Spazju Kreattiv Annual Review 2015-16

2015/16 Annual Review contributors Artistic Director: Toni Sant Programme Division Programme Manager: Daniel Azzopardi Programme Coordinators: Maria Spiteri Zahra, Sabrina Calleja Jackson, Justin Galea Administrative Assistant: Elaine Felice Pace Operations Division Operations Manager: Carmen Callus Technical Coordinator: Kenneth Mizzi Administrative Assistant: Anna Portelli Front of House: Alessia Caruana Finance Officer: Crystal Falzon Customer Experience Division Customer Experience Manager: Pierre D’Amato Marketing & PR: Elisa Von Brockdorff Content Writer: Giulia Privitelli Design and printing Editorial coordinator: Maria Spiteri Zahra Illustrations coordinator: Elisa Von Brockdorff Publication coordinator: Kenneth Mizzi Printing: Progress Press The Annual Review Contributors are grateful to all the staff members who form part of the technical and maintenance team at Fondazzjoni Kreattività for all their support. They highly appreciate the collaboration of all public cultural organisations and private entities who collaborated with Spazju Kreattiv on the development of the 2015/16 season programme.

Fondazzjoni Kreattività Chairman: Rupert Cefai Board members: Patrick Fenech George Glanville Dr Georgina Portelli Joe Vella Alex Vella Gregory Secretary: Dr Alex Saliba

SPAZJU KREATTIV ANNUAL REVIEW 2015/16

1. A Note from the Chairman .....................................................................................................05 2. Context: Vision & Mission .......................................................................................................06 3. Spazju Kreattiv Programme ..................................................................................................09 a. Call for proposals.........................................................................................................10 b. Theatre............................................................................................................................ 13 c. Visual Arts...................................................................................................................... 21 d. Music............................................................................................................................... 29 e. Cinema .......................................................................................................................... 35 f. Other creative projects .............................................................................................. 51 g. Outreach: Education................................................................................................... 55 h. Outreach: Traġitt Project........................................................................................... 56 4. Artists-in-Residence ................................................................................................................ 57 5. Collaborations.............................................................................................................................. 61 6. International Networking......................................................................................................... 67 7. Permanent Collection............................................................................................................... 74 8. Other Major Fondazzjoni Kreattività Projects a. VIVA................................................................................................................................ 82 b. ŻiguŻajg ........................................................................................................................ 85 9. Website ........................................................................................................................................ 88 10. Artistic Director’s Afterword .................................................................................................. 91

A NOTE FROM THE CHAIRMAN

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A NOTE FROM THE CHAIRMAN

I was appointed chairman for Fondazzjoni Ċentru għall-Kreattività in 2013. Since then the Foundation’s board members and I have been re-appointed for another three-year term.

One of the main actions that we’ve overseen during this time is the rebranding of St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity and the establishment of Spazju Kreattiv with a full-time artistic director to lead it. Our aim in this regard is to better communicate the objectives and activities of our organisation.

This first annual review has now been produced by our Spazju Kreattiv team. It intends to give an overview of our activities during the previous season, particularly from the perspective of Spazju Kreattiv as the central concern of our foundation’s role as a public cultural organisation working directly with Arts Council Malta.

This is a new experience for all of us, in the sense that this is the first ever annual review of the activities overseen by Fondazzjoni Kreattività to be published. Indeed, it is also part of the rebranding exercise we embarked on two years ago, which has given us the opportunity to assess our purpose and mission statement. I am glad to highlight that the original purpose and mission remain not only valid but are also reinforced by the strategic vision put forth by the Spazju Kreattiv Artistic Director.

Rupert Cefai Fondazzjoni Kreattività Chairman

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CONTEXT: VISION AND MISSION

Fondazzjoni Ċentu Għall-Kreattività was first established in 2000 with the purpose of providing:

“A strong commitment to supporting the contemporary creative scene, our philosophy is to also take in, reflect and support the country’s traditional and historical heritage and culture.”

The Foundation’s purpose is explained further through the aims established in its founding statute. These include:

To act as a catalyst for all forms of expression, by providing space and extending experience to reach all people and involve them in interactive participation.

To establish itself as a centre for cultural exchange with other countries, thus cultivating a sense of cultural identity based on local dimensions and international diversity in the light of Malta’s development of cultural tourism.

To offer an ongoing dialogue between the various artistic disciplines, in such a way as to conduct and encourage research and documentation related to the arts and popular creativity, while fostering an aesthetic and cultural awareness among the younger generation.

To contribute to the country’s economic and social development and prosperity by promoting artistic creativity as an alternative means of entertainment, self actualisation and empowerment.

The purpose and aims have led to the development of the strategic vision Toni Sant introduced to Malta’s national centre for creativity when he was first appointed its artistic director in October 2014. The three pillars of the Artistic Director’s strategic vision are: identity, diversity, and legacy. These are built on the Foundation’s basic principles, simplified from the statutory aims:

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CONTEXT: VISION AND MISSION

1. Catalysing all forms of creative expression; 2. Cultivating a sense of cultural identity; 3. Conducting and encouraging research and documentation related to the arts and popular creativity; and 4. Contributing to the country’s economic and social development through artistic creativity.

The strategic vision is also referred to as IDE@, derived from the active terms identità, diversità, eredità.

IDE@ guides every major decision undertaken by the Artistic Director and the Programmes Division within Spazju Kreattiv, ranging from the selection of projects to which we allocate resources to developing long-term collaborations towards developing shared visions.

Throughout this year, moving forward, we are also addressing more visibly the second part of the Foundation’s official purpose, namely ensuring that we take action on our philosophy “to also take in, reflect and support the country’s traditional and historical heritage and culture. Indeed, the establishment of this annual review by the artistic director is a step in that direction.

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CONTEXT: VISION AND MISSION

Identity Creativity, art, and culture are different concepts related to one another. Who we are as a creative community depends on a clear understanding of the differences and overlaps between these three constructs. At Spazju Kreattiv we tend to avoid using them as synonyms for each other, especially whenever it is inappropriate to use one term rather than another. We also give great value to ideas that directly engage with personal and/or collective identity, even when this is not too overt.

Diversity Spazju Kreattiv seeks to present innovative work, encouraging creativity over other aspects of artistic expression. Simultaneously, as per Fondazzjoni Kreattività’s Mission Statement: we seek to act as “a catalyst for all forms of expression, by providing space and extending experience to reach all people and involve them in interactive participation.” We particularly seek to engage new audiences as active participants. Championing underrepresented formats of creative work is also deemed in line with this aspect of the strategic vision.

Legacy Knowing where we come from and what we’re leaving behind are essential qualities of engagement with aspects of legacy. While being aware of our heritage and how this informs new work, it is also necessary for works presented through Spazju Kreattiv to demonstrate an awareness of whatever can and will be left behind. This provides the opportunity for future generations to appreciate the creative efforts presented in our time. It also draws on the Foundation’s original purpose to “take in, reflect and support the country’s traditional and historical heritage and culture.”

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SPAZJU KREATTIV PROGRAMME The Spazju Kreattiv programme operates within close proximity of other projects coordinated by Fondazzjoni Kreattività, namely the Artists-in-Residence programme, ŻiguŻajg, and VIVA. Each of these other projects gets its own section in this document.

The main categories of activities within the Spazju Kreattiv programme are presented here with individual overviews. This provides both a sense of the broad range of projects included in the programme, and an account of the basic facts that enable the development of better record keeping with regard to what has been presented through the main programme.

At the end of this document you can also find all the projects presented in an alphabetical index along with links to more details about them on our website.

A series of calls for proposals spread throughout the previous year provides ample opportunity for creatives to propose projects for inclusion in the Spazju Kreattiv programme.

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CALLS FOR PROPOSALS Projects enter the Spazju Kreattiv programme mainly through a series of calls for proposals issued throughout the previous year.

A proposal in this context is for any short-term or long-term creative initiative which has Spazju Kreattiv as an integral part in its development and/or presentation process. To further explain the concepts driving our regular calls for creative project proposals for inclusion in the Spazju Kreattiv programme, our Programme Coordinators assist potential applicants with any queries they may have through a series of regular workshops called IKKREA. These include general presentations on proposal writing and the adjudication process as well as one-to-one sessions with applicants, as needed. Attendance to these workshops is free of charge.

Throughout the 2014/15 season we received over 150 proposals. 95 projects spread over 14 different forms of creative expression were included in the 2015/16 Spazju Kreattiv programme.

Selection Criteria When drafting their proposals, applicants are asked to take into consideration the following selection criteria: General (required): Adherence to one or more aspects of the Spazju Kreattiv Strategic Vision (Diversity, Identity and Legacy as below) – The applicant’s creative portfolio (as requested in online form) – Use of space/resources in relation to the Centre for Creativity’s operations – Cost effectiveness – Inclusivity – Innovation KEYWORDS: budget, cost-effectiveness, space, portfolio, team, biographies, action plan, schematics, partners, funding.

Identity: – Purpose/aim of event (detail and clarity) – National relevance to the country’s creative ecology – International relevance (esp. export potential) KEYWORDS: clarity, quality, creativity, art, culture, character, existence, appearance, content, brand, national relevance, internationalisation.

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CALLS FOR PROPOSALS Diversity: – Ability to engage participation of underrepresented creatives – Provision of opportunities for underrepresented audience groups (i.e. audience development) – Interdisciplinarity KEYWORDS: difference, distinct, singular, engagement, opportunity, tolerance, dialogue, exchange, network

Legacy: – Historical context (and/or research) – Long-term preservation plans for documentation of work (archiving) – Impact on contemporary sensibility in relation to the past and possible future/s (present impact) KEYWORDS: heritage, future, contribution, share, inheritance, benefit, collection, memory, documentation, archiving.

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CALLS FOR PROPOSALS Calls for proposals in 2015/16 were issued as follows: Early Call for 2016/17 Opened: 10 June 2015 Closed: 30 September 2015 Notifications: 4 November 2015

Main Call for 2016/17 Opened: 5 October 2015 Closed: 8 January 2016 Notifications: 5 February 2016

Late Call (for people who missed the Main Call) Opened: 13 January 2016 Closed: 23 March 2016 Notifications: 20 April 2016

Additional Call for January 2016 - July 2017 (by general demand) Opened: 25 March 2016 Closed: 4 May 2016 Notifications: 1 June 2016

Specific Call for 2016/17 (to address gaps in the programme) Opening: 6 May 2016 Closing: 1 June 2016 Notifications: 6 July 2016

Final Call for 2016/17 + Early Call for 2017/18 Opening: 3 June 2016 Closing: 3 August 2016 Notifications: 25 August 2016

Main Call 2017/18 Opening: 5 August 2016 Closing: 4 January 2017 Notifications: 27 January 2017

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THEATRE The Spazju Kreattiv 2015/16 theatre season contained a considerable number of productions.

There was a healthy mix of original works in Maltese and stagings of English-language plays. Two productions, The Hate Politik and Achtung! Achtung! Europa! focused more on physical performance based on devised work.

The number of original Maltese plays during this season was rather impressive. Simon Bartolo’s thriller Tikber u Tinsa was followed by a restaging of Simone Spiteri’s #babydaddy, which was originally commissioned for Żigużajg in 2014. Another two original productions played back-to-back in March 2016, were with Alfred Buttigieg’s black comedy, Mela Hawn Xi Manikomju? and the introduction of a contemporary social drama production for the Easter period entitled Passjoni tad-Duluri. The latter was written by Joseph Galea and saw theatregoers flocking to St James Cavalier for a Good Friday matinee performance.

April too delivered another set of original Maltese plays. Firstly a double bill called TeatrEjn, featuring André Mangion in Stefan Magri’s Inverżjoni and his own It-Tfajjel ta’ Fuq il-Bandla. Talenti returned to our theatre-in-the-round with Alfred Palma’s Oscar, which explores aspects of Oscar Wilde’s life.

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The English-language productions included Unifaun’s version of Martin Crimp’s Attempts on Her Life, directed by Dave Barton, and Open Lab Work’s Alice in Absentia derived from C.S. Lewis’ famous literary pieces, staged during the first part of the season. Unifaun returned with a groundbreaking version of Anders Lustgarten’s Lampedusa. The 10-performance run alternated between the original script and its Maltese translation by Immanuel Mifsud, performed by the same cast. The season’s final performance, Limbo, presented by Studio 18, also contained multiple language elements and was presented in Space C as a promenade piece.

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August 2015 - January 2016 The Hate Politik

10-Oct-15

17-Oct-15

5

English

Kenneth Spiteri (director)

Tikber u Tinsa

22-Oct-15

25-Oct-15

4

Maltese

Roderick Vassallo (director), Simon Bartolo (script-writer)

Tikber u Tinsa

23-Oct-15

23-Oct-15

1

Maltese

Roderick Vassallo (director), Simon Bartolo (script-writer)

#babydaddy – School Tour

27-Oct-15

6-Nov-15

6

Maltese

ŻiguŻajg Festival in collaboration with Studio 18

Attempts On Her Life

30-Oct-15

14-Nov-15

10

English

Dave Barton (director), Unifaun Theatre

Alice in Absentia

11-Dec-15

13-Dec-15

3

English

Open Works Lab

ACHTUNG! ACHTUNG! Europa…

14-Jan-16

16-Jan-16

3

English

Nenad Sharlo Aleksovskin (director)

February 2016 - July 2016 Lampedusa (Maltese Version)

13-Feb-16

28-Feb-16

4

Maltese

Herman Grech (director), Unifaun Theatre

Lampedusa (English Version)

13-Feb-16

28-Feb-16

6

English

Herman Grech (director), Unifaun Theatre

Mela Hawn Xi Manikomju?

4-Mar-16

13-Mar-16

6

Maltese

Tyrone Grima (director), Alfred Buttigieg (script-writer)

Passjoni tad-Duluri

17-Mar-16

25-Mar-16

6

Maltese

Joseph Galea (script-writer), Carlos Farrugia (director)

Mela hawn xi Manikomju? – Workshops

23-Mar-16

23-Mar-16

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Maltese

Tyrone Grima (director), Alfred Buttigieg (script-writer)

Teatr-Ejn

7-Apr-16

10-Apr-16

4

Maltese

Inverżjoni: Tyrone Grima (director), Stefan Magri (script-writer) It-Tfajjel ta’ Fuq il-Bandla: Josette Ciappara (director), Andrè Mangion (script-writer)

Teatr-Ejn

7-Apr-16

10-Apr-16

4

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Inverżjoni: Tyrone Grima (director), Stefan Magri (script-writer) It-Tfajjel ta’ Fuq il-Bandla: Josette Ciappara (director), Andrè Mangion (script-writer)

Oscar

16-Apr-16

24-Apr-16

4

Maltese

Alfred Palma (script-writer), Talenti

Once on This Island

2-Jun-16

4-Jun-16

4

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Margaret Howard Theatre College of Performing Arts

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VISUAL ARTS The 2015/16 Spazju Kreattiv programme contained a significant number of visual arts projects.

There was a good balance between Maltese and international works, as well as the types of work presented throughout the year, ranging from video art and painting, to sculpture and photography.

