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The exhibition is the outcome of the online contemporary art project by Pawlu Mizzi which was held via Facebook, titled ‘The (Facebook) Portrait Project II’ – a group that was accessible to anyone across the globe to join.

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By enlisting in the mentioned group, people were taking part in a social exercise of portraiture creation as a positive metaphor towards the complete fading out of the distancing caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic.

 

A number of ‘collective portraits’ were created by Mizzi.  Each collective portrait is made up of a group of ten consecutive persons who joined the group, by using their Facebook profile pictures.  Each participant was tagged and invited to share his/her thoughts and reactions about social distancing and the urge for the human touch.

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This project is a development upon a similar project called ‘(Facebook) Portrait Project’ held in 2013 as part of Pawlu's research for a Masters in Fine Arts Digital Media at the University of Malta.

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www.pawlumizzi.com

FB Group: The (Facebook) Portrait Project II - Fading Social Distancing

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