Interesting thought when it comes to collaborating when creating projects is dialogue. Surely, one can research and write about a particular subject and can have an understanding of the latter, but it can be much deeper than that when it comes to creating live conversations. It is the connection and…

It is an interesting topic that I recently encountered a few months ago when my father was constantly telling me if I know someone who is interested in buying old photographs of my great grandfather. I have collaborated with ‘Malta Image Preservation Archive’ and from there all of my grandfather’s…

Artists who inspired me throughout this project — As I was dealing with the idea of sculptures and the notion of becoming a statuesque object when you teach or live with the idea of toxic masculinity, I started researching artists who dealt with this notion. The Barbican exhibition — Masculinities: Liberation through Photograph entails a series of artists…

Catching up on my photographic project — The reason I chose to research this particular theme is that I have always been interested in human behaviours. …

Introducing my photographic project — What is toxic masculinity? Toxic Masculinity is a narrow and repressive description of manhood as defined by violence and sex, status and aggression. It is the cultural ideal of manliness, where strength is everything while emotions are weakness, where sex and brutality are yardsticks by which men are measured, while supposedly “feminine traits” —…

Has image manipulation ever been a significant part of your practice — professional or otherwise? Have you ever questioned this? Do you have a particular stance? I have always loved experimenting with creating images. It is both of practising with Photoshop and creating artworks. It is also a form of art. Moreover, it is like painting on a canvas but the difference is it is in digital form. Photo manipulation has its own surreal beauty.

Reflect on the ‘triangle’ model in relation to your own practice: do you feel that there is any kind of imbalance in terms of the relationships between the three ‘corners’? By practising photography, I am used to going and taking images in the streets. Street photography is a tricky practice…

What is your understanding of the word ‘nature’ How is this term problematic? The word nature personally is what makes a thing be it an animal, a tree, a plant, a person — alive and not man-made. Once nature becomes man-made it surely does not stay alive. As explained how…

Consider the readings, presentations, and contributions to the forums and webinar this week. Write a reflection around these themes in your critical research journal. How has your own practice been shaped, manipulated perhaps, by the makers of the technology you employ and/or the spaces in which you share your work? …