‘TOPIA’ encapsulated the immense transformation of Malta’s townscapes and of the nation’s consumption habits in the past decades.

The small corner groceries of our childhood, where housewives gathered to fetch the daily household essentials and chat with the neighbours, have all but disappeared. 

Those intimate experiences from a slow-paced lifestyle long gone, have morphed into the anonymity of supermarkets, sprawling shopping malls, large specialty stores, and online shopping.