Following on from the second edition of VIVA (the Valletta International Visual Arts Festival see pages 82-84) the Spazju Kreattiv season opened with a retrospective exhibition celebrating the life and work of Antoine Camilleri (1922-2005). The large display of painting, drawings, and lino prints by Camilleri was accompanied by objects taken from his creative life and studio, and featured a number of spoken events ranging from a lecture about his lino printing technique to a literary evening highlighting some of the artist’s favourite works. Celebrating Antoine Camilleri closed on the 23rd of November 2015, with a special public event organised by his family to mark the 10th anniversary of his death.

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Exhibitions In springtime we presented two photographic exhibitions, ceramic works by Tony Briffa called Re-Collection, and an installation of artistic wind vanes from the Rubberbodies’ Collective on-going project Pinnuri, produced in collaboration with the Valletta 2018 Foundation. The photo exhibitions featured works by the eminent Chinese photographer Zeng Yi and Malta’s own Joe P. Smith, presented by the Malta China Cultural Centre as Fusion. Also noteworthy was Charles Paul Azzopardi’s SOAR: Anatomy in Motion, which included a series of workshops exploring the meeting points between dancers and photographers, with the participation of Jeremy de Maria and ŻfinMalta, the national contemporary dance company.

The season was rounded off with the annual University of Malta exhibition by the students completing an MA in Digital Arts. This year this has been complimented by an installation by Carolina Zaccaro, an Erasmus+ student from L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie in Arles exploring hidden realities in Malta. Adrian Abela’s Materia: Gentes / Mater brought aspects of the Maltese village festa into St James Cavalier as part of his ongoing work supported by the Valletta 2018 Foundation.

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February and March provided two of the more innovative visual arts projects in the 2015/16 Spazju Kreattiv programme. Inħobbok (I Love You), opened on Valentine’s Day with a performance by Demetra Kallitsi, and included a collective exhibition of new installations by emerging artists Luke Azzopardi, Umberto Buttigieg and Maria Theuma. Concurrently, Damian Ebejer presented some of his works alongside drawings by his father Francis, starting off an ongoing research project exploring the creative lineage from father to son. One outcome from this research project is the digital preservation of a large number of photos and other images from the Ebejer collection, which have been made available for long-term public viewing online.

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Space/Venue

Project Representative

Creative Team

August 2015 - January 2016 VIVA 2015 BELTIN

31-Aug-15

20-Sep-15

Heritage Malta (Melita Street)

Fondazzjoni Kreattività

Zvezdan Reljic (artist) Raphael Vella (curator). Elise Billiard (Researcher)

VIVA 2015 Good Walls make Good Neighbours

31-Aug-15

27-Sep-15

Space C1-C4

Fondazzjoni Kreattività

Yael Bartana, Sonia Guggisberg, Claudia Larcher, Duygu Nazli Akova, David Pisani, Teresa Sciberras, Zineb Sedira, Tom van Maldaren (with Bettina Hutschek), Sarah van Sonsbeeck (artists).

Clare Azzopardi, Immanuel Mifsud (writers), Raphael Vella (curator)

VIVA 2015 Position of Opposition

31-Aug-15

27-Sep-15

Misraħ irRepubblika (Pjazza Reġina), Valletta

Fondazzjoni Kreattività

Aaron Bezzina (artist)

VIVA 2015 The Culture of Ageing

31-Aug-15

27-Sep-15

Space A, Spot B

Fondazzjoni Kreattività

Adrian Abela, Michael Apted, Femke Bakker, Kristina Borg, Vince Briffa, Gilbert Calleja, Azahara Cerezo, Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson, Louise Hervé & Chloé Maillet, Bettina Hutschek, Trevin Matcek and Ferhat Özgür (Artists), Lennard Dost and Mare van Koningsveld (Curators)

VIVA 2015 Unexplained Territories

31-Aug-15

20-Sep-15

Studio A

Fondazzjoni Kreattività

Sama Alshaibi, Basma Alsharif, Taysir Batniji, Khaled Jarrar, Larissa Sansour, Ala Younis (Artists) and Iury Lech (Curator)

VIVA 2015 unLOCK

31-Aug-15

20-Sep-15

Malta School of Art (Basement)

Fondazzjoni Kreattività

Pierre Mifsud (artist), with inmates at Corradino Correctional Facility

Kantakantun

03-Oct-16

04-Oct-15

Spot A

Alex Vella Gregory

Alex Vella Gregory (Music coordinator), Charlot Briguglio (Architecture coordinator) in collaboration with St Albert the Great College - Valletta, Gozo Secondary School, Rabat Primary School (SkolaSajf), Birżebbuġa Primary School (SkolaSajf)

Celebrating Antoine Camilleri (19222005)

09-Oct-15

23-Nov-15

Space A + Space C1-C4

Antoine Paul Camilleri

Antoine Camilleri, Antoine Paul Camilleri and Hilary Spiteri

National Photographic Competition and Exhibition – 50th Edition

04-Dec-15

10-Jan-16

Space A

Louis Agius

Malta Photographic Society (coordinators) With the participation of Maltese and Gozitan residents (photographers)

Misteri: An Exhibition on Mysteries and Beliefs

09-Dec-15

04-Jan-16

Space B

Vanni Pulé

Simone Stilon (artist) in collaboration with 3-10 year old children and their teachers

Past! Present. Future? A Research Project

11-Dec-15

31-Jan-16

Space C1-C4

Spazju Kreattiv

Artworks currently part of the National Collection

Malta Through a Child’s Eye – KidzArt Goes Local

19-Dec-15

04-Jan-16

Spot A

Simone Stilon

Simone Stilon (artist) in collaboration with 3-10 year old children and their teachers

Beyond Words

08-Jan-15

24-Jan-16

Spot B

Sandra Gea

Sandra Gea (artist)

Beyond Words Workshops: Who Am I?

09-Jan-16

16-Jan-16

Spot A + B

Sandra Gea

Sandra Gea (artist)

iMprint

15-Jan-16

14-Feb-16

Space A

Jesmond Vassallo

Fine Art Printmakers Association

December 2015

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February 2016 - July 2016 INĦOBBOK (I Love You): A Performance

14-Feb-16

14-Feb-16

Space C2

Umberto Buttigieg

Demetra Kallitsi (artists)

INĦOBBOK

14-Feb-16

13-Mar-16

Space C1-C4

Umberto Buttigieg

Umberto Buttigieg, Demetra Kallitsi, Luke Azzopardi and Maria Theuma (artists)

EBEJER - Proġett ta’ Riċerka

25-Feb-16

27-Mar-16

Space A

Spazju Kreattiv

Francis Ebejer, Damian Ebejer (artists) and Prof Louis Lagana (curator)

Explorers

26-Feb-16

15-Apr-16

Spot B

Moira Agius

Moira Agius (artist) in collaboration with the Migrant Women Association, African Media Association Malta (AMAM), Spazju Kreattiv, HSBC Bank and Friends of the Earth Malta

EBEJER: Artist Talk and Discussion

08-Mar-16

08-Mar-16

Studio B

Spazju Kreattiv

Francis Ebejer, Damian Ebejer (artists) Prof Louis Lagana and Joe Julian Farrugia (curators)

EBEJER – Damian about Francis

17-Mar-16

17-Mar-16

Studio B

Spazju Kreattiv

Francis Ebejer, Damian Ebejer (artists) Prof Louis Lagana and Joe Julian Farrugia (curators)

SOAR- Anatomy in Motion

19-Mar-16

10-Apr-16

Space C1-C4

Charles Paul Azzopardi

Charles Paul Azzopardi (artist) and Joe Smith (curator)

“The Edge of Chaos”: exploring meeting points between dancer and photographer

21-Mar-16

22-Mar-16

Studio A + B

Charles Paul Azzopardi

Jeremy de Maria (seminar leader) in collaboration with Dr Charles Paul Azzopardi (SOAR, Spazju Kreattiv 2016), ZfinMalta, University of Malta Department of Performing Arts and Department of Dance Studies

Il-Pinnuri

08-Apr-16

01-May-16

Space A

Spazju Kreattiv in collaboration with The Rubberbodies Collective

The Rubberbodies Collective

Re-Collection

15-Apr-16

08-May-16 Space C1-C4

Tony Briffa

Tony Briffa (artist) and Dr Vince Briffa (curator)

Re-Collection - Talk by Tony Briffa

28-Apr-16

26-Apr-16

Space C1-C4

Tony Briffa

Tony Briffa (artist), Dr Vince Briffa (curator)

Communal Thoughts

28-Apr-16

03-Jul-16

Downstairs Restrooms

Malcolm Galea

Malcolm Galea (artist)

Re-Collection – School Ceramic Workshops 13+

03-May-16 05-May-16 Studio A

Tony Briffa

Tony Briffa (artist) and Dr Vince Briffa (curator)

The Great Book of Malta, Volume One – Ħamrun

04-May-16 22-May-16

Space B

John Baraldi

John Baraldi (director), Michael Fenech (curator), German Hernandez (book designer) in collaboration with the people of Ħamrun

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06-May-16 05-Jun-16

Space A, Spot +B

Dr Vince Briffa

Dr Vince Briffa (curator) in collaboration with Aaron Bezzina, Simon Callus, Audrienne Degiorgio, Samwel Mallia, Daniel Mercieca, Sara Pace, Margerita Pulè, Evgletta Shtohryn and Ezekiel Vassallo

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Space/Venue

Fusion

13-May-16

29-May-16

Space C1-C4

Chinese Cultural Centre

Zeng Yi, Joseph P. Smith (photographers) , Kevin Casha (curator) in collaboration with the Chinese Cultural Centre

Fusion – Artists’ Talk

13-May-16

13-May-16

Space C1-C4

Chinese Cultural Centre

Zeng Yi, Joseph P. Smith (photographers) , Kevin Casha (curator) in collaboration with the Chinese Cultural Centre

Limbo

03-Jun-16

12-Jun-16

Space C1-C4

Jean-Marc Cafa

Studio 18 Creative Lab

Uċuħ l-Inviżibbli

05-Jun-16

12-Jun-16

Main Staircase

Carlo Olivari d’Emanuele

Carlo Olivari d’Emanuele (artist)

Materia: Gentes / Mater

11-Jun-16

03-Jul-16

Space A + Space C1-C4

Adrian Abela

Adrian Abela (artist)

MATERIA – Artist Talk

23-Jun-16

26-Jun-16

Space A + Space C1-C4

Adrian Abela

Adrian Abela (artist)

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31-Aug-15

07-Oct-15

Space B

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by Aġenzija Żgħażagħ, with the support of St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity

Moira Agius, Umberto Buttigieg & Maxine Attard, Ryan Falzon, Javier Joseph Formosa & Chiara Monterosso, Martina Galea, Matthew Sciberras (Artists) and Raphael Vella (Curator).

Total number of projects: 37

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MUSIC The Spazju Kreattiv 2015/16 programme featured a number of musical events. There was a healthy mix of original works and interpretation of established works across a wide range of genres. The establishment of the NGO Electronic Music Malta is a particular highlight in the music-related activities within the 2015/16 programme. Their 2-day exposition 106 Decibels generated considerable interest in September and was successfully followed up by more under the banner Circuits in March 2016.

The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Malta organised two concerts with Olga Bobrovnikova in November 2015, immediately after a successful event produced by The Commonwealth Resounds: Royal Overseas League as part of the CHOGM 2015 activities, with the participation of the Purcell School of Young Musicians and the Chetham’s School of Music from the UK. That month was particularly busy at St James Cavalier and was rounded off with a concert from the Montaldi Project featuring an international ensemble of contemporary musicians including Mirko Montaldi, Luke Briffa and Gediminas Stepanavičius.

Electronic Music Malta returned in December with a concert celebrating well-known electronic music compositions from the likes of Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis, Kraftwerk, Pink Floyd, and others. This was followed by a Christmas concert by the AFM Band Ensemble. Other notable concerts in 2015/16 included a live performance by American jazz artist Gabrielle Stravelli presented in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy in Malta, and Renzo Spiteri’s Quintessence, which saw Malta’s foremost percussive contemporary musician return for one of his frequent appearances within St James Cavalier.

Three music festivals were associated directly with the Spazju Kreattiv programme in 2015/16.

These were the Valletta International Piano Festival in February, the Rising Stars Concert Series from the International Spring Orchestra Festival in April, and the 40th edition of L-Għanja talPoplu: Festival tal-Kanzunetta Maltija, for which Spazju Kreattiv provided co-production services to the festival creators along with Arts Council Malta, PBS, and Pjazza Teatru Rjal, with support from the Valletta 2018 Foundation.

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Two other concerts worth a special mention are Gabi Sultana’s Contemporary Piano Recital in April, and the stupendous Tribute to Sammy Murgo, produced by Dominic Galea to honour the veteran Maltese saxophone player in May, along with the collection of oral histories around him from family, friends and fellow musicians by the M3P Foundation.

Title

Start Date

End Date

Venue

Creative Team

August 2015 - January 2016 Electronic Music Malta – 106 Decibels – Exposition and Public Discussion

24-Sep-15

25-Sep-15

Studio A

Electronic Music Malta

Celebrating 25 years of Music - The Soloists of the Amadeus Chamber Choir

17-Oct-15

17-Oct-15

Beyond

Brian Cefai (musical director) With the participation of Soloists from the Amadeus Chamber Choir

Panorpheus

26-Nov-15

26-Nov-15

Theatre

The Commonwealth Resounds - Royal Over-Seas League with the participation of Purcell School for Young Musicians - Chethams School of Music

The Montaldi Project – Concert

28-Nov-15

28-Nov-15

Theatre

Mirko Montaldi, Luke Briffa and Gediminas Stepanavičius (musicians)

Kunċert għall-Multiple Sclerosis Society

28-Nov-15

28-Nov-15

Studios

Multiple Sclerosis Society of Malta with the participation of Olga Bobrovnikova (musician)

Building the Musical Brain

29-Nov-15

30-Nov-15

Studio A

Multiple Sclerosis Society of Malta with the participation of Olga Bobrovnikova (musician)

AFM Band Ensemble Concert

22-Dec-15

22-Dec-15

Theatre/Music Room

Armed Forces of Malta

Electronic Music Malta – Concert for Charity

27-Dec-15

27-Dec-15

Theatre

Electronic Music Malta

Live Performance by American Jazz Artist Gabrielle Stravelli

04-Dec-15

04-Dec-15

Studio B

Gabrielle Stravelli, Patrick O’Leary, Jim Ridl, Jordan Young, Carlo Muscat (musicians)

Quintessence

29-Jan-16

31-Jan-16

Theatre

Renzo Spiteri, Giuliana Fenech, Gaby Giacchino

February 2016 - July 2016 Valletta International Piano Festival 2016

03-Feb-16

10-Feb-16

Studio B

European Centre for Culture & Arts with the participation of Iacopo Sammartano and Daria Aleshina (musicians)

Valletta International Piano Festival 2016

03-Feb-16

10-Feb-16

Studio B

European Centre for Culture & Arts with the participation of Iacopo Sammartano and Daria Aleshina (musicians)

Valletta International Piano Festival 2016

03-Feb-16

10-Feb-16

Studio B

European Centre for Culture & Arts with the participation of Iacopo Sammartano and Daria Aleshina (musicians)

Circuits – Electronic Music Malta documentation space

11-Mar-16

31-Mar-16

Studio A

Electronic Music Malta

Circuits – Electronic Music Workshop

18-Mar-16

18-Mar-16

Studios

Electronic Music Malta

Circuits – An Electronic Music Convention

19-Mar-16

20-Mar-16

Various – Spots, Studios, Space C

Electronic Music Malta

International Spring Orchestra Festival 2016 – The Rising Stars Concert Series

04-Apr-16

09-Apr-16

Studio B

Karl Fiorini (Artistic Director)

Explorers – Workshop V – Theatre as Music

15-Apr-16

15-Apr-16

Beyond

Antonello Sgobbo with the participation of Girl Guides Ħamrun, Migrant Women Association, African Media Association Malta (AMAM), Spazju Kreattiv, HSBC Bank and Friends of the Earth Malta

Contemporary Piano Recital – Gabi Sultana

28-Apr-16

28-Apr-16

Studio B

Gabi Sultana (musician)

A Tribute to Sammy Murgo

11-May-16

11-May-16

Studios

Heritage Records, m3p and Spazju Kreattiv with the participation of Sammy Murgo and Joe Julian Farrugia

L-Għanja tal-Poplu – Festival tal-Kanzunetta Maltija

07-Jul-16

09-Jul-16

Pjazza Teatru Rjal, Valletta

L-Għanja tal-Poplu, Fondazzjoni Kreattività, Public Broadcasting Services and Pjazza Teatru Rjal

Total number of projects: 21

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CINEMA During the 2015/16 Spazju Kreattiv season, the Cinema at St James Cavalier continued to provide 3 types of screenings: art house films from around the world, live performances streamed via satellite from major international venues, and an assortment of film festivals.

