Malta · Mediterranean

Archivist · Researcher · Cultural Worker · Writer

Archives, language, culture and the living Mediterranean.

A multidisciplinary practice connecting cultural memory and contemporary programmes focusing on experimentation and wellbeing.

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Writing & research / Selected contexts

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Leħen il-Malti

Writing · Maltese language and culture

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Aphroconfuso

Writing · Cultural reflection

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Research notes

Archives · Islands · Cultural memory

In public / Calendar

Talks, workshops, screenings and public moments across Kris’s cultural practice.

01OtherL-Arkivjar Ħaġa Moħġaġa - Wirt l-Għana Malti Ħaj SymposiumVerdala Palace, Buskett, Rabat
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L-Arkivjar Ħaġa Moħġaġa - Wirt l-Għana Malti Ħaj Symposium

In this panel discussion, Dr Andrew Pace and Kris Polidano from Magna Żmien Foundation alongside Prof. Jean Paul (led the application for għana to become part of UNECO's list of intangible world heritage) look at how Malta's sound heritage can be adapted to educational and heritage contexts.

Verdala Palace, Buskett, Rabat

How Kris contributes

  • research
  • writing
  • public speaking
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Current work / In motion

Long-term cultural work unfolding through research, collaboration and public encounters.

In development

Victoria2031 Għawdex

Curatorial development for Gozo’s European Capital of Culture bid, rooted in island life, experimentation through reinterpretation of the past and long-term cultural relationships.

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Ongoing

Open Platform Archive Network

Open source visual content - public memory - open access archives

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Past highlights / Selected moments

A growing, curated record of exhibitions, encounters, collaborations and cultural work that continues to resonate.

Exhibition · St Julian’s · 2026

Sharing Spaces

An exhibition and public encounter bringing together memories of St Julian’s and its surroundings.

About / Kris

Portraits / Visual archive

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Portrait of Kris Polidano

Kris Polidano is a Maltese archivist, researcher, cultural professional and writer whose work moves between memory, contemporary culture and public life.

Her practice brings together archival care, curatorial thinking, communications and collaborative cultural development. She is interested in what happens when inherited material is treated not as a closed record, but as a starting point for new relationships.

Her current work includes Victoria2031 Għawdex, Magna Żmien Foundation, Koperattiva Strati and Festivals Malta. Across these contexts, she develops projects that remain attentive to place, language and the people who carry cultural memory.

CuratorVictoria2031 GħawdexCurrent
PresidentKoperattiva StratiCurrent
Community Manager & ResearcherMagna Żmien FoundationOngoing
Communications Senior OfficerFestivals MaltaCurrent

Contact / Collaborate

Kris is open to thoughtful collaborations across archives, research, writing, cultural strategy and public programmes.

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