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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 25 AUGUST 2024 2 ART We started a fire THE work of Kane Calì positions us at the crossroads between several forces and realities — the natural and man-made; the whole and the fragment; the hopeful and the dystopian; our collective past and an unknown future; intention and chance; the digital and the tactile; the pursuit of beauty and the onset of disaster. In a solo show installed at the Malta School of Art, Calì pre- sents his latest body of work. A series of sculptures will be exhibited in conversation with the historical casts which are housed within the school. This is a departure from previous work, where the artist investigates new materials and establishes a new aesthetic based on the subject matter of his choice. WE STARTED A FIRE is a commentary about contempo- rary attitudes towards global politics, the climate crisis and other urgencies defining our current time. About the artist KANE CALÌ was born in Mal- ta in 1983. An experimentalist with an acute fascination with the malleability of data, Calì has explored various media, most notably ceramics, glass and 3D printing. While allowing his tools to identify and capture content within both the land- scape of the virtual and that of the real, his artistic practice mirrors humanity's desire for advancement, while remain- ing firmly grounded in tangi- ble, everyday surroundings. His artistic development reflects a personal interest in critical the- ory and contemporary political discourse. With a studio based in Malta, Calì has presented work that is two and three dimensional, with a growing interest in public art. He completed an MA in Ce- ramics and Glass from the Royal College of Art and has since ex- hibited locally and in major in- ternational cities including Mi- lan, London, Copenhagen and Shanghai. The artist is available for in- terviews from the 19th of Au- gust till the end of the show on the 14th of September. For filming opportunities, the art- ist's studio will be available till the 23rd of August, or the School of Art for the duration of the exhibition. Curated by Andrew Borg Wirth, WE STARTED A FIRE will be on from 1 to 14 September at Malta School of Art, Old Bakery Street, Valletta. Attendance is strictly by appointment, please contact: Kanecali@gmail.com Left to right: Kane Cali, Fake Break 4, Below: Fake Break (Photos: Alexandra Pace)