Malta Pavilion: 60th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia
Published by Mousse Publishing. Edited with text by Elyse Tonna, Matthew Attard. Text by Domenico Quaranta, Caesar Attard, Sara Dolfi Agostini, et al.
Using an eye tracker for his drawings, Matthew Attard (born 1987) fuses his digital practice with his interest in Malta’s nautical past, preserved in folklore and ex-voto ship graffiti. In a hyper-technological world of rising sea levels, these humble marks of hope commemorate centuries of human survival.