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Philippine Surf Scene Enter your search terms Submit search form Web Philippine Art Scene Thursday, June 28, 2007 UP Film Institute this July UP Film Institute this July The UP Film Institute issues its full slate of screenings for July 2007. Highlights are led by the showcase of Raya Martin’s Maicling Pelicula nang Ysang Indio Nacional. Raya’s international award-winning film forms part of the UP Film Institute’s special in fitting commemoration of the Philippine Congress opening of regular session this year. Acclaimed contemporary films from Japan all for free topbill Eiga Sai. For yet another distinct selection, UP Film Institute revisits with a twist the groundbreaking subgenre of horror flicks that has spawned widespread cult following. Noted titles in continuing celebration of gay pride and gender sensitivity are gathered for Pink Saturdays. Completing the diverse films on show is the extension of the full run of Mes de Guzman’s Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong for all the Fridays of the month. A roundup of UP Film Institute’s screenings this July is as follows: July 2 Monday Eiga Sai: Shangri-la 2 p.m.; Out of this World 5 p.m.; Blue Spring 7 p.m. July 3 Tuesday Eiga Sai: Blue 2 p.m.; Inochi 5 p.m.; Kamikaze Girls 7 p.m. July 4 Wednesday Eiga Sai: Hotel Hibiscus 7 p.m. July 5 Thursday Eiga Sai: Harmful Insect 2 p.m.; No One’s Ark 5 p.m.; The Stars Converge 7 p.m. July 6 Friday Extended @ the Videotheque: Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong 5/7 p.m. July 7 Saturday Pink Saturdays: My Wife’s Lover 5/7 p.m. @ the Videotheque: Boys Don’t Cry 5 p.m. July 9 Monday Dead People (The Locals) 5 p.m. Dead People 2 (Reeker) 7 p.m. July 10 Tuesday Dead People (The Locals) 5 p.m. Dead People 2 (Reeker) 7 p.m. July 11 Wednesday Dead People (The Locals) 5 p.m. Dead People 2 (Reeker) 7 p.m. July 12 Thursday 300 5 p.m. Dead People 2 (Reeker) 7 p.m. July 13 Friday Extended @ the Videotheque: Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong 5/7 p.m. July 14 Saturday Pink Saturdays: My Wife’s Lover 5/7 p.m. @ the Videotheque: When Night Is Falling 5 p.m. July 16 Monday Indio Nacional 5/7 p.m. @ the Videotheque: At All Costs 7 p.m. July 17 Tuesday Rekados 5/7 p.m. July 18 Wednesday Special Screening presented by Contend-UP 5/7 p.m. July 19 Thursday @ the Videotheque: At All Costs 5/7 p.m. July 20 Friday Zombies (Wicked Little Things) 5/7 p.m. Extended @ the Videotheque: Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong 5/7 p.m. July 21 Saturday Pink Saturdays: My Wife’s Lover 5 p.m./The Pillow Book 7 p.m. @ the Videotheque: In and Out 5 p.m. July 23 Monday Indio Nacional 5/7 p.m. @ the Videotheque: At All Costs 7 p.m. July 24 Tuesday 5 p.m. Shrek the Third 5 p.m. Zombies (Wicked Little Things) 7 p.m. July 25 Wednesday The Big White 5/7 p.m. July 26 Thursday The Big White 5 p.m. Premiere: Casa 7 p.m. July 27 Friday Extended @ the Videotheque: Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong 5/7 p.m. July 28 Saturday @ the Videotheque: Jupit 5/7 p.m. July 30 Mon Indio Nacional 5/7 p.m. July 31 Tuesday-August 4 Saturday 5/7 p.m. Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival 2007 To always get screening alerts, join UP Film Institute e-group: upfilminstitute@yahoogroups.com University of the Philippines Film Institute (Member, CILECT/International Association of Film and Television Schools) Plaridel Hall, Ylanan Road , UP Diliman, Quezon City Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 2669, 2670; 9206863 (Telefax) Cine Adarna, Magsaysay and Osmena Avenues, UP Diliman, Quezon City Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 4286, 4289; 9262722 (Telefax) upfi.academic@gmail.com upfi.adarna@gmail.com upfi_workshops@yahoo.com.ph 0 Comments: Post a Comment IP Philippines Opens Diwang: Celebrating Creativity Exhibition From left to right – Mr. Virgilio S. Almario, National Artist for Literature; Professor Napoleon Abueva, National Artist for Visual Arts; Atty. Adrian S. Cristobal, Jr., Director General of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IP Philippines) and; Mr. Eddie Romero, National Artist for Film during the diwang anniversary exhibit launch at the Alab Art Space. IP Philippines opens diwang: Celebrating Creativity exhibition The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IP Philippines) opens today diwang: Celebrating Creativity, the 10th anniversary exhibition at Alab Art Space. Diwang is a play on two Filipino terms – diwa refers to the essence or meaning of an idea while diwang denotes celebration. “Diwang, the 10th anniversary exhibition of IP Philippines, merges content and form,” Atty. Adrian S. Cristobal, Jr., Director General of IP Philippines, said. “Diwa represents the office’s fundamental commitment to support the creative industries as indicated in our vision and mission to foster creativity and competitiveness for national development. Diwang, on the other hand, celebrates this essence. It also celebrates the essence of the artworks and the overall genius of the Filipino artist,” he added. Diwang is part of IP Philippines’ activities to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Intellectual Property Code or Republic Act Number 8293, the law that created IP Philippines. Mideo M. Cruz, 2003 Thirteen Artists Awardee of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and 2006 Ateneo Art Awardee, participated in and curated Diwang. Cruz’s works are entitled Asoge, Superpower. The exhibition will run until August 10, 2007. The rest of the participating visual artists and their respective works include: Benjie Torrado Cabrera (Masquerade of Enlightenment); Noel Soler Cuizon (Act of Contrition); Rene de Guzman (Prusisyon/Crucifixion); Antipas Delotavo (Dambana, Tansong Tala); Gene de Loyola (Anihan); Racquel de Loyola (Left Over Project Series); Boy Dominguez (Karagdagan, Pitong Ritwal); Brenda Fajardo (Apokalipsis: Puting Kabayo, Apokalipsis: Pulang Kabayo, Apokalipsis: Itim na Kabayo, Apokalipsis: Maputlang Kabayo); Karen Ocampo Flores (Kagitingan), Emmanuel Garibay (Goddess); Mark Justiniani (Epilogo); Iggy Rodriguez (Elegy for the Disenfranchised); Don Salubayba (How the Carabao Learned English); Wire Tuazon in collaboration with Tanke Reyes (After a Lost Original) and; Yko Umadhay (Fragile). Earthfishfish, Butong Pakwan, and Racquel De Loyola performed during the opening of the exhibit. Professor Napoleon Abueva, National Artist for Visual Arts; Dean Virgilio S. Almario, National Artist for Literature and; Mr. Eddie Romero, National Artist for Film, were the guests of honor of the event. Proceeds of the artworks for sale will be used for art-based service projects for children of Hands on Manila (HOM). HOM is a non- profit organization that provides volunteer opportunities for community service in Metro Manila. It recruits, coordinates, and educates volunteers for other non-profit organizations. The opening of diwang: Celebrating Creativity was made possible through the help of Bounty Agro Ventures, Inc. (Bounty Fresh), Figaro Coffee Company, Market Reach Distributors (Novellino wines), San Miguel Corporation, Splash Corporation, Zenzest, and TP Health Foods Inc. (X24). * * * For more information or to arrange for interviews, please contact Betty Uy-Regala, betty.regala@ipophil.gov.ph, (0917) 859-1872; Trina Samaniego, trina.samaniego@ipophil.gov.ph, (0918) 906-9371; Dona Corado, dona.corado@ipophil.gov.ph, (0915) 241-3848; or Aneka Rodriguez, aneka.rodriguez@ipophil.gov.ph, (0917) 574- 4072; 752-5450 local 610 (telephone line), 890-4862 posted by Philippine Art Scene 11:06 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment Free to be Filipino at F*ART Free to be Filipino at F*ART Filipinos united for empowerment all in the name of Fashion and Art at F*ART on June 9, 2007. The event dubbed as "Free to be Filipino", was a pre-celebration of the Philippine Independence, which unleashed astonishing Filipino talent in fashion, art, music, poetry, spoken word, photography, and digital film. It was a night that gave tribute to Filipino talent. Fashion designers (Happy Andrada, Christy Monastrial, Dimple Lim, Isa Alvarez, Jerome Lorico, Regine Dulay, Tracy De Guzman, Veejay Floresca, Ziggy Savella, and Dennis Celestial) exhibited their Filipino themed creations. Artists of WeWillDoodle (Nelz Yumul, AJ Obra, Ramil Escarda, Mark Ganzon, Joan Medrano, Meneer Marcelo, Paolo Ferrer, Brendan Goco, and Kyx)and Urban Kaleidoscope (Lesley Lim, Gissele Bautista, Derek Tumala, Julius Sebastian) doodled freely on the walls. Musicians (Myke Madriaga of Evo Evolver, Simon of Greatest Forces, Tina Roxas and Kurlie of Flavours and Caffeine, Happy Andrada) played Filipino Electronica Music. Poetry and Spoken Word performers (Viva Andrada, Danny Sillada, Mat Rabena and friends, Vanni Liwanag, Reynaldo "Palito" Hipolito) shared their verses from the heart. Photographers (Jeff Peteza, Miguel Sarthou, Mitch Mauricio, Nina Sandejas, Pranz Billones, Shaira Luna, and Viva Andrada) presented pictures they snapped around the Philippines. Digital Filmmakers (Khavn of Filmless Films and HF Yambao) showcased their indie movies. F*ART believes in what Filipinos can do. It is a place where Filipino talent can bloom and grow. F*ART gathers world-class Filipino talent under one roof. F*ART is located at 24 K-D cor. K- 1st, Kamuning, Quezon City. "Free to be Filipino" was sponsored by Wilcon Builders, Shobe Hardware, Marikina Asia Lumber with media partners: MOD magazine Passion for Perfection, Chalk magazine, NU 107 Home of NU Rock, Breakfast Studio 23, RPN-9 I-Watch News Weeknights 10:00-10:30 pm, Philippine Daily Inquirer. Event Partners: Wee Will Doodle and Hands On Manila. The event was hosted by Francis "Kiko" Reyes of the OPM band "The Dawn". Pictures: Event poster picture: http://img146. imageshack. us/img146/1576/free2befili pinota2.jpg Artists' picture: http://img257. imageshack.us/img257/8110/img5524af9. jpg Reynaldo "Palito" Hipolito picture: < style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: - moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="lw_1183042973_4">http://img340. imageshack.us/img340/400/img5414tj0. jpg View more pictures of the event. Visit F*ART online at http://www.happyfart.com/ Watch out for more cool activities and events happening at F*ART. Currently on exhibit are skateboards with artworks by PilipinasStreetPlan "PLANK" by: ungga, datu, basurobots, mutationation, fabo, samowel at the F*ART Gallery. See you at F*ART! posted by Philippine Art Scene 11:03 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment Mag:net Gallery Dear Fellow Artists, Patrons and Friends, It is with deep regret and sadness that we're announcing the closure of Mag:net Gallery Paseo and Mag:net Gallery ABS. These two galleries through these years have sustained existence with the generous support from ORGMAC A, Inc. or Mag:net Plus making it possible for these venues to operate as galleries for changing exhibitions devoted to supporting young artists, new energies and bold innovations. Increase in rental fees and other overhead expenses however and shift in our landlord's corporate concepts have compelled us to stop operations after our leases end by the end of this month. We are especially sorry to the artists whose exhibitions will have to be displaced, cancelled or postponed. Please bear with us until we can find alternative locations otherwise for now, Mag:net Gallery Katipunan or The Wall at Mag:net Café High Street (owned by ORGMAC B, Inc or the Mag:net Café Group) are open to accommodate the displaced shows. It was in July 2002 when we first opened Mag:net Gallery in its Quezon City location at the Loop, ELJ Communications Center, ABS-CBN Compound. Mag:net Gallery Paseo in Makati followed the year after. Ours were not perfect art spaces. Most of the time, we had to struggle to maintain the integrity of these spaces. We also had our shares of lapses and disappointments but despite these we could claim we had 5 good years and over a hundred significant shows to speak of- thank you, thank you for the continued support and patronage. Despite closure of our two venues, we would like to clarify that Mag:net Gallery as an art institution and support system to artists will continue to exist and operate. We are consolidating operations at Mag:net Katipunan which facilities today include: a gallery space for changing exhibitions, a bookstore and magazine shop that also carry alternative music cds and experimental/ indie dvd films, a space for performances, poetry readings, film screenings (Cinekatipunan) and art talks, a gallery backroom that showcases the works of some 70 artists we carry and a café that serves food and beverages at student-friendly prices. Very soon we are putting up the Mag:net Virtual Gallery website in addition to the café's www.mag;net. com.ph which is now being developed by a group of graduating students from the Ateneo computer department. We will also continue to manage our alternative art space called The Wall at the newly opened Mag:net Café Bonifacio High Street in the Global City in Taguig-Makati. We invite you therefore to join us (no more requiem as planned earlier) to