The Strait Outta Stretta MA Fine Arts Exhibition – part of the degree programme of the Fine Arts students in the Department of Art and Art History (University of Malta) – will be on display today from 8 to 10pm and tomorrow from 10am to 2pm and from 4 to 9pm at The Splendid in Valletta.

Under the guidance of their tutor, the students observed Strait Street’s topography and social activity as these unfolded on a spring day in the city. Strait Street was chosen as the site of study because of the way light shifts across the narrow passage: dynamic and irretrievable like its infamous past.

The photographs are the result of the students’ interaction with the space and with each other through the camera lens. Their individual perspectives are pronounced as are their understandings of photography as a creative space.

As artistic director of the Strada Stretta Concept, Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci invited the students to exhibit a selection of images from the photography workshop. Prof. Schembri Bonaci is the coordinator of the Fine Arts degree and head of the Modern and Contemporary Art Research Programme within the Department. This workshop forms part of a series of events organised throughout the academic year.

The Strada Stretta Concept is a project organised under the auspices of the Valletta 2018 Foundation. Entrance to the exhibition is free.