Video works from the Philippines
Either a Storm or a Drought
Video works from the Philippines
05|06|2019 at 7pm
Location: Artspeak, 233 Carrall Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
Either a Storm or a Drought is a one-night video screening and installation, featuring video works by eleven artists from the Philippines.
Referring to ideas that are commonly associated with the Filipino weather, Either a Storm or a Drought explores the ever-changing, unforeseeable and idle state of the life in the Philippines. The works introduced here playfully portray transient and unsettling situations that draw visible and invisible borders between personal, social and political territories.
Annie Pacaña + Baile
Christian Tablazon
CMYKA
Cocoy Lumbao
Gerome Soriano
Kanade Yagi
Manny Montelibano
Neo Maestro
Rico Entico
Shireen Seno
Tanya Villanueva + Luna Villanueva
Curated by Load na Dito
Presented as part of Pacific Crossings.
Load Na Dito is an artistic and research project based in Manila, Philippines. Developed as a home made culture, currently located in Cubao, Quezon City, it uses any possible space as a site for knowledge sharing, inquiry and discussion. “Load na Dito” is a local top up system for cellphone credit, where you can load anywhere as long as you can see a sign “load na dito.” Developing it as a model, the pair make projects in different locations—building new energies to have “load.”
Pacific Crossings is an ongoing conversation and public presentation series that draws participants from various regions across the ocean. This collaborative project works to bring together perspectives in an evolving and dynamic exchange, instigating events and activities that can increase public awareness of the multitude of traditions, histories, and practices, offering potential routes for intersection to take place. Thinking both metaphorically and ecologically, the series will address the care and consideration that must emerge for long-term healthy exchange, and the sharing in responsibility as much as resources.
Pacific Crossings takes place on the unceded Territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations. It is an ongoing series of events conceived of by Makiko Hara, Bopha Chhay (Artspeak), Allison Collins (Western Front), and Shaun Dacey (Richmond Art Gallery).
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