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A 13km hike with landscapes that look like sculptu A 13km hike with landscapes that look like sculpture, rocks that look like drawings, fossils, a lot of 3d scanning, ship graffiti, beautiful cliffs, and santa’s sleigh 🌞 @lottelahaye 
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#gozo #walking #3dscanning #sea
Attempts at 3D-scanning own video works . . . #dra Attempts at 3D-scanning own video works
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#drawing #contemporaryart #technology #sea #ship
BOULDER opens this Saturday, 15th November 2025 @g BOULDER opens this Saturday, 15th November 2025 @galleriamichelarizzo … as a group exhibition that dialogues with work by Hamish Fulton @a.walking.artist ✨

Here’s a detail of one of the new drawings that I will be presenting as part of this show … see you in #venice #giudecca 

🗓️ 15.11.25 - 15.01.26
Opening on the 15th, at 12:00

#boulder #drawing #contemporaryart #contemporarydrawing #fossil
Here’s a sped up version of a detail from the vide Here’s a sped up version of a detail from the video work ‘Follow the Ship’, currently on show during ‘The Ship (unseen)’

The exhibition forms part of Arts Council Malta’s Retold programme and will be open until January 4th, 2026. It is a continuation of @iwillfollowtheship - Malta’s Pavilion at the 2024 for the Venice Biennale.

📍Inquisitor’s Palace, Birgu
The Ship (unseen)
15 October 2025 - 4 January 2026
Artist: @_matthew_attard_
Curator: @elysetonna
Commissioned by: @artscouncilmalta 
Supported by: @heritagemalta 

💻: @itsjoeyborg 

#theship #unseen #contemparyart #contemporarydrawing #iwillfollowtheship #art #digital #technology #shipgraffiti #generative #digitalart #sea #art #technology #mediterranean #mediterranean #malta
A week ago we opened ‘The Ship (unseen)’ at the @i A week ago we opened ‘The Ship (unseen)’ at the @inquisitors_palace_official in Birgu, curated by @elysetonna 🙌 … here are some photos of the inauguration, more will follow soon …

The exhibition forms part of Arts Council Malta’s Retold programme and will be open until January 4th, 2026. It is a continuation of @iwillfollowtheship - Malta’s Pavilion at the 2024 for the Venice Biennale.

📍Inquisitor’s Palace, Birgu
15 October 2025 - 4 January 2026
Artist: @_matthew_attard_
Curator: @elysetonna
Commissioned by: @artscouncilmalta 
Supported by: @heritagemalta 

📸: @kimsammut7 

Thank you to @galleriamichelarizzo for the ongoing support, to @itsjoeyborg for all the generative programming, to @2point3 for our visual identity, the staff at the Inquisitor’s Palace, in particular curator Kenneth Cassar and Dylan Cachia, and to @naqara_ for all the audio recordings and brilliant performance at our opening. Last but not least, thank you to all our friends, families and loved ones for constantly being there ✨

#theship #unseen #contemparyart #contemporarydrawing #iwillfollowtheship #art #digital #technology #shipgraffiti
Today @galleriamichelarizzo and @galleriafrittelli Today @galleriamichelarizzo and @galleriafrittelliarte open a new gallery @galleriafrittellirizzo in Milan at 6:00 PM, with the exhibition: 
“Disegno singolare. Il disegno ai tempi dell’Intelligenza Artificiale”.

Curated by Elio Grazioli, the show explores drawing as an immediate, experimental, and autonomous practice. In a time of technological and cultural transformation, drawing becomes a space of freedom and intuition - where chance, imagination, and originality resist repetition and
programmed systems.

