Dr Trevor Borg, Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Digital Arts, will be representing Malta at the London Design Biennale in 2023, as part of ‘Open Square Collective’.

The project selected by Arts Council Malta and the London Design Biennale entitled Urban Fabric re-contextualises the traditional Maltese village core by merging two elements – traditional city planning and the Phoenician-Maltese tradition of fabric production and dyeing. The installation uses wood, recycled stone and organic fabric that is sustainable and certified eco-friendly as its main components. This is in accordance with the artists’ ethos of recyclability and eco-consciousness.

These components create a ‘street-like’ layout that enables the viewer to interact directly with the installation. Urban Fabric strives to encourage discourse about the environment by presenting a well-researched, thought-provoking creative installation that combines aesthetic and spatial awareness with activism.

This is the first time that Malta will be participating at the London Design Biennale – held in the historical Somerset House, The Strand, London, in June 2023. For more information visit their website.