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My first online exhibit of digital manipulations this year (2008) starts midnight of March 12, 2008. It's called "Ganid Ako / Ganid Din Ako". Visit the site on the 12th and test how "Ganid" you can be. The "Pinaka-Ganid" will be declared winner and shall be eliminated immediately.
tutoK:2talk creative convergence February 26-29, 2008
* this is your complete guide to this grand art event!
bulong a prelude to TUTOK:2TALK creative convergence
organize by bulungan collective The Rooftop, Metropolitan Tower 1746 Mabini Street, Malate, Manila February 16, 2008, 8:00pm-12:00mn
opening night: tutok kargado tutoK takes on charged works and responses to the gallery collection
Jose Tence Ruiz Buen Calubayan Mideo M. Cruz Noel Soler Cuizon Boy Dominguez Alfred Esquillo, Jr. Egai Talusan Fernandez Karen Ocampo Flores Emmanuel Garibay J Pacena II Kirby Roxas Don Salubayba Mark Ramsel Salvatus III
Curated by Jose Tence Ruiz Ateneo Art Gallery, Rizal Library, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights , Quezon City February 26, 2008, 6:30 p.m.
bull session Round table discussion on globalization and altered/alternative aesthetics. Featuring local and visiting artists.
Facilitated by Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez
Sambalikhaan, Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music (AILM) 275 E. Rodriguez Avenue, Quezon City February 27, 2008, 3:00 to 6:00pm
surfacing tarps and photos: essaying our decaperacidos
Estan Cabigas Enrimand "Manman" Dejeto Kenneth Guda Diana Moraleda Sandino Nartea Judy Pasimio Joseph Purugganan Ilang-Ilang Quijano Candice Anne Reyes Leonard Reyes Dennis Rito Marc Talampas Jenny Tañedo Alanah Torralba
Curated by Nino Tagaro and Jes Aznar
Sambalikhaan Grounds February 27-29, 2008
environmental state installation projects on mental/ecological states
Clint Catalan Rainer Cruz Don Dalmacio Dondi Fernandez Enteng and Dessa Laput Leeroy New Leobensant Marquez Marlon And Kelly Paraganas Niel Pasilan Alma Quinto Oliver Ramos Sawsawan Paul Sena Angelo Suarez Wire Tuazon Ugat-LAHI Costantino Zicarelli
Curated by Buen Calubayan
Sambalikhaan Grounds February 27-28, 2008
visual pollution an infestation of (de)synthesized video installations
Anino Shadow Play Collective Artist Arrest Movement Elvert de la Cruz Bañares Sigfried Barros-Sanchez Ramon Bautista Herbert Commendador Khavn Dela Cruz Ivan Despi Tad Ermitaño Ging Flores Lea Lim Treb Monteras Jet Pascua RA Rivera Jemina Rodriguez Jun Sabayton Southern Tagalog Exposure Syke
Curated by J Pacena II
Sambalikhaan Grounds February 28-29, 2008
common spot spot-on urban graffiti invades idyllic setting
Pilipinas Street Plan (Philippines) Killer Gerbil (Singapore) Gene Pendon (Canada) Ebliss (Malaysia) BCBrutta (Spain)
Curated by Mark Ramsel Salvatus III
Sambalikhaan Grounds February 28-29, 2008
surf plus shop artists' knickknacks on parade: art, food, books, etc. Just bring ur stuff! Sambalikhaan Grounds February 28-29, 2008
authorize extremist live art presentations by local and visiting artists
Buen Calubayan (Manila Philippines) Nick Aca (Cagayan de Oro Philippines) Ioana Gergescu (Quebec Canada) Jef Carnay (Manila Philippines) Noel Cuizon (Manila Philippines) Soni Kum (Seoul Korea) Shannon Cochrane (Ontario Canada) Arai Shin-ichi (Tokyo Japan) Mideo M Cruz (Manila Philippines)
Curated by Racquel de Loyola
Sambalikhaan grounds February 28, 2008 3:00 to 9:00 pm
impromptus open mike for all sorts of live and livid actions
Curated by Jef Carnay
Sambalikhaan grounds February 29, 2008, 3:00 to 6:00pm
pasakalye musicians feting all artists in an acoustic ensemble
Cynthia Alexander Bobby Balingit Lolita Carbon Jess Santiago Skarlet Aya Yuson
Curated by JL Burgos and Mavi Deocampo