The foremost art house films shown during this season were presented in collaboration with the Spanish Embassy in Malta. Screenings in association with the Polish Embassy were also greatly appreciated by the attending audiences. A number of well-attended screenings of the Maltese motion picture Simshar by Rebecca Cremona are also worth mentioning here. This inclusion was so well received that there are plans for further screenings of this film in the 2016/17 season.

In terms of festivals, the quasi-annual German Film Festival delighted the many enthusiasts of films from that country in Malta, while the European Parliament’s Lux Prize screenings were as well-received as ever. Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Mustang from Turkey was not only this year’s winner but also quite a remarkable film to watch in the contemporary political climate in the region. Naturally, the Valletta Film Festival (VFF) proved to be the most popular of all film festivals in Malta. Now in its second year, the VFF continues to host events with us along with a number of other venues around Valletta. The Spazju Kreattiv Cinema was particularly buzzing around the screening of short films in competition as well as a number of feature films added to the broad selection of titles in the festival to delight film lovers of all tastes.

Live screenings from London in the 2015/16 NT Live series included a greatly anticipated Hamlet featuring Benedict Cumberbatch, along with several other Shakespeare productions lined up to celebrate the bard’s 400th birthday. These productions were further enhanced by a number of classic Shakespearean films presented in collaboration with the British Council, including Richard III, Orson Wells’ Macbeth, Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet, Peter Greenaway’s Prospero’s Books and Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet.

The live screenings from the Bolshoi in Moscow were also crowd pullers, as in previous years. Audiences enjoyed particularly Chopin’s The Lady of the Camellias and the obligatory Nutcracker around Christmastime. The Bolshoi also presented a production of Shostakovich’s The Taming of the Shrew to mark Shakespeare’s 400th birthday.

Giuseppe Verdi’s Il Trovatore opened the season of live performance screening from the Met Opera in New York. This was followed by a number of other operas from the Met programme, with Richard Wagner’s Tannhauser, Mozart’s Magic Flute and Franco Zeffirelli’s production of Puccini’s Turandot drawing in the largest audiences.

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CINEMA A number of encore screenings from previous seasons of NT Live, MET Live, and the Bolshoi Ballet were also well-received by the public.

166 Screenings

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92 Titles

A cinema membership scheme is planned for launch in the 2016/17 season.

Title

Start Date

End Date

Organiser

Creative Team

August 2015 - January 2016

VIVA screening Young @ Heart

02-Sep-15

02-Sep-15

VIVA - The Culture of Ageing - Curated by Lennard Dost and Mare Koningsveld Lennard Dost and Mare Koningsveld

The Beaux Stratagem (LIVE)

03-Sep-15

03-Sep-15

NT

04-Sep-15

VIVA - The Culture of Ageing - Curated by Lennard Dost and Mare Koningsveld Lennard Dost and Mare Koningsveld

VIVA screening Robot and Frank

04-Sep-15

Simon Godwin (director) - George Farquhar (playwright)

VIVA screening Boyhood

05-Sep-15

05-Sep-15

VIVA - The Culture of Ageing - Curated by Lennard Dost and Mare Koningsveld Lennard Dost and Mare Koningsveld

The Merchant of Venice (Encore)

06-Sep-15

06-Sep-15

RSC

Polly Findlay (director) - William Shakespeare (playwright)

The Beaux Stratagem (Encore)

12-Sep-15

20-Sep-15

NT

Simon Godwin (director) - George Farquhar (playwright)

The Audience (Encore)

19-Sep-15

27-Sep-15

NT

Stephen Daldry (director) - Peter Morgan (playwright)

Othello (Encore)

26-Sep-15

04-Oct-15

RSC

Iqbal Kahn (director) - William Shakespeare (playwright)

MET

Giuseppe Verdi (composer), Francesco Maria Piave (libretto), Willy Decker (production), Wolfgang Gussmann (design), Hans Toelstede (lights) and Athol Farmer (choreography)

Il Trovatore (LIVE)

03-Oct-15

03-Oct-15

Malta Cafe Scientifique - Deep Abyss

07-Oct-15

02-Dec-15

Malta Chamber of Scientists

Prof Gordon Pace (Head of Department, Department of Computer Sciences, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, University of Malta), Professor Saviour Formosa (Criminology department, Faculty for Social Wellbeing, University of Malta)

The Importance of being Earnest (LIVE)

08-Oct-15

08-Oct-15

More2Screen

Adrian Noble (director) - Oscar Wilde (playwright)

Bolshoi

Yuri Grigorovich (choreographer), Adolphe Adam (composer), Theophile Gautier, Chevalier de St Georges, Jean Coralli (authors), with the participation of the principals and soloists of Bolshoi and the Bolshoi Corps de Ballet

NT

Lindsey Turner (director), Katrina Lindsay (Costumes), Jane Cox (lights), Jon Hopkins (music), with the participation of Benedict Cumberbatch (Hamlet), Ciarรกn Hinds (Claudius), Leo Bill (Horatio), Jim Norton (Polonius), Karl Johnson (Ghost), Sian Brooke (Ophelia) and Sergo Vares (Fortinbras)

Giselle (Encore)

Hamlet (LIVE)

11-Oct-15

15-Oct-15

30-Oct-15

07-Nov-15

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Title

Start Date

End Date

Organiser

Henry V (LIVE)

21-Oct-15

21-Oct-15

RSC

Cultural Mapping: Two shorts

23-Oct-16

23-Oct-16

Valletta 2018

El Arbol Magnetico

Tannhauser (LIVE)

Il Trovatore (Encore)

Henry V (Encore)

28-Oct-16

31-Oct-15

31-Oct-15

01-Nov-15

28-Oct-16

31-Oct-15

17-Jan-16

01-Nov-15

Creative Team Gregory Doran (director) - William Shakespeare (playwright), with the participation of Alex Hassell (Henry V), Simon Thorp (King of France), Robert Gilbert (Dauphin), Daniel Abbott (Gloucester/Monsieur le Fer), Antony Byrne (Pistol), Sean Chapman (Exeter), Nicholas Gerard-Martin (Orleans/ Bishop of Ely), Jennifer Kirby (Katherine), Jane Lapotaire (Queen Isobel) and Sam Marks (Constable of France)

Spanish Embassy

Isabel de Ayguavives (director), Andrés Gertrúdix, Manuela Martelli, Catalina Saavedra, with the participation of the Spanish Embassy in Malta

MET

Richard Wagner (composer), Otto Schenk (producer), Norbert Vesak (choreographer), with the participation of James Levine (conductor), Johan Botha (Tannhäuser), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Elisabeth), Michelle DeYoung (Venus), Peter Mattei (Wolfram) and Günther Groissböck (Landgraf Hermann)

MET

Giuseppe Verdi (composer), Francesco Maria Piave (libretto), Willy Decker (producer), Wolfgang Gussmann (design), Hans Toelstede (lights), Athol Farmer (choreographer)

RSC

Gregory Doran (director) - William Shakespeare (playwright) With the participation of Alex Hassell (Henry V), Simon Thorp (King of France), Robert Gilbert (Dauphin), Daniel Abbott (Gloucester/Monsieur le Fer), Antony Byrne (Pistol), Sean Chapman (Exeter), Nicholas Gerard-Martin (Orleans/Bishop of Ely), Jennifer Kirby (Katherine), Jane Lapotaire (Queen Isobel), Sam Marks (Constable of France)

Hamlet (Encore)

07-Nov-15

05-Dec-15

NT

Lindsey Turner (director), Katrina Lindsay (kostum), Jane Cox (lights), Jon Hopkins (music), With the participation of Benedict Cumberbatch (Hamlet), Ciarán Hinds (Claudius), Leo Bill (Horatio), Jim Norton (Polonius), Karl Johnson (Ghost), Sian Brooke (Ophelia), Sergo Vares (Fortinbras)

The Importance of being Earnest (Encore)

08-Nov-15

08-Nov-15

More2Screen

Adrian Noble (director), Oscar Wilde (playwright)

Bolshoi

George Balanchine (choreographer), Gabriel Fauré (composer of Emeralds), Igor Stravinsky (composer of Rubies), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Diamonds), with the participation of the principals and soloists of Bolshoi and the Bolshoi Corps de Ballet

Jewels (LIVE)

08-Nov-15

08-Nov-15

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Title

Persona non grata

Start Date

13-Nov-15

End Date

13-Nov-15

Organiser

Polish Delegation Screening

Krzysztof Zanussi (director and author), Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Nikita Mikhalkov, Jerzy Stuhr, with the participation of the Polish Embassy in Malta and Arts Council Malta Krzysztof Zanussi (director and author); Riccardo Leonelli, Agnieszka Grochowska, Agata BuzekWith the participation ofL-Ambaxxata għallPolonja, Kunsill Malti għall-Arti

Foreign body

13-Nov-15

13-Nov-15

Polish Delegation Screening

My Skinny Sister

16-Nov-15

21-Nov-15

Żigużajg

Beloved Sisters

18-Nov-15

20-Nov-15

German Film Festival

Phoenix

19-Nov-15

22-Nov-15

German Film Festival

Who am I? - No system is safe

19-Nov-15

19-Nov-15

German Film Festival

Jack

20-Nov-15

20-Nov-15

German Film Festival

Lulu (Live)

21-Nov-15

Creative Team

21-Nov-15

MET

Alban Berg (composer), William Kentridge (producer), with the participation of James Levine (conductor), Marlis Petersen (Lulu), Susan Graham (Geschwiz), Daniel Brenna (Alwa), Franz Grundheber (Schigolch), Johan Reuter (Dr. Schön/Jack the Ripper) and Paul Groves (The Painter) Katja von Garnier (director), Kristina Magdalena Henn, Lea Schmidbauer (author), with the participation of the German-Maltese Circle, Goethe Institute

Windstorm

22-Nov-15

22-Nov-15

German Film Festival in collaboration with Żigużajg

Parents

22-Nov-15

22-Nov-15

German Film Festival

Gente en Sitios

25-Nov-16

25-Nov-16

Spanish Embassy

Juan Cavestany (director and author) and Enrique Lopez Lavigne (producer)

Picture House

Kenneth Branagh (co-director), Rob Ashford (co-director), William Shakespeare (playwright), with the participation of Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Pierre Atri, Jaygann Ayeh, Tom Bateman, Jessie Buckley, Vera Chok, Jack Colgrave Hirst, John Daglesh, Hadley Fraser, Rudi Goodman, Matthew Hawksley, Ansu Kabia, Stuart Neal, Michael Pennington, Zoe Rainey, Miranda Raison, John Shrapnel, Kathyrn Wilder and Jummy Yuill

Bolshoi

George Balanchine (choreographer) Gabriel Fauré (composer of Emeralds) - Igor Stravinsky (composer of Rubies) - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Diamonds) With the participation of Il-prinċipali u solisti tal-Bolshoi, u il-Bolshoi Corps de Ballet

The Winter's Tale (LIVE)

Jewels (Encore)

26-Nov-15

28-Nov-15

26-Nov-15

28-Nov-15

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Title

Lulu (Encore)

Start Date

29-Nov-15

End Date

21-Feb-16

Organiser

Creative Team

MET

Alban Berg (composer) - William Kentridge (producer) With the participation of James Levine (conductor) Marlis Petersen (Lulu) - Susan Graham (Geschwiz) - Daniel Brenna (Alwa) Franz Grundheber (Schigolch) - Johan Reuter (Dr. Schön/Jack the Ripper) Paul Groves (The Painter)

Bolshoi

John Neumeier (choreographer), Frédéric Chopin (composer), with the participation of the principals and soloists of Bolshoi and the Bolshoi Corps de Ballet

The Lady of the Camellias (LIVE)

06-Dec-15

06-Dec-15

Simshar

06-Dec-15

23-Dec-15

Rebecca Cremona (director and author), with the participation of Lotfi Abdelli, Jimi Busuttil and Sékouba Doucouré

08-Dec-15

NT

Sally Cookson (director) - Benji Bower (Composer) - Charlotte Brontë (author) With the participation of Benji Bower, Will Bower, Craig Edwards, Laura Elphinstone, Felix Hayes, Phil King, Simone Saunders, Melanie Marshall, Maggie Tagney and Madeleine Worrall

LUX Film Prize

Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov (directors and authors), with the participation of Margita Gosheva, Ivan Barnev, Ivanka Bratoeva, Ivan Savov, Andrea Todorova and Stefan Denolyubov

LUX Film Prize

Deniz Gamze Ergüven (director and author), Alice Winocour (scenography), with the participation of Günes Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Elit Iscan, Tugba Sunguroglu and Ilayda Akdogan

Jane Eyre (LIVE)

Urok

Mustang

08-Dec-15

11-Dec-15

11-Dec-15

12-Dec-15

13-Dec-15

The Magic Flute

12-Dec-15

06-Mar-16

MET

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) - Julie Taymor (producer), with the participation of James Levine (conductor) - Russell Thomas (Ramino) - Nathan Gunn (Papageno) - Erika Miklosa (Queen) - Susanna Phillips (Pamina) Morris Robinson (Sarastro) and Ashley Emerson (Papagena)

Mediterranea

12-Dec-15

13-Dec-15

LUX Film Prize

Jonas Carpignano (director and author), with the participation of Koudous Seihon, Alassane Sy and Adam Gnegne

