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Project Description
Wiċċna / Our Face will be a high-quality, portable book of two hundred lith-printed portraits, a dynamic and intimate snapshot of the diverse faces that inhabit and pass through an island.
“The face. This open suitcase of mine, revealing, at a glance, origins, departures, journeys, interruptions.”
– Virginia Monteforte
Whether a stepping-stone, a refuge or a permanent home, an island is not an island unless people come and go, bring and take, cast anchor and embark. Each portrait will be accompanied by a short statement taken from the individual’s answer to the often unsettling and complicated question “Where are you from?”
The book will be a culmination of long years of personal exchanges over Bosnian coffee, of shooting in the studio, of long hours of hand-printing in the darkroom, all of which has fine-tuned Reljic’s eye for capturing one’s personality and natural disposition from behind the lens.
Designed in collaboration with Kotba Calleja, the book will include essays by Alexandra Pace, Philippe Parizot and Virginia Monteforte, prose by Walid Nabhan, and poetry by Leanne Ellul and Antoine Cassar.
Full page article in STOM
Wiċċna feature in Malta Today
Wiċċna featured on Kultura News, TVM
Wiccna article on lovinmalta.com
Contact us on [email protected]
or visit www.wiccna.com
The photography phases of this project are supported by the Malta Arts Fund. This crowdfunding campaign is to cover the cost of book printing.
This project is supported by #artscouncilmalta – Malta Arts fund
Project FAQ
Shipping
Should we successfully reach our target, in order for us to be able to send you the Wiċċna book (or any other reward which includes the Wiċċna book), before transferring funds, please note that for shipping we will use flat rate below, based on current Maltapost parcel shipping costs, considering the estimated book weight plus packaging.
- Malta: €7 or collection.
- Mainland Europe, Middle East, North African countries, Faroe Islands: €18
- UK or Russian Federation: €25
- Americas: €28
- Rest of the world: €35
By November 2018 we will send you an email indicating when the books are ready to be delivered, and how to proceed with the shipping cost payment.
What is the aim of Wiccna project?
We would like Wiċċna / Our Face to be an extended snapshot of the nuanced – neither limited nor diluted – diversity of contemporary Maltese society. There are a number of questions we would like the book to attempt to answer, through the presentation and juxtaposition of portraits and captions, and through essays written in response to them. How wide is the palette of facial features that define the look of a people, insofar as such a definition is possible? How many faces can a people contain? How many peoples make up a face?
What is silver gelatin lith print
A black-and-white film photography process, where prints were enlarged on silver gelatin paper using a special lith developer.
When is the book launched?
Mid-November 2018.
Where would the portraits be exhibited?
At Blitz, 68 St Lucia Street, Valletta.
What will the funds be used for?
For the production of the book.
Where can I find more information about Wiccna project?
On the Wiccna website www.wiccna.com and our Facebook page.
When will I receive my reward?
If we successfully reach the target amount to print the book, you will receive the selected reward in November 2018.
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10/04/2018€30.00
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10/04/2018€30.00
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10/03/2018€30.00
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10/03/2018€40.00
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10/03/2018€30.00
