Projected on the façade of the Grandmaster's Palace, A Tale of Strings took over 10,000 hours to complete. Marija Schranz goes behind-the-scenes. The Grandmaster's Palace in Valletta has been given a Christmas makeover thanks to Mcast students who have prepared special installations for its façade. One of the first buildings to have been erected in the new city of Valletta in 1566, it was enlarged and developed further by grandmasters of the Order of St John to serve as their official residence. In its storied past, it also served as the Governor's Palace during the British rule and as home to Malta's parliament until 2015. Nowadays, it is home to the Office of the President and will be the hub of activities for Malta's EU presidency. This is the fourth year that Mcast's Institute for the Creative Arts is collaborating with Valletta 2018 to produce an audio-visual projection. The project unfolded over the past couple of months, with an initial meeting held back in October to discuss and visualise various possible concepts for the work. Daniel Galea, 23, is currently in his final year of a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design and Interactive Media at Mcast and one of the...
from timesofmalta.com http://ift.tt/2hWdn27
via
IFTTT
No comments:
Post a Comment