El Angel de Budapest

16-Dec-16

16-Dec-16

Spanish Embassy

Luis Oliveros (director); Diego Carcedo (awtur); Ángel Aranda Lamas (adattazzjoni xenografika)

Bolshoi

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (music u libretto), Yuri Grigorovich (choreography), Ernst Theodor Hoffmann (novella), Marius Petipa (original choreography) , with the participation of Denis Rodkin (Nutcracker Prince), Anna Nikulina (Marie), Andrei Merkuriev (Drosselmeyer), Vitaly Biktimirov (Mouse King) and Bolshoi Corps de Ballet

The Nutcracker

20-Dec-16

26-Dec-16

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The Winter's Tale (Encore )

Tannhauser (Encore)

The Lady of the Camellias (Encore)

Jane Eyre (Encore)

Les Pecheurs de Perles (Live)

The Taming of the Shrew (Live)

Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Live)

Turandot (Live)

Start Date

02-Jan-16

03-Jan-16

09-Jan-16

10-Jan-16

16-Jan-16

24-Jan-16

28-Jan-16

30-Jan-16

End Date

02-Jan-16

14-Feb-16

09-Jan-15

27-Feb-16

16-Jan-16

24-Jan-16

28-Jan-16

30-Jan-16

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Organiser

Creative Team

Picture House

Kenneth Branagh (co-director), Rob Ashford (co-director), William Shakespeare (playwright) With the participation of Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Pierre Atri, Jaygann Ayeh, Tom Bateman, Jessie Buckley, Vera Chok, Jack Colgrave Hirst, John Daglesh, Hadley Fraser, Rudi Goodman, Matthew Hawksley, Ansu Kabia, Stuart Neal, Michael Pennington, Zoe Rainey, Miranda Raison, John Shrapnel, Kathyrn Wilder and Jummy Yuill

MET

Richard Wagner (composer) - Otto Schenk (producer) - Norbert Vesak (choreographer) With the participation of James Levine (conductor) - Johan Botha (Tannhäuser) - Eva-Maria Westbroek (Elisabeth) - Michelle DeYoung (Venus) - Peter Mattei (Wolfram) - Günther Groissböck (Landgraf Hermann)

Bolshoi

John Neumeier (choreographer) Frédéric Chopin (composer) With the participation of Il-prinċipali u solisti tal-Bolshoi, u il-Bolshoi Corps de Ballet

NT

Sally Cookson (director) - Benji Bower (Composer) - Charlotte Brontë (author) With the participation of Benji Bower, Will Bower, Craig Edwards, Laura Elphinstone, Felix Hayes, Phil King, Simone Saunders, Melanie Marshall, Maggie Tagney, Madeleine Worrall

MET

Georges Bizet (composer) - Penny Woolcock (producer) With the participation of Gianandrea Noseda (Conductor) - Diana Damrau (Leila) Matthew Polenzani (Nadir) - Mariusz Kwiecien (Zurga) - Nicolas Teste (Nourabad)

Bolshoi

Jean-Cristophe Mallot (choreographer); Dmitri Shostakovich (composer) With the participation of Il-prinċipali u solisti tal-Bolshoi, u ilBolshoi Corps de Ballet

NT

Josie Rourke (director), Christopher Hampton (drammaturġiku), Choderlos de Laclos (awtur) With the participation of Elaine Cassidy, Janet McTeer, Dominic West

MET

Giacomo Puccini (composer) Franco Zeffirelli (producer) - Chiang Ching (choreographer) With the participation of Paolo Carignani (Conductor); Nina Stemme (Turandot); Anita Hartig (Liu); Marco Berti (Calaf); Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Timur)

Title

Les Pecheurs de Perles (Encore)

Start Date

31-Jan-16

End Date

20-Mar-16

Organiser

MET

Creative Team Georges Bizet (composer) - Penny Woolcock (producer) With the participation of Gianandrea Noseda (Conductor) - Diana Damrau (Leila) Matthew Polenzani (Nadir) - Mariusz Kwiecien (Zurga) - Nicolas Teste (Nourabad)

February 2016 - July 2016

Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Encore)

Turandot (Encore)

King Lear

The Taming of the Shrew (Encore)

Macbeth

Richard III

As you Like It (Live)

12-Feb-16

13-Feb-16

18-Feb-16

20-Feb-16

20-Feb-16

21-Feb-16

25-Feb-16

06-Mar-16

17-Apr-16

18-Feb-16

20-Feb-16

20-Feb-16

21-Feb-16

25-Feb-16

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NT

Josie Rourke (director), Christopher Hampton (drammaturġiku), Choderlos de Laclos (awtur) With the participation of Elaine Cassidy, Janet McTeer, Dominic West

MET

Giacomo Puccini (composer) Franco Zeffirelli (producer) - Chiang Ching (choreographer) With the participation of Paolo Carignani (Conductor); Nina Stemme (Turandot); Anita Hartig (Liu); Marco Berti (Calaf); Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Timur)

British Council

Gregory Doran (director), Niki Turner (design) With the participation of Anthony Sher (King Lear), Natalie Simpson (Cordelia), Kelly Williams (Regan), Nia Gwynne (Goneril), Paapa Essiedu (Edmund), Theo Ogundipe (Burgundy), James Clyde (Cornwall), Oliver Johnstone (Edgar), Byron Mondahl (Oswald), Clarence Smith (Albany), David Troughton (Gloucester), Graham Turner (Fool), Ewart James Walters (Old man), Antony Byrne (Kent), Kevin Golding (Curan)

Bolshoi

Jean-Cristophe Mallot (choreographer); Dmitri Shostakovich (composer) With the participation of Il-prinċipali u solisti tal-Bolshoi, u il-Bolshoi Corps de Ballet

British Council

Roman Polanski (director), William Shakespeare (drammaturġiku) With the participation of Jon Finch (Macbeth) , Francesca Annis (Lady Macbeth), Martin Shaw (Banquo)

British Council

Richard Loncraine (director), William Shakespeare (kittieb). With the participation of Ian McKellen (Richard III), Annette Bening (Reġina Eliżabetta), Jim Broadbent (Id-duka ta’ Buckingham), Robert Downey Jr. (Lord Rivers), Kristin Scott Thomas (Lady Anne), John Wood (Re Edward IV), Dominic West (Earl of Richmond).

NT

Polly Findlay (director) - William Shakespeare (playwright) With the participation of Rosalie Craig - Patsy Ferran - Leon Annor - Mark Benton

Title

Spartacus

Hamlet (Encore)

Start Date

13-Mar-16

19-Mar-16

End Date

26-Mar-16

20-Apr-16

Organiser

Creative Team

Bolshoi

Yuri Grigorovich (choreographer); Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (composer), Pavel Sorokin (conductor) With the participation of Il-prinċipali u solisti tal-Bolshoi, u il-Bolshoi Corps de Ballet

British Council

Sarah Frankcom (director), Amanda Stoodley (disinjatur), Lee Curran (lights), Alex Baranowski (kompożitur) With the participation of Maxine Peake (Hamlet), Thomas Arnold (Horatio), Polonia (Gillian Bevan), John Shrapnel (Claudius), Katie West (Ophelia)

Spanish Embassy

Pilar Miró (director), Lope de Vega (drammaturgu) With the participation of Emma Suàrez, Carmeló Gomez, Fernando Conde

April 2016

El perro del hortelano

07-Apr-16

27-Apr-16

Don Quixote

10-Apr-16

22-Apr-16

Spanish Embassy

Jose Pozo (director), Fabio Massimo Cacciatori (produttur), Miguel de Cervantes (kittieb) With the participation of José Luis Gil, Andreu Buenafuente, Luis Posada

Los santos inocentes

14-Apr-16

14-Apr-16

Spanish Embassy

Mari Camus (director), Miguel Delibes (awtur) With the participation of Alfredo Landa, Terele Pávez, Belén Ballesteros Franco Zeffirelli (direzzjoni), William Shakespeare (kitba), Franco Brusati (filmat) With the participation of Leonard Whiting (Romeo), Olivia Hussey (Juliet), John McEnery (Mercutio)

Romeo & Juliet

21-Apr-16

21-Apr-16

British Council

Prospero's Books

23-Apr-16

23-Apr-16

British Council

Elektra (Encore)

08-May-16

12-Jun-16

MET

Do Re Mi Fa

20-May-16

20-May-16

Chris Zarb

La Isla Minima

26-May-16

26-May-16

Spanish Embassy

Inhebbek Hedi

04-Jun-16

04-Jun-16

VFF

Porno E Liberta

04-Jun-16

04-Jun-16

VFF

Short Film Programme A

04-Jun-16

08-Jun-16

VFF

Sparrows

04-Jun-16

04-Jun-16

VFF

Hotel Dallas

04-Jun-16

05-Jun-16

VFF

June 2016

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Richard Strauss (composer) - Patrice Chéreau (producer) - Vincent Huhuet (stage director) With the participation of Esa-Pekka Salonen (Conductor); Nina Stemme (Elektra); Adrianne Pieczonka (Chrystothemis); Burkhard Ulrich (Aegisth); Waltraud Meier (Klytamnestra); Eric Owens (Orest)

Alberto Rodriguez (director), Rafael Cobos (kittieb) With the participation of Javier Gutiérrez, Raúl Arévalo, Maria Varod

Title

Start Date

End Date

Organiser

The Yard

05-Jun-16

05-Jun-16

VFF

Tanna

05-Jun-16

05-Jun-16

VFF

ZUD

05-Jun-16

06-Jun-16

VFF

Short Film Programme B

05-Jun-16

09-Jun-16

VFF

United States of Love

06-Jun-16

06-Jun-16

VFF

The Island Funeral

06-Jun-16

06-Jun-16

VFF

Walls

06-Jun-16

07-Jun-16

VFF

Short Film Programme C

06-Jun-16

10-Jun-16

VFF

Parents

07-Jun-16

07-Jun-16

VFF

Hotel Machine

07-Jun-16

08-Jun-16

VFF

Parasol

07-Jun-16

11-Jun-16

VFF

Short Film Programme D

07-Jun-16

10-Jun-16

VFF

Brothers of the Night

08-Jun-16

09-Jun-16

VFF

Rauf

09-Jun-16

09-Jun-16

VFF

In The Last Days of The City

09-Jun-16

09-Jun-16

VFF

Socotra

09-Jun-16

10-Jun-16

VFF

24 weeks

10-Jun-16

10-Jun-16

VFF

Junction 48

10-Jun-16

10-Jun-16

VFF

The Land of the Enlightened

10-Jun-16

11-Jun-16

VFF

Mammal

11-Jun-16

11-Jun-16

VFF

Tosca (Encore)

25-Jun-16

25-Jun-16

MET

L'Elisir d'Amore (Encore)

02-Jul-16

02-Jul-16

MET

Romeo & Juliet (LIVE)

La Boheme

07-Jul-15

16-Jul-16

07-Jul-15

16-Jul-16

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Creative Team

Giacomo Puccini (composer), Riccardo Frizza (konduttur), Luc Bondy (producer) With the participation of Patricia Racette (Tosca), George Gagnidze (Scarpia), Richard Bernstein (Angelotti), Roberto Alagna (Cavaradossi), Eduardo Valdes (Spoletta), James Courtney (Sciarrone)

Picture House

Kenneth Branagh (director), William Shakespeare (awtur) With the participation of Derek Jacobi, Lily James, Richard Madden

MET

Giacomo Puccini (composer), Stefano Ranzani (konduttur), Franco Zeffirelli (producer) With the participation of Vittorio Grigolo (Rodolfo), Kristine Opolais (Mimi), Susanna Phillips (Musetta), Massimo Cavaletti (Marcello), Patrick Carfizzi (Schaunard), Oren Gradus (Colline)

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RICHARD III (Live)

Cosi Fan Tutte

Start Date

21-Jul-16

23-Jul-16

End Date

21-Jul-16

23-Jul-16

Total number of projects: 101

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Picture House

Rupert Goold (director), Hildegard Bechtler (design), Jon Morrell (kostumi), Jon Clark (lights), Adam Cork (composer u music) With the participation of David Annen, Joseph Arkley, Tom Canton, Daniel Cerquiera, Simon Coates, Susan Engel, Ralph Fiennes, James Garnon, Mark Hadfield, Scott Handy, Finbar Lynch, AislĂ­n McGuckin, Joseph Mydell, Vanessa Redgrave, Joshua Riley, Joanna Vanderham, Ben Barker, Lukas Rolfe, Baxter westby, Oliver Whitehouse

MET

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer), James Levine (konduttur) With the participation of Susanna Phillips (Fiordiligi), Isabel Leonard (Donabella), Matthew Polenzani (Ferrando), Rodion Pogossov (Guglielmo), Danielle de Niese (Despina), Maurizio Muraro (Don Alfonso)

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OTHER CREATIVE FORMS As in previous years, there were a number of other creative forms presented within the 2015/16 programme, aside from Theatre, Visual Arts, Music, and Cinema. As part of the Spazju Kreattiv strategic vision, a diversity of forms is not only highly desireable but also makes for a broader set audiences engaging with projects from Fondazzjoni Kreattività over all.

The first event in this category was the co-organisation of the 19th International Conference on Electronic Publishing (known as Elpub 2015) along with the University of Malta’s Department of Library Information and Archive Sciences. Two pre-conference workshops were also held, including the launch of DARIAH (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities) in Malta. Proceedings of this conference, entitled New Avenues for Electronic Publishing in the Age of Infinite Collections and Citizen Science: Scale, Openness and Trust, edited by conference organising chairs Birgit Schmidt and Milena Dobreva, were published with open access by IOS Press of Amsterdam.

Science in the City is undoubtedly the most popular of the sort of events that fall in this grouping. Spazju Kreattiv supported the Malta Chamber of Scientists in various aspects that led to the organisation and execution of the 2015 edition of this popular science festival.

Just as enlightening was the project Misteri by Vanni Pulè, which consisted mainly in a show of magic, illusion and deception featuring various performers. The project also included a lecture by the illusionist on the history of magic, illusion and deception along with a small exhibition of painting and drawings he created on the subject.

The presentation of poet Adrian Grima’s Klin u Kapriċċi Oħra in our theatre-in-the-round was a rather unusual book launch in as much as it featured music by the Maltese rock band Plato’s Dream Machine. This was not the only project from the field of literature in the season since there were also a number of workshops on writing for the theatre delivered by Vicki Ann Cremona, Cathy Crab and Fraser Grace in collaboration with Arts Council Malta. These complemented Valletta 2018’s Storyworks workshops on writing for the screen with the participation of Mary Kate O’Flanagan and Jean Pierre Magro, presented in collaboration with the Malta Film Commission.

A number of other activities in this category involve voluntary organisations with which we have an ongoing collaboration agreement. These include Celebrating World Day of Disability with the Opening Doors Association, and a Wiki Workshop on the Europeana Art History Challenge from Wikimedia Community Malta.

Also particularly noteworthy are our Education Outreach activities and the Community Outreach project conducted at the Corradino Correctional Facility through the support of the President’s Creativity Award.

