. Il-viżitaturi se jkunu jistgħu jidħlu fil-mini ddiġitizzati, jimmarkaw il-ġebel u l-ħamrija u saħansitra jxommu r-riħa tal-umdità. Parti mix-xogħol huwa dokumentarju qasir bl-isem The Diggers, vetrina ta’ stejjer ġejjin minn siti taħt fl-art f’Malta li se jkun għall-wiri flimkien mal-esibizzjoni.