Sambalikhaan Amphitheatre February 29, 2008 7:00 to 9:00pm
album 4 photos taken by Dr. Kristine Bañares & Matt Jalandoni
solo exhibit of yours truly January 25, 2008 - opening night * runs until February 29, 2008 exhibition + installations + film screenings Museo Iloilo [Main Gallery] Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City
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we love our major sponsors:
Museo Iloilo The Daily Guardian [Region VI's number one daily] Celwin Printing House [Vito Cruz Extension, Makati City] NIG Marketing [Iloilo City] spiritofenvy.com Mr. & Mrs. Elmo Bañares & Family
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special thanks to: Zaffy Ledesma Tita Gina Sarabia-Espinosa
* click each photo for larger view ** very special thanks to Diona
album 3 photos taken by Dr. Kristine Bañares & Matt Jalandoni
solo exhibit of yours truly January 25, 2008 - opening night * runs until February 29, 2008 exhibition + installations + film screenings Museo Iloilo [Main Gallery] Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City
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we love our major sponsors:
Museo Iloilo The Daily Guardian [Region VI's number one daily] Celwin Printing House [Vito Cruz Extension, Makati City] NIG Marketing [Iloilo City] spiritofenvy.com Mr. & Mrs. Elmo Bañares & Family
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special thanks to: Zaffy Ledesma Tita Gina Sarabia-Espinosa
* click each photo for larger view ** very special thanks to Diona
solo exhibit of yours truly January 25, 2008 - opening night * runs until February 29, 2008 exhibition + installations + film screenings Museo Iloilo [Main Gallery] Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City
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we love our major sponsors:
Museo Iloilo The Daily Guardian [Region VI's number one daily] Celwin Printing House [Vito Cruz Extension, Makati City] NIG Marketing [Iloilo City] spiritofenvy.com Mr. & Mrs. Elmo Bañares & Family
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special thanks to: Zaffy Ledesma Tita Gina Sarabia-Espinosa
* click each photo for larger view ** very special thanks to Diona
solo exhibit of yours truly January 25, 2008 - opening night * runs until February 29, 2008 exhibition + installations + film screenings Museo Iloilo [Main Gallery] Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City
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we love our major sponsors:
Museo Iloilo The Daily Guardian [Region VI's number one daily] Celwin Printing House [Vito Cruz Extension, Makati City] NIG Marketing [Iloilo City] spiritofenvy.com Mr. & Mrs. Elmo Bañares & Family
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special thanks to: Zaffy Ledesma Tita Gina Sarabia-Espinosa
* click each photo for larger view ** very special thanks to Diona
When: December 5 - 11, 2007 Where: Indie Sine, Robinsons Galleria, Ortigas Tickets: P50 only
Kontra Agos: A Resistance Films Festival, celebrates films that go against the current, whether it be of popular cinema, politics or conventional ideas of love, sex and gender. Kontra Agos will present over the course of a week a range of films, past and present, that are politically, historically, and formally subversive.
my short film, "ang bayan kong payapa" is an official selection.
Kontra Agos: A Resistance Films Festival, celebrates films that go against the current, whether it be of popular cinema, politics or conventional ideas of love, sex and gender. Kontra Agos will present over the course of a week a range of films, past and present, that are politically, historically, and formally subversive.
my short film, "ang bayan kong payapa" is an official selection.
Please download festival sked below (see attachment).