I am pleased that two of my drawings are featured in this show, alongside works by Andrea Mastrovito, Mariateresa Sartori, Giorgia Fincato, Lucio Pozzi, Stefano Arienti, Alighiero Boetti, Sergio Breviario, Giuseppe Chiari, Marco Cingolani, Gianluca Codeghini, Pietro Fortuna, Giulio Lacchini, Ketty La Rocca, Claudia Losi, Dadamaino, Eva Marisaldi, Luca Pancrazzi, Pino Pascali, Carol Rama, Mario Schifano, and Eva Sørensen.
Some snippets from my residency @sarp_residency @s Some snippets from my residency @sarp_residency @sarp_gallery with @apugl @palazzoprevitera … in search of rock formations, eagle-shaped boulders, Etna’s dynamic landscapes, Mediterranean maps, caves, forests, seascapes, Sicilian towns, and more 🌊🌋🪾✨
It’s been a real pleasure and thank you for your hospitality 🙏
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#research #art #drawing #hybridprocess #3dscan #contemporaryart #rocks #digitalart #technology #mediterranean #sea #light #etna #alcantara #sicily #line #cave
Mid-July studies in #blue Mid-July studies in #blue
Lost in the qualities of drawing ✨ . . . #drawing Lost in the qualities of drawing ✨
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#drawing #hybridprocess #contemporaryart #contemporarydrawing #art #digitalart #technology #digitaltoanalog #mediterranean #sea #light #penplotter #line #surface #artwork
If you happen to be in Venice, this is the last we If you happen to be in Venice, this is the last week to visit the exhibition ’segni di rotta’ @galleriamichelarizzo ✨
It runs until May 24th 🗓️

You can visit the gallery at Isola della Giudecca 800 Q, 30133 Venice, Italy | TUE-SAT | 11:00-18:00

Installation photos 📸 by Enrico Fiorese
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#exhibition #segnidirotta #contemporaryart #contemporarydrawing #art #digitalart #eyetracking #drawing #technology #algorithm #mediterranean #sea #light #machinevision #generativeart #shipgraffiti #artwork #videoart #veniceitaly #venice #malta
Details from the video work ‘Follow the Ship’, 202 Details from the video work ‘Follow the Ship’, 2025, currently part of the exhibition ’segni di rotta’ @galleriamichelarizzo ✨

A special shoutout to @itsjoeyborg for the production of this work 🙏

🗓️ The exhibition ’segni di rotta’ runs until May 24th

You can visit the gallery at Isola della Giudecca 800 Q, 30133 Venice, Italy | TUE-SAT | 11:00-18:00
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#exhibition #segnidirotta #contemporaryart #contemporarydrawing #art #digitalart #eyetracking #drawing #technology #algorithm #mediterranean #sea #light #machinevision #generativeart #shipgraffiti #artwork #videoart #veniceitaly #malta
Chasing textures and surfaces with these hybrid dr Chasing textures and surfaces with these hybrid drawings 🖤✍️
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#drawing #contemporary #contemporarydrawing #art #ships #sea #distortion #line #texture
Some lines and coordinates from the exhibition ’se Some lines and coordinates from the exhibition ’segni di rotta’ @galleriamichelarizzo 
These drawings emerge out of generative processes that are rendered via hybrid methods involving pen-plotting and hand drawing.

🗓️ The exhibition ’segni di rotta’ runs until May 24th

You can visit the gallery at Isola della Giudecca 800 Q, 30133 Venice, Italy | TUE-SAT | 11:00-18:00
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#exhibition #hybridprocess #segnidirotta #contemporaryart #contemporarydrawing #art #digitalart #technology #digitaltoanalog #mediterranean #sea #light #penplotter #drawing #shipgraffiti #artwork #venice #maltatovenice
Here’s a closer look at the works currently on vie Here’s a closer look at the works currently on view at ’segni di rotta’ @galleriamichelarizzo 
These paintings explore image variations via hybrid processes involving different technological layers, pen-plotting and painting.

