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THIS WEEK ART maltatoday | SUNDAY • 11 AUGUST 2019 4 Could you tell us a little bit about your artistic training, background and chief influences, and how they've led you to create the work that now forms part of the 'Perceptions' exhibition? A three-year course in graphic de- sign with a first-year foundation taught me a lot. I got in touch with different materials such as wood and stone carving, clay modeling and model making. Following up on that, an ongoing work experience in museums and heritage sites and ex- hibitions helps me to absorb art in many different ways. My exhibit for Perceptions, 'nuts and bolts', evolved from a thought of an everyday situ- ation. Tackling problems, keeping in mind practical and essential things to be able to move forward. The out- come resulted in an amusing piece: a kinetic sculpture forming shapes with colored tubes. Perception is a vast subject to cover. How did you choose to tackle it visually, without falling into either vagueness of over-generalisation? Perception is an exception in itself. What I perceive today I might not perceive tomorrow. Tackling it visu- ally helps me to focus on an issue and transform it from abstract to some- thing tangible in a pleasing way. How does it feel to form part of an exhibition that bills itself as an 'artistic sequel' to its predecessor (AMuSE)? Was it stimulating to build on the foundations established by that previous showcase? Being part of this exhibition is like being part of evolving ideas to com- municate in visual arts. I did find it Artist Josianne Bonello speaks to TEODOR RELJIC about her participation in the collective exhibition Perception: Postscripts, which serves as a follow-up showcase to the Malta Society of Arts' AMuSE (Artistic Multi-Sensorial Experiences) exhibition An exception in itself "I would like to see a shift in the over-arching attitude, where artists become their own critics, discovering themselves in their own art, and not others" Teodor Reljic Josianne Bonello