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Dorothea.Space Art Venue Launch in Fontana, Gozo

Opening of a new art space in Gozo.

Electronic Music Malta (EMM) teamed up with Swiss experimental / electronic music label -OUS records for the opening weekend of Dorothea.Space – a new art space located in Fontana, Gozo. Most importantly, this was EMM’s first activity in Malta’s sister island.

Dorothea Art Space opened its gates for the first time ever on September 14 and 15: experimental and electronic music performances, an exhibition featuring site specific installations, graphic works, media art and sound objects, as well as artist presentations were explored daily from 6 – 11 pm.

Dorothea Art Space, an initiative by Natascha Sturny & Adnan Hadzi, set out its journey with a two-day event that brought together a wide array of international artists. Together with Swiss experimental / electronic music label “-OUS”, Malta’s vital network “Electronic Music Malta” both contributed to the performance program, while the exhibition featured works by several local artists working in various disciplines.

You may view a feature on KulturaNews about this event here.

EXHIBITION:
Natascha Sturny & Adnan Hadzi (CH), Manuel Oberholzer (CH), Matthew Galea (MLT), Mario Abela (MLT), Martina Camilleri (MLT)

PERFORMANCES:
Bit-Tuner (CH), Darren Borg & Ed Blank (MLT), Electronic Music Malta (MLT), Feldermelder (CH), Jnnfr x Ink! (CH), Glen Saliba (MLT), Luc Houtkamp (NL), Mario Abela (MLT), MM (CH), Natascha Sturny & Adnan Hadzi (CH)

Day 1 (14/09/18) Line-up:
  • Welcome – Natascha Sturny and Adnan Hadzi (presentation)
  • Glenn Saliba – A compilation of voices from the past, re-voiced in a soundpiece (audio visual presentation)
  • Mario Abela – The in-between place of drawing and sound (Live drawing and jamming)
  • jnnfr x ink! – Spoken words woven into tales meet microscopic sounds captured on loop records (Performance)
  • Ed Blank – Combining drones, sequences and 8-bit sounds with samples from electro mechanical instruments and speeches from the two extremes of human intelligence (Performance)
  • Bit-Tuner – Roaring soundscapes with field recordings, shattered beats and acid-driven melodies (Performance)
Day 2 (15/09/18) Line-up:
  • Welcome – Natascha Sturny and Adnan Hadzi (presentation)
  • Electronic Music Malta – Bringing together people of all ages with one common interest in electronic music (presentation)
  • MM – As the physical self of IOKOI, she is raw and personal, electronically loaded and organically animated (performance)
  • Luc Houtkamp – A Dutch composer/improviser living in Malta since 2014 will be performing a short improvised set, using his own software and controllers to play the computer and a self build acoustic drum machine.
  • Edwin Balzan – Patching from scratch – a performance on modular synthesizer (Performance)
  • Bit-Tuner – Roaring soundscapes with field recordings, shattered beats and acid-driven melodies (Performance)

Abraham’s Arte at Vini e Capricci is pleased to present ‘Leave at Dawn – Return by Dusk’, an exhibition which marks the third solo exhibition by Gozo/Malta-based artist, Mario Abela. In Leave at Dawn – Return by Dusk, Abela is questioning memory throughout life, casting doubt on human memory limitations and vulnerability. Most of the works in the exhibition are from memory, leaving the artist exposed to all errors and different probabilities to where a particular painting or drawing can head. The works look back at what in theory is called ‘constructed memory’. The death of the artist’s father back in August 2018 was instrumental to bringing Abela closer to questioning existence. Specifically, this death becomes a memento mori: an event leading to the contemplation of the vanity of life and the transient nature of earthly pursuits. With a limited palette, Abela has built a romantic body of work, mostly paintings, inspired by his father’s daily errands on a Vespa across the Gozitan landscape. In sum, this presentation treats the artist’s relentless pursuit to unify the self with the universe. The exhibition will be open from 1st March till 2nd April 2019 at Vini e Capricci by Abraham’s, Gozitano, Xewkija Gozo. Leave at Dawn – Return by Dusk Vini e Capricci by Abraham’s