🗓️ The exhibition ’segni di rotta’ runs until May 24th

You can visit the gallery at Isola della Giudecca 800 Q, 30133 Venice, Italy | TUE-SAT | 11:00-18:00
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#exhibition #hybridprocess #segnidirotta #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #art #digitalart #technology #digitaltoanalog #mediterranean #sea #light #penplotter #painting #shipgraffiti #artwork #veniceitaly #maltatovenice
The exhibition ’segni di rotta’ @galleriamichelari The exhibition ’segni di rotta’ @galleriamichelarizzo runs until May 24th

You can visit the gallery at Isola della Giudecca 800 Q, 30133 Venice, Italy | TUE-SAT | 11:00-18:00
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#exhibition #segnidirotta #contemporaryart #contemporarydrawing #art #digitalart #eyetracking #drawing #technology #mediterranean #sea #generativeart #shipgraffiti #artwork #videoart #venice #veniceitaly #malta
The exhibition ’segni di rotta’ is now open @galle The exhibition ’segni di rotta’ is now open @galleriamichelarizzo … here are some installation shots and photos from last week’s opening 👀📸 … thank you to everyone who attended - it was so nice to be surrounded by so many friends 🙏✨

🗓️ The exhibition ’segni di rotta’ runs until May 24th

You can visit the gallery at Isola della Giudecca 800 Q, 30133 Venice, Italy | TUE-SAT | 11:00-18:00
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#exhibition #segnidirotta #contemporaryart #contemporarydrawing #art #digitalart #eyetracking #drawing #technology #mediterranean #sea #light #machinevision #penplotter #painting #venicegalleriesview #generativeart #shipgraffiti #artwork #videoart #arsenale #veniceitaly #malta
This coming Saturday #22march we’re opening my sol This coming Saturday #22march we’re opening my solo show #segnidirotta at noon @galleriamichelarizzo … see you there! 
In the meantime, here are some detail shots and teasers mixed with some videos of an always beautiful #venice 👀📸✨

🗓️ The exhibition ’segni di rotta’ runs from March 22nd - May 24th

You can visit the gallery at Isola della Giudecca 800 Q, 30133 Venice, Italy | TUE-SAT | 11:00-18:00
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#opening #contemporaryart #contemporarydrawing #art #digitalart #eyetracking #drawing #technology #mediterranean #sea #light #machinevision #penplotter #painting #generativeart #shipgraffiti #artwork #videoart #arsenale #veniceitaly #malta
Here’s a mix of some nature and art scenes from th Here’s a mix of some nature and art scenes from the end of last month while in #capetown - finally had some time to put these together … it was a real pleasure to participate in the @investeccapetownartfair with @galleriamichelarizzo and @francesco_jodice 🌞

Next up is my solo show ‘segni di rotta’ @galleriamichelarizzo opening 22 March and running till 24 May 2025. I will post more info on this very soon. See you there ✨

#tablemountain #nature #ocean #sun #art #drawing #contemporary #contemporaryart #ship #generativeart #sea #mediterranean #monochromatic #pen #penplotter #venice #giudecca #malta
Figuring out what’s next … #drawing #contemporary Figuring out what’s next …

#drawing #contemporary #contemporaryart #ship #generativeart #sea #mediterranean #art #monochromatic #pen #penplotter
About a year ago, these two images defined the res About a year ago, these two images defined the rest of the journey for @iwillfollowtheship 🩵✨
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#drawing #contemporaryart #process #contemporarydrawing #art #artist #digitalart #eyetracking #technology #mediterranean #sea #data #light #machinevision #biennaledivenezia #labiennale #foreignerseverywhere #shipgraffiti #artwork #arsenale #venice #veniceitaly #malta
New year, new projects, old habits #sea #hiking # New year, new projects, old habits

#sea #hiking #cliffs #fossils #drawing #3dscan #points
#2024 was a year I’ll never forget ✨ Grateful for #2024 was a year I’ll never forget ✨
Grateful for all the opportunities, friendships, and care. Here are some of my favorite moments from hikes, night walks, swimming days, trips, and the biggest art project of my life so far 🙏
Wishing you all a Happy New Year 🎉 and hoping #2025 brings the #peace and #freedom the world needs, just like our @iwillfollowtheship public drew 🩵
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#gratefulfor2024 #newyear #newbeginnings #sunset #stars #hike #lido #venice #labiennaledivenezia #happynewyear #iwillfollowtheship #drawing #yearinreview #malta
#details from ‘Follow the Ship(s)’, 2024 Generat #details from ‘Follow the Ship(s)’, 2024 

