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maltatoday WEDNESDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2017 THIS WEEK 15 WHAT'S ON EXHIBITION NOVEMBER 17-DECEMBER 16 An Accidental Find Exhibition of sculptures by Paul Scerri at The Pop-Up Gallery, 37, Treasury Street, Valletta. According to the artist: "They visualise a metaphor of emotions devouring society, the human vulnerability and imperfections. The natural beauty is paying the price of human greed and my endless questioning of what is correct or "socially correct"... a difficult choice". More information: HYPERLINK "mail to: info@ mariegallery5.com". UNTIL NOVEMBER 18 I Am the Body of a Human Exhibition by US artist Andrew Birk at Malta Contemporary Art, Felix Street, Valletta. Birk presents a series of Life Shrouds, an exercise of dirt- on-denim pieces made with the imprint of his own body. These paintings are multiple indexes of one same reference, a physicality in movement: each the unpredictable product of an alive, perfect machine. NOVEMBER 19 Almost There Interactive one-day visual art event organised by FRAGMENTA at Sant'Elena Band Club, Birkirkara from 13:00 to 17:00. As part of the event, photographer Darrin Zammit Lupi presents beautiful landscape images that were created while on a two-week migrant search and rescue mission this past October, thus providing an in-built disturbance in our personal perception of beauty. Karen Irmer invites viewers to step into and explore unknown mystic spaces physically. Quite often those are, such as the horizon, sites that are unreachable by definition. The aesthetic playing with perception is a concept which often reoccurs in Karen Irmer's work. What is really there, and what could be? Reality or apparition? NOVEMBER 22-DECEMBER 9 Dik il-Qtajra & Babies Series by Gabriel Buttigieg Exhibition of paintings by Gabriel Buttiġieġ inspired by on his father Alfred's once- censored chapbook 'Dik il-Qtajra' at MARIE Gallery5, Mosta. UNTIL DECEMBER 12 REL•INK – Indelible Narratives Collective exhibition drawing on the history of tattoos in Malta, on display at the Malta Maritime Museum, Birgu. Featuring oral accounts and images of tattoo designs of elderly Maltese men, who worked on ships or on the waterfront as stevedores, fishermen, longshoremen, dockers, sail makers, sailors, stewards, coalmen, firemen, Royal Navy service men, Merchant Navy men, firemen, stokers, labourers and others. REL•INK is a community outreach project in collaboration with the Malta Maritime Museum, the Library Information and Archive Sciences Department of the University of Malta and Arts Council Malta. MUSIC NOVEMBER 24 Exhume the Truth: X-Vandals' Album Launch Album launch gig for the long-standing thrash metal band X-Vandals at The Garage, Zebbug at 20:00 who will be launching their album 'Exhume the Truth'. Supported by Abstrass and Pyramid Suns. Host DJ for the night will be Despise. Entrance is at €8 and all ticket buyers will be given a free copy of Exhume the Truth on entrance. THEATRE NOVEMBER 17-19; 24-26 Birthday Suit Masquerade production of David K. Barnes' black comedy at Blue Box, M Space, Msida at 20:00. Cast includes: Malcolm Galea, Larissa Bonaaci, Joe Azzopardi and Tina Rizzo, and the production is directed by Anthony Bezzina. Bookings: HYPERLINK "http://www. bluebox.com.mt/"www.bluebox. com.mt. NOVEMBER 17-19; 24-26 Every Brilliant Thing Exit Stage Right production of Duncan Macmillan's one-man show Every Brilliant Thing, staged at The Undercroft Cafe, Old Theatre Street, Valletta at 19:45. Featuring Alan Paris and directed by Nanette Brimmer. Bookings: HYPERLINK "http:// ticketline.com.mt/"http:// ticketline.com.mt. FESTIVAL NOVEMBER 17-26 ZiguZajg Every year, this annual international arts festival delights audiences in Valletta and Gozo with a treasure trove of over 150 performances and workshops by critically acclaimed international and national companies. ŻiguŻajg's enduring popularity springs from its varied and multidisciplinary programme of quality creative work for children and youth, which attracts audiences of over 13,000 every year. More information: HYPERLINK "http://www.ziguzajg. org/"http://www.ziguzajg.org/. CONFERENCES NOVEMBER 26-17 Issues in Contemporary Political and Social Philosophy The Department of Philosophy of the University of Malta is hosting the 4th edition of Engaging the Contemporary (EtC), a two-day conference at the University of Malta. Engaging the Contemporary 2017 addresses current debates in political and social philosophy by examining different theoretical approaches as well as their application to existing political and social realities. The first keynote speaker of EtC17 is Peter Sedgwick from Cardiff University, with a paper entitled 'Hobbes, Sovereignty and Biopolitics'. More information: HYPERLINK "https://www. um.edu.mt/arts/philosophy/ engagingthecontemporary "https://www.um.edu. mt/arts/philosophy/ engagingthecontemporary NOVEMBER 22-24 Living Cities, Liveable Spaces Titled 'Living Cities, Liveable Spaces: Placemaking & Identity', the 2017 edition of the Valletta 2018 International Conference seeks to discuss and analyse the impact of re-branding policies and strategies on cities and the community members who inhabit or interact with these cities. Taking cue from Valletta's run-up to the title of ECoC in 2018, this conference analyses the effects of such branding and re-positioning strategies by exploring research, policy and practical examples carried out by different researchers, academics, policy makers and cultural practitioners, and by combining policy and strategic aspects with practical, on-the-ground perspectives. Gabriel Buttigieg exhibits a new set of paintings in Mosta Birthday Suit – a Masquerade production Andrew Birk – I Am the Body of a Human X-Vandals will be launching a new debut album