The Valletta Campus opened its doors to the public during Notte Bianca, which this year took place on 7 October.
On the first floor, in the Aula Magna, visitors interested in Maltese political history had the opportunity to watch a screening of PBS and DOI archives capturing the memories of the election process in the 1960's as opposed to that held this year. Carnival enthusiasts watched several films of past Maltese Carnival parades in Valletta and Floriana bringing to light the gradual development of this traditional annual event in Malta.
SACES, in collaboration with Kamra Tal-Periti, set up an exhibition, in the corridor on the first floor, showcasing the students’ final projects. Visitors had a chance to admire the innovative ideas that students come up with during this exhibition, which also marked World Architecture Day and World Habitat Day.
Several activities were held on the ground floor of this old and prestigious building. The highlight of the evening was the winning Racing Car produced by the Engineering students, which attracted a number of audiences, especially children who took selfies inside the car.
The Department of Digital Arts had a number of visual art and design installations by Masters students in a number of rooms and in the corridor. These included Cathedra by Tony Cassar, a 360o virtual immersive experience which allows visitors to explore the inside of St Paul’s Cathedral in Mdina. Another was Il-Kurċifiss (The Crucifix) by Matthew Schembri, a sound sculpture, portraying the various intriguing similarities and contrasts between religion and social media, in this case, Christianity and Facebook. Enduring Ephemeral by John Ambrogio, another of the installations was a presentation of a best practice model of the process flows required to prepare authenticated digital records for ingestion into an Open Archival Information System (OAIS) grade institutional repository.
Three short films, produced by the students of the Masters in Film Studies at the Faculty of Arts, were screened. These productions which constitute the centre-piece of the Masters in Film Studies, were produced by the students under the supervision of award winning Directors Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia and Scott Graham, together with the acclaimed director of photography Francesco di Giacomo. This enriching experience helped the students to work together as a team to produce their own material and it also enabled them to showcase their films at International Short film festivals.