Generative Video - eye-tracking data, video stills, digital drawing, audio 

Software development 💻 @itsjoeyborg 
Audio 🔈 @naqara_ 

Last weekend to visit the #maltapavilion2024 @iwillfollowtheship @labiennale ⛵️✨

The 🇲🇹 pavilion is commissioned by @artscouncilmalta | co-curated by @elysetonna and @saradolfiagostini | project managed by @mariagalea__mg and @galleriamichelarizzo 
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#generativeart #contemporaryart #contemporarydrawing #art #artist #matthewattard #digitalart #eyetracking #drawing #technology #mediterranean #sea #data #light #machinevision #biennaledivenezia #labiennale #foreignerseverywhere #shipgraffiti #artwork #videoart #arsenale #venice #veniceitaly #malta
I’m glad to be part of the show “Vis-à-vis. Ritrat I’m glad to be part of the show “Vis-à-vis. Ritratti moderni e contemporanei” curated by @elsa.ebarbieri @massimo.francucci.phd and @giulianapascucci at the @maceratamusei 

🗓️ The collective exhibition will run until January 12th, 2025

⚪️ It showcases a dialogue of over 60 works, spanning from the 1700s to the contemporary, and reflects on the vast theme of #portraiture … and I’m happy to be there with a lot of artists I admire.

Thank you all for this invitation and well done ✨

Make sure to organise a visit, and also, Macerata is #beautiful 🫶

Here are some detail shots from the #show 
1. Museum courtyard
2. #detail of my work reflected in Nanda Vigo‘s mirror
3. Detail from a work by Kiki Smith
4. Roman Opalka’s self-portraits and Klaus Rinke’s
5. Detail by Anthony Gormley
6. Detail by Mark Manders
7. Two of Pier Leone Ghezzi’s self-portraits
8. Detail by Maggi Hambling 
9. Vis-à-vis exhibition launch
10. Detail from ‘Self-portrait with an eye-tracker’

#visavis #exhibition #contemporary #contemporaryart #drawing #digitalart #installation #artcontemporain #line #art #arte #contemporarydrawing #baroque #palazzobuonaccorsi #italy 
@macerataculture @comunedimacerata
Footage of the sea and coast – part III 🌊 I promi Footage of the sea and coast - part III 🌊 
I promise, it’s the last one!

Some of these clips also served as a digital canvas for my #generative video piece, ‘Follow the Ship(s)’, currently on display at @iwillfollowtheship @labiennale 

💻 Software development by @itsjoeyborg 
🔈 Audio by @naqara_ 

Don’t miss #iwillfollowtheship at the Artiglierie - Arsenale, Venice #biennalearte2024 
🗓️ TUE-SUN | 11:00-19:00 (20 Apr until 30 Sep) 🗓️ TUE-SUN | 10:00-18:00 (1 Oct until 24 Nov)

The #maltapavilion2024 🇲🇹 is commissioned by @artscouncilmalta and co-curated by @elysetonna and @saradolfiagostini 
Project managed by @mariagalea__mg and @galleriamichelarizzo 

#technology #generativeart #algorithms #digital #landscape #sea #horizon #contemporarydrawing #data #dataart #mediterranean #digitallandscape #digitalart #art #drawing #culture #artist #artwork #process #draw #texture #contemporaryart #arte #venice #malta #gozo
More footage of the sea and coast – part II One o More footage of the sea and coast - part II

One of these clips is the sea of #venice … the rest were filmed around #malta and #gozo 

Stills from some of these clips also ended up providing a digital canvas for the #generative video piece, ‘Follow the Ship(s)’, currently exhibited as part of @iwillfollowtheship @labiennale 