celebrate Mag:net Gallery's 5th Year Anniversary on 7 July 2007, Saturday at 7PM at Mag:net Katipunan. We are coinciding this event with the earlier-planned opening of the three- man show of Filipino international artists Manuel Ocampo and Gaston Damag and French artist, Damian Deroubaix. See you in Mag:net Katipunan on 7-7-07 at 7 in the evening and THANK YOU ALL.. Rock Drilon Director, Mag:net Gallery / Chairman, Mag:net Café Group posted by Philippine Art Scene 11:01 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment FEU President's Committee on Culture July 9, 2007 Cultural Event LIZA MACUJA-ELIZALDE AT FEU Prima ballerina Liza Macuja-Elizalde who trained in Russia returns to the Far Eastern University Auditorium on Monday, July 9, 2007 – 10:45 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. -- for a lecture-staging of CARMEN based on the opera by Georges Bizet. To perform with Ms. Elizalde will be the Ballet Manila ensemble. Ms. Macuja-Elizalde became the star performer of Kirov Ballet in St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad) where she drew praises and critical acclaim from the international audiences. Admission is free. posted by Philippine Art Scene 11:00 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment Monday, June 25, 2007 Creativity in Context by Lisa Ito Exhibition Notes: Creativity in Context by Lisa Ito "Creativity, it has been said, consists largely of re- arranging what we know in order to find out what we do not know." --George Kneller To celebrate creativity—its potentials, procedures, and processes—is to celebrate and acknowledge the potency of our histories, traditions, and struggles. To celebrate creativity is also to embrace the force of change, in whatever manifestations and dimensions it may take, and see how this can spur us onwards as individuals and as a whole. A celebration of creativity necessarily considers context. For rarely does creativity thrive in a conceptual vacuum; nor does always it occur sporadically within self, without heed or reference to one's surrounding history, society, and systems. Whether in affirmation or interrogation of one's past, present, and plans for the future, creativity spurs the need for change (in its various manifestations) and freedom from immobility, stagnation, strangulation. The wordplay of the exhibition's title, DIWAng, itself denotes the liberating potential of the power to create.The Tagalog noun from which the exhibition takes root diwa, when roughly translated, generally means thought or a state of mind. Diwa—when attached to the correct linguistic modifier--can also morph into the word magdiwang or pagdiriwang (to celebrate/celebrati on). Yet the title (as a word, 'diwang' is almost never used by itself, but always in reference to another) also hints at the incompleteness of the act— both of thought and of celebration- -unless further defined in relation to its contexts. DIWAng features the works of seventeen acclaimed Philippine visual artists, spanning a broad range of generations, styles, artistic media and standpoints. Yet more than merely testify to the diversity and range of talent, the exhibition aims to gather a selection of works testifying to a rich tradition of highly-contextualiz ed and situated creativity on the part of the Filipino artist. Seen in this perspective, several of the works in DIWAng attest to the potentials and needs for scientifically- driven creativity in the field of agricultural productivity, such as the painting entitled Anihan (Harvest), by Gene de Loyola, where fields go from green to gold in their bounty. Boy Dominguez's works, entitled Karagdagan and Pitong Ritwal, may be seen in the light of how inspiration and sources may be derived from the motifs, traditions and knowledges of the country's national minorities, many of whose ways of life are threatened by foreign and local incursions and assaults. In the exhibition, works such as that of Emmanuel Garibay take the viewer to previously unexplored yet familiar worlds. For instance, the work Goddess by Garibay, repositions a larger-than- life image of the female deity away from her earthy paradise and sets her in what seems to be an industrial yet ethereal setting, filled with geometric shapes and shadows. Masquerade of Enlightenment, a hand-colored lithograph print by Benjie Torrado Cabrera, lulls the viewer into an exquisite realm which is later on shattered by the significations of the work's title. Other works literally remind us of how present-day imagination can be situated in historical realities and traditional iconography. For instance, Brenda Fajardo fuses both religious references and historical symbols in the Apocalypsis series. The series appropriates the image of the Four Horsemen in the Biblical Book of Revelations, said to be allegories for Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death, and recasts the four dreaded figures not as harbingers of suffering and evil, but of hope and righteousness. For the latter, Fajardo takes inspiration in both the historical archetypes of Philippine revolutionaries and struggling women: the anti-colonial Katipunero, the indigenous bagani warrior, the Filipina fighter. Noel Soler Cuizon takes on deeply-personal issues of identity and situates these in history and ethnicity in the work entitled Act of Contrition. Other works in the exhibition focus on the creation of metaphors for nation. For instance, the works Epilogo by Mark Justiniani and Sa Kagitingan, by Karen Ocampo Flores present commentaries on the roles of historical figures and hero/ines on contemporary conceptions of nationhood. Flores presents the image of a mother giving birth, framed by the blood of fallen heroes and stars who light the way. After a Lost Original, a collaborative painting by Wire Tuazon and Tanke Reyes, appropriates the historical images of the United States of Americas' Declaration of Independence from Britain in 1776, and juxtaposes these with images associated or hinting at the subsequent conquest of the Philippine islands: monkeys, a bulol figure, effigies from the manunggul jar, a dog and apple. The work strongly indicts the logic of colonialism, pointing at how one nation's liberation ironically ended up in another's slavery. DIWAng also exhibits a number of works that not only reflect the country's histories of colonization, but also chart how the cultural systems and ways of thinking brought about by these experiences have persisted up to now, decades after the period of direct foreign rule. How The Carabao Learned English by Don Salubayba is a witty yet nonetheless compelling critique of the colonial imprint left on the collective mentality of a nation. The carabao (water buffalo), a quintessential symbol for the ordinary Filipino, and how it has its mind attached to that of its master. Mideo Cruz constructs Superpower, a figure fashioned out of odds and ends that is also clearly a reference to robots depicted in cartoons as “saviors of the universe”. Cruz delivers a jab not only at the economic influx of imported items (such as the cheap plastic toys used as components of the piece), but also the importation of mentalities and frameworks that the foreign machine facilitates. Some of the other artists featured in the exhibition have contributed works that depict contemporary social realities in the Philippines, attempting to infuse new ways of seeing and documenting realities and everyday problems. Social Realist stalwart Antipas Delotavo, for instance, subtly captures the sense of isolation, disenfranchisement and alienation felt by many in a country with a population of over 75 million people in his works Dambana and Tansong Tala. Fragile, a diptych by Yko Umadhay, is a fitting tribute to the present-day phenomenon of massive labor migration, the Overseas Foreign Worker (OFW) boom that speaks of a fragile economy underneath the heavy influx of remittances. Creativity enables one to confront anew the realities that one often ignores—or wishes to ignore. The pervasive issue of record-breaking poverty levels and the rising economic disparities between the elite and the downtrodden is eloquently alluded to in the work Elegy for the Disenfranchised, by Iggy Rodriguez. The steel structures signifying supposed development and progress are portrayed by Rodriguez as a skeletal frame, a signifier of death to the downtrodden and dispossesed. Meanwhile, the issue of extrajudicial killings of civilians and activists is alluded to and articulated in works such as Prusisyon/Crucifixi on by Rene de Guzman and the Left Over Project Series by Racquel de Loyola. De Guzman's dismembered clay heads and De Loyola's soft sculptures hanging from the ceiling take on a chilling signification when arranged in this particular manner, resonating in their images the countless victims of extrajudicial killings, abductions, and human rights violations of late. As a whole, the works in DIWAng are generally rooted in realities, histories, and social truths—far by among the best sources of material for the creative mind. diwang Celebrating Creativity 10th year Anniversary Exhibition of the IP Philippines June 22 - August 10, 2007 participating artists: * Antipas Delotavo * Benjie Torrado Cabrera * Boy Dominguez * Brenda Fajardo * Don Salubayba * Emmanuel Garibay * Gene de Loyola * Iggy Rodriguez * Karen Ocampo Flores * Mark Justiniani * Mideo M Cruz * Noel Cuizon * Racquel de Loyola * Rene de Guzman * Tanke Reyes * Wire Tuazon * Yko Umadhay curator: Mideo M Cruz posted by Philippine Art Scene 9:21 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment U.P. Centennial Gawad Likhaan U.P. CENTENNIAL GAWAD LIKHAAN Rules of the Contest 1. The Contest is open from February 2007 to March 2008. It is open to all Filipino citizens of all ages (including Filipinos holding dual citizenship) , except members of the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing (UP-ICW) and its staff. 2. There are six categories for the Awards: 1. Novel or Short Story Collection in English 2. Nobela o Koleksiyon ng mga Katha sa Filipino 3. Poetry in English 4. Tula sa Filipino 5. Creative Nonfiction in English 6. Malikhaing Sanaysay sa Filipino 3. Only original works, not published in whole or in part, in print or online, may be entered. Any translation or adaptation of another author’s work is not eligible. 4. Authors may submit only one (1) entry per category. 5. A translation of one’s own work submitted as an entry in one (1) category shall not be eligible in the corresponding linguistic category. 6. A work which has been awarded a prize in another contest is not eligible. 7. In submitting an entry, the author warrants that the work is his/her own and that he/she has absolute ownership of all intellectual property rights thereto. Together with the entry, the author should submit the Official Entry Form and the Authorization Form for the Contest. 8. All entries shall consist of a soft copy (CD in Word or Text Format) and three (3) hard copies. (a) Each entry must be encoded, double space, on 8-1/2 by 11 bond paper, about one-inch margin on all sides of the page. Font should be Arial, Times New Roman, or Book Antiqua, and font size 12. (b) Page number must be consecutive at the right-hand corner, bottom of the page. (c) Author’s real name and address must not appear on any entry; rather, the author should seal in a letter envelope both the prescribed Official Entry Form and Authorization Form, together with the author’s bio-note or brief résumé; and this envelope should be submitted together with the entries. On this sealed envelope should be written or typed the title of the entry, its category, and the author’s pen name. 9. All entries should be legible and neat. They are all to be submitted to the Board of Judges, U.P. Institute of Creative Writing (UP-ICW), College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines , Diliman, Quezon City . The said Institute is on the second floor of the Faculty Center (FC), UP Diliman campus. 10. All entries must be accompanied by the author’s written consent to abide by the rules of the Contest, duly signed by the author. 11. The deadline for submission is March 31, 2008, Monday, 5 p.m. The office of the UP-ICW closes at 5 p.m. Entries sent by mail or courier should be postmarked no later than the same date of the deadline. 12. Winning entries shall remain with, and become the property of, the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing which shall have prior right to its publication. Copies of non-winning entries may be claimed by their authors at the same Institute no later than one (1) month from the date of the announcement of the winners. 13. In all categories for the Awards, the subject or theme is open and free. Neither is there any limit to the maximum number of pages of the entry. (a) In the FICTION category (NOVEL or SHORT STORY COLLECTION) in English or Filipino, what is required is a book-length NOVEL or SHORT STORY COLLECTION; book-length, that is, about 200 pages or more when printed out, double space, on 8-1/2 by 11 bond paper, or as the Board of Judges for this category may determine. (b) In POETRY in English or Filipino, what is required is also a book-length work or collection, that is, about 50 poems or more, or about 100 pages or more, or as the Board of Judges for this category may determine. (c) As with FICTION, what is required for the category of CREATIVE NON-FICTION is a book-length work. By this category is meant biography, autobiography, or the personal essay (talambuhay o personal na sanaysay). 