Gazes upon gazes
During the solo exhibition rajt ma rajtx… naf li rajt, the exhibition space at Valletta Contemporary hosted a collateral installation in the Project Room: Ħars fuq ħars. Under the curation of Margerita Pulé six participating artists were asked to creatively gaze at their own work with the eye-tracker. The eye-tracking results were then exhibited on three screens as video footage. Margerita Pulé is an artist, curator and cultural manager, with a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts. She is founder-director of Unfinished Art Space an independent and nomadic space showing contemporary art in Malta.
The following documentation includes: the introductory curatorial text, a video walk-through of the installation and the curatorial text published in the Valletta Contemporary catalogue.
Introductory Curatorial Text:
Ħars fuq ħars
Gazes upon gazes
curated by Margerita Pulè
Contributing artists: Gilbert Calleja, Charlie Cauchi, Ryan Falzon, Charlene Galea, Roxman Gatt and Alexandra Pace.
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A six-artist visual experiment, in parallel with Matthew Attard’s solo exhibition rajt ma rajtx… naf li rajt.
Employing the eye-tracking technology used by Matthew Attard, six artists engage with the respective acts of looking and seeing, thus unconsciously or consciously focusing their gaze in order to reflect on aspects of their artistic practice. This short research-based project sees each artist temporarily adopt the position of the viewer, exposing elements of their practice to the audience through their own sight trajectory, and using an eye-tracking device.
The correlations and disparities between looking and seeing are explored during the process, as are the difficulties and fallacies of attempting to record and interpret the human gaze. The recording of how the artist’s eye-movements and the subsequent information generated, in turn produce a new work, made up of fragments of saccades, elements of the artist’s practice, and digitally generated imagery.
Ħars fuq ħars – Gazes upon gazes
Exhibition walk-through
A six-artist visual experiment
curated by Margerita Pulè
25 Sept – 15 Nov 2021 at Valletta Contemporary
Contributing artists: Gilbert Calleja, Charlie Cauchi, Ryan Falzon, Charlene Galea, Roxman Gatt, Alexandra Pace