https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/1708 2026-04-07T18:07:00Z 2026-04-07T18:07:00Z Galea, Matthew Bezzina, Aaron https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/145361 2026-04-07T08:26:16Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: XIV [Multimedia exposition] Authors: Galea, Matthew; Bezzina, Aaron Abstract: XIV is an exhibition by Matthew Galea and Aaron Bezzina. The show was held at Gallery Last Touch in Mosta. It featured seven works by each artist. The artists themselves acted as co-curators. This text focuses on the work of Matthew Galea. Galea presented a body of work titled amplified sculpture. These are steel sculptures fabricated to be musical instruments. Some pieces incorporate stone, wood, or glass. A catalogue accompanied the exhibition. It was designed as the only collaborative artwork. The catalogue was deliberately cheeky in tone. It acted as a caricature of a traditional exhibition catalogue. It featured absurd texts and descriptions. Together, these elements formed a cohesive artistic statement. The exhibition explored the boundaries between sculpture and sound. It also questioned the conventions of presenting art.

2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Galea, Matthew https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/145360 2026-04-07T08:08:25Z 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Mechanically reproduced neural networks (and other [sonic] explorations) [Multimedia exposition] Authors: Galea, Matthew Abstract: The notion of ‘error based process’ is an area that my practice is currently exploring. Artificial Intelligence, more specifically Neural Networks are fascinating not only for the output generated from any given input but also for the workings behind the scenes: the so-called ‘hidden layers’ - the machine ‘learning’ from its mistakes. I have been making use of Google’s tensorflow and Ableton’s new probability pack to generate audio in real time (mainly in the form of MIDI) and have been gathering these motifs (currently up to 49 notes) and applying them to an open-source, parametrically designed music box printed with a 3D printer. The resulting audio is later re-recorded using contact microphones, the sound is processed in an analogue effects chain and later converted back to MIDI, in a way mimicking the AI but also collaborating with it. Later this material is used as either sample triggers, mechanical loopers or utilised to generate visuals. I have been previously working with programmable music boxes to synthesise films made up of cut out video clips where the film becomes a musical instrument, whilst at the same time the musical instrument acts as filmmaking (or remaking) device.

2019-01-01T00:00:00Z Galea, Matthew Scialò, Francesco https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/145359 2026-04-07T08:02:45Z 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: On the rocks [Multimedia exposition] Authors: Galea, Matthew; Scialò, Francesco Abstract: On the Rocks is a sculptural situation in collaboration with Italian artist and educator Francesco Scialò. The sculptural situation was ideated as a dialogue with Scialò's work and occurred at Gallery Last Touch in Mosta on the 2nd of September 2016

2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Galea, Matthew https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/145358 2026-04-07T08:00:44Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Soft landscape [Multimedia exposition] Authors: Galea, Matthew Abstract: This artefact is physically constructed from a tapestry, electronics and software. The electronics connect the tapestry to the whole building through the electrical system of the building. Engaging with the artwork is engaging with the whole building, and vice versa. A change in electrical load, a lightbulb switch on or off, can change the relationship that the artwork has with the space and its audience. The electronics connect the audience’s engagement with the computer and the change in voltage becomes a change in signal, which is used to drive a digital sample based synthesiser over a MIDI protocol. The samples are composed of a number of layers: - digital instruments, vocal clips, samples from previous sculptural situations (as I believe that all art references what came before it) and short extracts from the book “The Secret Garden” (1911) written by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

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