VIVA ExCon goes online this 2020
VIVA ExCon Organization from Bacolod City is set to host the 30th year of the Visayas-wide biennale
Would you dip in the sawsawan, too? Kamias Triennal’s third iteration
#turtle_kin_in-kind by FASTWÜRMS (2020) Texts and images by Alain Zedrick Camiling February 7, 2020, Kamias Special Projects (KSP) launched the 3rd Kamias Triennale marking its two-week run in various places in Quezon City. Supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, this third iteration’s concept revolves around cooking and eating with the title “Sawsawan: Conversations…
Sakai International Community Arts to present “TEAROOM ON THE BORDER” at Pineapple Lab
ALL REMAINING FRINGE PERFORMANCES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED AS PRECAUTION TO #COVID19 Collaboration seems to be in the pulse of this year’s annual Fringe festival with both local artists and international acts working together. One such collaboration comes in the form of Japanese artist collective Sakai International Community Arts (SICA). With the support of Japan Foundation,…
The center lies in the fringe: Philippine Arts Month’s Independent Dark Horse
House of Mizrahi PH On its 6 th year, Fringe Manila continues to champion experimental art, daring all and baring all. Text and photos by Paolo Vergara Draper Startup House in Poblacion, Makati, witnessed the February 12 launch of Fringe Festival Manila 2020, the local yet independently-organized iteration of the international staging ground for uncurated,…
On its 6th year, Fringe Manila continues to push for art incubation
As the local art scene diversifies, established and emerging galleries and groups find ever-increasing collaboration. Text by Paolo Vergara | Photos courtesy of Fringe MNL The worldwide Fringe festival has come to represent the uncurated, the avant-garde, and the untested corners in the art world, serving as a staging ground for works that won’t be…
Manila Student Film Festival 2020
The third annual Manila Student Film Festival will take place on 01 February 2020 at International School Manila. The festival is the creative celebration of young filmmakers in the Philippines, providing an audience for upcoming talent and inspiring future filmmakers. This year, 27 films were shortlisted for the final competition. The shortlisted flicks come from…
Dreams for Mindanao
By Franchesca Lesaca During the press conference for the Mindanao Art Fair, Exhibit and Conference (MindanaoArt), Vim Nadera – award-winning poet and writer, and former director of the Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA) – posed a rhetorical question to everyone gathered: “Where is Mindanao in Philippine art?” The first Mindanao Art Fair This…
Bulacan’s Hidden Gem for Art Lovers
On its 8th year, the Mandalá Art Festival continues as a bulwark for artists around Central Luzon Text by Paolo Vergara Pulilan, Bulacan is a setting straight out of an early Hidalgo arcadia: sprawling with clean brooks, breeze-swept fields, and trees bearing ripe fruit and cool shade – scenes unfamiliar to generations born in the centers…
No Drought in Art: VIVA ExCcon
Capiz hosts the biggest edition of VIVA ExCon to date. Text and photos by Marz Aglipay Roxas City won its bid to host the 2018 Visayas Islands Visual Arts Exhibition and Conference (VIVA ExCon) by a landslide. Amidst the enthusiasm of hosting VIVA ExCon in Capiz for the first time, there were concerns about whether…
Fringe Manila 2019 celebrates diversity this National Arts Month
Text and photos by Hannah Pascua Expressing yourself with no boundaries has never been this bold and loud as the most awaited time of the year for art maniacs is waving at the fringe! Manila’s most diverse art festival, Fringe Manila, will be celebrating its 5th year of showcasing uncensored, multi-arts works and performances. It…