Margerita Pule
Margerita Pulè
Artist, researcher and curator, with a Masters in Fine Arts.
Conferences, Exhibitions and Works
April 2019 Group Exhibition: Creative Circuit Ep. 2, Valletta www.facebook.com/events/1231774546972258/
March 2019 Group Exhibition: Land Politics, Valletta Contemporary, Valletta www.facebook.com/events/valletta-contemporary/land-politics/357252601792978/
2 December 2018 Intervention: What Could Be, Isouard Street, Sliema www.projectdisintegration.org/what-could-be
Since 2018 Editor: ArtPaper. Malta’s contemporary art and art sales publication. www.facebook.com/artpaper.press
16 – 25 November 2018 Exhibition: The Cement Bakery, within the Mahalla Festival www.projectdisintegration.org/the-cement-bakery
7 – 9 November 2018 Conference: 12th UNEeCC Conference, Culture: Inherited or Invented? organised by the University Network of European Capitals of Culture in November 2018, with paper entitled “Europe as a Participatory Art Project”. www.projectdisintegration.org/blog/europe-as-a-participatory-art-project
1 – 2 November 2018 Conference: Reconfiguring the Aesthetic, organised by the Dept of Philosophy, University of Malta, with a paper entitled “Nothing to See Here; Protest Under the Guise of Art”. www.um.edu.mt/events/etc2018
August 2018 Performance: L'utopie est morte, vive l'utopie! within Inside the Border, Mdina A performance as Lily Sapiano www.facebook.com/utopiannights
21 – 22 July 2018 Solo Exhibition: No Place Like Home A walking-art and documentation project looking at rapid over-development and speculative-building in urban areas, and their effect on local communities. www.projectdisintegration.org/no-place-like-home
7 June 2018 Intervention: Il-Kamra ta’ Barra A pop-up sitting room in the street, a reclamation of public land, and a social, public invitation, in collaboration with Parking Space Events www.projectdisintegration.org/il-kamra-ta-barra
18 – 20 April 2018 Conference: Cultures of Participation - Arts, Digital Media and Politics Conference in Aarhus, in April 2018 with paper entitled “The Risk of Tokenism in Participatory Art” http://conferences.au.dk/culturesofparticipation2018/
March – December 2018 Co-coordination: Taħżiż, a Maltese-language creative writing programme for young people. www.tahziz.wordpress.com
25 March – 27 May 2018 Exhibition participation (as Lily Sapiano): Arċipelagu, 2018 www.raphaelvella.com/works
10 May 2018 Performance: in Subversive Semiotics – a Happening for a Billboard, by artist David Pisani, curated by Bettina Hutschek, Fragmenta Malta. https://fragmentamalta.com/2018/05/02/subversive-semiotics-a-happening-for-a-billboard/
Since 2017 Outreach Manager at Spazju Kreattiv, Malta’s national centre for creativity in Valletta. www.kreattivita.org
2017 - 2018 Creator: RIP Dear Pigeon, a subversive participatory project. www.projectdisintegration.org/rip-dear-pigeon
2012 - 2017 Programme Coordinator at Valletta 2018, European Capital of Culture, curating and programming the ECoC Cultural Programme. www.valletta2018.org
2015 - 2016 Creator and Archivist of Project Disintegration www.projectdisintegration.org/about
Since 2017 Peer Evaluation: Member of the Committee of Experts of the Roberto Cimetta Foundation. www.cimettafund.org
Since 2017 Peer evaluation: Evaluator on funding programmes managed by Arts Council Malta.
Education
2014 – 2016 University of Malta Master of Fine Arts in Digital Arts (Distinction)
1996 – 2000 National College of Art and Design, Ireland Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Craft Design