Inquiry Collective

The Inquiry Collective (i5) came together while working on a project in Northern Ontario, Canada. The inquiry method "emphasizes the space between the hand and the body as a site from which artist's investigation and research can be authentic and fruitful". From i5 inquiry:

Sites chosen for investigation are both literally and figuratively "touch stones" where the i5 collective continues to focus on stone as a kind of world membrane manipulated by the human hand throughout the history of our species and through which cultural practices pass. The oldest proto-architectural stone structures on the planet are on the tiny Island of Malta home to three UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

i5 will spend 14 days in Malta inquiring into the stone remnants of the Hal-Saflieni Hypogeum, Ghar Dalam, Mnajdra, Hagar Qim, Gganitja, and Tarxien all listed by UNESCO in its world heritage sites. In addition Malta, always an important strategic site in the Mediterranean, has Roman Ruins and many mediaeval stone sites as well as the Baroque City of Valetta, another UNESCO world heritage listing, with its centuries of fortifications.

Read about the Malta Projects of the Inquiry Collective members