Advertisement
Nothing but the Sea A solo exhibition by Cyril Sancereau
Exhibition Opening: 12th December | 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Exhibition Dates: 12th December – 24th December 2025 & 7th January – 28th February 2026 | Wed - Sat | 2pm - 7pm (closed public holidays)
(Valletta Contemporary is shutdown between 25th December till 6th January)
Entrance is free
VALLETTA CONTEMPORARY
15, 16, 17, East Street, Valletta
-
"I wish there were stable, immobile, intangible places... Such places do not exist, and it is because they do not exist that space becomes a question." - Georges Perec, Species of Spaces
The sea refuses to be fixed. It changes constantly, never the same twice. This exhibition does not document that change but makes it inhabitable.
Through photography and video, these works create spaces where impermanence becomes visible, tangible, livable. A horizon trembles with the oscillations of the body. A form emerges and dissolves in the reflection of a puddle. Points of light flicker in the dark.
Space is never neutral for those who must constantly adjust, read signs, sense limits. The work starts here: in the necessity of existing where welcome cannot be assumed, and finding, despite this, ways to be alive. Instability is not a problem to solve. It is a condition to inhabit.
You are invited to move, to drift, to let your perception become uncertain. Perhaps for an instant you will feel that fragility is not a threat.
-
Cyril Sancereau (b. 1974) is a French artist based in Malta since 2015. His work begins where certainty ends.
Through photography, video, and installation, he explores what it means to inhabit instability: not as a problem to solve, but as a condition to welcome. The sea refuses to be fixed. Living on an island for over a decade has made this attention inevitable. Insularity is not a metaphor; it is a physical condition that compels constant adjustment.
Working primarily in black and white and through immersive installations, Sancereau creates spaces where impermanence becomes visible, tangible, liveable. For those who have learned to stand in a world where their presence is never secured, his work takes root in the necessity of existing in spaces that do not promise welcome, but where something living can nevertheless occur.
Space is never neutral for those who must constantly adjust their position, read signs, sense limits. His practice addresses this condition through fragile materials held in place by stones, projections that disappear when switched off, and walks that trace invisible borders. What holds is always provisional.
-
Sponsored by iLab
Wine Supported by FBIC Farsons & Ta’ Dirjanu
Advertisement
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
15,16,17 Triq Lvant (East Street), VLT1253 Valletta, Malta, 17 Triq il-Lvant, Valletta, VLT, Malta
Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.