Final MTRCB rating of 'ang bayan kong payapa' [Live blogging - Paradise Resort]
I'm blogging from Malolos, Bulacan where the judging for the province-wide photo competition has just ended with a bang (yep, I'm one of the jurors, joining Sir Julius Clar whom I highly respect). While we were doing the rounds of comments from the judges - a la American Idol (and I'm not the Simon Cowell here! hahaha!) - I got dozens of texts about the tension on Makati led by Senator Trillanes. As I blog, the tension's over. And I also got a text from Kiri Dalena (programmer of the Resistance Film Festival at Robinson's Galleria) that my film 'ang bayan kong payapa' was rated PG13 (MTRCB suspected that I'm gonna rally in front of their office so they were kind enough to give me a rating the film deserves. - But here's a rumor: they're subscribers to this blogsite so they gave in to my suggested rating. Hahaha!). It shares the same rating as Beowulf.
So it's a go! You will be able to view the film with the rest of the short films during the festival run starting this December 5, 2007. Festival ends on the 11th.
Meanwhile, I will be staying overnight at the Paradise Resort and will proceed to Pampanga tomorrow at 10:00am for a photo shoot with an upcoming band (yep, I'm doing the shoot!). Tonight the lovely people at the PPAO (Provincial Public Affairs Office of Bulacan) will be treating me to death so I have to declare that my day is just about to start. 'Be back in Manila on Saturday!
'ang bayan kong payapa' officially selected for Kontra-Agos Resistance Film Festival 2007
My four-minuter little film 'ang bayan kong payapa' is an official selection at the Kontra-Agos Resistance Film Festival 2007 running from December 5 to 11, 2007 at the Indie Sine at Robinson's Galleria.
Kontra-Agos Resistance Film Festival 2007 is an initiative of ST Exposure and Digital Cheese in cooperation with UP Sining at Lipunan, Sine Tres Marias and the Independent Filmmakers Cooperative. For more details, please visit: Kontra-Agos official site
ang bayan kong payapa is the "state of our nation cycle". It features Jeralyn Woo, Myk Laurente, Mars Adriano, Reymer Salvador, Eden Valen.
I will be posting schedule here soon or just check out the festival's site. I'm honored to be part of this fest that programs unorthodox, protest and brave cinema!
[Check the cool trailer of the Kontra-Agos Resistance Film Festival below:]
YouTube premiere of Swan Dive's UNTIL music video!
Swan Dive's new music video, "Until" will have its online premiere at YouTube on Monday, November 26, 2007 at 7:00pm (Philippine time). The video stars acclaimed Filipino actress, Ms. Angel Aquino with Paolo Miguel Lopez, Ma. Blesilda Casaje, Harold Abenoja, Ricky Pantaleon, Giselle Nadal, Mary Grace de Belen, Bea Justin Malalad, Anreen Torres. The link to the video shall be posted on the same date or simply type "Swan Dive Until" to search for the video. The alternate version shall be posted the week after. Help us spread the word.
I Remember You performance art artist: Tari Ito (Japan)
* performance about Kim Sundok (Korean comfort woman) video documentation by yours truly
from the exhibit "Trauma Interrupted" curated by Flaudette May Datuin Cultural Center of the Philippines / June 14 - July 29, 2007
Tari Ito's (artist) statement:
This performance is paying humble homage to a Korean woman, Kim Sundok, one of the former "comfort women" or a sex slave of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. This is also an objection against current climatein Japanese society; the nation-state seems preparing for another war in spite of its war-renouncing constitution. As Japanese, I should never forget the sexual violence by the army which totally devastated Sundok's life.
Still now, every Wednesday, there are women standing in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul Korea, asking the Japanese government for apology and compensation to the former "comfort women". Through this performance, I want to jointly struggle for justice.
It is not history but current.
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my personal notes:
To document Tari Ito's performance art is an honor for any filmmaker (on the side, it was also important for me to note that this all-female exhibition with feminist platforms selected a male artist to document this performance). She is one of Japan's noted and respected performance artists. But more than that, her performances are rooted on strong and solid concepts filled with emotional fury. This performance (filled with rage, anger, suppression, longing and hope) affected me so much because Filipino women were also victims of Japanese white slavery. It was not therefore difficult for me to understand the emotional baggages that accompany this performance.