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Title

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End Date

Language

Creative Team

August 2015 - January 2016 International Conference on Electronic Publishing – The 19th Edition

01-Sep-15

01-Sep-15

English

University of Malta

Science in the City: Discussions on Science and the Culture of Ageing

25-Sep-15

25-Sep-15

English

Malta Chamber of Scientists

Science in the City: Extinct?

25-Sep-15

25-Sep-16

English

Sean Briffa (puppeteer)

Science in the City: Marie Curie through Puppetry

25-Sep-15

05-Sep-15

English

Sean Briffa (puppeteer); S-Cubed (actors)

Science in the City: My Family and Other Animals

25-Sep-15

25-Sep-15

English

Malta Chamber of Scientists

Book Launch- Klin u Kapriċċi Oħra

30-Sep-15

30-Sep-15

Maltese

Adrian Grima (author)

Malta Cafe Scientifique

07-Oct-15

07-Oct-15

English

Marie Curie Actions

Perfect Men

06-Nov-15

07-Nov-15

Kors ta’ Kitba għat-Teatru I and II

13-Nov-15

15-May-16

English

Vicky Ann Cremona, Cathy Crabb and Fraser Grace (scriptwriters)

ŻiguŻajg – Arts Festival for Children & Young People

16-Nov-15

22-Nov-15

Various

Fondazzjoni Kreattività

Celebrating World Day of Disability

03-Dec-15

03-Dec-15

English

Sandra Mifsud, Andrea Grancini and Luke Baldacchino (artists)

Misteri: A Talk about the History of Magic, Illusion and Deception

16-Dec-15

16-Dec-15

Maltese

Vanni Pulè (artist)

Misteri: An Evening of Artistry, History and Mystery

18-Dec-15

20-Dec-15

Maltese

Vanni Pulè (artist)

The Photo Factory

19-Jan-16

18-Mar-16

English

Futura Tittaferrante (artist)

kYds Dig Science

30-Jan-16

30-Jan-16

English

Angele Galea (artist)

In_Ocula, Do_nucleo culturale

February 2016 - July 2016 Wirt Malti (school workshops)

16-Mar-16

Maltese

Soundscapes

Storyworks: The Next Stage – Taking the Script to the Market

20-Mar-16

20-Mar-16

English

Valletta 2018, Malta Film Commission, Kunsill Malti għall-Arti u l-Kultura, Spazju Kreattiv with the participation of Mary Kate O Flanagan (International Film Consultant) and Jean Pierre Magro (writer and producer)

Wiki Workshop – Europeana Art History Challenge

16-Apr-16

04-May-16

Maltese/ English

Neville Borg with the participation of Wikimedia Community Malta

Margaret Howard Theatre College – On Studying Abroad

01-Jun-16

01-Jun-16

English

Ben Darmanin and Kevin Fountain (speaker)

IDE@ - the new season

28-Aug-15

Maltese

Spazju Kreattiv

Total number of Projects : 20

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OUTREACH: EDUCATION

In view of interest throughout the 2015/2016 season to host a number of hands-on workshops in educational contexts, the Programme Team communicated with a number of project producers the possibility of hosting a number of educational activities directly targeting schools. Furthermore, a number of projects were designed fully within our scholastic offerings.

The main aim of the Spazju Kreattiv educational programme is to encourage critical thinking and debate, to exercise students’ observational skills and to educate future generations on cultural and creative aspects through fun ways of learning.

Throughout the 2015/16 season, activities included workshops with various visual artists focusing on ceramics, photography and collage making. A number of workshops produced work to incorporate within the St James Cavalier spaces, resulting in attendees gaining insight on the production of exhibitions. We also offered creative science workshops in collaboration with Science in the City. A number of sessions created by theatre companies revolving around themes from their productions were supplemented with “theatre as a means of communication” workshops, including script writing courses.

Communication with schools is vital. A newsletter is regularly produced and sent to several schools through our Customer Experience Team. This works well for teachers and educators in combination with information on the Spazju Kreattiv website and specific Facebook event pages for schools events.

The greatest challenges we face in this area of activity include sudden changes in availability from either our collaborating creatives or the schools themselves. This results in workshops being cancelled or dates re-scheduled. We are exploring ways to minimise such occurrences moving forward. We are particularly encouraged whenever our collaborators propose extra dates for some of the workshops as this provides a win-win situation for both the creatives themselves and the schools with which we are able to engage.

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OUTREACH: TRAĠITT PROJECT Back in 2011 Fondazzjoni Kreattività embarked on a community project with the residents of the Corradino Correctional Facility (CCF). The project has been awarded the Premju talPresident għall-Kreattività and continued over the years into the current season to come to an end by the summer of 2016.

Traġitt, to give the project is proper name, was a manifestation of different journeys lived, learned, discovered, observed and shared. All participants were able to look back and reflect on what the sessions in 2014-2015 were about - a year which offered an experience through art education, including an understanding of the visual language. It helped all learning participants to understand that like all forms of human expression, art can be evidence of how individuals respond to different kinds of experiences.

The difference, however, from previous projects developed in the same learning environment, was that the identity of teachers and learners was shared rather than fixed. In this way, the teacher could become a learner and the learner, a teacher. The experience was furthermore, shared among participants from different community members - between the Female section, Y.O.U.R.S. and three visiting artist-educators.

This initiative has enabled five residents of the CCF to sit for the Art and Design exam (Edexcel), and attain this qualification.

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ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE Fondazzjoni Kreattività has been hosting artists-in-residence in Valletta since 2001, when Malta-born American artist Jean Zaleski initiated an artist exchange agreement with the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. More recently, two Fondazzjoni Kreattività board members – Georgina Portelli and Patrick Fenech, were involved in a European Commission Open Method of Collaboration exercise which created guidelines for EU member states to follow with regard to Artists-in-Residence programmes.

Following on for a pilot programme for 2015/16, built on some of the recommendations found in the EU Guidelines for Artists-in-Residence, we have embarked on a new AiR Programme, based in our new artists’ residence in Għarb, Gozo. Our current Artist-inResidence programme is a collaboration between Fondazzjoni Kreattività and Valletta 2018 Foundation within in the context of a growing, local, cultural, scene in the run-up to Valletta’s European Capital of Culture title.

Creatives from all fields are invited for 2-3 week residencies based in Gozo; with its landscapes, seascapes and soundscapes, and the contemporary exploration of cultural diversity that exists there.

Its aim is to enrich multiculturalism within the national creative scene, and encourage productive interaction between international creatives and local creatives; between international creatives and communities, as well as between physical and virtual environments.

The AiR Programme falls within three formats.

Visits Every year, a number of artists and creative industry professionals visit Malta on an invitation from the Fondazzjoni Kreattività and Valletta 2018 and/or their associates. Some of these special guests are awarded a fellowship in order to foster an ongoing working relationship between the individual/s visiting Malta and the communities regularly served directly by the Fondazzjoni Kreattività and Valletta 2018.

Exchanges Fondazzjoni Kreattività and Valletta 2018 have a number of collaboration agreements with other cultural entities around the world. Artists based outside Malta apply to the collaborating partner institution, while those based in Malta apply to the Fondazzjoni Kreattività and Valletta 2018.

Encounters Fondazzjoni Kreattività and Valletta 2018 are members of various networks for artists and creative industry professionals. Through these memberships they occasionally host encounters between Maltese artists and creative individuals/ groups and their counterparts or other similar collaborators in/from other countries.

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30 January - ­13 February 2016 Danielle Asciak :­“Everyone Wants a Piece of Malta!”

Danielle is a second generation Maltese and Macedonian Australian who splits her time working as an arts administrator for the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and as an independent cabaret artist. The show ‘Everyone Wants a Piece of Malta!’ was her first cabaret venture and she’s now in her eighth year performing.

During her residency she developed and presented new creative material as well as conducted cabaret workshops for emerging performers. Her work led to prospective collaborations with creatives from national and international networks.

6 June - 19 June 2016 AnnaMaria Weldon: “Sanctuary” Annamaria, a writer about place whose work has often been presented on stage, works across disciplines with composers, actors, musicians, choreographers and dances.

As part of the AiR Programme, Annamaria participated in a multi-purpose residency in which she wrote creatively, offered public readings and workshops on habitat writing (prose and poetry), and carried out photographic work towards documentation and staging.

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1 July - 15 July 2016 Anthony Hawley - “Loculus” How do the things we store shape us?”, Anthony Hawley, our artist-in-residence for July 2016 explored this very particular topic.

He is currently developing a new project called ‘Birdless’, which is about different ideas of ‘storage’. In particular, what we hoard and collect, and the ‘spam’ of our lives; how we store things from data (on hard drives) to our dead (in burial sites); or refugees for that matter; how we store and contain time and how different objects and locations contain several different times.

What is one person’s spam is another person’s identity. How do the things we store shape us?

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ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE Where do all our stories go? What gets lost and forgotten? How do we make room for things we no longer use, like outdated technologies? In centuries to come, what will wash up on the shores from our era? Gameboys, cd players, and old iPods? What do we try to cling to, to shape our identities? And what do we try to expunge?

The project consists of photo-based work and an experimental film.

Anthony Hawley will return to Malta with this project for the 2016/17 Spazju Kreattiv programme.

21 July - 10 August 2016 Anne Glusker - “Mela, Ħanini” Anne was, for most of her career, a journalist (both writer and editor) in print, digital, and radio, at such outlets as the Washington Post and the New York Times. In recent years, she has begun writing nonfiction of a very different kind than her former journalism work, and is currently engaged in a memoir project about the years she spent living on New York’s Lower East Side (in its pre-gentrification moment). Throughout her residency, Anne was able to meet a number of creatives, including publishers, artists and writers, both Maltese and Gozitan, in an exploration of language and identity through her journalistic anthropological eye.

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COLLABORATIONS Collaboration is one of the essential ingredients of the more successful projects within the contemporary creative scene. The days of the lone artist locked up in a studio, or the genius who does it all alone, are long behind us. Collaboration, in its most basic form, is between two people, or one person and a group, or even two groups of people.

As an integral part of the way Spazju Kreattiv operates, a number of memoranda of understanding with public entities, and collaboration agreements with voluntary organisations who share some aspects of Fondazzjoni Kreattività’s mission statement, have been signed. Work under the banner of these formal collaborations started to bear its first fruit during the 2015/16 season.

Memoranda of Understanding The public entities with which we have a memorandum of understanding are: • Aġenzija Żgħażagħ • Malta College of Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST) Collaboration Agreements The voluntary organisations with which we have collaboration agreements are • Electronic Music Malta • Gabriel Caruana Foundation • L-Għanja tal-Poplu • M3P Foundation • META Foundation • Opening Doors Association • Wikimedia Community Malta Discussions with other public entities and VOs are also underway and it is envisioned that these lists will continue to expand over the years to come.

The purpose of establishing these collaboration agreements is twofold: 1. Organisations interested in working closely with Spazju Kreattiv should be offered administrative support to encourage their creative efforts whenever they need, to make use of resources available to projects within Spazju Kreattiv; 2. Spazju Kreattiv aims to serve as diverse a range of creative projects as possible within the Maltese islands and should therefore support those organisations that have similar goals. This ensures that we amplify each other’s efforts rather than dilute what’s actually possible through shared resources, skills and audiences.

Building on some excellent relationships fostered mostly informally over the years between cultural associations, foundations, other organisations and with Fondazzjoni Kreattività, Spazju Kreattiv continues to ensure that continuity of purpose is maintained by working with groups of people who are already accustomed to working together and aim to bring new members within their fold.

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COLLABORATIONS Aġenzija Żgħażagħ Aġenzija Żgħażagħ was established in February 2011 to promote the interests of young people and to provide assistance to youth organisations and young people in achieving their potential. The aim in establishing Aġenzija Żgħażagħ is to mainstream youth-related issues and further develop youth services. It enables further investment in young people and helps them realise their potential. Aġenzija Żgħażagħ’s overall objective is to provide a coherent, cohesive and unified Government approach to addressing the needs and aspirations of young people and to realise the following benefits: • For Young people:

– More actions within existing policies for young people

– Greater participation, empowerment and dialogue for young people • For Policymaking and Policy makers:

– Change in attitudes and work culture to include a youth perspective

– Greater coherence in policymaking

– Better data and information on youth issues Mission Statement: to manage and implement the National Youth Policy to promote and safeguard the interests of young people which it pursues through its various policy measures.

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COLLABORATIONS Malta College of Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST) Established in 2001, the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) is the country’s leading vocational education and training institution. Through the six institutes in Malta and the Gozo Campus, it offers 185 full-time and over 300 part-time vocational courses ranging from certificates to degrees (MQF Level 1 to Level 6). The students are prepared for careers in different sectors of the economy or for higher education.

MCAST collaborates closely with local industries to ensure that the knowledge, skills and competencies within its curricula are appropriate and relevant to a dynamic and forwardlooking economy. This relationship stimulates the College’s success - the programmes are flexible, relevant and responsive to the aspirations of its students and the needs of industries, which are constantly evolving to meet the challenges of a changing global economy.

Mission Statement: “To provide universally accessible vocational and professional education and training with an international dimension, responsive to the needs of the individual and the economy.”

Electronic Music Malta Established in 2015, this is the first voluntary organisation with the sole aim of promoting electronic music in all of its forms in the Maltese islands.

The organisation has the following objectives: • To provide support and information for all Maltese electronic music engineers, innovators, artists and performers; • To promote the educational aspect of electronic music covering music software, engineering, history, sound design and electronic music combined with other art forms by holding workshops and lectures available for various audiences.

• To seek and promote, on a national level, the participation of the organisation in national, cultural, and related events thereby ensuring that electronic music and its artists, engineers and performers are justly acknowledged as a musical art form and as an innovative practice in the Maltese islands.

• To promote and present the interests of the organisations-members to the local administration and authorities, international organisations and other authorities.

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COLLABORATIONS • To raise funds by means of subscription of members, or otherwise, for all the purposes and objectives of the Organisation in such amounts and in such manner as may be authorised by the Executive Committee.

• To form part of any national/international organisation/s whose aims are similar to that of the Organisation.

• To encourage and promote research and innovation in the field of sound and electronic music in Malta, including the design, creation and modification of electronic music equipment and the development of related software – this also includes the joining up of sound and music with vision and other art forms.

• To create a forum for electronic music vintage equipment and technology collectors by organising synthesizer expositions and related workshops – this also includes documenting the history of electronic music in Malta covering the use of electronic equipment, releases produced by local artists and the organisation of local electronic music events.

• To do all that which is ancillary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of the objectives above.

Mission Statement: “The aim of Electronic Music Malta (hereby referred to as ‘EMM’) is to promote electronic music in all its forms in Malta. Such aspects include: electronic music performance, composition, production, recording, engineering and mastering. EMM also raises awareness on education, documentation, restoration of equipment, innovation in this form of music and joining up of electronic music with other moving or static art forms.”

Gabriel Caruana Foundation Founded in 2016, the Gabriel Caruana Foundation promotes and preserves the artistic legacy of Gabriel Caruana and related modern and/or contemporary exponents, encourages and provides opportunities for established and emerging modern and/or contemporary artists and raises awareness and promotes quality modern and/or contemporary art in Malta and beyond. The foundation enables the exploration of new forms of artistic expression and creativity, as well as enables and develops an intellectual discourse on cultural, environmental creativity and social themes through contemporary art, and increase community participation.

