Two exhibits at Lopez Museum and Library
THE Lopez Museum and Library will hold two new exhibitions before the institution moves into its new interim home at Rockwell Business Center Sheridan in the first quarter of the year 2018. The two exhibitions – The Given Order and What do I Say to a Giant – will run from Aug. 22 to Nov. 29. The Given Order, curated by Ricky Francisco, talks about the manifestations of religion in the contemporary age and features artists Jason Dy, S.J. and Anton del Castillo who will interact with both the Lopez Museum and Library visual arts and library collection of works. What do I Say to a Giant is part of the museum’s The Artist Turns a Century program. The exhibit explores the journalistic pursuit and acclaim of National Artist Nick Joaquin, and strives to (re)introduce Quijano’s works in conversation with works of Marc Gaba and Teaching Exhibitions alongside tangents that will meaningfully engage present contexts.
Group exhibit at 1335Mabini
1335MABINI presents Kristoffer Ardeña, Micaela Benedicto, and Klaus Wanker in a group exhibition which is ongoing until Aug. 22. The exhibition focuses on one of the fundamental aspects of understanding phenomena; the plane – material and abstract. This is the second in a series of exhibitions under Cumulus Blimp: A Transnational Platform of Discourse program of 1335MABINI. It has a calendar of exhibitions involving artists from the Philippines, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Austria, America, and Israel until next March. Meanwhile, after four-and-a-half years since its inception in 2013, 1335MABINI announces the establishment of a new exhibition space in Karrivin Plaza, Makati City, which will serve as an extension of its gallery headquarters based in Casa Tesoro, Manila City. 1335MABINI’s program of exhibits, screenings, workshops, talks, and residencies will extend to the 245-sq.m. space in Karrivin Plaza. Concurrently, the gallery is also announcing that Casa Tesoro will now also host up-and-coming contemporary art gallery MONO8, signifying a revival of Ermita as one of the primary art districts in Manila. 1335MABINI’s inaugural exhibition in Karrivin Plaza will be on Sept. 1, featuring works by represented and exhibited artists. The gallery is located at Casa Tesoro, 1335 Mabini St., Ermita, Manila.
PPO Youth concert at CCP
THE Cultural Center of the Philippines will hold a special concert specifically for children ages 10-13 years old, featuring the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) under the baton of Maestro Yoshikazu Fukumura, on Aug. 24, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., at the Little Theater. Guest artists are Filipino violinist Joaquin Maria “Chino” Gutierrez for the morning concert, and violinist Adrian Nicolas C. Ong for the afternoon performance. The concert aims to stimulate the children’s creativity as well as develop their understanding of symphonic music in a concert setting. The young audience will also have the chance to acquaint themselves with the four major families of instruments. Certain musical terms will also be explained during the concert. Program includes J. Strauss’s Die Fledermaus – Overture, and Pizzicato Polka, C. Saint-Saens’s Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, R. Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Greensleeves, Leroy Anderson’s Serenata, and Arturo Marques’s Danzon No. 2. Tickets cost P200.
Photo exhibit culminates 30 year stay
THE VALLEY, a photo exhibition by French photographer Pierre de Vallombreuse, will be on view from Aug. 31 to Feb. 4 at the Old Senate Hall of the National Museum of the Philippines in Luneta, Manila. Mr. De Vallombreuse had dedicated almost 30 years of his life to documenting the landscapes and daily lives of the ethnolinguistic group, the Tau’t Batu in Singnapan Valley in Palawan. Eighty-one photographs and more than 100 digital photos will be presented in the exhibit. This exhibit serves as his final project in the Philippines as the director of Alliance Française de Manille.
Callaghan, Zamuco at Silverlens
SILVERLENS presents Frank Callaghan’s exhibition, Search/Light, his fifth solo show with the gallery, starting Aug. 17. His last show, Dead Ends in 2014, won the prestigious Ateneo Art Awards. In this new series of 17 photographs, he continues his night shooting that has become his signature. Also opening that evening is Eric Zamuco’s Almost Not, his fourth show with the gallery. The exhibit focuses on the re-contextualization of objects, in this case military field gurney stretchers, counter-weighting them with other objects devised from either personal histories or formal transgressions. Light, sound, video, and print are just some of the elements that accompany the gurney stretchers’ new design which are painted in chrome and are wrapped in leather jackets. The two exhibits run until Sept. 16 at Silverlens, Lapanday Center, 2263 Don Chino Roces Ave. Ext., Makati City.
Halili in Lucban gallery
PROJECT SPACE Pilipinas presents Gregory Halili’s exhibit SaLang. “Salang” means to take one’s turn or to be in the spotlight. In the old vernacular, it may also mean “to touch.” SaLang contracts two words to mean “one only.” A single-piece exhibition series, SaLang is an encounter with the intimate universe of artists, their complex and eternal dance with meaning, and the perpetual struggle against the limitations in the methods of abstraction. The exhibit is on view until Aug. 30 at Project Space Pilipinas, No. 6 Eleazar St., Lucban, Quezon. For inquiries, contact projectspacepilipinas@gmail.com.
MO_Space presents group show
FRESH CUT, NEW BLOOD, a group show focusing on collage featuring the works of Jan Balquin, Dina Gadia, Jacob Lindo, Carina Santos, and Jel Suarez, and curated by Gary-Ross Pastrana, is on view until Sept. 3 at MO_Space.
Free dance workshop for kids
Using their bodies as instruments in dance, children may explore shapes, space and movement in response to challenges and problem-solving in Creative Dance and Body Movements for Kids, a workshop on Sept. 9 at the MCAD Multimedia Room of the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde’s (DLS-CSB) Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD). The three-hour workshop will introduce participants to creative dance and body movement for theater. The workshop is free and open to the all children aged seven to 11 as part of the public programs for MCAD Manila’s current exhibition, Re-enactments. Limited slots are available. For details and inquiries, visit www.mcadmanila.org.ph. MCAD is located at the DLS-CSB School of Design and Arts Campus, 950 Pablo Ocampo St., Malate, Manila.
Master class in theater scene design
NEW YORK-based scenic designer Jenna Snyder will conduct a six-day intensive Master Class on Scenic Design Analysis, Imagery and Hands-On Scenic Painting from August 14 to 19 at the Scene Shop of the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde School of Design and Arts. The lectures will focus on individuality as an artist and the design process from the point-of-view from behind the scenes. Snyder will likewise conduct hands-on workshops on the proper techniques on painting for set pieces. The Scene Shop is located at the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde School of Design and Arts Campus, 950 Pablo Ocampo Street, Malate, Manila.
A case study on the Kagayanen language
LOUISE ANN MACGREGOR of the US-based nonprofit Summer Institute of Linguistics looks into the factors that affect reading ability and what is read or not read in “Talk the Talk: A Case Study on the Kagayanen Language,” on Aug. 16, 3 p.m., in Rooms 502 and 506 at the First United Bldg. of the FIRST|Coworking Community. MacGregor will focus on the language intrinsic to the province of Palawan based from her experience in community-based language development and literature production activities. The presentation is free and open to the public as part of the programs of the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde’s Museum of Contemporary Art and Design’s The Library of Unread Books, an exhibit made up of donated books that are unread by their previous owners. For details and inquiries, visit www.mcadmanila.org.ph. The First United Bldg. is located at 413 Escolta St., Binondo, Manila.