14. In order that the winning entries may be accessible to the reading public, the author grants, assigns and transfers to the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing the following rights without any necessity of any payment other than the prize already awarded: (a) to publish from time to time any winning entry or selection or portion thereof as it may at its discretion determine; (b) to designate or appoint editors to edit the work or any portion thereof to suit the demands of publication; (c) to furnish a reasonable number of copies of the work to the National Library or other libraries; (d) to make the work available for downloading on the Internet or other electronic medium; and/or (e) allow scholars and students to make copies for their research. In making the works accessible to scholars, students, and lovers of literature, the Institute only intends to promote a wider literary appreciation of the works. 15. The exercise of the rights of the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing as regards the winning entries, such as the right to publish the work, shall not be deemed a waiver of any right of action which the Institute may take against an author should it be discovered later on that the author is not the creator or owner of the copyright to the award-winning work. Moreover, the said author likewise undertakes to indemnify the Institute for any and all damages, fees, costs and expenses that the Institute may incur on account of the said author’s violation of the intellectual property rights of another writer. 16. The prizes for each contest category are as follows: NOVEL or SHORT STORY COLLECTION in English P200,000.- NOBELA o KOLEKSIYON NG MGA KATHA (sa Filipino) P200,000.- POETRY in English P200,000.- TULA sa Filipino P200,000.- CREATIVE NONFICTION in English P200,000.- MALIKHAING SANAYSAY sa Filipino P200,000.- 17. The U.P. Institute of Creative Writing has the sole right to designate the persons who shall constitute the Board of Judges for each contest category. 18. The decision of the majority of the Board of Judges for each contest category is final. The same majority of the Board for each contest category may decide not to award any prize if, in its judgment, no entry deserves the prize. 19. There is only one grand prize for each category; no prize shall be divided or reduced. 20. The names of the winners and the members of the Board of Judges for each contest category shall be announced on June 1, 2008 . 21. All parties submitting entries to the UP Centennial Gawad Likhaan literary contest are deemed to have accepted all the rules of the contest, and agree to abide by them. posted by Philippine Art Scene 9:13 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment Open Auditions for Floy Quintos' Fluid ATENEO THEATER ARTS PROGRAM FLUID written & directed by Floy Quintos set design by Monica Sebial costumes design by Mahar Mangahas lights design by Voltaire de Jesus sounds design by Xander Soriano rehearsals: July 2 - August 29 shows: August 30 - September 16 (Fine Arts Studio Theater / G306) DATE: June 27 / Wednesday TIME: 5:00PM VENUE: Fine Arts Lounge (formerly known as FA Painting Room) WHAT TO BRING: 1x1 ID Picture For more information on the Open Auditions for Floy Quintos' play, Fluid, contact JJ Ignacio (0919-5911426) . posted by Philippine Art Scene 9:11 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment Year-Round Art Workshop Schedule The L.A. Workshop ''Celebrating 21 Years of Art and the Nurture of Fine Artists' To all our Art Friends: We would like to announce : Our New SCHEDULE: YEAR-ROUND ART WORKSHOPS FOR ALL AGES Art Workshops in Traditional Media Drawing & Illustration, Pastel Drawing, Charcoal Drawing, Acrylic Painting, Oil Painting, Watercolor Painting, Anime Illustration, and many others.... Mondays : 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Wednesdays : 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Fridays : 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Saturdays :10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. For more Information Please see or call: Cecile Luna The L.A. Workshop 66 G. Puyat St., B.F. Homes, Phase 1, Paranaque City (Entrance: Soriano St. Behind Bank of P.I.) Tel: 807-7624 / 842-5200 mobile no. 0927-9856148 emai: artlandph@gmail. com posted by Philippine Art Scene 9:09 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment 2nd Dumaguete Open Biennial Terra Cotta Art Festival Exhibit & Competition The 2nd Dumaguete Open Biennial Terra Cotta Art Festival Exhibit and Competition Negros Island possesses large clay deposits traditionally used for the manufacture and sale of utilitarian terra cotta pots and implements, and more recently as a medium for local visual artists. It is in this context that the First Open Dumaguete Biennial Terra Cotta Art Festival Exhibit and Competition in 2005 was organized and it is in this same vein that the 2nd Open Dumaguete Biennial Terracotta Art Festival Exhibit and Competition 2007 will take off; to consider both the livelihood potential of such a resource, and the importance of this traditional medium as used by artists who seek to find contemporaneity through the natural potential of this medium. EVENTS+PUBLIC PROGRAMS JULY 8-12 July 8 8:30-11AM Opening Program Ceremony at Quezon Park, Dumaguete City 2:00-3:30 PM Exhibition/Competition Foyer Gallery, Luce Auditorium, Silliman University Opening and Judging of terracotta sculpture competition Awarding of three PHP50, 000 prizes. Judged by Dr. Skeffington Thomas, Napoleon Abueva, Joyce Fan, Prof. May Datuin, Ph.D., Julie Lluch 4:00-5:30PM Exhibition Mariyah Gallery, Larena Drive, Bogo Junction Exhibition Opening: Hinugot sa Yutang Pula (From the Red Earth) Sculptures and Installations by Danilo Sollesta, Kitty Taniguchi, Mark Valenzuela, Jo Geraldo, Rene de Guzman, Entang Wiharso, Andita Purnama Sari Adita (Indonesia), Dionisio Cimarreli (Italy), Meri Pejoska (Macedonia), Peter Bevan (UK) July 9 8:00-8:30AM Registration for Toushin Maruyama Workshop on Pottery, sponsored by the Japan Foundation Luce Foyer, Silliman University 8:30-9:30 AM Exhibition Opening Ceremony and viewing of Japan Foundation Pottery Exhibition on the First Floor of the Silliman University Library 9:30-12:00AM Workshop Toushin Maruyama Workshop on Pottery. Luce Auditorium Foyer (for artists, university students, teachers, pottery enthusiasts) 2:00-3:00Exhibition Opening Ceremony “Japanese Pottery-The rising Generation from traditional Japanese Kilns” A Project by Japan Foundation, Manila The Dumaguete City Press Club, Rizal Blvd, Dumaguete City (for High School and Elementary students as well as underprivileged youth) July 10 8:00-9:30AM video screening and opening of videos and photographs documenting a potter’s life (from the compilation of Danilo Sollesta and John Stevenson) at Foundation University 9:30-10:30AM Artist Talk (Foundation University, Main Campus) Dennis Ascalon, Filipino Multimedia artist 10:30-11:30AM Artist Talk (Foundation University, Main Campus) Estrella “Tala” Contreras, artist and curator/manager, Contreras Sculpture Gallery 1:30-2:30PM Lecture /Forum (Foundation University, Main Campus) Flaudette May Datuin, Ph. D. Professor of Art Studies, University of the Philippines 2:30-3:30PM Lecture Forum (Foundation University, Main Campus) Skeffington Thomas, Ph.D. Chair, Department of Fine Arts, Rowan University, USA President, National Council for Education of the Ceramic Art, USA 3:30-4:30PM Artist Talk /Video Screening (Foundation University, Main Campus) Julie Lluch, celebrated Filipina Terracotta Sculptor 4:35-6:00PM Exhibition (Foundation University, Main Campus) Opening of painting and multimedia exhibition curated by Riel Hilario, artist/curator July 11 8:30-9:30AM Artist Talk(MPR /AVT 1 Silliman University) Dionisio Cimarreli, Sculptor (Italy) Art Supervisor, Sheshan Luxury Villas Project, Shanghai, China 9:30-11:30AM Artist Talk(MPR /AVT 1 Silliman University) Meri Anicin Pejoska, Sculptor and Architech (Republic of Macedonia) General Manager of the National Museums of Archeology, Ethnology and History of the Republic of Macedonia. 1:30-2:30AM Lecture/Forum(MPR /AVT 1 Silliman University) Sid Gomez Hildawa, Cultural Center of the Philippines Department Manager on Visual, Literary and Media Arts 2:30-3:30PM Lecture/Forum(MPR /AVT 1 Silliman University) Joyce Fan, Curator, Singapore Art Museum 3:30-5:30PM Negros Potters Communities Competition/Tradefair by the Dumaguete City Council on Arts and Culture (Dumaguete Press Club Bldg., Rizal Boulevard) July 12 Tours: Selected sites in Dumaguete City, Siquijor and Tanjay July 7 Pre Biennial Exhibition <<< “Kuyug” organized by the artists of Dumaguete City and other artists of Negros Island, coordinated by Susan Canoy, VIVA-EXCON coordinator for Negros Oriental. Opening is July7 at 5PM Coco-Amigo Bar and Restaurant, Rizal Boulevard MORE INFORMATION Kitty Taniguchi (035)2251687/09213400686 dumaguete_terracotta@yahoo.com/ dumaguete_terracotta@yahoogroups.com This has been realized through the efforts of The Dumaguete City Government thru the Dumaguete Council on Culture and the Arts Mariyah Gallery In cooperation with: The National Commission for Culture and the Arts The Provincial Government of Negros Oriental Foundation University Silliman University Japan Foundation Department of Science and Technology, Dumaguete Universal Robina Corporation With the support of IFPC-UNESCO posted by Philippine Art Scene 9:06 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment Free Ikebana Workshop in Glorietta Next month, The Filipinas Heritage Library and Ayala Malls will feature a workshop and an exhibit on the art of Ikebana. Select faculty members of the Sogetsu Ikebana School of the Philippines will facilitate the workshop. Workshops will be held in Artspace, 3F Glorietta 4, Ayala Center, Makati on the following dates: July 7 3:00-5:00 p.m. July 21 3:00-5:00 p.m. Sogetsu Ikebana can be enjoyed by all, as it is an art that is not too selective of time, venue, or medium. It is also a very practical hobby; it can be used to beautify big or small spaces, at home or at work. For registration details and inquiries, on the Free Ikebana Workshop in Glorietta, please call 892-1801, text 0917-5594417, or email cruz.ct@ayalafoundation.org. posted by Philippine Art Scene 9:04 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment This Week @ Cinekatipunan (June 25-30, 2007) Cinekatipunan This Week: Cuban Docu, Cinekalikasan, Experimental Shorts, Kidlat De Guia, Elvert Banares THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN June 25 to 30, 2007 This week, Cinekatipunan forays into Latin American works with its Cuban program on Monday, June 25. The Cuban fim program features the documentary Mission Against Terror, an indictment of the war on terror being unleashed by covert elements from the United States against people's fighting for sovereignty and freedom from terror. The film is to be presented by Amistad Philippine-Cuban Friendship Association. Tuesday's environmental film program, Cinekalikasan sa Cinekatipunan, will feature short works on the Pasig river and the people's right to water by campus-based filmmakers and a video-documentary produced by IBON Foundation. A Midsummer's Night of Dreams, June 27's marathon screening of experimental films, will feature works by around twelve filmmakers, including Sherad Sanchez, Claudia Staerk, Vivian Limpin, Donal Foreman, Moshe & Katrin, Jasmine Nadua Trice, Nerissa Picadizo, Khavn Dela Cruz, Kiri Dalena, Emmanuel Dela Cruz, Jane Osborne, and Tessa de Guzman. The program is being curated by Afghan-American filmmaker Waise Azimi. The program precedes mag:net's acoustic night at 7 pm, making Wednesday a non-stop night of film and good music. Kidlat de Guia show his works on Thursday. Capping the weekday is the world premiere of the short film Nykto by Elvert de la Cruz Bañares is on the Friday, June 29, program. Nykto will be shown alongside four other selected works by the filmmaker in the eXtermination3. Held Mondays to Saturdays at Mag:net Café Katipunan,Cinekatip unan screenings start at 5:00 PM. While the film screenings are free, viewers are encouraged to make voluntary contributions for the honoraria of the featured filmmakers. For questions or comments about Cinekatipunan write to sinag_haraya@yahoo.com. Cinekatipunan programs precede Mag:net Café's nightly holding of Live Performances by well-known and emerging bands and musicians. Mag:net Café is located along Katipunan Avenue (fronting Miriam and Ateneo) in Quezon City. For more inquiries please call 9293191 or visit www.magnet.com.ph. PROGRAM June 25 (Monday) Cuban Film Program Bernie Dwyer and Roberto Ruiz Rebo: MISSION AGAINST TERROR To be presented by the Philippine-Cuban Friendship Association (Amistad- Philippine s) Mission Against Terror 48 mins Documentary Five Cuban men are in prison for being