During this week, a play which was being directed and set up by Adrew Buckle of Unifaun Theater Productions, was banned by the Board of Film and Stage Certification. The play is called Stitching and was written by a very famous playwright called Anthony Neilson who is also currently the Co-Director of the Royal Shakespeare [...]
Archive for the ‘Arts’ Category
Just another play that never was
January 25, 2009
The political correctness of Entropa
January 17, 2009
(Entropa in pics)
David Cerny, already notorious for his provocative works which in the past have included a pink Soviet tank and a dismembered Jesus Christ in plastic foil, was asked by the Czech Presidency to produce a giant installation to be placed in the EU Council Building.
The Czech Republic, which holds the EU presidency, thought [...]
MCA 2 – Moon Under Water
January 7, 2009
Moon under water is a new project by British artist, Rupert Ackroyd, aiming to generate decorative devices themed to the locale. Using a sculptural practice, he sets out to create a mood with elements appropriated from the local area using a language derived from the techniques of chain retail outlets. At the heart of this [...]
Please, Vote for Me
January 6, 2009
A few days before curtains fell on 2008, the Malta Contemporary Art in collaboration with Kinemastik held the proletarian cultural weekend.
I only attended one film – ‘Please, Vote for Me’; a Chinese documentary on ‘experimental democracy’ in a primary school in China, where children had the opportunity to vote for their ‘Class Monitor’.
The documentary was [...]
Strange Cargo
December 18, 2008
‘Strange Cargo’ by Isabelle Borg
Warehouse no. 8
July 26, 2008
After spending the afnie on the rocky beach of Sliema listening to the yarns of a girl in libertine Barca; I went to ‘Warehouse 8’, Marsa. Of course, I went there fashionably late, paid the entrance ticket and met a few friends. The event turned out to be quite something. First, it was the comedy [...]
