UMBERTO BUTTIGIEG

 

Born: 12 April 1989

Nationality: Maltese

 

Formal Education:

BA Art History at the University of Malta

Ma Fine Art at the University of Brighton

 

Umberto is a multimedia artist specializing in video art, performance, manipulation and pastiche.  His preferred subject matter is Purity and Impurity, repetition, obsession, compulsion, transformation and spiritual enlightenment.

 

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THE SELFIE

 

ALL LIKE ONE WHO IS UNCLEAN

2013

Video Installation

(54 minutes Loop)

 

 

Selfie: the image of the Self. Many a time, the selfie focuses on the surface, on the aesthetics, that which can be seen. ‘All like one who is unclean’ tries to dig deeper, and seeks to make hidden emotions and experiences tangible, through facial expressions and
imprints left on the facial surface. The video piece uses the metaphor of staining and cleaning to explore the contradictions of life, the feelings of guilt and fear, the struggle between instincts and morality, animalistic drives and restrictions that act within the human mind. Here, the execution and selection of mediums is not prioritized but is totally subordinate to the concept.