anti-terrorists in the country that declared war against terror. Cuba has every right to protect its country and people from ultra-right groups in Miami that have killed scores in their island right under the US government’s nose. So were known terrorists at large in Miami monitored by Cuban patriots, who also passed information to US authorities. Could there have been a mix up? Instead of the terrorists, the anti-terrorists were abducted and locked up. The Cuban Five (Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Fernando González, René González and Antonio Guerrero) were illegally held in US jails since 1998 and denied family visits and bail after almost two years of being in solitary confinement. Lawyer Leonard Weinglass calls this case a political one, and a “violation” from the start. “Mission Against Terror” maps Cuba ’s 48-year struggle against terrorism and the clamor for the freedom of Cuban 5. Its use of historic footage and interviews with experts and families of the accused make moving portraits of the Cuban patriots and elusive justice in the US . Bernie Dwyer and Roberto Ruiz collaborated on this critically acclaimed Irish-Cuban documentary that debuted at Havana ’s 26th Festival of New Latin American Cinema in December 2004. Following the film, former political prisoner and member of the FREE THE CUBAN FIVE Committee of Amistad (Philippines- Cuba Friendship Association) Donato Continente will present on the issue and inform on how individuals can become involved. Cuban Ambassador H.E.Jorge Rey Jimenez is also invited to give his remarks. June 26 (Tuesday) Sinekalikasan Program This third screening of environmental films will feature two works on the state of the Pasig River by students of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communications (UP CMC) and a video-documentary on the people's right to water by socio-economic think tank IBON Foundation. Kilometro Bente Siyete: Industriya sa Basura at Suba (2007 21 mins) A student documentary on the effects of toxic heavy metals on the health of the community and the environment along Pasig river. [Likang Likas Productions] Tabing-Ilog (Riverside) (2007 11 mins) A student documentary feature on the everyday lives of the communities and workers along the Pasig River as they strive to live a normal life despite the degree of waste dumping and pollution in the area. [Elephant Child Productions] Tubig: Buhay o Tubo? (Water: Life or Profit?) (2006Digital video14 mins) The right to water is the right to life. Water should be used for meeting people's needs—for their livelihood and for their daily use. But government denies farmers and fisherfolk of water for livelihood in favor of the interests of big private and foreign investors' use of the nation's water resources. [Directed by Miles Quero Asa, Philomel Buena and EJ Mijares Written by Hilda Rosca Nartea and Miles Quero Asa Produced by IBON Foundation Inc.] June 27 (Wednesday) A Midsummers Night of Dreams: Experimental films curated by WAISE AZIMI Featuring Sherad Sanchez - Iyak Ni Maria (7 minutes) Claudia Staerk – Iceland (20 minutes) Vivian Limpin – Silig (5 minutes) Kunyang (20 minutes) Donal Foreman – Under (2 minutes) When I Was 18 (8 minutes) Film By The Sea (3 minutes) wsh (3 minutes) - Moshe & Katrin - Mga Bagay na May Pakpak (20 minutes) Jasmine Nadua Trice Nerissa Picadizo – Stressful X (20 minutes) Khavn Dela Cruz – Our Daily Bread (?) Literature (10 minutes) Kiri Dalena – Red Saga (20 minutes) Emmanuel Dela Cruz – Imagining Edsa (5 minutes) Tatlong Lamok (9 minutes) Jane Osborne – Drive (15 minutes) Tessa de Guzman - The Perfect Couple (1 minute/30 seconds) Waise Azimi graduated from Bard College in 2005 with a degree in sociology. In 2003, Waise Azimi shot a documentary titled: Afghanistan After, about how life has changed two years after the fall of the Taliban. Most recently he is working on the post-production of documentary that covered the training of a young group of Afghan recruits as they struggled through the Afghan National Army's training program at the Kabul Military Training Center. Waise Azimi has grown up in Manila and loves the city and its people. June 28 (Thursday) Works by KIDLAT DE GUIA June 29 (Friday) eXtermination3: selected films by Elvert de la Cruz Bañares Ang Bayan Kong Payapa [My Peaceful Country] (4 min) This is the state of the nation cycle. (Originally, a 2-channel video installation for a CCP-exhibit organized by TutoK Karapatan), the work was re-edited for normal screening pleasures.) astrangiam (7min) Mind over matter. Perception over fact. Life over death. Shot in Casio Exilim EX-53 still camera, 'astrangiam' meditates on the parallelisms of time, spontaneity, assumptions, dreams and elements of nature. Sukdulan Ng Pagrahuyo sa Dambana ng Sirenang Walang Ulo [The Zenith of Seduction at the Altar of the Headless Mermaind] (12 min) Poetry on video tackling themes of innocence, vices and self- destruction. Shot in 1993 and re-constructed in 2006. Itiwarik: Talu-saling Batas [Invert: The Temperamental Law] (7 min) A student piece (way back in 1994) exorcising (and criticizing) the relationship between man and society. Is man living up to the decays of society or is he poised to discover that he himself is the destroyer of his path? Nykto (12 min) Emptiness can be an equation of one's search for better beginnings. It seems that one of the basic wonders of life is to enter dark tunnels to be able to separate the hypothetical from the not. A loose adaptation of the poem "Darkness" by Arris Rivera. * World Premiere Elvert de la Cruz Bañares is a filmmaker, curator, educator and multi-media artist. His films have been screened in underground film festivals in the United States, Australia, Canada, Singapore and Japan. He curated first time Filipino programs for the 'Queerfest: Vancouver Gay & Lesbian Film Festival' and the 'Antimatter Underground Film & Video Festival' in Victoria, Canada. He has, by far, written, produced and directed 43 shorts (he calls them his "little low-budget films"). "Gemini" is the only Filipino Film in Official Selection at the Antimatter Underground Film Festival 2004 in Canada and was presented as an installation at the Daejon Museum of Art in South Korea in 2005. Twice he was sent as Philippine Delegate to Filipino film festivals in China (Beijing'05 and Shanghai'06) . He is currently finishing his two full-length films, 'Alipo-op Sa Animo' (Fog In The Consciousness) and 'The Atomika Settlement: Devastation Canvas # 5'. He is the festival director of eKsperim[E]nto Festival of Film, Video & New Media and the 2006 ASEAN Film Festival (at The Podium). June 30 (Saturday) TO BE ANNOUNCED posted by Philippine Art Scene 8:56 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment Saturday, June 23, 2007 Cinemalaya Film Congress 2007 Cinemalaya 2007 Philippine Independent Film Festival, a project of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), the University of the Philippines – Film Institute (UPFI) and the Philippine Multi-Media System, Inc. (PMSI), is underway. Aside from the competition, Cinemalaya 2007 also features an exhibition module and a two-day conference. In this regard, may we have the honor of inviting you to attend the Cinemalaya Congress entitled Harnessing Technology for Artistic Expression to be held on July 24-25 July 2007 at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater). Tickets for the Congress are Php500.00 for two days with 50% discount for students. You would have the chance to interact with noted speakers and panelists from the independent film scene as well as mainstream practitioners, academe and other media personalities. Attached is the congress schedule for your info. Should you have other queries, don't hesitate to contact us at telephone numbers 832-5094; 832-1125 locals 1702 & 1704. Kindly look for Minda Casagan or email us at film@culturalcenter .gov.ph. We hope to see you at the Congress! Thank you very much in advance. CINEMALAYA FILM CONGRESS 2007 24-25 July 2007 * CCP Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino Theme : HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY FOR ARTISTIC EXPRESSION Rationale : Since 2001, the relatively inexpensive technology of digital video filmmaking has inspired and enabled a new generation of film artists to create films imbued with a robust spirit of independence and originality. Fortunately, the rise of a new group of enlightened film producers as well as the establishment of competitions and festivals for the independent film, such as those of Cinemalaya, Cinema One and Cine Manila, have served to further bolster and promote the achievements of an exciting breed of young filmmakers. But much work remains to be done. For one, the masterful handling of the new DV technology is a goal that many filmmakers continue to work for. For another, the rapid development of technology related to filmmaking demands vigilance and unflagging attention from filmmakers, who need to be continuously updated about the latest technology and to learn how to use such technology. In response to these needs, the Cinemalaya Congress 2007 intends to focus on the intimate and inextricable relations between technology and art in filmmaking. Five panels composed of film artists, technicians and businessmen will illustrate, articulate and elaborate on these relations and show how technology can indeed be harnessed for artistic expression in the cinema. Objectives: The Cinemalaya Congress 2007 has set the following objectives for its two-day conference: 1. To evaluate the achievements of selected Cinemalaya 2005 and 2006 films, especially from the point of view of how they have succeeded in using DV technology for artistic expression; 2. To inform filmmakers about the most recent and most significant developments in film technology, which can widen or strengthen or refine their ability to express themselves as film artists; and 3. To formulate alternative distribution systems for a long- term marketing and distribution of independent films both here and abroad. Congress Program and Schedule Day 1 8:30 – 9:00 Registration 9:00 – 9:15 Welcome Remarks 9:15 – 9:45 Keynote Address 9:45 – 10:00 Morning Break 10:00 – 11:00 Panel 1: Assessing Maximo, Big Time, and Pepot Artista 11:00 – 11:30 Open Forum 11:30 – 1:00 Lunch Break 1:00 – 2:30 Panel 2: Assessing Tulad ng Dati, Battad and Rotonda 2:30 – 3:00 Open Forum 3:00 – 3:15 Afternoon Break 3:15 – 4:30 Panel 3:Assessing Mansyon, Babae, Kultado, Putot and Orasyon 4:30 – 5:00 Open Forum Day 2 10:00 – 11:30 Panel 4: State-of-the- Art Equipment for Digital Filmmaking 11:30 – 12:00 Open Forum 12:00 – 1:15 Lunch Break 1:15 – 2:30 Panel 5:Promoting and Marketing the Independent Film 2:30 – 3:00 Open Forum 3:00 – 3:30 Congress Panel Reports 3:30 – 4:00 Summary of Recommendations and Resolutions posted by Philippine Art Scene 1:30 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment Thursday, June 21, 2007 Eiga Sai 2007 Schedule Eiga Sai 2007 Screening Schedule Shangri-la Plaza June 20 (Wed) 7:00 PM Kamikaze Girls June 21 (Thu) 2:00 PM Shangri-la (Togenkyo No Hitobito) 5:00 PM Blue Spring 8:00 PM Out of this World June 22 (Fri) 2:00 PM Hotel Hibiscus 5:00 PM Inochi 8:00 PM No One’s Ark June 23 (Sat) 2:00 PM Blue 5:00 PM Kamikaze Girls 8:00 PM The Stars Converge June 24 (Sun) 2:00 PM Kamikaze Girls 5:00 PM Hotel Hibiscus 8:00 PM Blue Spring June 25 (Mon) 2:00 PM Blue 5:00 PM Inochi 8:00 PM Out of this World June 26 (Tue) 2:00 PM Shangri-la 5:00 PM The Stars Converge 8:00 PM Harmful Insect Eiga Sai 2007 Screening Schedule UP Film Institute July 2 (Mon) 2:00 PM Shangri-la 5:00 PM Out of this World 7:00 PM Blue Spring July 3 (Tue) 2:00 PM Blue 5:00 PM Inochi 7:00 PM Kamikaze Girls July 4 (Wed) 7:00 PM Hotel Hibiscus July 5 (Thu) 2:00 PM Harmful Insect 5:00 PM No One’s Ark 7:00 PM The Stars Converge Cultural Center of the Philippines July 4 (Wed) 4:00 PM Out of this World 7:00 PM Blue Spring July 5 (Thu) 4:00 PM Blue 7:00 PM Shangri-la July 6 (Fri) 4:00 PM Inochi 7:00 PM Kamikaze Girls July 7 (Sat) 4:00 PM Harmful Insect 7:00 PM The Stars Converge July 8 (Sun) 4:00 PM No One’s Ark 7:00 PM Hotel Hibiscus Eiga Sai 2007 Screening Schedule posted by Philippine Art Scene 10:52 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment Eiga Sai 2007 CONTEMPORARY FILMS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION, MANILA’S MONTH-LONG EIGA SAI Eiga Sai 2007 (SCREENING SCHEDULE) The Japan Foundation, Manila, in cooperation with the Shangri-La Plaza Mall, the Cultural Center of the Philippines, and the UP Film Institute, proudly presents slices of Japanese life as seen through the eyes of contemporary Japanese directors of “Eiga Sai 2007”: a showcase of modern film genre at the Shang Cineplex, UP Film Institute and CCP Dream Theater. Among the films to be featured in Eiga Sai 2007 are Kamikaze Girls (Shimotsuma Monogatari, 2004, directed by Tetsuya Nakashima), Harmful Insect (Gaichu, 2002, directed by Akihiko Shiota), Hotel Hibiscus (Hotel Hibiscus, 2002, directed by Yuji Nakae), No One’s Ark (Baka no Hakobune, 2002, directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita), Inochi (Inochi, 2002, directed by Tetsuo Shinohara), Out of this World (Kono Yo no