💻 software development @itsjoeyborg 
🔈 audio @naqara_ 
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You can visit #iwillfollowtheship at the Artiglierie - Arsenale, Venice #biennalearte2024 
TUE-SUN | 11:00-19:00 (20 Apr until 30 Sep) and 10:00-18:00 (1 Oct until 24 Nov) 

The #maltapavilion2024 🇲🇹 is commissioned by @artscouncilmalta | Co-curated by @elysetonna and @saradolfiagostini | Project managed by @mariagalea__mg and @galleriamichelarizzo
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#technology #generativeart #algorithms #digital #landscape #sea #horizon #contemporarydrawing #data #dataart #mediterranean #digitallandscape #digitalart #art #drawing #culture #artist #artwork #process #draw #texture #contemporaryart #arte
Throughout the past year I took a lot of footage o Throughout the past year I took a lot of footage of the sea (still enjoy doing so) … at different times of the day and from different viewpoints across the islands. 

Stills from some of this footage ended up becoming the digital canvas for the #generative video piece, ‘Follow the Ship(s)’, currently exhibited as part of @iwillfollowtheship @labiennale 
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You can visit #iwillfollowtheship at the Artiglierie - Arsenale, Venice #biennalearte2024 
TUE-SUN | 11:00-19:00 (20 Apr until 30 Sep) and 10:00-18:00 (1 Oct until 24 Nov) 

The #maltapavilion2024 🇲🇹 is commissioned by @artscouncilmalta | Co-curated by @elysetonna and @saradolfiagostini | Project managed by @mariagalea__mg and @galleriamichelarizzo
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#technology #generativeart #algorithms #digital #landscape #sea #horizon #contemporarydrawing #data #dataart #mediterranean #digitallandscape #digitalart #art #drawing #culture #artist #artwork #process #draw #texture #contemporaryart #arte #exploremalta #malta #gozo
#detail from ‘Follow the Ship(s)’, 2024 by @_matt #detail from ‘Follow the Ship(s)’, 2024 
by @_matthew_attard_ 

Generative Video - eye-tracking data, video stills, digital drawing, audio, generative composition 

Software development 💻 @itsjoeyborg 
Audio 🔈 @naqara_ 

Currently exhibited at the #maltapavilion2024 @iwillfollowtheship @labiennale ⛵️✨

You can visit #iwillfollowtheship at the Artiglierie - Arsenale, Venice #biennalearte2024 
TUE-SUN | 11:00-19:00 (20 Apr until 30 Sep) and 10:00-18:00 (1 Oct until 24 Nov)

The 🇲🇹 pavilion is commissioned by @artscouncilmalta | co-curated by @elysetonna and @saradolfiagostini | project managed by @mariagalea__mg and #michelarizzo 

Partners @bovbankofvalletta @maltatourismauthority @galleriamichelarizzo @villa_montallegro @halmann_vella 

Sponsors @idrawpenplotter @hudson_malta @peopleandskin @mapfremiddlesea @maltairport 

Collaborators @malta_graffiti @fondazzjoni.patrimonju.malti 
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#generativeart #contemporaryart #contemporarydrawing #art #artist #matthewattard #digitalart #eyetracking #drawing #technology #mediterranean #sea #data #light #machinevision #biennaledivenezia #labiennale #foreignerseverywhere #shipgraffiti #artwork #videoart #arsenale #venice #veniceitaly #malta
#detail from ‘Follow the Ship(s)’, 2024 Generativ #detail from ‘Follow the Ship(s)’, 2024

Generative Video - eye-tracking data, video stills, digital drawing, audio, generative composition 

Software development 💻 @itsjoeyborg 
Audio 🔈 @naqara_ 

Currently exhibited at the #maltapavilion2024 @iwillfollowtheship @labiennale ⛵️✨

You can visit #iwillfollowtheship at the Artiglierie - Arsenale, Venice #biennalearte2024 
TUE-SUN | 11:00-19:00 (20 Apr until 30 Sep) and 10:00-18:00 (1 Oct until 24 Nov)