Meeting Tari and getting instructions from her was a chance for me to know more about her performance and how she relates this to the over-all tone of the exhibit. She gives minimal instructions and allowed me to document it the way I want it. I could see that she seemed to tell me: "your visual must complement my performance" (I would like to particularly note that Tari was very glad and more assured of a "participative documentation" when she knew that we both belong to one community). And so I did just that. After the performance, the video will immediately be played, unedited, as a one-channel video for the exhibition.
The video during the documentation of her live performance was not just a machine or a tool for recording. I thought it was apt to allow it to breathe and complement Tari's performance. In many parts, the movement of the video camera (and the moving images it documents) reacts to the actions of Tari. The camera glides (like another entity observing the turmoil of the performer), moves forward (like getting nearer the action), shakes (like reacting to the emphasis on movement); and even falls (like being caught off guard). The camera here is not a passive observer. It wants to participate by reacting (through camera movements) to the performance. The video images don't want to simply recall history. They are current.
[note: 56 photos out of 1,578 photos - so expect more albums to come!]
* all photos by TIN YUMUL [with a few shots from Orville Chua & Rosswil Hilario]
UNTIL music artist: SWAN DIVE producer & director : Elvert de la Cruz Bañares producer : Cheng Peria-Curameng & Milos Curameng
cast: Ms. Angel Aquino
with Paolo Miguel Lopez Ma. Blesilda Casaje Harold Abenoja Ricky Pantaleon Giselle Nadal Mary Grace de Belen Bea Justin Malalad Anreen Torres
assistant director & production manager : Rosswil Hilario costume designer (Ms. Angel Aquino’s wardrobe) : Veejay Floresca production coordinator (off-set) / stills (main) : Tin Yumul costume designer (set costumes) : Francis Jove de la Cruz on-set production coordinators : Noel Domdom, Dickson Comia, Marvie Luz Castilla, Giorgio Amista production coordinator (off-set) : Orville Chua additional stills (documentation) : Jenn Cabrerra additional stills (behind-the-scenes) : Marjorie Romero make-up : Kenneth Cobarrubias & Tony Parcon filmmaking facilities & equipment : Balicas Grip production coordinator & assistant to Ms. Aquino: Cheska Calayag director of photography & editor : Elvert de la Cruz Bañares
other talents Titus Gregory Angelo Almonte Cheska Calayag Csharlotte Tan Angelica Amor Lawrence Nicodemus Raquel Eribe Greg Señorin Leonard Corcuera Russel Banawa
Photos are owned by Ex Ventures Unlimited. Posting, distribution or recopying in any media (unless for promotional purposes) is not allowed without written permission from producers. You can e-mail us at i@elvertb.com - cast and crew members are allowed to post in their own individual blog and network sites.
ang bayan kong payapa- officially selected for End Frame II Video Art Festival 2007
Today, I received an e-mail from Visual Pond (organizers and major sponsors of the festival) informing me that my short film "ang bayan kong payapa" (originally conceived as a two-channel video for the CCP-exhibit "Pasang Masid" curated by Karen Ocampo Flores & Noel Soler Cuizon) was officially selected for End Frame Video Art Project II: Daily Disclosures video art festival.
The festival takes place at The Fifth (area fronting Bench), 5th Floor, Shangri-la Plaza, EDSA cor. Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong City from 12 - 16 October 2007 with an opening on 12 October at 7:00pm.
The End Frame II jury is composed of:
Peque Gallaga, Director and experimental filmmaker
Fatima Lasay, visual artist and independent curator
Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez, Curatorial Consultant, Lopez Memorial Museum
Jun Sabayton, Visual artist and curator, Jumpcut 2 video art exhibition
'ang bayan kong payapa' is a protest piece (not subversive, as one audience from mag:net commented) starring Jeralyn Woo, Eden Grace Valen, Michael Laurente, Reymer Salvador, Mars Adriano. ang bayan kong payapa's synopsis: This is our state of the nation cycle.
