Art

Introducing Indigenous Culture as Research Material to Digital Media and Interactive Arts Students

Central Philippine University (CPU) has been offering the program, Digital Media and Interactive Arts (DMIA) for nine years, and has produced students who went on to work for creative...

Coming of Age: An Exhibition at Iloilo Cinematheque

The transition from childhood into adolescence, and from adolescence into adulthood is a life-changing period, one which is...

Visualizing Oral Traditions through Manga, “Golden Realms”

Iloilo, Philippines - In the hinterlands of Panay, a form of poetry and performance called Sugidanun has been...

Explore the parallels between Japanese and Filipino folklore

Across all of Asia are countless communities with their own distinct mythologies. Between the Philippines and Japan alone...

Indigenous Peoples’ Right and Intellectual Property Rights

MANILA (October 2021) -- The mythology of indigenous folklore has inspired countless works of art and literature over...
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Artist Log: Why do we need to paint in layers in Oil Painting?

I learned oil painting as a kid by joining several art workshops since grade school and then eventually reading technical art books and eventually...

The Émigré and the Arcadian: Ramblings on a Shared Patrimony

By a late invitation, I was able to attend the vernissage of ‘The Patrimony of All’, the exhibit of Lunas, Hidalgos, Amorsolos, and Arellanos...

Tayog-tayog: On The Sources of Ilonggo Imagination

An approach to the exhibit I first came across the term "tayog-tayog" when I was studying in Iloilo City. When someone tells an “out of...

Surrealism’s centenary in the City of Love

Through dreams, visual trickery of commonplace things, and creative imaginings, Surrealism as an art movement established a rarefied presentation of artistic practices.  Though mostly...

La vita è bella: La Vita nell’ Arte at ILOMOCA

Ah, the Italians! The surreptitious allure of the Mona Lisa’s smile and the overwhelming magnitude of the frescoed ceiling of the Sistine Chapel –...

Red ants rising: Ang dágtà sang Baysulangpu

Dágtà, translated to English, may refer to a stain, a blot, or anything that taints. In its verb form, it may be understood as...
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