Sotoe-Club Shinchu Gun, 2003, directed by Junji Sakamoto), The Stars Converge (Chirusoku no Natsu, 2003, directed by Kiyoshi Sasabe), Blue (Blue, 2001, directed by Hiroshi Ando), Blue Spring (Aoi Haru, 2001, directed by Toshiaki Toyoda) and Shangri-la (Togenkyo No Hitobito, 2002, directed by Takashi Miike). The Eiga Sai (literally, ‘film festival’ in Japanese) opens at the Shangri-la Plaza Mall on June 20 with light comedy, “Kamikaze Girls” (2004, 103 minutes, Color), written by Novala Takemoto and directed by Nakashima Tetsuya. It tells the story of two very different teenagers who become best friends, even though neither will admit it. J-Pop star Kyoko Fukada stars as Momoko, a 17-year-old girl so obsessed with everything rococo that she wears old-fashioned frilly white clothing and carries a parasol. After Momoko’s mother leaves her small time crook husband, her young daughter grows up on the farm, 60 miles from Tokyo, with her ex Yakuza father who sells fake Versace merchandize and grandmother, a woman with an extraordinary ability to catch flies in mid air. Desperate for money, Momoko starts selling the remainder of her father's counterfeit clothing, but her only customer is a tough-talking young biker chick, Ichigo (Anna Tsuchiya), who belongs to an all-girl gang. Their lives exemplify some of the fascinating intricacies of Japanese youth culture in a feel good film with art direction creatively designed to blow your socks off. The movie garnered critical acclaim and won numerous awards in Japan and abroad. All films in Eiga Sai 2007 will be shown with English subtitles. Screening venues of Eiga Sai 2007 are at the Cinema 3, Shangri-La Plaza Mall (June 20-26), UP Film Institute (July 2-5), and CCP Dream Theater (July 4- 8). Admission is free. For detailed screening schedules and inquiries on Eiga Sai 2007, please check the Japan Foundation, Manila website: www.jfmo.org.ph or call the JFM telephone numbers 811-6155 to 58. posted by Philippine Art Scene 10:48 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment Troika Exhibit @ Kaida Art Gallery Troika at Kaida Art Gallery June 27, 2007 to July 18, 2007 An exhibit of paintings will open on June 27 Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. at K A I D A, a newly - opened art space in Quezon City. Billed as "Troika," the exhibit features new paintings by Zean Cabangis, Jonas Eslao, and Vicente Pado, Jr., fresh graduates from the U.P. College of Fine Arts. Zean Cabangis, as he signs his paintings, works on contradictions and contrasts throughout the painting process in depicting familiar subjects and everyday scenes. Jonas Eslao, on the hand, incorporates signages and symbols from postcards, mails and other stamped and printed matter to create allegorical imageries. Vicente Pado, Jr. uses sequential and stroboscopic effects of depicting movement of a popular Filipino genre. The exhibit, Troika, will run until July 18, Wednesday, at Kaida Art Gallery 2nd Floor, GFO Building, located at 122 Kamuning Road, Quezon City. For inquiries on Troika Exhibit @ Kaida Art Gallery, call (632) 414 4777 or (0916) 682 1755 or email aidahysg@yahoo.com. posted by Philippine Art Scene 10:38 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment 2007 Ateneo Art Awards: Names of Short-listed Artists Announced 2007 ATENEO ART AWARDS GLOBAL/VERNACULAR: NAMES OF SHORT-LISTED ARTISTS ANNOUNCED The Ateneo Art Gallery, the country's premier museum of modern Philippine art, together with Metro Society, Y Style of the Philippine Star, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell Land and Smart Gold, is proud to announce the short-list for the 2007 Ateneo Art Awards: Lyle Buencamino for "A Bowtie for John Lyle," Mag:net ABS, 4 - 31 July 2006. Bembol dela Cruz for "Measures," Finale Art Gallery, 15 February - 6 March 2007. Racquel de Loyola for "7a*11d International Festival," Xpace, Toronto, Canada, 27 October 2006. Nona Garcia for "Girls Will Not Be Girls," Art Center, SM Megamall, 3 - 15 August 2006. Nona Garcia for "Strange Familiarity, " West Gallery, SM Megamall, 19 - 31 October 2006. Winner Jumalon for "Untitled Stills," Blanc Gallery, 16 February - 9 March 2007. Wawi Navarroza for "Saturnine: A Collection of Portraits, Creatures, Glass & Shadow," silverlens Gallery, 18 January - 17 February 2007. Yasmin Sison for "Unmade," Mag:net Paseo, 9 - 27 May 2006. Jay Ticar for "Frangible Armor Piercing Inside a Single Round Bolt Action Bull Barrel," Mag:net Katipunan, 17 February - 6 March 2007. Mac Valdezco for "Small Complete Units," Avellana Art Gallery, 14 April - 19 May 2007. Jevijoe Vitug for "Capitali-Sing, " Finale Art Gallery, 8 - 27 March 2007. MM Yu for "Thoughts Collected, Recollected, " Finale Art Gallery, 19 April - 8 May 2007. This marks the first time that an artist appears on the short-list twice, with Garcia been recognized for two different exhibitions in the same year. De la Cruz, Navarroza, Ticar and Vitug were short-listed for the Awards last year, while Valdezco was previously short- listed in 2005. The short-list was selected by the 2007 Ateneo Art Awards Jury after going through over one hundred nominations. Each artist, a Filipino citizen, 35 years or under by 31 May 2007, was nominated for a solo or group exhibition in any public venue held between 2 May 2006 and 1 May 2007. From the short-list, the jury deliberated on 20 June 2007 to determine the three recipients of the Awards. The winners will then be announced on 8 August 2007 at a formal ceremony at the Rockwell Tent following "2007 Ateneo Art Awards: Global/Vernacular, " an exhibition of the works of the short-listed artists at Power Plant Mall from 2 - 7 August 2007. Global/Vernacular is recognition and credence, acknowledging Philippine art has its own nuances yet believing it moves beyond local context to reverberate cross-culturally. It also calls attention to the expansion of the Ateneo Art Gallery Studio Residency Grant, the only program of its kind organized by a Philippine cultural institution. 2007 marks the third year of the Ateneo Art Gallery Studio Residency Grant in Australia, to be held for the first time in La Trobe University in Bendigo, as well as the introduction of the Ateneo Art Gallery Studio Residency Grant in Singapore with Artesan Gallery. Each residency provides one of the three Ateneo Art Awardees with roundtrip airfare, accommodation and a work studio for three weeks, an allowance, as well as an invitation to exhibit at their respective host venues. Visit http://gallery. ateneo.edufor updates on the Ateneo Art Awards. For further inquiries on 2007 Ateneo Art Awards: Names of Short- listed Artists Announced, please contact Clarissa Chikiamco, 2007 Ateneo Art Awards Project Coordinator, at 426-6488 or at cchikiamco@ateneo. edu. posted by Philippine Art Scene 9:12 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment Kodak FilmSchool Competition 2007 Call for Entries The 2007 KODAK FILMSCHOOL COMPETITION Deadline for submission of entries is on AUGUST 3, 2007 at 4:00pm FORMATS ACCEPTED: *Betacam SP - NTSC (recommended) *DVD Winner of the National Competition will be announced on AUGUST 17, 2007 * Winner of the National Competition wins a Product Grant worth P25,000.00 Kodak FilmSchool Competition 2007 Expand Your Horizons Win a trip to Clermont- Ferrand Short Film Festival in France inclusive of airfare and accommodation. The focus of the Kodak Filmschool Competition is on the film's cinematography and the innovative use of available resources to create the images that complement the story. Cinematography that best serves the story The Kodak Filmschool Competition will be conducted in various participating countries in Asia Pacific and Latin America. The winning film from each National Competition will then be judged at a regional level to select the overall competition winner. Eligible participants are invited to submit original films on the following conditions: CONDITIONS OF ENTRY Kodak FilmSchool Competition 2007 1. Each entry must be submitted by the cinematographer. Only one film and only one cinematographer per entry is permitted. 2. A short synopsis and production crew list must be attached to each entry form. 3. Entries must be originated on Super 8, 16mm or 35mm negative. Maximum running time: 30 mins. 4. The cinematographer and crew members must be either a) currently enrolled in a full time film or related production training program, or b) graduated from a full time film or related production training program within the last 12 months of the competition closing date. 5. Animation is accepted if originated on film. 6. All judge's decisions are final. 7. A copy of the winning National Competition film must be made available by August 30, 2007 for Regional Competition judging. 8. Kodak will be responsible for freighting the winning National Competition films to and from the Regional Competition judging venue. 9. The winner of the Regional Competition will receive a trip to Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival during January 2008. The prize includes a single return economy ticket to Clermont- Ferrand and accommodation. 10. The Regional winner will be required to provide a 35mm print of their film for exhibition purposes. KEY DATES Kodak FilmSchool Competition 2007 See your local Kodak Office for entry deadline for the National Competition. National Competition winners will be determined by August 30, 2007. The Regional Competition results will be announced by November 1, 2007. HOW TO REGISTER YOUR FILM Kodak FilmSchool Competition 2007 Ask your local Kodak Office for a Kodak Filmschool Competition entry form which should be attached securely to your entry. posted by Philippine Art Scene 4:22 AM 1 comments 1 Comments: At 7:08 PM, Rodrigosaid… Oi, achei teu blog pelo google tá bem interessante gostei desse post. Quando der dá uma passada pelo meu blog, é sobre camisetas personalizadas, mostra passo a passo como criar uma camiseta personalizadabem maneira. Até mais. Post a Comment Cinemalaya 2007 Schedule @ CCP Cinemalaya 2007 Philippine Independent Film Festival 20 to 29 July 2007 Cultural Center of the Philippines Festival Schedule SPECIAL EVENTS Cinemalaya 2007 Awards Night (Open to the Public) Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 07:00 PM 29 Jul/Sun The Cinemalaya Film Congress Theme: Harnessing Technology for Artistic Expression Day 1 Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 24 Jul/Tue 8AM to 5PM Day 2 Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 25 Jul/Wed 9AM to 5PM Cinemalaya 2007 Opening Ceremonies Special Screening: FOSTER CHILD by Brillante Mendoza Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 07:00 PM 20 Jul/Fri The Cinemalaya Sine Taktakans Meet the Cinemalaya 2007 Filmmakers Forum (Free Admission) Day 1 Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute 27 Jul/Fri 1PM to 5PM Day 2 Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute 28 Jul/Sat 1PM to 5PM Cinemalaya 2007 Philippine Independent Film Festival 20 to 29 July 2007 Cultural Center of the Philippines COMPETITION SCREENINGS The Cinemalaya 2007 Full-Lengths ENDO by Jade Castro 21 Jul/Sat 09:00 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute 22 Jul/Sun 03:30 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 24 Jul/Tue 06:15 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining 25 Jul/Wed 09:00 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 26 Jul/Thu 12:45 PM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 27 Jul/Fri 12:45 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 28 Jul/Sat 09:00 PM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino GULONG by Sockie Fernandez 21 Jul/Sat 06:15 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining 22 Jul/Sun 12:45 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 24 Jul/Tue 09:00 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute 25 Jul/Wed 06:15 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 26 Jul/Thu 10:00 AM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 27 Jul/Fri 03:30 PM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 28 Jul/Sat 10:00 AM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo KADIN by Adolf Alix Jr. 21 Jul/Sat 06:15 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 22 Jul/Sun 10:00 AM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 24 Jul/Tue 06:15 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute 25 Jul/Wed 10:00 AM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 26 Jul/Thu 03:30 PM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 27 Jul/Fri 03:30 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 28 Jul/Sat 06:15 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining LIGAW LIHAM by Jay Abello 21 Jul/Sat 09:00 PM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 22 Jul/Sun 06:15 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute 24 Jul/Tue 10:00 AM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 25 Jul/Wed 06:15 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining 26 Jul/Thu 06:15 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 27 Jul/Fri 10:00 AM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 28 Jul/Sat 03:30 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo