Corazon del Arte, an interactive installation by Megumi Miura and her collaborators; Brandon Braza, Zabiel Nemenzo, Zander Lopez, and Zanna Jamili, is a homage to the dead and a protection of the living.
“No constraints. No limits. When you write,you get to enjoy the best freedom possible.”Icy Belen Tumayao
Icy Belen Tumayao is a twenty-six-year-old writer from Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines. She started writing when she was 12 years old, after being acquainted with the delicate...
My identity as an artist relies on my ability to create new images or compose iterations from existing ones. I wonder if making images or art objects may have any sort of impact on disinformation or communicating information for that matter....
Across all of Asia are countless communities with their own distinct mythologies. Between the Philippines and Japan alone are interweaving threads in a cultural tapestry of multi-faceted worldviews telling of how we relate to nature, the world, and each other. This...
Thrive is looking for essays related to art and culture. Our goal is to document art practices, collectives, and other art initiatives in the Philippines, especially those which are in the peripheries of the visible art scenes in the country.
After the...
The mural and its making accidentally revealed many truths. Truths and signs about government, influence, patronage, representation, and the prevailing visual culture.
The taxi I was riding passed by the Diversion Bridge, I asked the driver what he thinks about the colors that now envelope the bridge, and he replied “ano poblema sa puti nga pinta haw?” referring to the previous color of...
My greatest impetus was that i do not want to go on regretting not taking the opportunity.Mariel Terre
Mariel Terre is a 24-year-old poet from Tigbauan, Iloilo. As a teacher-writer, she considers Anne Shirley as her main literary heroine and L.M. Montgomery,...
Thrive is looking for essays related to art and culture. Our goal is to document art practices, collectives, and other art initiatives in the Philippines, especially...
Iloilo, Philippines - In the hinterlands of Panay, a form of poetry and performance called Sugidanun has been passed on through a long line of chanters...
What happens when content creators and creatives make work based on Indigenous Cultures? Let us take a look at several incidents concerning the popular...
Translated from Filipino by Adhoniz B. Rebong. This article was first published on www.iloiloartkritik.blogspot.com.
There are three modes of reading that one can apply to...
Place and identity are intersecting themes of contemporary art that are often explored by artists and curators. In “Panagbo: Encounters with Tradition”, curator Marika Constantino and artists from Capiz transport the audience to the fishing...
It was a night in the city of Iloilo one could not forget. March 17, 2018. The night when Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art (ILOMOCA) opened its glass doors to a privileged few.
For several months,...
With its rich textures carefully layered over pours of paint, Allain Hablo’s art reminds us of why we look at abstraction. We examine what form it suggests. We wonder what the colors convey. And we...
“I want my readers to think about their humanity and how they could better themselves first before they decide to change the world.”Robin Angelo Yankin
Robin Angelo Yankin (pseudonym. Toshiro Hiroshi) is a twenty-year-old writer...
“Writing is not a profession for the faint of heart.”Jag Muyco
Born and raised in Iloilo City, Jose Anthony Gerard “Jag” Muyco is an all-out fictionist and poet. He also currently teaches in the humanities and...
My greatest impetus was that i do not want to go on regretting not taking the opportunity.Mariel Terre
Mariel Terre is a 24-year-old poet from Tigbauan, Iloilo. As a teacher-writer, she considers Anne Shirley as her...
The taxi I was riding passed by the Diversion Bridge, I asked the driver what he thinks about the colors that now envelope the bridge, and he replied “ano poblema sa puti nga pinta haw?”...
“No constraints. No limits. When you write,you get to enjoy the best freedom possible.”Icy Belen Tumayao
Icy Belen Tumayao is a twenty-six-year-old writer from Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines. She started writing when she was 12 years old,...
Translated from Filipino by Adhoniz B. Rebong. This article was first published on www.iloiloartkritik.blogspot.com.
There are three modes of reading that one can apply to an artwork adapted from print and made into a film. First,...
“Writing is lying with the truth.”Neil Cartujano
About the Writer
Neil Cartujano is a twenty-six year-old writer currently residing in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. A...
Language is an interesting thing; the same word can mean two different things in diverse dialects.
Ginoe’s "Banal Banal" or "Sacred Ordinary" explores that very...
