A Place That Fades Exhibition Will Be Displayed At Muża Between April 4th nd may 8th

Giola Cassar’s A Place That Fades, curated by Elyse Tonna, examines the disappearance of urban domestic gardens and their cultural, psychological, and ecological impact. The exhibition reflects on the gradual erasure of these spaces, questioning what remains when sites of refuge and multispecies coexistence vanish due to urbanisation and privatisation.

Cassar has spent months accessing private gardens, documenting fallen leaves and assembling an archive that amplifies the often-overlooked non-human world. By isolating these fragile remnants, her work highlights gardens as more than cultivated spaces—they are transient landscapes shaped by time, memory, and ecological change.

As cities expand, green spaces that once supported human and non-human life are becoming increasingly inaccessible. A Place That Fades explores the tensions between permanence and loss, visibility and disappearance, and how gardens—both real and remembered—persist in personal and collective memory. Rather than simply documenting loss, the exhibition invites reflection on what is forgotten, what lingers, and what might still be reclaimed.

The exhibition opens to the public on 5th April 2025 at MUŻA – Community Art Museum, Valletta, with a special opening event on 4th April (6-8pm).