SESSIONS

SESSION 01: Framing The ‘Fabric’
Ryan Falzon, Karsten Xuereb, Alexandra Pace, Pierre Portelli, Raphael Vella

During this session we touched on a variety of issues. The emergent themes were primarily oriented around the ecosystem (the fabric) of the local cultural sector. We discussed the realities of how the current funding model pushes creators into competition rather than collaboration. How this same funding framework sometimes discourages organic growth and development. We also touched on how certain skills contribute disproportionately to the success of an application being picked up and how some meritful creators are left by the wayside because of this. We reflected on how running a project requires a multitude of other ancillary skills that exert pressure on the creator(s) – How sometimes this leads to an expenditure of energy and resources that return very little. We talked about ‘soul’ and about ‘practice’. We talked about what it means to have the right education and about the value of honest, engaged dialogue.