Mission Statement: “The Gabriel Caruana Foundation is a hub of creativity and innovation for modern and contemporary art in Malta. The Foundation strives to raise awareness, appreciation, participation and provide opportunities in modern and contemporary art. The Gabriel Caruana Foundation, a non-profit organisation, shall strive to reach-out, collaborate, and contribute towards artistic, cultural and creative development with the general public, creatives and other organisations.”

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COLLABORATIONS L-Għanja tal-Poplu Founded in 1973, L-għanja tal-Poplu is now in its 40th edition. L-Għanja continues to organise the yearly contest of original songs in Maltese on a national scale as per its statute. Furthermore, it enables to encourage authors and composers to write and compose songs in Maltese; to create opportunities for these songs to be performed in public; to publish songs presented in the contest; and to award artists that have continuously contributed positively towards the contemporary song in Maltese.

M3P Foundation

Malta Media Memory P r e s e r v a t i o n

The basic infrastructure for the M3P Foundation was established in late 2010 at the St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity and registered officially in January 2011. It is a non-profit voluntary organisation based in Malta, which is the legal entity registered as the operator of M3P. As a non-profit making organisation, any excess funds generated by the M3P Foundation are used in projects within the objectives of the Foundation.

M3P is a collaborative multimedia database of Maltese music and associated arts. This project aims to build a comprehensive multimedia database and gateway to the creation of a national collection of artefacts from the Maltese music scene and associated arts. M3P is an acronym for Malta Music Memory Project. The M3P Foundation, a non-profit voluntary organisation, is the legal entity registered as the operator of this project.

Mission Statement: “This project aims to build a comprehensive multimedia database and gateway to the creation of a national collection of artefacts from the Maltese media scene and associated arts.”

META Foundation META foundation was founded back in 2015 to oversee the administration and curatorship of the Gozo Contemporary and Valletta Contemporary art galleries. The collaboration with Fondazzjoni Kreattività is primarily through the Artists-in-Residence programme and cross-collaboration with national and international artists.

Valletta Contemporary will promote quality and excellence in the practice and appreciation of contemporary art. In order to do this it has established a number of collaborations with local and international institutions and collectors. The centre will run regular outreach programmes, as well as diverse educational and knowledge-sharing initiatives which will involve both practicing artists as well as the local community. Valletta Contemporary will also encourage the enjoyment of art works through its retail facility, which will be designed to support the work of emerging Maltese and international artists and designers.

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COLLABORATIONS Mission Statement: “META Foundation was set up to run the premises of Valletta Contemporary and Gozo Contemporary. These state of the art venues’ main aim is to promote contemporary art, particularly showcasing all the disciplines in the visual arts, including architecture and design. The Foundation’s mission is to provide the policy guidelines and support required to run the venues, while championing the work of contemporary artists whose work is marked by originality and experimentation in diverse media and themes.”

Opening Doors Association Founded in 2011, Opening Doors is an autonomous, non-governmental, not-for-profit arts association operating at a national level in Malta for the promotion and active involvement of adults with learning disabilities in the artistic and creative sector.

The Association has the following objectives: • To develop our own artistic projects and programmes.

• To create ongoing training opportunities to develop artistic skills that would manifest in expressions of artistic quality.

• To engage artists and creative professionals.

• To collaborate with national and international organisations and participate in civil society platforms.

• To increase public awareness of the contribution people with learning disabilities can make to the creative sector.

• To facilitate employment opportunities in the arts for adults with learning disability.

Wikimedia Community Malta

wcm Wikimedia Community Malta

Wikimedia Community Malta is a wiki-user group based in Malta. This group aims to encourage the uptake of wiki activity amongst Maltese communities, through the implementation of various wiki activities, projects, and training & outreach events.

They started operating formally as a registered voluntary organisation at the start of 2016 and in August 2016 Wikimedia Community User Group Malta was officially granted user group status through the Wikimedia Foundation’s Affiliations Committee.

Mission Statement: “Wikimedia Community Malta aims to encourage the uptake of Wiki activity amongst Maltese communities, particularly, but not exclusively, through Wikimedia projects, while developing an open, Wiki-based platform through which collective and cultural memory can be preserved and debated. The organisation’s mission also includes encouraging awareness of, and critical debate, about Malta’s tangible and intangible cultural heritage across online media and Wikiplatforms, while acting as a resource for further research into collective and cultural memory within Malta, and nurturing their conservation through Wiki platforms.”

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INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING In an age where cultures from different parts of the world are accessible in some many relatively easy ways, it is still essential to maintain ongoing relationships with others from cultures other than one’s own. Fondazzjoni Kreattività has long fostered an international profile by reaching out beyond Malta both physically and by reaching out to representatives of other cultures within the country.

Open Method of Coordination We have been involved in two Open Method of Coordination groups at the European Commission in Brussels, working on providing guidelines for operators in the Culture and Creative Industries across the European Union. The two groups, within which we have held an active role, concern Artists-in-Residence (2013-2015) and Promoting Culture through Digital Means (2015-2017).

Our own Artists-in-Residence Programme, which has been running since 2001, was rethought in 2015/16 and a pilot programme was launched towards establishing what is now our Artists-in-Residence Programme in collaboration with the Valletta 2018 Foundation.

The first full cohort of artists-in-residence under this new scheme will be arriving during the 2016/17 season.

Collaborations with Diplomatic Representatives Furthermore, we continue to maintain working relationships with a number of diplomatic representatives from other countries, particularly ones who have a strong agenda to share their own culture and creative sectors. Highlights from such activities can be found over the coming pages.

International Networking To ensure that we share and exchange knowledge with other creative industries facilitators around the world, we sustain our membership in networks that enable us to provide various professional links to our collaborators both locally and internationally.

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INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING USA Title

Start Date

Title

End Date

Venue

Creative Team

Start Date

End Date

Venue

4-Dec-15

4-Dec-15

Studio B

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Start Date

End Date

Venue

Fusion

13-May-16

29-May-16

Space C1-C4

Zeng Yi, Joseph P. Smith (photographers) , Kevin Casha (curator) in collaboration with China Cultural Centre

Fusion – Artists’ Talk

13-May-16

13-May-16

Space C1-C4

Zeng Yi, Joseph P. Smith (photographers) , Kevin Casha (curator) in collaboration with China Cultural Centre

Title

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End Date

Venue

Organiser

El Arbol Magnetico

28-Oct-16

28-Oct-16

Cinema

Spanish Embassy

Gente en Sitios

25-Nov-16

25-Nov-16

Cinema

Spanish Embassy

El Angel de Budapest

16-Dec-16

16-Dec-16

Cinema

Spanish Embassy

El perro del hortelano

7-Apr-16

27-Apr-16

Cinema

Spanish Embassy

Don Quixote

10-Apr-16

22-Apr-16

Cinema

Spanish Embassy

Los santos inocentes

14-Apr-16

14-Apr-16

Cinema

Spanish Embassy

La Isla Minima

26-May-16

26-May-16

Cinema

Spanish Embassy

Live Performance by American Jazz Artist Gabrielle Stravelli

Creative Team Gabrielle Stravelli, Patrick O’Leary, Jim Ridl, Jordan Young and Carlo Muscat (musicians)

China Creative Team

Spain

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INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING Germany Title

Start Date

End Date

Venue

Organiser

Beloved Sisters

18-Nov-15

20-Nov-15

Cinema

German Film Festival

My Skinny Sister

16-Nov-15

21-Nov-15

Cinema

German Film Festival in collaboration with ŻiguŻajg

Phoenix

19-Nov-15

22-Nov-15

Cinema

German Film Festival

Who am I? - No system is safe

19-Nov-15

19-Nov-15

Cinema

German Film Festival

Jack

20-Nov-15

20-Nov-15

Cinema

German Film Festival

Windstorm

22-Nov-15

22-Nov-15

Cinema

German Film Festival in collaboration with ŻiguŻajg

Parents

22-Nov-15

22-Nov-15

Cinema

German Film Festival

Title

Start Date

End Date

Venue

Organiser

Hamlet (Encore)

19-Mar-16

20-Apr-16

Cinema

British Council

King Lear

18-Feb-16

18-Feb-16

Cinema

British Council

Macbeth

20-Feb-16

20-Feb-16

Cinema

British Council

Richard III

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21-Feb-16

Cinema

British Council

Romeo & Juliet

21-Apr-16

21-Apr-16

Cinema

British Council

Prospero’s Books

23-Apr-16

23-Apr-16

Cinema

British Council

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Fondazzjoni Kreattività is a member of the following international associations: ASSITEJ is an international network of professionals working in theatre for children and young people. The network boasts over 90 international centres and organisations.

Within the AiR framework this is an ideal source for building international residencies and professional exchanges. (http://www.assitej-international.org) Fresh Arts Coalition Europe (FACE) is a an international platform which promotes crossdisciplinary artforms. The network operates as a dynamic forum for ideas, experiences and professional exchanges, supporting its members and creative professionals. It is an excellent source of opportunities for residencies, exchanges and visits. (http://www.fresheurope.org) Europe for Festivals Festivals for Europe (EFFE) is an international Festivals’ network under the auspices of the European Commission. It is predominantly a platform for encounters and exchange of professional expertise within a festival spectrum. In the latest call there were over 850 festivals from 32 different countries which applied. (http://www.effe.eu) International Confederation of Art Cinemas (CICAE) is the only international association of art house cinema theatres. It is primarily a source of information and professional training. (http://cicae.org/en/) The 360° Project provides a source of exchange for venues to build on pre-existing performative notions and reinvent them to better accommodate today’s socio-cultural realities. The network boasts some of the best known 360° venues around the world. (http://www.theatres360.org) Res Artis is a worldwide network of artist residencies with over 490 centres, organisations, and individuals in over 70 countries. Each of our members is dedicated to offering artists, curators, and all manner of creative people the essential time and place away from the pressures and habits of every-day life, an experience framed within a unique geographic and cultural context. (http://www.resartis.org/en/)

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Artists Exchange Programmes Fondazzjoni Kreattività is also involved in the following Artists Exchange Programmes: VCCA (Virginia Centre for Creative Arts) The VCCA (Virginia Centre for Creative Arts) is a working retreat for exceptional national and international artists, writers, and composers. For anywhere from four to six weeks, they come here for intense periods of work free from the distractions of day-to-day life.

Sequestered in the rolling foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, they are furnished with private studios, private bedrooms and three prepared meals a day. They can work in concentrated solitude, then re-energize in the company of two dozen other artists, writers and composers at dinner. (http://www.vcca.com)

MCCC (Malta China Cultural Centre) The Malta China Cultural Centre (MCCC) administers the Programme of Cultural Exchanges between the Maltese Government and the Government of the People’s Republic of China for the Period 2014 - 2018. The MCCC reaffirms the desire of both countries to strengthen and advance relations in matters of culture and the arts, in the study and preservation of cultural heritage, media, youth, sports, Valletta European Capital of Culture 2018 and local government through a series of cultural exchanges. The two countries are working on a number of measures over the prescribed period. (http://malta.cccweb.org/mt)

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Over the years since 2000, Fondazzjoni KreattivitĂ has amassed a substantial collection of art objects, most of which entered its possession through a long-standing practice of work retention, established in Malta for many decades, which has been revised for the coming season.

These objects provide a veritable treasure trove of modern and contemporary Maltese visual art from the past couple of decades. Through this collection we hope to also reach out to the broader creative arts community, to ensure more parity across creative forms of expression and equitable opportunities for creative practitioners operating in Malta.

To better understand the works in our collection we embarked on a research project entitled Past, Present, Future? Which in the 2015/16 season included a display of some of the works from the collection, discussions with key stakeholders and the general public, as well as a series of workshops for secondary school children studying art as an option.

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A Research Project In 2015, Spazju Kreattiv embarked on a qualitative and quantitative research project related to the collection of works, artefacts and publications, which are currently under the care of Fondazzjoni Kreattività. These works have been gathered and stored over the past sixteen years, since 1999, when St James Cavalier was assigned to house Malta’s national Centre for Creativity.

A central part of this research project focuses on public exposure of a selection of items from the permanent collection of Fondazzjoni Kreattività, in order to encourage and instigate debate towards establishing better retention and preservation policies.

Under the guidance of artistic director Dr Toni Sant, a series of discussions and school workshops was developed, intended not only to open the research project to the public, but to further serve as a platform through which possible concrete solutions on the future retention policies and preservation practices of Fondazzjoni Kreattività could be drawn up.

Both the discussions and school workshops were founded on concerns directly linked to the nature and future of the national collection of a public-funded organisation, in particular of Spazju Kreattiv. It is for this reason that both activities were held within the whitewashed walls of Space C2, metaphorically representing ‘the future,’ as the primary focus of either activity was concerned with the direction that the Spazju Kreattiv programme is to take in relation to the preservation of multidisciplinary artistic productions featuring in its programme.

To some extent, the talks and workshops were intended for a particular audience, which can be loosely said to have comprised of two distinct groups: • a mature audience, including professionals in the field of curatorship and museology, individuals who have worked or collaborated closely with such public-funded organisations in the past, students and creatives (Section 1); • thirteen to fifteen year-old teenagers who are taking ‘Art’ as their first or second option at secondary school (Section 2).

This report will, therefore, be structured along two main branches, where the most salient points of each discussion-based activity shall be summarised and consequently analysed, in order to crystallise a number of concluding remarks on the future of the Spazju Kreattiv programme in its obligation, or not, towards the upkeep of a national collection (Section 3).

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PERMANENT COLLECTION THE DISCUSSIONS As part of the Spazju Kreattiv Past, Present, Future? research project, a series of discussions revolving around specific, inter-connected topics relating to the Fondazzjoni KreattivitĂ National Collection was held throughout the month of January, every Wednesday at 7.00PM, in Space C2 at St James Cavalier, Valletta. Each discussion featured guest speakers who, together with the Spazju Kreattiv artistic director, initiated the conversation on a particular and pre-selected theme, as indicated below. Each discussion revolved around a question or set of questions: Wednesday 6 January 2016 What selection criteria should be formally adopted for new works entering the National Collection?

Wednesday 13 January 2016 How do artists benefit from donating work to the National Collection?

Wednesday 20 January 2016 What remains after a visual art project has been exhibited in a publicly funded art space?

What resources do public cultural organisations need to preserve contemporary works of art and artefacts associated with them for long-term access?

Wednesday 27 January 2016 What retention policies and preservation practices make most sense in 21st century realities?

How do publicly funded institutions benefit from works donated to the National Collection?

WORKSHOPS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL ART STUDENTS The workshops were devised in such a way: - - - -

to exercise students’ observational skills; to instigate critical thinking and debate; to introduce the notion of the National Collection; to introduce concerning issues related to the retention and preservation of works in the National Collection; - to form associations between independent works of art; - to draw attention to the relationships between artists, organisations and audiences involved in the selection, retention, preservation, storage and accessibility of works belonging to the National Collection; - to generate thought provoking ideas and proposals on what could be done with the existing collection, and what could be done following other exhibitions, performances and productions in the future.

