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The Cube of Life<\/i> is a collaborative graffiti art project between Maria Regina College and graffiti artist James Micallef Grimaud. This project was funded by the Office of the President of Malta under the scheme of \u201cIl-Premju tal-President g\u0127all-Kreattivita\u201d through the initiative of the College Youth Worker, Anna Maria Grech. The 6-faceted cube illustrates few of the basic Human Rights which the participating students and young people considered to be most important.<\/p>\n
The cube was installed in Karlo Darmanin Street in Mosta with the help and support of the Mosta Local Council on the 9th of November 2013 and was completed by April 2014. The participating students from both Maria Regina Boys\u2019 and Girls\u2019 secondary schools have met regularly with Mr. Micallef Grimaud, the youth worker and myself, throughout this period, and following numerous sessions of brainstorming and discussion, practical sessions were held at Maria Regina College and at the Mosta Youth Empowerment Centre to plan their work and to finalise the stencils needed. Subsequent sessions were then held on site where the cube was installed, so as to spray paint each side using the stencils prepared.<\/p>\n
From the thirty basic Human Rights specified by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the students taking part in the project chose to focus on the following:<\/p>\n
Besides illustrating various Human Rights, each side was also made more visually interesting by having a distinct colour making up a complete colour chart of both primary and secondary colours. The most prominent side symbolises the united power that youth and future generations have. This facet portrays a powerful image of the group of young people united together to safeguard Human Rights. The adjacent side is about \u2018The Right to Seek a Safe Place to Live\u2019 emphasising the importance of living in a healthy environment. This side depicts the world surrounded with that which is considered both natural and beneficial to our ecosystem and that which is man-made, polluting and hazardous. Through such images the viewers are made aware of the surroundings which they live in and perhaps lead us to appreciate our environment more.<\/p>\n
Its adjoining side tackles the right for \u2018A Fair and Free World\u2019, focusing on the importance of peace in one\u2019s country. This facet displays a series of contrasting symbols of both war and peace including bombs, weapons of destruction, and a white dove. On the back side of the cube we find illustrated \u2018The Right to Education\u2019 which focuses mostly on its cyclical nature and on the symbol of wisdom, the owl. This side illustrates one\u2019s journey in education from primary to secondary and tertiary education, the world of work and finally old age. It is precisely towards this end of the cycle that the viewer is made aware of how the older generation has the potential to teach the younger ones even through old age, thus making the education cycle an on-going and continuous process.<\/p>\n
Connected to this side is another portraying \u2018Freedom to Move\u2019 where the central image is that of someone pulling apart iron prison bars with light shining through, symbolising freedom. Surrounding this image one can see various common means of transport including helicopters, planes, cars, buses, motorcycles, boats and people walking. The remaining sixth side represents \u2018The Right to Play\u2019 and the importance of leisure activities. It is only by dedicating enough time to such activities that one can lead a healthy and productive life. Some of the images integrated in this side include that of a policeman, nurse, doctor, judge, mechanic, scientist and farmer. The former set of images displaying work life were subsequently complemented with images of the recreational activities that are needed to maintain a steady and optimum level of performance at work. The leisure activities illustrated were: a scene at the beach, reading books, riding a BMX bike, playing football and going for a car ride.<\/p>\n
Besides generating more awareness on our basic human rights, the Cube of Life<\/i>also provided all the contributing participants the opportunity to work and learn together as a team. This project has made it possible for a multi-disciplinary team (youth worker, artist, teachers, \u00a0learning support assistant, students and young people from the community) to come together to discuss new ideas and to find means to visually illustrate and develop these through graffiti art.<\/p>\n
LEARN YOUR HUMAN RIGHTS:<\/p>\n
1. We Are All Born Free and Equal<\/p>\n
2. Don\u2019t Discriminate<\/p>\n
3. The Right to Life<\/p>\n
4. No Slavery<\/p>\n
5. No Torture<\/p>\n
6. You Have Rights No Matter Where You Go<\/p>\n
7. We\u2019re All Equal before the Law<\/p>\n
8. Your Human Rights Are Protected by Law<\/p>\n
9. No Unfair Detainment<\/p>\n
10. The Right to Trial<\/p>\n
11. We\u2019re Always Innocent Till Proven Guilty<\/p>\n
12. The Right to Privacy<\/p>\n
13. Freedom to Move<\/p>\n
14. The Right to Seek a Safe Place to Live<\/p>\n
15. Right to a Nationality<\/p>\n
16. Marriage and Family<\/p>\n
17. The Right to Your Own Things<\/p>\n
18. Freedom of Thought<\/p>\n
19. Freedom of Expression<\/p>\n
20. The Right to Public Assembly<\/p>\n
21. The Right to Democracy<\/p>\n
22. Social Security<\/p>\n
23. Workers\u2019 Rights<\/p>\n
24. The Right to Play<\/p>\n
25. Food and Shelter for All<\/p>\n
26. The Right to Education<\/p>\n
27. Copyright<\/p>\n
28. A Fair and Free World<\/p>\n
29. Responsibility<\/p>\n
30. No One Can Take Away Your Human Rights<\/p>\n
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