Artists' Perspective

Iloilo

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...

Projects

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...

Projects

Visualizing Oral Traditions through Manga, “Golden Realms”

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

Projects

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...

Projects

Indigenous Peoples’ Right and Intellectual Property Rights

MANILA (October 2021) -- The mythology of indigenous folklore has inspired countless works of art and literature over...

How Do We Know If We’re Just Being Used as Artists?

Essays Noel Galon de Leon - February 5, 2025

Over the past few months, I’ve found myself reflecting on my journey as a writer and cultural events organizer. A deep sense of exhaustion...

Art in the Aftermath of a Storm

Artists' Perspective Elvie Razon-Gonzalez - September 24, 2022

It was a night in the city of Iloilo one could not forget. March 17, 2018. The night when Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art...

Role of Artists in the Age of Disinformation

Artists' Perspective Kris Brasileno - June 5, 2022

My identity as an artist relies on my ability to create new images or compose iterations from existing ones. I wonder if making images...