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maltatoday WEDNESDAY 28 MARCH 2018 THIS WEEK 15 WHAT'S ON EXHIBITIONS UNTIL MARCH 29 Hagraisland Debut solo show by Isaac Azzopardi held at the Malta Society of Arts, Palazzo De La Salle, Valletta. Through the use of construction material, appropriation and rubbing techniques, the show revolves around three main references: Austin Camilleri's installation Stones from 1999, as Maltese contemporary art canon, Anselm Kiefer's ideas about art as alchemy and Malta's changing urbanity. Opening hours are 08:30 – 19:00 (Monday to Friday); 08:30 – 13:30 (Saturday). UNTIL APRIL 21 Except for Access Only Exhibition by artist- architect Tom Van Maldaren at Malta Contemporary Art, Valletta. Malderen presents a series of objects that due to denominations of scale, materiality and context sit somewhere between sculptural objects and architectural models - at a juncture between the field of architecture and that of art. While many of the ref lections that have made their way in the exhibition can be traced back to architecture, they feel equally relevant and stimulating when brought into an art context. Opening hours: Tuesday - Friday (13:00 – 18:00); Saturday 10:00 – 13:00. APRIL 4-MAY 2 Terrae Exhibition of works by Victor Agius at Iniala5 Galleries, Old Treasury Street Valletta. Agius examines the formless matter proper to his own experience of the environment – either randomly or carefully selected sites with their distinctive ecological and archaeological features – which all finds its roots in the earth or soil-derived organic materials (raw clay, for instance, beside natural pigments, oils and acrylics). This has allowed him to produce a body of work through which to ref lect upon the subject of human existence in general and the limits of his own existence in particular. MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT MARCH 31 Spots & Stripes Indie pop party at Beachaven, Xemxija from 22:30. Featuring DJs Bob and G is for Gustav. Entrance is at €5. APRIL 6 Opening Concert – International Spring Orchestra Festival Classical music concert at the Manoel Theatre, Valletta from 18:00. Shostakovich's 14 Symphony is scored for string orchestra, percussion, Soprano and Bass solos based on poetry by Apollinaire, Garcia Lorca, Küchelberg and Rilke. Featuring: Larisa Pominova (Soprano), Yuri Vlasov (Bass), and Brian Schembri (Conductor). Bookings: 2124 6389. APRIL 7, 8 Kantilena Procession – electronic music by Luc Houtkamp Kantilena Procession is a site specific electronic music work by Dutch composer Luc Houtkamp. This event will take place at Ta' Bistra Catacombs in Mosta – organised by Teatru Manoel and the Malta Association for Contemporary Music in collaboration of Heritage Malta. The paleochristian catacombs of Ta' Bistra date back to the fourth century AD and were originally discovered in 1891. Featuring a length of 90 metres with 57 tombs laid out in 16 chambers, it is the largest catacomb site outside Rabat. Kantilena Procession is an exclusive opportunity for the audience to experience the heritage site as an integral part of a music performance. Bookings: https://shop.heritagemalta. org/. APRIL 14 Jump The Fence – The PlaKard Project debut album launch Debut album launch by Contemporary Jazz/Hip Hop and Experimental music act The PlaKard Project at Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary, Naxxar from 20:00. Supporting acts on the night will be Andrew Francica and Manuel Pulis. Tickets available from: KefaKafe, ĠUGAR - Hangout & Bar, Zeppi's Pub (Gozo). APRIL 14 Align The Tide / Killing Adrenaline / 215 Collective Night of live metal music at The Garage, Zebbug from 20:00. Acts include Align the Tide, Killing Adrenaline and 215 Collective. Entrance is at €6 by the door. FILM SCREENING TONIGHT Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925) Film screening at the Royal British Legion Bar, Valletta from 20:00. Selected by Franziska von Stenglin, Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life is an early work by the filmmakers of King Kong. In 1924, neophyte filmmakers Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack hooked up with journalist and sometime spy Marguerite Harrison and set off to film an adventure. They found excitement, danger and unparalleled drama in the migration of the Bakhtiari tribe of Persia (now Iran). Twice a year, more than 50,000 people and half a million animals surmounted seemingly impossible obstacles to take their herds to pasture. The event forms part of the Kinemastik Film Club. PUBLIC TALK APRIL 18 Salvage and Salvation: Bookbindings as Agents Public talk on the art of bookbinding by Professor Nicholas Pickwoad at Lecture Theatre 2, University of Malta, Tal-Qroqq. The making of books in the early modern period was a highly commercial activity and the need to cut costs is evidenced by the widespread use of recycled materials, particularly pieces of parchment, paper and leather salvaged from a myriad of other uses in libraries, archives and daily life. In this way, binders preserved material that had been thrown away or otherwise discarded, much of it of historical interest, some of it of great cultural importance. Professor Pickwoad trained in bookbinding and book conservation with Roger Powell, and ran his own workshop from 1977 to 1989, and has been adviser on book conservation to the National Trust since 1978. CONFERENCE APRIL 6-8 The Post-Literary Conference organised under the auspices of the publication CounterText, held at the University of Malta, Tal-Qroqq. The theme ref lects CounterText's subtitle, A Journal for the Study of the Post-Literary. It is also an opportunity to explore, refine and critique the rationale proposed by the journal in its very first Editorial: http://www.euppublishing. com/doi/abs/10.3366/ count.2015.0002. The papers will analyse literary works (literary, post- literary and otherwise) seen as symptomatic of, or countering, this rationale. Align the Tide