The 🇲🇹 pavilion is commissioned by @artscouncilmalta | co-curated by @elysetonna and @saradolfiagostini | project managed by @mariagalea__mg and #michelarizzo 

Partners @bovbankofvalletta @maltatourismauthority @galleriamichelarizzo @villa_montallegro @halmann_vella 

Sponsors @idrawpenplotter @hudson_malta @peopleandskin @mapfremiddlesea @maltairport 

Collaborators @malta_graffiti @fondazzjoni.patrimonju.malti 
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#generativeart #contemporaryart #contemporarydrawing #art #artist #digitalart #eyetracking #drawing #technology #mediterranean #sea #data #light #machinevision #biennaledivenezia #labiennale #foreignerseverywhere #shipgraffiti #artwork #videoart #arsenale #venice #veniceitaly #malta
#detail from ‘Follow the Ship(s)’, 2024 Generativ #detail from ‘Follow the Ship(s)’, 2024

Generative Video - eye-tracking data, video stills, digital drawing, audio, generative composition 

Software development 💻 @itsjoeyborg 
Audio 🔈 @naqara_ 

Currently being exhibited at the #maltapavilion2024 @iwillfollowtheship @labiennale ⛵️✨

You can visit #iwillfollowtheship at the Artiglierie - Arsenale, Venice #biennalearte2024 
TUE-SUN | 11:00-19:00 (20 Apr until 30 Sep) and 10:00-18:00 (1 Oct until 24 Nov)

The 🇲🇹 pavilion is commissioned by @artscouncilmalta | co-curated by @elysetonna and @saradolfiagostini | project managed by @mariagalea__mg and #michelarizzo 

Partners @bovbankofvalletta @maltatourismauthority @galleriamichelarizzo @villa_montallegro @halmann_vella 

Sponsors @idrawpenplotter @hudson_malta @peopleandskin @mapfremiddlesea @maltairport 

Collaborators @malta_graffiti @fondazzjoni.patrimonju.malti 
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#generativeart #contemporaryart #contemporarydrawing #art #digitalart #eyetracking #drawing #technology #mediterranean #sea #light #machinevision #biennaledivenezia #labiennale #foreignerseverywhere #shipgraffiti #artwork #videoart #arsenale #venice #veniceitaly #malta
#eyetracking has a long history. Interest in the o #eyetracking has a long history. Interest in the observation of #eye movements started towards the end of the 1800s and the first eye-trackers were built early 1900s. By the 1960s there was a significant technological advancement, and of course, its accessibility and popularity multiplied drastically in the #digital age. It is now still used in scientific research, but also in human-computer interaction, gaming, and marketing among many other fields … it became a hybrid technology. Due to how eye-tracking technology illustrates our gaze and attention, it has also been capitalised upon and the #data is used to monetise our eye movements - eg. Jonathan Crary published some very interesting arguments about the repercussions of this in his book #scorchedearth @versobooks 2022

I try to be aware of most of this👆while utilising the #technology in my #art and for @iwillfollowtheship I also saw the technology as a #metaphor when departing from the study of the historical #shipgraffiti … Additionally, I tried to use it to illustrate how digital technology is not neutral.

Whenever I make use of #contemporary technology, one thing I try to keep in mind is what #sollewitt had written in ‘Paragraphs on Conceptual Art’ - “Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas”. I see this as a warning for the digital too and try to build every project from ‘within’.

