2010TALKS
Artists in conversation
Jean-marie Bytebier
Olphaert Den Otter
Kris Van Dessel
Christian Noirfalise
Saturday 20 March at 5pm
Open to the general public.
Free
Discussion Workshops
Nikola Hansalik
Veronika Hauer
Andreas Heller
Margit Neuhold
Gerald Straub
Helmut Weber
Three discussion workshops will take place simultaneously in the exhibition space’s three galleries. Subjects of discussion are various forms of spatial production: territorial (architectural, geographically…) and social (politically, linguistically…) as well as the notion of ‘site’ in terms of artistic production and the artwork’s exposure.
Saturday 13 February at 6pm
Open to the general public.
Free
Dustin Cauchi
Artist Talk
The paper/ public talk brings forth or summons the phantom of Mintoff in a context that is not yet traced. The phantom is confronted with fragments, which are foreign to him (or it) and thus inform itself (phantom or phantoms i.e in the plural) through this exchange of fragments.
Saturday 30 January at 5pm
Open to the general public.
Free
Mark Mangion
MCA Director & Curator of A New Generation
Saturday 23 January at 5pm
On January 14th 2010, MCA officially inaugurated its new galleries in Valletta. How will this move contribute to challenging and stimulating the local art scene and what is MCA's vision for the future of Art in Malta.
MCA Director Mark Mangion talks about MCA's programme and plans and leads a discussion with the 10 emerging Maltese artists who formed part of the first exhibition entitled 'A New Generation'.
Open to the general public.
Free
2009TALKS
Martina Schmuecker
Artist talk about recent performance works.
Friday 15th May, 2009 7.30pm
MCA Art Forum
CROSS-CURRENTS: CONTEMPORANEITY AND MALTESE ART
The recent publication Cross-Currents: Critical Essays on Maltese Art and Culture (Allied, 2008; edited by Raphael Vella) proposed different theoretical readings of specific topics related to art, architecture and culture in Malta. One of the 'currents' that runs through every contribution is the issue of 'contemporaneity': What does the word 'contemporary' mean in Maltese contemporary art and architecture? What 'time' do Maltese artists and architects inhabit? How does the global affect the local in Maltese art and culture? These questions will be discussed in a public Forum by all the essayists in Cross-Currents. Members of the public are encouraged to come and participate in the discussion.
Speakers: Professor Kenneth Wain, Professor Paul Clough, Ms Isabelle Borg, Dr Raphael Vella, Professor John Baldacchino, Mr. Peter Brincat.
Chair: Professor Peter Mayo
Mark Mangion
Artist Talk about his project, Black Out, which deals with issues of journey, migration and integration, specifically dealing with asylum seekers landing on the island of Malta.
Rupert Ackroyd
“IKEA”
A talk examining IKEA as an example of lifestyle branding taken to a new level.
Saturday 17th January, 2009 7pm
Raphael Vella
Catholicism: The Ghost is here to stay or, The Maltese artist's inability to forget religion.
A brief introduction to the recently published Cross-Currents: Critical Essays on Art and Culture in Malta (Allied, 2008) will precede the talk.