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Fragments of Freedom: Emvin Cremona’s Glass Collage Revolution

Imagine walking into Malta’s National Museum of Fine Arts in 1969, expecting serene saints or picturesque landscapes, and instead finding canvases studded with shattered glass and swirls of cement. Visitors at the time were stunned. Was this really the work of Emvin Cremona, the nation’s beloved painter of churches and stamps? Fast forward to today, and those very works are on display again at the Victor Pasmore Gallery run by Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti in Valletta, inviting a fresh look at a Maltese modern art pioneer who broke away, quite literally, from tradition.

No Tongue nor Tome to Tell the Tale

Is-Siġġijiet is not just about chairs. It is also about nothingness and meaninglessness, miscommunication and isolation – that type when you look back and realise you never amounted to much. It’s a stark irrelevance that gnaws at you and makes you desperate to hold onto whatever significance you can and say ‘yes, it wasn’t all for nothing’. It’s not a comforting thought, but the script does well in hiding that with its quips and gags.

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The Space We Inhabit: Spatial Dialogues in Art and Process

Six Malta-based artists come together to reflect on space as more than place but as process, memory, boundary, and emotion. Their works in painting, sculpture, and installation unfold across the MICAS galleries in a layered, open-ended conversation.

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Unearthing Secrets: Popularising Scientific Research through Film

When film students from the University of Malta teamed up with scientists, they uncovered previously hidden stories and created documentaries that bring Malta’s lesser-known histories and research to life.

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Mediterranean Crossroads: Ideas, People, and Conversations

Spirited debates and discussions intersect as scholars and students from five countries gather in Malta to (re-)visit the Mediterranean through literature, culture, and community at the REMED Spring School and the Department of English Postgraduate Symposium.

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What Are We If Not Bones and Words?

‘We make place, and our actions influence how place is shaped and develops,’ reflects multidisciplinary artist, Dr Trevor Borg. Place is a multilayered term that has been used in various contexts over the years. While place and space often converge, they each carry distinct characteristics. How do the specificities of place and space emerge through contemporary art?

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INNOVATION

‘Fun, exciting and challenging’ is how Federica, NOVA logistics officer, described her undergraduate experience with UM’s Department of Digital Arts. Now in their final year, the Bachelor of Fine Arts cohort, guided by Dr Trevor Borg, is dotting all the i’s and crossing all their t’s in preparation for their thesis exhibition. THINK took the opportunity to talk with a few members of the logistics team to learn what NOVA is all about.

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Interpreting Through The Ages: Past, Present and Future

Advances in technology and study offer improvements to the practice of interpreting, as evidenced by the recent installation of new interpreting equipment at UM’s Interpreters’ Lab, overseen by Dr Amy Colman. Her mission, however, is much broader as she seeks to share the story of interpreting itself as a practice with a long history.

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Philosophy through (Science) Fiction: ‘What We Owe the Dead’

If it is true that philosophy is thinking about how we think, then the discipline’s characteristic scepticism and continuous self-questioning should also turn to the very mediation of philosophy.

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Migration Nation

Designer and visual artist Daniela Attard, known as ielladoodle, hosted Migration Nation, a multimedia art exhibit at Spazju Kreattiv. The exhibit deals with several important issues in both a worldwide and Maltese context. THINK visits the exhibit and speaks with Iella about her work and her time as a UM student.

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