Who: artists / artist collectives, designers, architects, activists, creative individuals and groups.
Venue: various locations around the Philippines (in front or façade of artist’s houses, studios or other outdoor venues)
What: 1-day installation
When: May 11, 2019
How: Self-organized
Project initiated by Load na Dito
Kabit is a Filipino word for attached, connect or installation and Sabit is a Filipino word for hang or hanger. Inspired by the local and communal tradition of Pahiyas festival in Lucban, Quezon where houses are decked or adorned with food, produce, crafts and anything that reflects the resident’s life like vinyl records, teddy bear collection, books to bikes, this project aims to be a ceremony of vision, a ritual bricolage, an energy for imagination for just one day.
In a text, Installations: A Case for Hangings, Ray Albano discusses installation "as a case to get through our authentic selves" in connection to the Filipino local cultural and natural environments. "It may be that our innate sense of space is not a static perception of flatness but an experience of mobility, performance, body-participation, physical relation at its most cohesive form."
This is a project that aspires to problematize the choice of medium, methods of producing, forms and formats of presenting an artwork as well as the definition of art in a given time and space within the everyday context. This exhibition has no main venue but happens simultaneously in multiple locations with a thematic signal of a façade- an open space, which exists in-between public and private. It triggers intimate, deceptive, inspirational, provocative encounters, and generates stories and spirits in your families, neighbors, your community and the public.
We are calling for proposals from artists of different genres, artist collectives, designers, architects, activists and creative individuals and groups to be part of the 1st Kabit and Sabit, one-day multi-site exhibition. Artworks and projects should be exhibited or presented on exterior of houses or buildings, streets and other outdoor venues, which gives an easy access to the public. The participating projects will be mapped out in online sharing platform, so the projects will be also viewed remotely.
Please send your proposals to loadnaditoprojects.manila@gmail.com with the following information in a single PDF (less than 8MB):
Project title
Artist’s / artist group name
Short biography
Simple sketch/ working image or photograph that can represent your project
Location/ address
Short description
Deadline of accepting proposals will be on May 4, 2019 to be able to collect all information of the participating projects.
Load na Dito is a mobile research and artistic project, initiated in 2016 with a vision to generate and archive information, experience and knowledge of contemporary art and culture in Manila, Osaka and beyond. We organize research & discussion groups and practice-based experimental platform in various sizes and forms.
For more info please email loadnaditoprojects.manila@gmail.com
Image: Daya’s Bag during Pahiyas Festival in Lucban (undated)
courtesy of Pambayang Museo ng Lucban