PISAY by Auraeus Solito 21 Jul/Sat 03:30 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 22 Jul/Sun 09:00 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining 24 Jul/Tue 09:00 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 25 Jul/Wed 09:00 PM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 26 Jul/Thu 06:15 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute 27 Jul/Fri 10:00 AM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 28 Jul/Sat 03:30 PM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino SINUNGALING NA BUWAN by Eduardo Lejano Jr. 21 Jul/Sat 03:30 PM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 22 Jul/Sun 06:15 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining 24 Jul/Tue 12:45 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 25 Jul/Wed 09:00 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute 26 Jul/Thu 09:00 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 27 Jul/Fri 12:45 PM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 28 Jul/Sat 12:45 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo STILL LIFE by Katski Flores 21 Jul/Sat 12:45 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 22 Jul/Sun 03:30 PM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 24 Jul/Tue 06:15 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 25 Jul/Wed 09:00 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining 26 Jul/Thu 03:30 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 27 Jul/Fri 06:15 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute 28 Jul/Sat 12:45 PM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino TRIBU by Jim Libiran 21 Jul/Sat 10:00 AM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 22 Jul/Sun 06:15 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 24 Jul/Tue 09:00 PM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 25 Jul/Wed 03:30 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 26 Jul/Thu 06:15 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining 27 Jul/Fri 09:00 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 28 Jul/Sat 09:00 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute TUKSO by Dennis Marasigan 21 Jul/Sat 06:15 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute 22 Jul/Sun 09:00 PM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 24 Jul/Tue 03:30 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 26 Jul/Thu 12:45 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 27 Jul/Fri 06:15 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining 28 Jul/Sat 09:00 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 29 Jul/Sun 12:45 PM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino The Cinemalaya 2007 Shorts Shorts Programme A: DOBLE VISTA (Nisha Alicer, Nix Lañas, Caren Crisologo), MISTERYO SA HAPIS (Mark DelaCruz), NINEBALL (Enrico Aragon), ROLYO (Alvin B. Yapan), TAGAPAGLIGTAS (Ma. Solita F. Garcia) 21 Jul/Sat 09:00 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 22 Jul/Sun 12:45 PM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 24 Jul/Tue 09:00 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining 25 Jul/Wed 12:45 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 27 Jul/Fri 06:15 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 27 Jul/Fri 09:00 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute 28 Jul/Sat 10:00 AM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino Shorts Programme B: DUROG (Tara Illenberger), GABON (Emmanuel DelaCruz), LIWANAG SA DILIM (Lawrence Fajardo), MAIKLING KWENTO (Hubert Tibi), TONI (Vic Acedillo Jr.) 21 Jul/Sat 12:45 PM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 21 Jul/Sat 09:00 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining 22 Jul/Sun 09:00 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 26 Jul/Thu 10:00 AM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 26 Jul/Thu 09:00 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute 28 Jul/Sat 06:15 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo 29 Jul/Sun 10:00 AM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino Cinemalaya 2007 Philippine Independent Film Festival 20 to 29 July 2007 Cultural Center of the Philippines EXHIBITION SCREENINGS The Cinemalaya 2007 World Premieres BARAKO by Manolito Sulit Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde 09:00 PM 24 Jul/Tue CURE FOR BOREDOM by Ato Bautista Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 06:15 PM 25 Jul/Wed HANGGANG DITO NA LAMANG AT MARAMING SALAMAT by Lino Tañada Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 06:15 PM 22 Jul/Sun HAW-ANG by Bong Ramos Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 06:15 PM 26 Jul/Thu HILO by JP Carpio Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde 09:00 PM 25 Jul/Wed KISS MEEH, MANANANGGAL ME! By Cris Pablo Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 09:00 PM 26 Jul/Thu SAPI by Arnold Argaño Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 09:00 PM 27 Jul/Fri SIGNOS by Aloy Adlawan Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 06:15 PM 24 Jul/Tue WEN TIMAWA MEETS DELGADO by Rey Gilbraltar Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 06:15 PM 21 Jul/Sat TBC: BALIKBAYAN BOX by Mes Guzman Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 06:15 PM 28 Jul/Sat The Cinemalaya 2005 Films ANG PAGDADALAGA NI MAXIMO OLIVEROS by Auraeus Solito & Michiko Yamamoto 21 Jul/Sat 12:45 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde 26 Jul/Thu 03:30 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining BARYOKE by Ron Bryant 23 Jul/Mon 03:30 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall 28 Jul/Sat 10:00 AM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining BIG TIME by Mario Cornejo & Monster Jimenez 21 Jul/Sat 03:30 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining 25 Jul/Wed 03:30 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall ICU BED #7 by Rica Arevalo 21 Jul/Sat 12:45 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute 26 Jul/Thu 12:45 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde ISNATS by Mike Dagnalan & Jun Aves 24 Jul/Tue 12:45 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute 28 Jul/Sat 12:45 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde LASPONGGOLS by Sigfried Barros Sanchez 24 Jul/Tue 10:00 AM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining 28 Jul/Sat 12:45 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining PEPOT ARTISTA by Clodualdo del Mundo Jr. 21 Jul/Sat 10:00 AM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining 26 Jul/Thu 12:45 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining ROOM BOY by Alfred Aloysius Adlawan 24 Jul/Tue 03:30 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining 27 Jul/Fri 03:30 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall SARONG BANGGI by Emman dela Cruz 24 Jul/Tue 12:45 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde 28 Jul/Sat 03:30 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining The Cinemalaya 2006 Films ANG HULING ARAW NG LINGGO by Nick Olanka 25 Jul/Wed 10:00 AM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining 29 Jul/Sun 12:45 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining BATAD: SA PAANG PALAY by Benji Garcia 22 Jul/Sun 10:00 AM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining 27 Jul/Fri 12:45 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining DONSOL by Adolfo B. Alix Jr. 25 Jul/Wed 12:45 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde 29 Jul/Sun 03:30 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining IN DA RED KORNER by Dado Lumibao 25 Jul/Wed 03:30 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining 28 Jul/Sat 03:30 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall MUDRAKS by Arah Jell Badayos & Margaret Guzman 25 Jul/Wed 12:45 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute 29 Jul/Sun 12:45 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde ROTONDA by Ron Bryant 22 Jul/Sun 12:45 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde 27 Jul/Fri 03:30 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining SAAN NAGTATAGO SI HAPPINESS by Florida Bautista & Real Florido 24 Jul/Tue 03:30 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall 29 Jul/Sun 10:00 AM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining TULAD NG DATI by Michael Sandejas 22 Jul/Sun 03:30 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining 26 Jul/Thu 03:30 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall The Cinemalaya 2005 & 2006 Shorts Cinemalaya 2005 Shorts: ALIMUOM (Rommel “Milo” Tolentino), BABAE (Sigrid Bernardo), BLOODBANK (Pam Miras), KULTADO (Lawrence Fajardo), MANSYON (Joel Ruiz), PANAGINIPAN (Anna Isabelle Matutina) 21 Jul/Sat 03:30 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall 26 Jul/Thu 10:00 AM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining Cinemalaya 2006 Shorts A: 10:25 NG GABI (Reggie Gulle), GEE -GEE AT WATERINA (J. Dennis C. Teodosio), KWARTO (Jose Maria Emmanuel C. Taylo), LABADA (Raz DelaTorre), NO PASSPORT NEEDED (Pepe Diokno) 22 Jul/Sun 12:45 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute 27 Jul/Fri 12:45 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde Cinemalaya 2006 Shorts B: ORASYON (Rommel “Milo” Tolentino), PARANG PELIKULA (Hubert Tibi), PUTOT (Jeck Cogama), PUWANG (Anna Isabelle Matutina), SA SILAW (Reinzi L. Balao) 22 Jul/Sun 03:30 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall 27 Jul/Fri 10:00 AM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining Cinemalaya 2007 Philippine Independent Film Festival 20 to 29 July 2007 Cultural Center of the Philippines MORE EXHIBITION SCREENINGS ANAK NG TINAPA by Jon Red 21 Jul/Sat 10:00 AM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde ANG ANAK NI BROCKA by Sigfried Barros Sanchez 26 Jul/Thu 10:00 AM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde ANG DAAN PATUNGONG KALIMUGTONG by Mes Guzman 21 Jul/Sat 06:15 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde 27 Jul/Fri 09:00 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining ANG HULING BALYAN NG BUHI by Sherad Anthony Sanchez 27 Jul/Fri 03:30 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde 28 Jul/Sat 12:45 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall ASTIG by Jon Red 23 Jul/Mon 09:00 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall BALAY DAKU by JP Carpio 22 Jul/Sun 09:00 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall BALIW by Redd Ochoa 23 Jul/Mon 12:45 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall 27 Jul/Fri 09:00 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde BLACKOUT by Ato Bautista 22 Jul/Sun 06:15 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde 28 Jul/Sat 03:30 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde CARE HOME by Suzett Ranillo 22 Jul/Sun 03:30 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute 24 Jul/Tue 09:00 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall CAVITE by Neil Dela Llana & Ian Gamazon 24 Jul/Tue 06:15 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall COMPOUND by Will Fredo 21 Jul/Sat 03:30 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute 26 Jul/Thu 09:00 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall DILIM by Topel Lee 21 Jul/Sat 03:30 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde DILIMAN by Mes Guzman 25 Jul/Wed 06:15 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute FACES OF LOVE by Eddie Romero 26 Jul/Thu 12:45 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute 27 Jul/Fri 12:45 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall HEREMIAS (Unang Aklat: Ang Alamat Ng Princesang Bayawak) by Lav Diaz ( 9AM to 6PM 9 hours - counts as one programme) 29 Jul/Sun 9:00 AM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute ILUSYON by Paolo Villaluna & Ellen Ramos 26 Jul/Thu 06:15 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall IMAHE NASYON by Lav Diaz (“Nang Matapos Ang Ulan”), Raymond Red (“Mistulang Kamera Obskura”) Roxlee (“La Pula”), Neil Daza (“Biyaheng Edsa”) Ellen Ramos (“Speci Men”), Robert Quebral (“Barado”), Paolo Villaluna, (“One Shot”) Mes De Guzman (“Tsinelas”), Topel Lee (“Ang Manunulat”), Emmanuel dela Cruz (“Imagining Edsa”), Lyle Sacris (“Dibuho”) Milo Alto Paz (“Lugaw”), RA Rivera (“Public Service Announcement”), Sigfreid Barros-Sanchez (“Aksyon Star”), Tad Ermitaño (“Local Unit”), Ogi Sugatan (“5 Minutes”), Poklong Anading (“Between Intersection”), EJ Salcedo (“Talahib”), Dennis Empalmado (“Bwahaha”) and Yeye Calderon (“Silid”). d/w The IMAHE NASYON Behind The Scenes by Jon Red (counts as one programme) 27 Jul/Fri 06:15 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall INANG YAYA by Pablo Biglang-Awa & Veronica Velasco 25 Jul/Wed 03:30 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute KALELDO by Brillante Mendoza 22 Jul/Sun 06:15 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall 26 Jul/Thu 09:00 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining KUBRADOR by Jeffrey Jeturian 21 Jul/Sat 09:00 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde 26 Jul/Thu 06:15 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde 