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17 CULTURE maltatoday | SUNDAY • 9 DECEMBER 2018 European Capital of Culture year can also interact with the Magnificent Memory Ma- chine, Kapsula Merill! The Big Dancers' signature giant marionettes will also be bringing colorful pop-up street performances guar- anteed to charm the young and the young at heart. Catch them dancing around the streets of Valletta from 5.30pm onwards! ŻfinMalta and Valletta 2018 will be joining forces for an interactive performance called Ballroom at Is-Suq tal- Belt at 6pm. The performance is inspired by Valletta 2018's outreach projects Jump and Dance4All. The Ministry for Foreign Af- fairs and Trade Promotion is teaming up with Valletta 2018 and artist Charlie Cauchi to bring Sempre Viva. Named after the hardy, in- digenous plant that clings to the rocky shoreline of the Maltese Islands, this exhibi- tion consists of new work drawn from material collect- ed by Charlie Cauchi's ongo- ing transmedia project, Lati- tude 36. The exhibition will be open to the public from 10am on- wards at the Courtyard of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion. Spazju Kreattiv will also be open to the public from 10am onwards, showcasing Not Just the City. This exhibition emerged from a collaborative interna- tional programme of artists' residencies coordinated by Valletta 2018 and Fondazz- joni Kreattività. The streets of Valletta will also see a multi-site interac- tive installation called Mem- ory Wall which will see high- lights from the Valletta 2018 Cultural Programme reinter- preted by various artists in di- verse media. The installation will be spread across Valletta. Look out for live painting by multi- disciplinary artists from 10am onwards! They will be offering their own take on different aspects of Valletta 2018 and an artis- tic rendering of the passage to the next European Capital of Culture. The public will also have the opportunity to visit two of Valletta 2018's major in- frastructural projects: the newly-opened National Mu- seum of Art, MUŻA, and the upcoming Valletta De- sign Cluster. MUŻA, Valletta 2018's flagship project housed at the Auberge d'Italie, will be holding an open day starting at 10am and running till late. The public will also have the opportunity to see the ongo- ing works down at the Old Abattoir (Il-Biċċerija) which is set to reopen as the Valletta Design Cluster. Guided tours will run every half an hour be- tween 11am and 3pm. Small groups of max. 10 people will be taken into the building per tour, therefore, bookings are mandatory. To reserve a spot, send an email to info@vallettadesign- cluster.org indicating 3 time slots of preference. Save the date and join guests, visitors, artists, cura- tors, residents, Tal-Kultura volunteers and the Valletta 2018 team in a lively closing event that pays tribute to the creative diversity that exists on our Islands, in Europe and beyond! For more information and the latest updates on 'L-Aħħar Festa: Valletta 2018 Official Closing', follow Valletta 2018 on Facebook. Local mainstay Tribali will create a kaleidoscopic open-genre musical world at the heart of Valleta