{"id":9083,"date":"2025-02-14T10:30:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T10:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/?p=9083"},"modified":"2025-08-29T03:18:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T01:18:23","slug":"professor-vince-briffa-receives-prestigious-honour-in-venice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/en\/professor-vince-briffa-receives-prestigious-honour-in-venice\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Vince Briffa receives prestigious honour in Venice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The honour, which is jointly awarded by The Union of Honorary Consuls of Italy (UCOI) and the National Association of Young Innovators (ANGI), was awarded to Professor Briffa in a ceremony held this morning at Palazzo Sandi in Venice\u2019s Sestiere San Marco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/img\/uploads\/content\/1558365067.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Tribute to Art and Innovation at Venice 2019&nbsp;<\/em>recognises works of distinction in the creative arts, as part of the role of Honorary Consulates in fostering cultural exchange at a moment when the city of Venice, by means of its Biennale, takes the lead in showcasing the best of creative expression to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Titled&nbsp;<em>Outland<\/em>, Vince Briffa\u2019s installation at the Malta Pavilion is a multi-screen projection that focusses on the indecisiveness of humans as they long to retrace their way to the ultimate Haven, caught between the safety of an island and the peril of the crossing and return to their homeland.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/img\/uploads\/content\/1558363532.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Outland&nbsp;<\/em>takes its inspiration from the myth of Calypso and Ulysses in Homer\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Odyssey<\/em>. Briffa\u2019s projection uses contemporary imagery and aural effects to trace the symbolic duality of the lover as saviour\/oppressor, exploring the uncertainty and lure of safety, and the longing for freedom.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;The distinction awarded to Professor Briffa is yet another feather in the Malta Pavilion\u2019s cap for the 2019 Venice Biennale. The work of our three exhibiting artists, Trevor Borg, Klitsa Antoniou and Vince Briffa has drawn the acclaim of some of the world\u2019s leading art magazines. These include&nbsp;<em>Frieze<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>FAD Magazine&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>Aesthetica Magazine,&nbsp;<\/em>both placing Malta in their top ten choices.&nbsp;<em>Christie\u2019s Magazine<\/em>&nbsp;placed Malta among its exclusive Pick of the Pavilions list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;The Malta Pavilion\u2019s performance at the Venice Biennale 2019 has raised expectations for Malta as a world-class player on the international contemporary art scene. While Vince Briffa\u2019s work is yet another step in this direction, Arts Council Malta is determined to further open up the international field for our creatives to make their mark at world level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arts Council Malta is proud to announce that Professor Vince Briffa, one of the three artists exhibiting at the Malta Pavilion for the 58th Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, has received the prestigious Omaggio all\u2019Arte ed all\u2019Innovazione a Venezia 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized-mt"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9083"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14497,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9083\/revisions\/14497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}