29 Jul/Sun 03:30 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde LA VISA LOCA by Mark Meily 24 Jul/Tue 03:30 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute LAMBANOG by Paolo Herras 25 Jul/Wed 10:00 AM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute MANORO by Brillante Mendoza 24 Jul/Tue 06:15 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde 28 Jul/Sat 09:00 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining MASAHISTA by Brillante Mendoza 26 Jul/Thu 03:30 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute METLOGS by Cris Pablo 24 Jul/Tue 12:45 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining 27 Jul/Fri 10:00 AM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde MGA PUSANG GALA by Ellen Ongkeko (TBC) 22 Jul/Sun 10:00 AM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute NASAAN SI FRANCIS? by Gabby Fernandez 22 Jul/Sun 09:00 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute 25 Jul/Wed 06:15 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde NUMBALIKDIWA by Bobby Bonifacio 21 Jul/Sat 09:00 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall 27 Jul/Fri 06:15 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde PANDANGGO by Dennis Empalmado & Wilfred Galila 22 Jul/Sun 12:45 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall 25 Jul/Wed 10:00 AM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde PINOY BLONDE by Peque Gallaga 21 Jul/Sat 10:00 AM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute RAKET NI NANAY by Lawrence Fajardo 25 Jul/Wed 12:45 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining 29 Jul/Sun 10:00 AM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde REKADOS by Paolo Herras 22 Jul/Sun 10:00 AM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde 24 Jul/Tue 12:45 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall ROME & JULIET by Connie S.A. Macatuno 22 Jul/Sun 12:45 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining 25 Jul/Wed 03:30 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde RUPTURA by Ron Bryant 24 Jul/Tue 10:00 AM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute SA AKING PAGKAKAGISING MULA SA KAMULATAN by Ato Bautista 23 Jul/Mon 06:15 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall SA ILALIM NG COGON by Rico Ilarde 21 Jul/Sat 06:15 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall 26 Jul/Thu 03:30 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde SA NORTH DIVERSION ROAD by Dennis Marasigan 24 Jul/Tue 03:30 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde SANDALANG BAHAY by Denisa Reyes & Mark Gary 28 Jul/Sat 10:00 AM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde SEROKS by Eduardo Lejano Jr. 22 Jul/Sun 03:30 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde 26 Jul/Thu 12:45 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall SITAK by Liza Cornejo 24 Jul/Tue 10:00 AM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde SQUATTER PUNK by Khavn (with a live band) 28 Jul/Sat 06:15 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute STILL LIVES by Jon Red 25 Jul/Wed 12:45 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall STOCK ROOM by Hero Angeles 21 Jul/Sat 12:45 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining 28 Jul/Sat 06:15 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde TODO TODO TEROS by John Torres 21 Jul/Sat 12:45 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall 26 Jul/Thu 09:00 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde TRABAHO by Ned Trespeces 22 Jul/Sun 09:00 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde 26 Jul/Thu 10:00 AM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute TULI by Auraeus Solito 25 Jul/Wed 09:00 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall UPOS by Jose Maria Emmanuel C. Taylo 25 Jul/Wed 06:15 PM Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall Special Screenings BEST OF GAWAD 2007 A (Titles to Follow) 27 Jul/Fri 10:00 AM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute BEST OF GAWAD 2007 B (Titles to Follow) 28 Jul/Sat 10:00 AM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute CINEMALAYA 2007 AUDIENCE CHOICE Screening 27 Jul/Fri 06:15 PM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (TBC Reserved for Exhibition) 28 Jul/Sat 09:00 PM Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde (TBC Reserved for Extra Screening ) 29 Jul/Sun 03:30 PM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino Kindly note that screening schedules may be subject to change. posted by Philippine Art Scene 2:07 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment Wednesday, June 20, 2007 WCOPA National Director for the Philippines introduces 2007 Team Philippines For any queries, you may contact Oliver Oliveros, Senior Public Relations Officer/Consultant, at tel. no. 818-1111 loc. 225, mobile no. 0928-7725254, email add. stages_pr@i-manila.com.ph, or web site http://oliverpublicist.blogspot.com WCOPA National Director for the Philippines introduces 2007 Team Philippines Carlo Orosa, newly-licensed World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA) National Director for the Philippines, presented to sponsors and the media this year’s Team Philippines that will compete at the 11th Annual WCOPA in Hollywood, California during a fundraising concert held recently at Teatrino, Promenade, Greenhills. Ida Henares, former WCOPA National Director for the Philippines and Jed Madela, 2005 WCOPA Grand Champion Performer of the World, were at the affair to show support to 2007 Team Philippines. Team Philippines includes Pop Virtuoso Reuben Laurente, Hamilton Canada Talent Hunt Grand Prize Winner and “Philippine Idol” finalist Reymond Sajor, “Born Diva” Grand Prize Winner Raki Vega, 2006 Manhunt International semi-finalist Iago Raterta, “Little Big Superstar” finalist Aria Clemente and Zamboanga-based Revelation Band. WCOPA is often cited as the one and only “official Talent Olympics” for performers and entertainers. After 11 years of incredible growth, it is the only premier international talent and modeling competition of its kind annually held in Hollywood, the entertainment capital of the world! Similar to the Olympics, only invited and qualified competitors (called Worldstars) representing countries compete each year in a fierce competition for the “Grand Champion Performer of the World” titles. There are three rounds of competitions. The first will determine the medalists: Gold, silver, and bronze. The medalists move on to the second round of competitions to determine overall World Champions. Outstanding and entertaining performers chosen during the second round will then perform before a selected panel of judges to determine the finalists who will compete for the “Grand Champion of the World” category titles and ultimately the “Grand Champion Performer of the World” titles. Competitors are encouraged to look for sponsors from their respective countries that will pay up for their registration fee, airfare, food and accommodation at WCOPA from July 28 to Aug 5. Expected expenditure would sum up to around $3,000 per delegate. Over 50 countries are expected to send in their representatives to WCOPA. “Team Philippines this year is carefully selected and made up of incredible talents from major TV networks and nationwide singing competitions. We are also sending our very first male model delegate to WCOPA,” says Orosa. Griff O’ Neal, former “Miss Universe” pageant executive and WCOPA president, shares the same excitement over Team Philippines. “All of us are anxious to welcome Team Philippines to the 11th annual WCOPA! "Go for the Gold!” says O’ Neal. For inquiries and donations to 2007 WCOPA Team Philippines, you may contact Oliver Oliveros of STAGES at mobile no. 0928-7725254 or e-mail add. stages_pr@i-manila.com.ph. 2007 WCOPA Team Philippines has been getting support from the following sponsors: PLDT MyDSL, Outland, STAGES, Christian Bautista, Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr., Mr. Kenway, Trumpets Musicademy, Rodriguez de Alba Bespoke and Fotofabrik – Photography by Jay Javier. posted by Philippine Art Scene 3:34 AM 1 comments 1 Comments: At 5:05 PM, Anonymous said… Hey, I recently added a news widget from www.widgetmate.comto my blog. It shows the latest news, and just took a copy and paste to implement. Might interest you too. Post a Comment Call for Entries: Cinemanila 3rd Digital Lokal Competition Call for Entries to the 3rd Digital Lokal Competition of the Cinemanila International Film Festival; Deadline Extended to 11 July 2007 Entries to the Digital Lokal Competition of the 9th Cinemanila International Film Festival are now being accepted. The deadline for submission has been extended to 11 July 2007. The competition, 3rd Digital Lokal Competition of the Cinemanila International Film Festival, is open to all Filipino filmmakers with digital full-feature films (DV / HD / 24P / HDV) in Filipino, or any regional language/dialect with English subtitles. To be eligible for participation, films must have been produced after January 2006 and should not have been exhibited commercially, locally or internationally, or in prior local festivals (it should make its premiere showing in Cinemanila). Entries must be 80 minutes (minimum) to 130 minutes (maximum) in length including credits. The Entry Selection Committee of the 3rd Digital Lokal Competition of the Cinemanila International Film Festival will choose ten (10) local digital films from among the qualified entries, to participate in the Digital Festival Competition. The 9th Cinemanila International Film Festival is organized jointly by the Independent Cinema Association of the Philippines (ICAP), the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), and SM Cinemas, and a specially commissioned inter-agency committee. It will be held from 8 to 19 August in SM Mall of Asia and selected SM theatres in Metro Manila. Aside from parallel competitions for full-length, short and documentary films, there will also be distinct exhibitions, tributes, marathon showings, conferences and other special events. Seminars and workshops will also be held during the festival and will cover subjects and issues on independent filmmaking. Directors, producers, critics and actors throughout Asia, Europe, and North America will be invited to attend the film event. For entry forms and further details on 3rd Digital Lokal Competition of the Cinemanila International Film Festival, please visit the Cinemanila e-group at http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/cinemanila/. Please click the File link on the left navigation column of the e-group. The entry forms to the 3rd Digital Lokal Competition of the Cinemanila International Film Festival will be available on the website (http://www.cinemanila.com.ph ) starting 12 March 2007. You can email us at cinemanila@gmail.com. You can also contact: The Secretariat 9TH CINEMANILA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL COMMITTEE Rm. 5C-2 NCCA Bldg. 633 General Luna St., Intramuros 1002 Manila Philippines (632)5272192 posted by Philippine Art Scene 3:12 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment Sunday, June 17, 2007 A Tribute to Frida Kahlo @ Instituto Cervantes A TRIBUTE TO FRIDA KAHLO at INSTITUTO CERVANTES On July 6, 2007, one hundred years after the birth of prominent Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, Instituto Cervantes will commemorate her artistic legacy by inviting female Filipino artists from various fields to pay homage to the immortal artist. Writers Jessica Zafra and Marjorie Evasco, sculptress July Lluch, filmmaker Ellen Ramos, visual artists Steph Palallos and Wawi Navarroza, and dancer Myra Beltran will take part in Queremos tanto a Frida, Mahal namin si Frida, a series of cultural events covering the month of July. All activities will be held at the Instituto Cervantes premises. Frida Kahlo, an artist and feminist icon, is well-known for her self-portraits which depicted her emotional pain and physical suffering through symbolism. In the last decades, she has gained the respect of the artistic world and even become a popular figure for the public, resulting in several movies about her life. One of the best films about her is Frida, naturaleza viva, which was directed by Paul Ledouc in 1984. This film will be shown at Instituto Cervantes on July 6 at 6 pm. Later in the day, Jessica Zafra will be reading her article "Contra Frida Kahlo" to the public. Her article is a criticism against the media's portrayal of Frida Kahlo. On the same day July Lluch will present her Bust of Frida. There will also be a photo exhibit by Wawi Navarroza entitled "Abducted", which will feature her photographs influenced by the figure and work of Frida Kahlo. Another interesting display will be the wire sculpture by Steph Palallos, which is based on Kahlo's self-portrait, "The Two Fridas" (1939). This self-portrait depicts the fragmented side of her personality, the traditional Mexican that Diego adored, and the more modern "European Woman." On July 14 Marjorie Evasco and Nityalila Saulo will be presenting a joint- performance inspired by the great artist. One week later, on July 21, Ellen Ramos