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The first half of the session was dedicated to exercising their observational skills. This we managed to achieve by giving the students a series of riddles describing each work displayed in the room representing the ‘present’. The students were divided into groups and were presented with one form consisting of one riddle and a set of identical questions.

The intention of this was to encourage the students’ engagement with the content of the pieces on display, as well as to develop a partial-overview of what the ‘national collection’ consists of.

One of art’s main roles in society is to spark discussion and interest. For this reason, following the observation and engagement exercise, a conversation with and between the students was initiated, wherein they could share their views, deliberate among themselves and draw connections, similarities and contrasts between the works they were randomly assigned.

During the second part of the workshop the students were divided into three groups: The Artists, The Organisation and The Public, where each role was subsequently defined.

The notion of the National Collection was introduced at this point, as well as the mission statement of Fondazzjoni Kreattività, and a sample of the current activities of the Spazju Kreattiv programme. All three groups were then asked the same questions based on those

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OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SCHOOL WORKSHOPS - Most of the students were under the impression that Spazju Kreattiv was a museum.

- A number of students had never even visited the National Museum of Fine Arts, and therefore, could not easily make the distinction between the different aims and structure of such spaces.

- The students weren’t aware that a National Collection even existed.

- Most of the students weren’t familiar with installation art and the mentality that art is strictly traditional is still very common, especially amongst secondary school children.

- Most of the teachers agreed that their students had never been exposed to that level of creative thinking and that tfor this reason they were very intrigued by the way they reacted to the workshops.

- Some of the presented issues might have been slightly too complex to grasp, despite them being simplified and thoroughly explained.

OUTCOMES FROM THE SCHOOL WORKSHOPS The following is a list of findings based on the opinions, views and questions of the participating students. The list also includes observations and a selection of direct suggestions gathered over the three workshops. Significantly, the suggestions and concerns raised by the students reflected and even shared much in common, with those expressed by the speakers during the evening discussions: - “There should be no National Collection if the Nation itself does not have access to it.”

- “Why have a National Collection in the first place, if this is not even a museum?”

- “Artists should only donate their work to the collection if they want to.” The notion of choice is pivotal and necessary to maintain good relationships with artists.

- Some students who played the role of the artist didn’t mind if their donated work was seen or not, they were simply content with knowing that their art belonged to, or rather, formed part of, a national collection.

- Most students agreed that artists are very attached to their work and if they were to exhibit at Spazju Kreattiv in the future they would only leave an art work to the collection if they were promised money or exposure in return.

- The ‘Organisation’ expressed concern when it came to creating criteria for the national collection especially when it came to whether the artists who donate work to the national collection, should be Maltese or not.

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PERMANENT COLLECTION - Some students agreed that in order for the collection to be ‘national’ then the collection should boast Maltese work only and include no foreign art. In contrast, however, other students thought that allowing foreign art to be part of the national collection would create more opportunities for Maltese artists abroad as they hoped that other countries would be more open to accepting Maltese work and increase exposure.

- Students struggled to find a common link between the works in the national collection.

Having said that they weren’t sure what it was that made the work national. When confronted with the question whether the collection is identified as national due to its content or due to the fact that it belongs to a community, to the nation in this case, their reply gravitated towards the latter, leading them to conclude that the work needn’t have factors in common.

- Following the above, and related to the issue of ‘selection criteria,’ the students strongly believed that if the works do not necessarily need to have factors in common, then there should be a person, or a group of professionals, who should have the responsibility of choosing what work is accepted to the collection unbiasedly and critically.

- More than anything the students felt that if the artistic director, in the case of Spazju Kreattiv, is going to keep a particular work for the collection, then the ‘Organisation’ has the duty and responsibility to increase the level of accessibility as all members of the ‘Public’ complained that they wanted to see these works online.

- ‘Records’ were defined to be photos and write ups of those works chosen to be in the National Collection, and that these could and should be accessed through websites, social media and online portals.

- They agreed that documenting and recording any form of work, and making it accessible online was the best and most just way of retaining something which happened in the past, even things which cannot be kept physically.

- When the newspaper cuttings and articles written about events of the Spazju Kreattiv programme were brought to the students’ attention, they wondered why these cannot be accessed easily.

- Most of the students indicated their difficulty in understanding or engaging positively with the pieces that came from former installation exhibits. Pamela Baldacchino’s and Trevor Borg’s were among the most commented on in this regard. The students also pointed out that if the ‘’video’’ were not contextualised properly, it would be much harder to conceive the intention of the artist, resulting in the loss of the original meaning, innovation, and the very reason for which the work was selected to form part of the collection.

- If a work were chosen to be part of a national collection, contextualising it and documenting the memory of it accordingly should help the public better understand why that work was chosen to form part of such a collection in the first place.

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PERMANENT COLLECTION Artistic Director’s Prosposal to Fondazzjoni Kreattività on its Permanent Collection A. Policies and Requirements 1. There is the need for one, clear policy under which both Spazju Kreattiv and MUŻA should operate, which concerns the retention of projects or artistic works after having been exhibited or presented, 2. A distinction must be made between the different forms of artistic and creative expressions when considering what should remain or form part of the collection/s of publicly-funded organisations, such as Spazju Kreattiv, MUŻA and others.

3. A clear distinction must be drawn between work which is displayed or produced individually, and work which is displayed or produced as part of a collective.

4. The role and relationship between Heritage Malta, Fondazzjoni Kreattività and the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage should be clarified and seen in light of the role and activities of other entities which, similarly, pertain to the field of national heritage.

5. The fate and future of the works already pertaining to the collection should be clarified, while revising the measures which should be taken in the case that more works are retained for the collection.

B. The National Collection 6. Works which are to form part of the national collection should be bought by the state, rather than collected from the artist after having exhibited them in publicly-funded organisations.

7. The accessibility of works forming part of the collections of public cultural organisations should be increased through enhanced online visibility in the form of a regularlyupdated catalogue.

8. The possibility of having a National Depository from which the National Collection is to be selected should be explored. Thus, qualitative and narrative criteria may be introduced, as well as drawing up plans as to what and under what conditions works are to be displayed.

9. There is a need for the law to be revised in order to clarify the difference between ‘ownership’ and ‘entrustment’ related to particular works from the National Collection.

10. The organisation responsible for the retention and preservation of works must be identified, while ensuring that the original provenance of the works, based on their respective ‘ownership’ or ‘entrustment’ bonds, is maintained. A distinction must, therefore, be made between works of art and documentation, in whatever form these may be.

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PERMANENT COLLECTION Systematic Documentation 11. The reasons behind the decision of Fondazzjoni KreattivitĂ to withhold works forming part of the Spazju Kreattiv programme must be determined. The results from the discussions seem to indicate that these need not be tangible works of art, but a document, with the ultimate aim of being systematically and institutionally adopted within a documentary process.

12. Access to the National Collection is to published following the clarification of what it consists of.

13. More opportunities through which the creative process may be documented are to be generated. In addition to this, regular information sessions on how relevant documents are drawn up and maintained are to be provided.

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VIVA

VIVA: Valletta International Visual Arts Festival In its second edition, the Valletta International Visual Arts Festival (VIVA) continued to build on previous year’s successful launch in serving as a new platform for Maltese and international visual arts practitioners in Malta.

VIVA offers professional education in the sector while promoting and encouraging public participation in the arts.

With this year’s programme, VIVA’s aim was to boost growth in the local cultural scene in an international context, while developing a unique platform for contemporary art in Malta.

With a wide variety of local and international artists presenting recent work or collaborating in joined projects, VIVA has created and enhanced international networks which will last far beyond the festival itself.

This edition of the festival took place between the 31 August and 6 November 2015. Raphael Vella was the festival director.

VIVA is a milestone project in the journey to Valletta hosting the European Capital of Culture in 2018, and is serving as an excellent example of cross-entity collaboration, in this case between the Valletta 2018 Foundation, Fondazzjoni Kreattività, Arts Council Malta and Aġenzija Żgħażagħ.

VIVA will be a significant and important part of the cultural legacy Valletta 2018 will foster.

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ŻiguŻajg: Arts Festival for Children and Young People ŻiguŻajg was born in 2011 as a new initiative to present world-class performances and artistic projects in Malta specifically designed for children and young people.

Vision ŻiguŻajg’s aim is to position the creative arts for children and young people at the core of Malta’s creative ecology.

Mission To showcase professional arts in various disciplines, specifically designed for children and youth, at a high level of excellence; To increase cultural participation; To develop national repertoire of works for children and young people; To establish Valletta as a festival city; To create an accessible and inclusive artistic programme.

Every year, thousands are introduced to new artistic genres within an exciting festival. In 2015 the Festival celebrated its 5th edition, which coincided with the second Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Malta. The festival was held between the 16th and 22nd November 2015. Toni Attard was the festival director.

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ŻIGUŻAJG As part of the celebrations, ŻiguŻajg 2015 collaborated with the Commonwealth of Nations to present a programme containing a strong multicultural theme and providing for: Engagement in creativity; Cross-collaboration between national and international creatives; Presentation of high-quality productions; Proliferation of a multicultural and inclusive identity; Creation of an enticing networking environment. ŻiguŻajg 2015 Facts - 29 productions (11 international); *7 premiered commissions - 113 performances; - 160 participating creatives; - 13 represented countries: Malta, Jamaica, Zimbabwe, Colombia, UK, France, Austria, Canada, Australia, Spain, Sweden, Scotland and Germany; - 14 venues.

Attendances (ticketed events) Schools: 4,500 (98% sold) General Public: 6,800 (95% sold) Total Attendance: 13,000 (est) *incl. unticketed events - The shows Ħrejjef, Kirana and Everything you need to know about Science were staged abroad, while Każinska performed at the MilanExpo.

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Fondazzjoni Kreattività’s new website (www.kreattivita.org), was launched along with the 2015/16 Spazju Kreattiv programme in August 2015. The new website, which is fully bilingual, marks a significant improvement on the previous website (www.sjcav.org). Aside from the evident new look, the new website is hosted on a new self-managed web server and we are using WordPress as our content management system. This makes for greater flexibility in terms of website sustainability and scalability for many years to come. As expected, the website provides detailed information about all the projects we present and access to purchase tickets for all ticketed events on our programme.

Although there is still room for improvement in the user experience of the new website, it certainly functions as an important point of contact, with multiple online forms for users replacing random emails for processing requests from customers. These online forms include Spazju Kreattiv’s Open Call for Proposals, Venue Reservation, Newsletter Subscription, a Contact Us page, and also an online application for the Internship Programme launched in 2016.

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WEBSITE In view of the increased importance of the Fondazzjoni Kreattività’s online presence, and the complexity involved in running and maintaining multiple websites (www.kreattivita.org; www.ziguzajg.org; www.viva.org.mt), we are planning to develop the role of a Digital Assets Coordinator to work within the Customer Experience Division going forward. This will also enable us to set up and maintain a digital archive and records management system which will eventually be integrated into Fondazzjoni Kreattità’s suite of websites and product offer.

We are also gathering metrics on how our websites are used over time and plan to start presenting these tabulated with monthly/yearly and categoric comparative measurements in subsequent annual reviews, along with cross tabulation against our presence in major social media networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.). The latter has been revised substantially in mid-2016 and we aim to use these channels extensively going forward from the 2016/17 season onwards.

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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S AFTERWORD

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When I was first appointed Artistic Director for Malta’s national Centre for Creativity at St James Cavalier back in October 2014, it did not seem unusual to me that there was no systematic record keeping of the creative projects and many other activities. There were some admirable efforts in place to preserve event posters, retain some copies of exhibition catalogues and performance programmes, and accounting files, but little else in terms of what any archivist or researcher would recognise as a useful (i.e. easily searchable/findable) collection of artefacts, documents and/or other holdings that can help give a better idea of whatever took place earlier.

This review has been created to start addressing that gap systematically. Then again, it is simply one way for the Artistic Director to take stock of the previous season while working with the Programmes team on whatever comes next. As the person presently holding that role, I’d like to ensure that this becomes indeed an annual occurrence. Subsequent artistic directors (or whoever is tasked with leading the creative vision at Fondazzjoni Kreattività) will hopefully also see this as an opportunity to evaluate the state of creative affairs within and around Spazju Kreattiv towards improving the quality of projects presented.

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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S AFTERWORD However, while the exercise of reflecting and assessing the high and low points of the previous season is certainly useful, ensuring that the memory of whatever goes on through great effort is retained in a systematic way is also highly desirable. Therefore, my plan and ultimate goal is to use these annual reviews as a way to enable the preservation of all sorts of documents arising from the projects we support or produce ourselves so that future generations may have a solid reference point to explore what may or may not have happened in that part of Malta’s creative scene. After all, this is one of two clear elements in the purpose of Fondazzjoni Kreattività, and one of its stated mission statement aims.

I believe that the very idea of an annual review should be seen as a work in progress. Through it we can aim to explore a better way to preserve memories and documents associated with all the projects in our programmes. By taking a general overview of all the major activities that took place in and around the 2015/16 Spazju Kreattiv programme, my hope is that we are better able to preserve the ideas and efforts that went into creating the projects. In the process, we are also providing a reference point for future creative projects and strategic directions to catalyse the creation of new high quality works.

I’m very much looking forward to building on this first annual review to provide an even better sense of the work of Fondazzjoni Kreattività in the next season, particularly through its Spazju Kreattiv programme, but also for its various other projects and initiatives.

