Sweeney Todd tickets out
AN UNJUSTLY exiled barber, Sweeney Todd, returns to 19th century London seeking vengeance. His revenge leads him to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop. Sweeney Todd opens a new barber practice and Mrs. Lovett’s luck sharply shifts. Londoners start lining up for her pies — and the carnage has only just begun. Starring Tony and Olivier-winning actress Lea Salonga as Mrs. Lovett and rock icon Jett Pangan in the titular role, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will run at the Theater at Solaire, Pasay City from Oct. 11 to 27. This year marks to 40th anniversary of the musical, having first opened on Broadway in 1979. Tickets are now on sale at TicketWorld (891-9999, www.ticketworld.com.ph).
Poklong Anading solo show
1335MABINI presents the next solo exhibit of 1335MABINI-represented artist Poklong Anading called Current. It will run from June 22 to Aug. 3. Anading’s spectrum of work ranges from video, installation, photography, drawing and painting. This exhibit centers around a series he started during his final phase at art school: Line Drawing — a process-oriented project with each iteration starting as a series of horizontal lines drawn onto a surface. While walking and drawing the lines with one hand, the other hand video-tapes the lines being drawn. The camera thus records what is in effect a performance and at the same time functions as a drawing tool just like the pencil. The resulting video becomes not only a video work but also a virtual drawing. The exhibition will be at 1335MABINI, Karrivin Plaza, Chino Roces Ave. Ext., Makati.
Film on artist Manuel Ocampo
DISCOVER the internal workings of the international art scene in the world of the elite as told through the lens of a Filipino artist based in America in Manuel Ocampo: God is My Co-pilot, which is set to be screened on June 21, 3 p.m., at the Multimedia Room of the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) of the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Phillip Rodriguez, the film narrates the career of a 33-year-old painter who was thrust into the global arena during a time when multiculturalism was at the forefront of discussion. The documentary has been in the official selections of the AFI International Film Festival, Hawaii International Film Festival, International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana, the Centre Georges Pompidou Biennale internationale du film sur l’art, the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Arco in Madrid, San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, Los Angeles Asian American Film Festival, and the Chicago Asian American Showcase at the Chicago Art Institute. The Museum of Contemporary Art and Design is located at the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde School of Design and Arts Campus, Dominga Street, Malate, Manila.
Arte Autismo art and photo exhibit
ARTE Autismo Filipino celebrate the strengths of its featured artists in an exhibit which opened on June 3 at The Globe Tower, Basement 1, The Globe Art Gallery in BGC. Among the artists whose works are on view are Julyan Harrison, Nina Bantoto, Vico Cham, Chico Joaquin, Samantha Kaspar, and Daniel Sanchez, all of whom are autistic. Julyan Coffee Spot, a coffee shop in Zambawood luxury resort in San Narciso, Zambales which offers employment to PWDs, is named after Julyan Harrison. Julyan Coffee Spot will be opening three branches in Metro Manila this year: at The Globe Tower BGC (June), Palma Street in Poblacion, Makati (July), and Maysilo Circle, Mandaluyong City.
Exhibits at Kaida
KAIDA Contemporary presents JAPINOYSME, a solo exhibition by Japanese-Filipino artist Taichi Kondo, and Planescapes, a two-man exhibition by Raymond Carlos and Jose Luis Singson. In his second solo exhibition, Kondo draws inspiration from his heritage as both a Japanese and Filipino. In Planescapes, Carlos and Singson present a series of works that seek to understand how memory, imagination, and reality coexist within the plane of consciousness. The exhibits are on view until July 1. Kaida Contemporary is located at 45 Scout Madriñan St., South Triangle, Quezon City.
Ayala Museum’s doll collection
AS PART of the Ayala Museum On-The-Go program, a showcase of 28 handcrafted dolls that represent the development of Philippine clothing will be exhibited in different Ayala Malls throughout the metro. The traveling exhibition — The Evolution of Philippine Costume: The Ayala Museum Doll Collection — kicks of at the Market! Market! Mall in Taguig where it is on view until June 29. The Doll Collection is one of the original permanent exhibitions housed in the old Ayala Museum when it opened in 1974. Each doll was laboriously created in the scale of 1:4 to be able to highlight and dramatize the distinctive features of each of these subcultures, as represented by their set of costumes.
