Dr Trevor Borg, Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Digital Arts, will be representing Malta at the , as part of ‘Open Square Collective’.
The project selected by Arts Council Malta and the London Design Biennale entitled Urban Fabric re-contextualises the traditional Maltese village core by merging two elements – traditional city planning and the Phoenician-Maltese tradition of fabric production and dyeing. The installation uses wood, recycled stone and organic fabric that is sustainable and certified eco-friendly as its main components. This is in accordance with the artists’ ethos of recyclability and eco-consciousness.
These components create a ‘street-like’ layout that enables the viewer to interact directly with the installation. Urban Fabric strives to encourage discourse about the environment by presenting a well-researched, thought-provoking creative installation that combines aesthetic and spatial awareness with activism.
This is the first time that Malta will be participating at the London Design Biennale – held in the historical Somerset House, The Strand, London, in June 2023. For more information visit their .