Toni Sant Spazju Kreattiv Artistic Director

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INDEX Cinema 24 weeks https://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/film/24-weeks A As you Like It (Live) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/national-theatre-live-fic-cinema-as-you-like-it As you Like It (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/national-theatre-live-fic-cinema-as-you-like-it B Beloved Sisters n/a Brothers of the Night https://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/film/brothers-of-the-night C CosĂŹ Fan Tutte http://www.kreattivita.org/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-cosi-fan-tutte Cultural Mapping: Two shorts http://valletta2018.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Cultural-Mapping-Debating-Spaces-Places-programme.pdf D Don Quixote http://www.kreattivita.org/event/sensiela-ta-films-spanjoli-el-perro-del-hortelano-the-dog-in-the-manger Do Re Mi Fa http://www.kreattivita.org/event/do-re-mi-fa-2016 E Elektra (Live) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-elektra Elektra (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-elektra El Arbol Magnetico http://www.kreattivita.org/event/el-arbol-magnetico-is-sigra-manjetika

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El Angel de Budapest http://www.kreattivita.org/event/el-angel-de-budapest El perro del hortelano http://www.kreattivita.org/event/sensiela-ta-films-spanjoli-el-perro-del-hortelano-the-dog-in-the-manger F Foreign body http://www.kreattivita.org/event/foreign-body G Giselle (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/bolshoi-ballet-fic-cinema-giselle Gente en Sitios http://www.kreattivita.org/event/el-arbol-magnetico-is-sigra-manjetika H Hamlet (LIVE) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/national-theatre-live-fic-cinema-hamlet Hamlet (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/sff-hamlet Hangmen (Live) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/nt-hangmen Hangmen (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/nt-hangmen-encore Henry V (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/rsc-fic-cinema-henry-v Hotel Dallas http://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/film/hotel-dallas I Inhebbek Hedi http://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/film/inhebbek-hedi Il Trovatore (LIVE) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-il-trovatore Il Trovatore (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-il-trovatore In The Last Days of The City https://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/film/in-the-last-days-of-the-city

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J Jane Eyre (LIVE) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/national-theatre-live-in-cinema-jane-eyre Jane Eyre (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/national-theatre-live-in-cinema-jane-eyre Jewels (LIVE) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/bolshoi-ballet-fic-cinema-jewels Jewels (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/bolshoi-ballet-fic-cinema-jewels Junction 48 https://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/film/junction-48 Jack http://www.kreattivita.org/event/jack K King Lear http://www.kreattivita.org/event/sff-king-lear L Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Live) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/national-theatre-live-fic-cinema-les-liaisons-dangereuses Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/national-theatre-live-fic-cinema-les-liaisons-dangereuses Lulu (Live) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-lulu Lulu (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-lulu Les Pecheurs de Perles (Live) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-les-pecheurs-de-perles Les Pecheurs de Perles (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-les-pecheurs-de-perles L’Elisir d’Amore (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-lelisir-damore La Boheme http://www.kreattivita.org/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-la-boheme Los santos inocentes http://www.kreattivita.org/event/sensiela-ta-films-spanjoli-los-santos-inocentes-the-holy-innocents

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La Isla Minima http://www.kreattivita.org/event/sensiela-ta-films-spanjoli-la-isla-minima-marshland M Mammal https://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/film/mammal Manon Lescaut (Live) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-manon Manon Lescaut (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-manon-lescaut Madama Butterfly (Live) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-madama-butterfly Madama Butterfly (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/en/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-madama-butterfly Malta Cafe Scientifique - Deep Abyss http://www.kreattivita.org/event/malta-cafe-scientifique-deep-abyss Mediterranea http://www.kreattivita.org/event/lux-film-mediterranea Mustang http://www.kreattivita.org/event/lux-film-mustang My Skinny Sister http://www.kreattivita.org/event/ziguzajg-festival-tal-arti-ghat-tfal-u-z-zghazagh O Othello (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/rsc-fic-cinema-othello

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Parasol https://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/film/parasol R Rauf https://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/film/rauf/ Roberto Devereux (Live) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-roberto-devereux Roberto Devereux (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-roberto-devereux Romeo & Juliet (LIVE) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/kenneth-branagh-theatre-company-fic-cinema-romeo-and-juliet Richard III http://www.kreattivita.org/event/embargoed-almeida-live-richard-iii Romeo & Juliet http://www.kreattivita.org/event/shakespeare-film-festival-romeo-juliet-1968 S Spartacus http://www.kreattivita.org/event/bolshoi-ballet-fic-cinema-spartacus Short Film Programme A http://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/film/short-film-selection Short Film Programme B https://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/film/short-selection-b-2 Sparrows https://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/film/sparrows Simshar http://www.kreattivita.org/event/film-simshar-2014 Short Film Programme D https://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/product/short-film-programme-d-tuesday-07062016-1130hrs-st-jamescavalier T The Beaux Stratagem (LIVE) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/national-theatre-live-fic-cinema-the-beaux-stratagem The Beaux Stratagem (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/en/event/national-theatre-live-fic-cinema-the-beaux-stratagem-3/ The Audience (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/national-theatre-live-fic-cinema-the-audience 97

The Merchant of Venice (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/rsc-fic-cinema-the-merchant-of-venice Tannhauser (LIVE) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-tannhauser Tannhauser (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-tannhauser The Magic Flute http://www.kreattivita.org/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-the-magic-flute Turandot (Live) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-turandot Turandot (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-turandot Tosca (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/met-opera-fic-cinema-tosca The Importance of being Earnest (LIVE) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/the-importance-of-being-earnest The Importance of being Earnest (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/the-importance-of-being-earnest The Lady of the Camellias (LIVE) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/bolshoi-ballet-fic-cinema-lady-of-the-camellias The Lady of the Camellias (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/bolshoi-ballet-fic-cinema-lady-of-the-camellias The Nutcracker http://www.kreattivita.org/event/bolshoi-ballet-fic-cinema-the-nutcracker The Taming of the Shrew (Live) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/bolshoi-ballet-fic-cinema-the-taming-of-the-shrew The Taming of the Shrew (Encore) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/bolshoi-ballet-fic-cinema-the-taming-of-the-shrew The Winter’s Tale (LIVE) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/kenneth-branagh-theatre-fic-cinema-the-winters-tale The Winter’s Tale (Encore ) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/kenneth-branagh-company-fic-cinema-the-winters-tale The Island Funeral https://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/film/the-island-funeral

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The Yard http://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/film/the-yard/ Tanna https://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/film/tanna The Land of the Enlightened https://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/film/the-land-of-the-enlightened V VIVA screening Young @ Heart n/a VIVA screening Robot and Frank n/a VIVA screening Boyhood n/a W Who am I? - No system is safe http://www.kreattivita.org/event/who-am-i-no-system-is-safe Windstorm http://www.kreattivita.org/event/ostwind-windstorm Walls https://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/film/walls U Urok http://www.kreattivita.org/event/lux-film-urok United States of Love https://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/film/united-states-love Z ZUD https://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/film/zud

Music A A Tribute to Sammy Murgo http://www.kreattivita.org/event/rikonoxximent-lil-sammy-murgo-kuncert-sammy-murgo-u-shabu AFM Band Ensemble Concert http://www.kreattivita.org/event/afm-band-ensemble-kuncert

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B Building the Musical Brain http://www.kreattivita.org/event/sessjoni-i-building-the-musical-brain C Celebrating 25 years of Music - The Soloists of the Amadeus Chamber Choir http://www.kreattivita.org/event/celebrazzjoni-ta-25-sena-ta-muzika-is-solisti-tal-amadeus-chamber-choir Circuits – An Electronic Music Convention http://www.kreattivita.org/event/circuits-konvenzjoni-tal-muzika-elettronika Circuits – Electronic Music Malta documentation space http://www.kreattivita.org/event/circuits-electronic-music-malta-spazju-ta-dokumentazzjoni Circuits – Electronic Music Workshop http://www.kreattivita.org/en/event/circuits-circuits-electronic-music-workshop

Contemporary Piano Recital – Gabi Sultana http://www.kreattivita.org/event/gabi-sultana E Electronic Music Malta – 106 Decibels – Exposition and Public Discussion http://www. kreattivita.org/event/electronic-music-malta-tahdita-pubblika Electronic Music Malta – Concert for Charity http://www.kreattivita.org/event/electronic-music-malta-kuncert-ghall-karita Explorers – Workshop V – Theatre as Music http://www.kreattivita.org/en/event/explorers-sessjoni-v-theatre-as-music I International Spring Orchestra Festival 2016 – The Rising Stars Concert Series http://www.kreattivita.org/en/event/iso-2016-the-rising-stars-concert-series K Kunċert għall-Multiple Sclerosis Society http://www.kreattivita.org/event/kuncert-ghall-multiple-sclerosis-society L L-Għanja tal-Poplu – Festival tal-Kanzunetta Maltija http://www.kreattivita.org/event/l-ghanja-tal-poplu-festival-tal-kanzunetta-maltija Live Performance by American Jazz Artist Gabrielle Stravelli http://www.kreattivita.org/event/kuncert-gabrielle-stravelli P Panorpheus http://www.kreattivita.org/event/panorpheus

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Q Quintessence http://www.kreattivita.org/event/quintessence T The Montaldi Project – Concert http://www.kreattivita.org/event/il-progett-montaldi-kuncert V Valletta International Piano Festival 2016 http://www.kreattivita.org/event/vipf-the-brightness-of-piano

Visual Arts 0605 | 0506 | 2016 - Masters in Digital Arts Finale Year Exhibition https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVLTZVc2xpdHJxSms B “Beyond Words http://www.kreattivita.org/event/beyond-words Beyond Words Workshops: Who Am I? http://www.kreattivita.org/event/beyond-words-who-am-i-sessjonijiet C Celebrating Antoine Camilleri (1922-2005) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVbi05V3FxdXRZQzA Communal Thoughts http://www.kreattivita.org/event/communal-thoughts E EBEJER - Proġett ta’ Riċerka https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVbi05V3FxdXRZQzA EBEJER – Damian about Francis http://www.kreattivita.org/event/ebejer-damian-dwar-francis EBEJER: Artist Talk and Discussion http://www.kreattivita.org/event/ebejer-kelmtejn-mill-artist-u-diskussjoni Explorers http://www.kreattivita.org/event/explorers F Fusion http://www.kreattivita.org/event/fusion/ “Fusion – Artists’ Talk http://www.kreattivita.org/event/fusion-diskussjoni-mal-artisti 101

I Il-Pinnuri https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVejZKYjBKRzZYWms iMprint http://www.kreattivita.org/event/imprint INĦOBBOK https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVbi05V3FxdXRZQzA INĦOBBOK (I Love You): A Performance https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVbi05V3FxdXRZQzA K Kantakantun https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVbi05V3FxdXRZQzA L Limbo https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVSjJFNFkybjVMcjg M Malta Through a Child’s Eye – KidzArt Goes Local http://www.kreattivita.org/event/malta-mil-lenti-tat-tfal-kidzart MATERIA – Artist Talk https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVSjJFNFkybjVMcjg Materia: Gentes / Mater https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVSjJFNFkybjVMcjg Misteri: An Exhibition on Mysteries and Beliefs https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVbi05V3FxdXRZQzA N National Photographic Competition and Exhibition – 50th Edition https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVbi05V3FxdXRZQzA

P Past, Present, Future? A Research Project https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVbi05V3FxdXRZQzA R Re-Collection https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVOXlDMWVTS1ZuYUE Re-Collection - Talk by Tony Briffa http://www.kreattivita.org/event/diskuzzjoni-ma-tony-briffa

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Re-Collection – School Ceramic Workshops 13+ http://www.kreattivita.org/event/anti-design-workshops S SOAR- Anatomy in Motion https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVbi05V3FxdXRZQzA T The Edge of Chaos: exploring meeting points between dancer and photographer http://www.kreattivita.org/event/the-edge-of-chaos The Great Book of Malta, Volume One – Ħamrun http://www.kreattivita.org/event/il-ktieb-il-kbir-ta-malta-l-ewwel-volum-hamrun/?lang=mt U Uċuħ L-Inviżibbli: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVSjJFNFkybjVMcjg V VIVA 2015 BELTIN https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVX1ZaUDA0NmV2eHM VIVA 2015 Divergent Thinkers 04 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVTVQ0V1RxRmw4WFk VIVA 2015 Good Walls make Good Neighbours https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVbi05V3FxdXRZQzA VIVA 2015 Position of Opposition https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVcjJuTVljdmFRb1k VIVA 2015 The Culture of Ageing https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVUkwzVG5QZXd2SFE VIVA 2015 Unexplained Territories https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVTVVlZmZrbmdUMXc VIVA 2015 unLOCK https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0x9uRV3bqlVM01nRncyVG1kTjQ

Theatre A ACHTUNG! ACHTUNG! Europa… http://www.kreattivita.org/event/achtung-achtung-europa Alice in Absentia http://www.kreattivita.org/event/alice-in-absentia

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Attempts On Her Life http://www.kreattivita.org/event/attempts-on-her-life B #babydaddy – School Tour http://www.kreattivita.org/event/babydaddy-tour-gewwa-l-iskejjel L Lampedusa (Maltese Version) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/lampedusa-verzjoni-bil-malti Lampedusa (English Version) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/lampedusa-verzjoni-bil-malti Limbo http://www.kreattivita.org/event/limbo M Mela hawn xi Manikomju? http://www.kreattivita.org/event/mela-hawn-xi-manikomju Mela hawn xi Manikomju? – Workshops http://www.kreattivita.org/event/mela-hawn-xi-manikomju-sessjonijiet O Once on This Island http://www.kreattivita.org/event/once-on-this-island-the-musical Oscar http://www.kreattivita.org/event/oscar P Passjoni tad-Duluri http://www.kreattivita.org/event/passjoni-tad-duluri T Teatr-Ejn http://www.kreattivita.org/event/teatr-ejn The Hate Politik http://www.kreattivita.org/event/the-hate-politik Tikber u Tinsa http://www.kreattivita.org/event/tikber-u-tinsa Tikber u Tinsa http://www.kreattivita.org/event/tikber-u-tinsa

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Miscellaneous Creative Projects B Book Launch- Klin u Kapriċċi Oħra http://www.kreattivita.org/event/tnedija-ta-ktieb-klin-u-kapricci-ohra C Celebrating World Day of Disability http://www.kreattivita.org/event/celebrazzjoni-tal-jum-dinji-ghad-dizabilita I IDE@ - the new season http://www.kreattivita.org/event/ide-ghall-istagun-il-gdid International Conference on Electronic Publishing – The 19th Edition http://www.kreattivita.org/event/konferenza-internazzjonali-dwar-pubblikazzjonijiet-elettronici-edizzjoni-19 K Kors ta’ Kitba għat-Teatru I and II http://www.kreattivita.org/event/kors-ta-script-writing-i

kYds Dig Science http://www.kreattivita.org/event/kyds-dig-science M Malta Cafe Scientifique http://www.kreattivita.org/event/malta-cafe-scientifique-deep-abyss Margaret Howard Theatre College – On Studying Abroad http://www.kreattivita.org/event/margaret-howard-theatre-college-dwar-l-istudju-lil-hinn-minn-malta Misteri: A Talk about the History of Magic, Illusion and Deception http://www.kreattivita.org/event/misteri-harsa-lejn-il-grajja-tal-magija-l-illuzjoni-u-l-qerq Misteri: An Evening of Artistry, History and Mystery http://www.kreattivita.org/event/misteri-harsa-lejn-il-grajja-tal-magija-l-illuzjoni-u-l-qerq P Perfect Men http://www.kreattivita.org/event/perfect-men S Science in the City: Discussions on Science and the Culture of Ageing http://www.kreattivita.org/event/science-in-the-city-diskussjonijiet-dwar-ix-xjenza-u-l-kultura-tax-xjuhija Science in the City: Extinct? http://www.kreattivita.org/event/science-in-the-city-extinct Science in the City: Marie Curie through Puppetry http://www.kreattivita.org/event/science-in-the-city-marie-curie-bil-pupazzi 105

Science in the City: My Family and Other Animals http://www.kreattivita.org/event/science-in-the-city-my-family-and-other-animals Storyworks: The Next Stage – Taking the Script to the Market http://www.kreattivita.org/event/storyworks-il-pass-li-jmiss-l-iscritt-u-l-mixja-tieghu-lejn-is-suq T The Photo Factory http://www.kreattivita.org/event/the-photo-factory W Wiki Workshop – Europeana Art History Challenge http://www.kreattivita.org/event/wiki-workshop Wirt Malti (school workshops) http://www.kreattivita.org/event/wirt-malti Ż ŻiguŻajg – Arts Festival for Children & Young People http://www.kreattivita.org/event/ziguzajg-festival-tal-arti-ghat-tfal-u-z-zghazagh

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