1. Eye-tracking algorithmic visual study that was used as part of Looking/Seeing/Drawing in #iwillfollowtheship … developed by @itsjoeyborg 
2. Early eye-tracking invention by Edmund Huey, 1898
3. Alfred Yarbus’ experiments of viewers looking at a Repin painting, 1967
4. Richard Coss’ experiment of drawing a car with his eyes, 1969
5. Extract from my fictitious conversation with an eye-tracker. In my PhD @edinburghcollegeofart I worked on a fictitious and #creative conversation with eye-tracking technology that highlighted most points I just mentioned. A shortened version of this was included in the #maltapavilion2024 publication, published by @moussemagazine @labiennale
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#contemporaryart #digitalart #drawing #digitaldrawing #generativeart #digitaltechnology #artist
Within the #maltapavilion2024 🇲🇹 @labiennale you c Within the #maltapavilion2024 🇲🇹 @labiennale you can find three paintings that are a morph of historical ship graffiti imagery and #qrcodes … I made these paintings with the intention for them to act as a gateway for a collective drawing project. Upon scanning, visitors are asked to draw their digital ship via their mobile phone, and once submitted, each drawing influences the generation of a collective ship. There is a resulting daily collective ship, and the accumulation of the individual submissions is forming an incredible archive of an expanded notion of ship drawings. Some are beautifully detailed, some are incredibly efficient, while others come with powerful messages. They also remain anonymous, just like the historically-etched ship graffiti.

This is why I love #drawing … it is open-ended and it is free. Drawing breaks conventional boundaries and allows us to venture into powerful visual territories. Here are some details of the exhibited paintings, two examples of the collectively-generated ships, and a snippet of the #archive that’s being shaped by the public.

Follow @iwillfollowtheship where we will eventually be publishing more drawings from this ongoing project.

You can visit #iwillfollowtheship at the Artiglierie - Arsenale, Venice #biennalearte2024 
TUE-SUN | 11:00-19:00 (20 Apr until 30 Sep) and 10:00-18:00 (1 Oct until 24 Nov) 

The pavilion is commissioned by @artscouncilmalta | Co-curated by @elysetonna and @saradolfiagostini | Project managed by @mariagalea__mg and @galleriamichelarizzo 
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#venice #biennaledivenezia #contemporarydrawing #artscouncilmalta #malta #maltashipgraffitiproject #🚢 #⛵️#✍️
I can’t believe it has already been over a month s I can’t believe it has already been over a month since we launched the Malta Pavilion 🇲🇹 @iwillfollowtheship @labiennale ⛵️✨ my thoughts are still somewhere in between #eyes #ships #drawing and #technology 🤓 🚢

I am truly grateful for the positive response the exhibition has been receiving - it means so much! We opted to create a project that connects, converges and critically reflects upon pasts, presents and futures via an artistic experience, and I am very happy to see it is doing so 💥

You can visit #iwillfollowtheship at the Artiglierie - Arsenale, Venice #biennalearte2024 
TUE-SUN | 11:00-19:00 (20 Apr until 30 Sep) and 10:00-18:00 (1 Oct until 24 Nov) 

The pavilion is commissioned by @artscouncilmalta | Co-curated by @elysetonna and @saradolfiagostini | Project managed by @mariagalea__mg and @galleriamichelarizzo 

I would like to end with a personal note thanking everyone who made the entire project possible: commissioner, team, sponsors, collaborators and patrons (check last slide for full list) - you are all so precious 🙏🩵

Heartfelt thanks @elysetonna for sharing the vision of tracing historical narratives to the contemporary with such perception 🤍 @galleriamichelarizzo for always seeing possibilities in my practice and being there to make them happen 💙 @mariagalea__mg for believing in us and for pushing us forward 💪 @itsjoeyborg for translating my drawings via code generating new ones 💻 @naqara_ for giving us a brilliant soundscape 🔈 @maryann.cauchi @romina.delia.x @frank_psaila @portelliceline and ACM for your hard work and dedication 👏 

Thanks to architects @vincenzocasalistudio | Production team @we_exhibit | Visual identity @2point3 | Comm team @margaret_london | Legal advice @j9mlt 🫶

Thank you also to @d0m3nic040 @glencalleja and #caesarattard for your compelling contributions for our book published by @moussemagazine 📘

