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VI This Week maltatoday, SUNDAY, 3 MAY 2015 What was the main impetus to get this exhibition going? Beyond Love, as a project cre- ated by Platinum Love, follows our creative decision earlier on last year to bring the focus of the Platinum Love brand back to the original Mediterranean roots. Last year (2014) we started toying with new ways to tell stories other than what lives digitally on Platinum Love Journal, we still wished to do something that is sustainable however we wanted to bring this to a larger audience, so while with Platinum Love we're trying to bring Mediterranean stories to our international following with Beyond Love we're doing the opposite, creat- ing a well-curated project that will hopefully bring our international audience to Malta. What could be seen as an ambi- tious project, we saw this project as something that will grow independ- ently alongside Platinum Love, while keeping close ties between the two. How did you go about assembling the (substantial) gathering of contributing artists? What were the criteria that you used? We approached photographers who have moved from a fine art back- ground to being known for their more editorial work. We wished to explore their private body of work and create a story with this work holistically. We worked closely with a couple external curators and we slowly built a collec- tion of artists who work well together. What made you decide on this particular theme? Fabrizio Mifsud Soler, our curator for this exhibition re-explored the theme Beyond Love and put together the story of Desolation & Devotion, we then explored each artists' work and found the most fitting work, a lot of which has been new and unpub- lished work that is surfaced first for this exhibition. Why do you think Malta is an ideal place for this kind of exhibition? Malta is surrounded by culture and stories, enriched with this (old) culture it makes a perfect setting for the new and unexplored. It is also a great destination to visit during the month of May-June and we wish for this festival of photography (should we call it that) to be something worth returning to. How does this exhibition signify the evolution of Platinum Love as an 'entity'? Platinum Love was always growing. What used to be a small project now has a solid identity and focus. We have plans for 2016 for larger sub- projects carrying through the brand's story: an exciting departure from being simply digital journal to more tangible (and sustainable) projects. Beyond Love is obviously still in it's infancy but we hope this will grow in a similar sustainable manner and leave an impression. How would you describe the local visual arts scene? What would you change about it? I think we should focus on preserv- ing our Maltese past and similarly strive to create the new. We would love to thank Malta Arts Fund for their support on Beyond Love. Desolation & Devotion will be on display at St James Cavalier, Valletta from May 8 to 31. The exhibition is supported by the Malta Arts Fund and Platinum Love and hosted by Bottega Gold. For more information log on to www.beyondlove.co Call for Proposals - FUSION Commercialisation Voucher Programme Malta Council for Science & Technology , Villa Bighi, Kalkara KKR 1320 www.mcst.gov.mt GREAT SIEGE ROAD, FLORIANA MALTA The Malta Council for Science and Technology would like to notify the general public that it will be receiving project proposals under the FUSION Commercialisation Voucher Programme from 4 May 2015. The call closes on 30 June 2015. This Call provides funding to support the assessment of the commercialisation potential of innovative ideas which your organisation would like to subsequently advance through further research and technological development. More information on this opportunity for funding, and the application form, can be found through this link: http://www.mcst.gov.mt/news Two information sessions will be held on the 8th of May 2015 between 10.00hrs and 13.00hrs and on the 18th of May 2015 between 14.00hrs to 17.00hrs at Villa Bighi, Kalkara. Those interested in attending either session are to notify Ms. Laura Sue Armeni at laurasue.armeni@gov.mt by not later than one day prior to the selected date. Further information can be obtained by calling on 2360 2115, 21660340 or 2360 2172 Human relationships and their aftermath Quentin De Briey Tim Barber A wide-ranging exhibition featuring work by both local and international exhibition will take on an intimate theme at St James Cavalier this month, as Desolation & Devotion, a Platinum Love project, will visually explore the theme of relationships at either end of their cycle. TEODOR RELJIC spoke to Platinum Love art director about the exhibition, and the evolution of the magazine-turned-creative hub at its centre Matthew Attard Navarro