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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 31 MAY 2020 7 LISTINGS ART Five Five: visualising possible futures THE Five Five project is present- ing a series of speculative idyllic and dystopian scenarios placed in ten different sites around Malta and Gozo. The scenarios were de- veloped using CGI technology by Solideye, a leading design studio, in collaboration with artist Glen Calleja and will be made available to the public in an online exhibi- tion on solideye.eu. The chosen sites include a di- versity of environments, some highly urbanised, like the Man- draġġ Valletta, others more rural and remote, like Filfla. The sites include Għar il-Kbir (Dingli), Dwejra, Filfla, Madonna taż-Żejt, San Dimitri, il-Lazzarett, Valletta train station, Buskett, Addolorata and il-Mandraġġ. Five Five looks at possible fu- tures tied to these well-defined geographic sites. Designers Rod- erick Galea and Josmar Azzopar- di, from Solideye, have construct- ed a range of images representing anything from pristine natural environments where life unfolds in Paradisiacal harmony to envi- ronments where social tensions prevail. Calleja supported the design process by providing all the necessary archival research, sourcing facts and narratives that were critical to the development of the scenarios. Scenarios like the troglodytic community of robots at Għar il- Kbir or the subterranean labo- ratory at the Madonna taż-Żejt well are layered with a wealth of detailed micro narratives that create an unsettling feeling. The situations they represent are a se- ries of orchestrated provocations to prod the imagination of the viewers. Flora and fauna also populate these visuals. There are rats roam- ing the train tunnel in Valletta. In the Mandraġġ picture, stray an- imals, including a horse, seem to have taken over the streets and all of the lower part of the picture. A domesticated tiger lies in the background at Għar il-Kbir and giant bees fly around their gold- en hive in Kerċem. All the spec- ulative scenarios, whether utopic or dystopic, are not barren of life and certainly do not belong exclu- sively to human protagonists. On top of it all, in a nod to artificial intelligence, humanoid robots al- so make an appearance. The Five Five online exhibition is supported by Arts Council Malta and will be launched on 5 June on solideye.eu For more details visit www.facebook.com/pg/ FiveFive3D The children are back Some nights sing with life