Follow our social media for more posts that will illustrate how it all came together, as well as for updates about the ever growing public archive of some incredible ship drawings ⛴️📲
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#venice #biennaledivenezia #contemporarydrawing #artscouncilmalta #malta #maltashipgraffitiproject #👀
This is one of the coolest rocks I’ve seen in #202 This is one of the coolest rocks I’ve seen in #2023 … here’s some #wip interpreting it as a digital landscape 👁️✍️
Thanks @saaxhaa for showing me this gem of a place ✨
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On rainy days, I post-process … Here’s some #wip f On rainy days, I post-process … Here’s some #wip from the #digitallandscape series ✨
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What do you do on weekends? Visit places to draw a What do you do on weekends? Visit places to draw and interpret as digital landscapes 👁️✍️
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#cave #heritage #mediterranean #digitallandscape #landscape #digitalart #art #drawing #eyetracking #3d #culture #artist #artwork #digitaldrawing #data #sketch #digitalartist #digital #draw #texture #3dscan #digitalartwork #contemporaryart #arte #exploremalta #experimental #malta #gozo
Yesterday, we officially launched I WILL FOLLOW TH Yesterday, we officially launched I WILL FOLLOW THE SHIP - Malta’s National Participation during next year’s 60th edition of La Biennale di Venezia @labiennale and commissioned by @artscouncilmalta 

It is an immense honour to have been selected for this opportunity, and as I stated during my speech, I am deeply grateful to be working together with such a fantastic, talented and dedicated team. The project departs from the practice of eye-tracking drawing specific ship graffiti found on some wayside chapels across our islands - a practice that I had initiated together with curator @elysetonna during the exhibition #rajtmarajtxnaflirajt @vallettacontemporary__malta in 2021. This will converge with interactive notions of data and contemporary drawing that I had started to explore together with curator @saradolfiagostini during the digital residency hosted by @blitzvalletta in 2022. I am beyond excited to have such an insightful and powerful co-curation.

It is also an immense pleasure to be working with @mariagalea__mg and @galleriamichelarizzo as project managers, @itsjoeyborg as software developer and @2point3 as designers… and the list will keep growing and evolving along the way ✨

Many thanks are in place, including @artscouncilmalta‘s entire team for their constant guidance and dedication, and the support that we ceaselessly receive from all of you 🙏

Here are some photos from yesterday’s press launch, together with screenshots of the projected teasers 👀

Stay tuned for updates about the development of this journey, and once again, thank you all 🫶

📸 Clifton Fenech
📸 Darren Agius
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#biennalearte2024 #maltapavilion2024 #iwillfollowtheship #venice #malta #contemporaryart #contemporarydrawing #data #digitalart #technology #👀 #🚢
Honoured to have been invited by @fondazzjoni.patr Honoured to have been invited by @fondazzjoni.patrimonju.malti to be part of the exhibition #insearchofline fabulously curated by @sarahchircop 👏 at the newly inaugurated Victor Pasmore Gallery @vpgallery … a truly wonderful exhibition about #drawing … 

My work is in dialogue with three of Antonio Sciortino’s drawings for a Monument to the Unknown Soldier

Also, check out their amazing catalogue publication accompanying the show ✨

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IN SEARCH OF LINE
Victor Pasmore Gallery, APS House, 275 St Paul Street, Valletta

30th September 2023 - 14th January 2024
Tue - Sun | 10:00 - 17:00 (last entry
16:00)
Thurs | 10:00 - 19:00 (last entry 18:00)

Tickets can be purchased from the door.

Creative Director: Michael Lowell @al.titude 
Exhibition Curator: @sarahchircop 
Graphic Design: @lisa_attard 
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@saaxhaa and one of the most beautiful carob trees @saaxhaa and one of the most beautiful carob trees … thank you for a year of adventures 💚✨
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Clouds as eyes, or eyes as clouds #wip #eyes #clou Clouds as eyes, or eyes as clouds #wip #eyes #cloud #technology #generativeart #algorithms #pointcloud #digital #landscape #sea #horizon #contemporarydrawing #eyetracking #data #dataart
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