The skin beneath the face of

Renzo Piano's Malta Parliament

in Valletta

The 2015 Valletta City Gate project is a site of national and historical importance, noted for its social and cultural significance both locally and internationally. 

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Over two years, the photographer observed the execution of Renzo Piano’s plans for the new Parliament building in Valletta, finding parallels between a construction site and theatre, where workers perform according to the architect’s script. Beneath this lies another, often overlooked performance, expressed through unconscious human behaviours that emerge as workers interact with tools and materials in response to the practical demands of their tasks.

 

Of particular interest are works performed solely for utilitarian purposes, requiring no aesthetic consideration, and eventually concealed beneath another surface. These tasks give rise to raw, unintentional expressions that this body of work explores aesthetically through the concepts of chance, materiality and perception.

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Both an artistic expression and a documentary record, the

work reveals the hidden skin beneath a historic, architectural intervention, reflecting on the temporality and influence of human labour.