August 26, 2015
Senator Loren Legarda urged Filipinos to visit the exhibit titled The Vexed Contemporary, which was officially opened today at the Museum of Contemporary Art Design (MCAD) at De la Salle – College of Saint Benilde.
“I encourage everyone to visit the MCAD. Our bustling contemporary art scene, including the groundbreaking shows MCAD has done, benefits the nation with thought-provoking exhibits and concepts that open discussions on our national identity in the face of a dynamic global cultural landscape,” Legarda said.
The Vexed […]
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August 26, 2015
Senator Loren Legarda today said the Philippines should take bolder action in reducing carbon emissions following a report that air pollution in China is killing about 4,000 people a day.
“We should act quickly to prevent such an incident – severe air pollution – from happening in our country. The faster we act, the greater the chances are of avoiding the most debilitating effects of extreme weather events,” Legarda stressed, citing the urgent need to shift to cleaner energy sources.
Legarda, Chair […]
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August 24, 2015
VENICE—The Philippine Pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale has appeared on several lists of not-to-miss spaces for its thought-provoking theme, “Tie a String around the World.”
Curator Patrick Flores, who came up with the theme, says it deals with world-making and the formation of empires.
If they give themselves enough time, visitors get to peel away layer upon layer of the current Philippine situation as presented by its featured artists: Manuel Conde, Carlos “Botong” Francisco, Manny Montelibano and José Tence Ruiz.
Flores agrees […]
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August 24, 2015
It’s an hour and a half before the event and David Medalla, the internationally-acclaimed Filipino artist slated to grace the Palazzo Mora for a performance titled “Pangarap sa Panglao,” is nowhere to be found. Adam Nankervis, artist and longtime Medalla collaborator, has called to say he lost Medalla on the walk to the Palazzo and that the 77-year-old artist is in physical pain. “It’s his back,” Nankervis tells me later. “He never lets on but I know him and I […]
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August 22, 2015
Globally renowned Filipino artist David Medalla’s performance at the Philippine Pavilion on August 20 was an ode to his country and the traditions he grew up with, a saga that starts from his memories as a child before the Japanese-American war that ravaged his hometown of Mabini in Ermita, Manila.
The seminal artist known for being a pioneer of kinetic and participatory art said that performance art cannot be explained in its entirety. “If I tell you, then what’s the point […]
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