MESSAGE OF AMBASSADOR MASSIMO ROSCIGNO
Press Conference on the Philippine Participation in the 56th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale
15 April 2015 | DFA Building, Pasay City
Hon. Secretary Albert F. Del Rosario,
Hon Senator Loren Legarda
Hon. Chairman of the NCCA Felipe M. De Leon
Mr Curator of the Philippine Pavillon Patrick D. Flores
Distinguished guests, ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a great pleasure for me to attend this Press Conference for the participation of the Philippines to the 56th […]
Ahead of Earth Day on April 22, Senator Loren Legarda today launched a video documentary on the protection of coral reefs and efforts to restore the rainforest of the seas, particularly in the Province of Antique.
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15 April 2015 – The Department of Foreign Affairs hosted a press conference today on the participation of the Philippines in the 56th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition, in cooperation with the Office of Senator Loren Legarda and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). The press conference highlighted the country’s historic return to the Venice Biennale Art Exhibition after a 51-year hiatus. The Philippine Pavilion will present the curatorial vision of Dr. Patrick Flores. His theme, “Tie […]
In 1950 in the Philippines, the filmmaker Manuel Conde and the painter Carlos Francisco worked together to do the first film ever on Genghis Khan. Telling the tale of the conqueror’s rite of passage from warrior to overlord in the form of a metrical romance and an adventure, it bemused both Hollywood and Venice. The Philippine Pavilion returns to Venice after 51 years through this exemplary film to reflect on the country’s modernity and the present scheme of a world […]
“Absence makes the heart grow fonder” is what’s said about lovers. But for some Filipino artists, absence makes them produce work that showcase “intellectual rigor and depth and immense creativity,” especially if the waiting took 51 years long.
This year marks the Philippines’ return to the Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition with Dr. Patrick Flores’ curatorial project, “Tie A String Around the World.” It tackles a leader’s quest for world domination and the disputed waters of the West Philippine Sea.
The Philippine […]
