Primal Gestures

Target Audience: Families

Category: Hands-on children’s workshop

Price: 15 euros

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As part of the Malta Art Biennale 2026, students aged 7+ are cordially invited to come get their hands dirty for a workshop led by artist Victor Agius at Ġgantija, Xagħra, Gozo

This workshop in painting uses pigments at the Ġgantija Temples interpretation centre is a unique and site-responsive experience. It invites students to work with earth and natural pigments, engaging directly with primal mark-making, texture, and elemental earth colours.

Rooted in ancestral narratives and embodied gestures, the session encourages participants to trace intuitive expressions that echo early human aesthetic impulses. Taking place within the heritage context of the Ġgantija Temples interpretation centre, the workshop creates a powerful dialogue between contemporary artistic practice and one of Malta’s most significant prehistoric sites.

This immersive encounter offers students an unforgettable opportunity to connect material, place, and history through process-led, sensorial painting.

Ġesti Primordjali

Bħala parti mill-Biennale tal-Arti ta’ Malta 2026, studenti ta’ 7 snin jew aktar huma mistednin jiġu jħammġu jdejhom f’workshop immexxi mill-artist Victor Agius fil-Ġgantija, ix-Xagħra, Għawdex.

Dan il-workshop dwar il-pittura, li se jsir fiċ-Ċentru tal-Interpretazzjoni tal-Ġgantija, juża l-pigmenti u joffri esperjenza unika b’interazzjoni mas-sit. Jistieden lill-istudenti jaħdmu b’pigmenti naturali u tal-art, u jidħlu f’kuntatt dirett mal-mod kif kienu jsiru s-sinjali primordjali, mat-tessuti, u mal-kuluri elementari tal-art.

Imsejsa fuq narrattivi u ġesti tal-antenati tagħna, is-sessjoni tħeġġeġ lill-parteċipanti jsegwu espressjonijiet intuwittivi li jixbhu l-impulsi estetiċi tal-bniedem bikri. Billi se jsir fil-Ġgantija, il-workshop joħloq djalogu qawwi bejn il-prattika artistika kontemporanja u wieħed mill-aktar siti preistoriċi importanti ta’ Malta.

Din l-esperjenza immersiva toffri lill-istudenti opportunità li ma tintesiex biex jgħaqqdu l-materjal, il-post u l-istorja permezz ta’ pittura mmexxija mill-proċess u mis-sensi.