will be presenting a film inspired by Frida's most surreal work, "What the Water Gave Me". In this video, the water literally becomes a reflective surface where the real and imagined merge. On July 28, the Frida Kahlo month will come to a close with Myra Beltran premiering her piece "Frida before the Mirror." Beltran will be juxtaposed against images of Frida Kahlo's paintings. As the dancer writes her emotion with her body's movements, constricted due to Frida's physical disabilities, she also writes her body into canvas, just like Frida's inscription of her body in her work. This symbolizes her liberation as an artist and a woman. To complete the tribute to Frida Kahlo, the Embassy of Mexico and Instituto Cervantes will present Mexican Cinema in the times of Frida Kahlo, a film cycle of films produced during the last decade of Frida Kahlos's life. The cycle comprises four films directed by the movie industry giants Emilio Fernandez and Luis Buñuel: Maria Candelaria (1944), Victimas del pecado (1950), the classic Los Olvidados (1950) and A Woman Without Love (1951). This cycle is genuine proof that Mexican cinema had a prestigious past way before the rise of directors like Gonzalez Iñárritu ( Amores perros, Babel), Cuarón(Y tu mama tambien) and Guillermo del Toro (El laberinto del fauno). The centenary of Frida Kahlo's birth will be celebrated not only in the Philippines but also worldwide. In her native country, Kahlo will be honoured with the largest-ever exhibit of her paintings at the Museum of the Fine Arts palace, which will be Kahlo's first comprehensive exhibit in Mexico. Works will be on loan from Detroit, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Nayoga, Japan. The exhibit will include one-third of her artistic production, as well as manuscripts and letters that have not been previously displayed. Mahal namin si Frida is organized by Instituto Cervantes, with the collaboration of the Spanish Embassy, AECI, and the Embassy of Mexico. Instituto Cervantes 855 Kalaw St., 1000 Ermita Manila Tel. (632) 526 1482 - 85 Fax (632) 526 1449 www. manila.cervantes.es posted by Philippine Art Scene 12:26 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment Christopher Zamora's Ordinary @ blanc "Ordinary" blanc gallery by Christopher Zamora Please come to the third solo exhibition of Christopher Zamora entitled Ordinary at blanc. blanc is located at 2e Crown Tower 107 H.V. dela Costa St. Salcedo Village Makati city. For more information please call/sms 752-0032/0920- 9276436 or email info@blanc.ph posted by Philippine Art Scene 12:18 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment Saturday, June 16, 2007 FILIPINAS: Photographs by Isa Lorenzo Book Launch FILIPINAS: Photographs by Isa Lorenzo BOOK LAUNCH silverlens gallery invites everyone to the Book Launch of FILIPINAS: Photographs by Isa Lorenzo on Saturday, 7 July 2007 from 3-5pm. The FILIPINAS Book was published in part with a grant from the Philippine National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). FILIPINAS is a series of photographs of thirty women who represent the arts, education, social work, civil society and politics. No elaborate costumes nor backdrops were used, only film and a simple background in the style of studio photography from the 1940's and '50s. Curated by Deanna Ongpin-Recto, the FILIPINAS were selected for their pioneering spirit, their achievements, and their landmark influences. Aside from the photographs, the book, designed by Isabel Pepper Roxas, includes short biographies of the FILIPINAS written by Ongpin-Recto with materials submitted by the women themselves. The FILIPINAS are Estefania Aldaba-Lim, Ligaya Fernando Amilbangsa, Teresita Ang-See, Eugenia D. Apostol, Corazon C. Aquino, Daisy Hontiveros Avellana, Helena Z. Benitez, Gilda Cordero-Fernando, Virginia Oteyza de Guia, Fe del Mundo, Nene del Rosario- Villanueva, Carmen Guerrero-Nakpil, Ameurfina M. Herrera, Alice P. Lorenzo, Eva Fidela Maamo, Anita Magsaysay-Ho, Rosario G. Manalo, Solita C. Monsod, Lourdes R. Montinola, Virginia R. Moreno, Maria Isabel Ongpin, Fe and Honorata Muyot, Socorro C. Ramos, Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Santanina Tillah Rasul, Gloria Romero, Leonora Paraan San Agustin, Armida Siguion-Reyna, and the late Haydee B. Yorac. FILIPINAS: Photographs by Isa Lorenzo was first exhibited in the Cultural Center of the Philippines in 2006 and has made the rounds of various Universities in Manila. In February of this year, the show was brought to the UNESCO House in Paris, France for the celebration of International Women's Day. FILIPINAS will be open for public viewing from July 3-7 at the silverlens gallery. Copies of the book will be sold for a special launch price for the duration of the public viewing at the silverlens gallery. silverlens gallery is located at 2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Warehouse 2, Yupangco Building. Gallery hours are 10 to 7pm Mondays to Fridays and 1 to 6pm on Saturdays. For more information on FILIPINAS: Photographs by Isa Lorenzo Book Launch, call 8160044 or email manage@silverlensphot o.com. posted by Philippine Art Scene 11:21 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment 6th Philippine Toys, Hobbies & Collectibles Convention Visit Dig Deep Entertainment booth at 6th TOYCON 6th Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention (16th TOYCON) June 16-17, 2007 Megatrade Hall 2- 3, SM Megamall 10:00 am to 9:00 pm Digger T. Mesch Artist- Director – Visionary – the award winning New York City artist founded the U.S.A design house Art Asylum in 1996. Fighting for artistic credit in an industry where all talent operated in virtual anonymity. Forever changing the system as we know it, today artists across America now receive credit for their work thanks to his tenacity and passion. In 2001 and 2002, Digger was ranked in Cinescape magazine's "Power 100" of the most influential personalities on science fiction and entertainment alongside the likes of George Lucas, Steven Speilberg, James Cameron and Steven King. After years of working creatively with the lukes of Marvel Entertainment, Lucas Film, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Clive Barker, Kevin Eastman, Ozzy Osbourne, Kiss, Rob Zombie, and a slew of other world renowned entities Art Asylum was sold to diamond Select Toys in 2007. Digger's new brain child Dig Deep Entertainment was formed this year in Hong Kong, As known for his persona as his art, Digger has acted in a host of films including Ultraviolet, The Counting House, The Twins Effect, Heat Team, as well as voice acting for X-men/Dark Tide other animation and film. Dig Deep Entertainment is dedicated to creating works of art in various mediums as well as proprietary entertainment for film and television. Now involved in the production of 2 upcoming live action films, developing his original content, designing limited edition maquettes wuth Marvel Entertainment and writing his first screenplay to prepare for his directional debut, Digger continues to break rules, inspire new ideas and fornicate shamelessly with the spirit o the future. Yuri Timg Born in Peru and raised in New York City, Yuri was educated at the "FAME" high school and The School of Visual Arts. Honing his skills as a master illustrator and comic artist he worked freelance for 10 years on a multitude of commercial projects. In 2004, he moved to Asia and was hired by Art Asylum Hong Kong. Here he contributed his great talents on designs for Minimates, Lord of the Rings, Marvel Comics, Star Trek, Batman, Clive Barkers Jump Tribe, and more. Yuri now has joined forces with Dig Deep Entertainment. His fierce artistic passion dedicated to Dig Deep's new intellectual properties for film, television and elite products. He is currently working on storyboarding and production design for the upcoming UK/HK action film A New Beginning as well as great many super limited Asia exclusive Marvel Comics statue lines! Yuri Timg is a dedicated Martial Artist as well and studies Wing Chun and Arnis religiously alongside his commercial art achievements. Walter A. McDaniel This hyper creative talent was born in the St. Thomas Virgin Islands and grew up on the mean streets of New York Cities West Harlem. Striving throughout his entire childhood to make his mark one day in the art world. His rise to notoriety in the comic world began right out of the gate following his education at the School of Virtual Arts. Sought after by all the comic giants, Walter went on to work with Marvel, DC, and Image Comics as well as his own independent projects. His list of title accomplishments include Spiderman, Wolverine, X-men, Deadpool, Batman, Shadowhawk and the Pact just to name a few! He currently holds the license for Mortal Combat comics as well as his own intellectual property Kodai Djinns for film television, video games and product. In addition to comics, he's founding father of WAM entertainment. A company dedicated to riginal content and servicing toy industry. His international team has contributed to Hot Wheels, GI JOE, Star Wars, and Transformers. Walter McDaniel is now based in Hong Kong and is putting the final touches on his ground breaking entertainment property Kodai Djinns! Credits : Marvel Comics Deadpool 14- 23 Wolverine Annual 1 Punisher (back to school special) Deathlock 16-25 Gambit Annual 1 Kazar Annual 1 Spider-man issue 255-258 Captain America DC Comics Lobo Annual Batman (Jokers last laugh 3) Image Comics Shadow Hawk special 1 Shadow Hawk 13 Pact series 1-3 Hasbro (GI Joe toys, Valor Vs. Venom) Mattel (Hot Wheels highway 25) posted by Philippine Art Scene 11:15 AM 1 comments 1 Comments: At 4:30 PM, AFHUB said… Check out AFHUB's exclusive interview with Dig Deep Entertainment's Digger Mesch and Yuri Timg. Renowned comic book artist Walter McDaniel also joined the fray. http://www.afhub.com/afhubs- exclusive-interview-with-digger-mesch/ http://www.afhub.com/dig-deep-entertainment- interview/ Post a Comment 1st Philippine Airlines Photo Contest Let your passion fly high! Join The First Philippine Airlines (PAL) Photo Contest! Log on to www.palphotocontest.com for complete details. First Philippine Airlines Photo Contest Divisions: Professional - SLR, DSLR, and medium format camera may be used Enthusiasts - point-and-shoot camera, SLR or DSLR may be used Kids - Any Cellphone or point-and-shoot camera may be used First Philippine Airlines Photo Contest Categories: Best of Philippine Scapes Best of the Filipino Spirit Best of Filipino Culture First Philippine Airlines Photo Contest Camera and printing: Any digital or film based camera Print by an EPSON printer (serial number needed) Any brand of photo paper First Philippine Airlines Photo Contest Photo sizes: Professional division - A3 or 11 inches x 17 inches Enthusiast division - A4 or 8.5 inches x 11 inches Kids division - 5x7 (5R) Printed by any photo lab Allowed Black & White Optional white border (max of 1 inch on all sides) Sepia tone Colored Digital/digitally- converted film negatives Creative effects done within the camera at the time of exposure Digital retouching ONLY on density, contrast, minor cropping on composition, burning, dodging, and global adjustments. Not allowed Major manipulation through adding and subtracting Manually retouched and/or painted over photos Entries that have won other contests or have been published Participant’s name on the entry surface Judges’ decision will be final. Selected entries will be required by Philippine Airlines and its organizer Eastgate Oneworkshop, Inc. to submit the ORIGINAL negative or digital file for evaluation and publishing purposes. Deadlines of Submission of Entries: Metro Manila - August 25, 2007. Saturday, 6pm at Eastgate Oneworkshop, Inc.: OWG Ground Floor, 2241 La Fuerza Plaza ll, Don Chino Roces Ave. corner Sabio St. Makati City. Telefax 8192074 Provincial - August 18, 2007. Saturday at any designated PAL Photo Contest Provincial Coordinators in *Davao, *Cebu, *Iloilo, *Bacolod, and *Clark. *Contacts to be announced soon. First Philippine Airlines Photo Contest Prizes: Professional Division: The Beauty of Philippine Scapes Award PHP50,000 + PAL Travel Package* The Beauty of the Filipino Spirit Award PHP50,000 + PAL Travel Package* The Beauty of Filipino Culture Award PHP50,000 + PAL Travel Package* *to be raffled off to the 3 awardees during the Awarding Ceremony on September 7, 2007 at SM Mall of Asia: - PAL Beijing Package Tour - PAL Bangkok Package Tour - PAL Hong Kong Package Tour (all inclusive of airfare & accommodation) Enthusiast Division: The Beauty of Philippine Scapes Award PHP30,000 + PAL Travel Package* The Beauty of the Filipino Spirit Award PHP30,000 + PAL Travel Package* The Beauty of Filipino Culture Award PHP30,000 + PAL Travel Package* *to be raffled off to the 3 awardees during the Awarding Ceremony: - PAL Boracay Package Tour - PAL Cebu Package Tour - PAL Laoag Package Tour (all inclusive of airfare & accommodation) Kids Division: The Beauty of Philippine Scapes Award PHP15,000 + El Nido Package Tour The Beauty of the Filipino Spirit Award PHP15,000 + El Nido Package Tour The Beauty of Filipino Culture Award PHP15,000 + El Nido Package Tour First Philippine Airlines Photo Contest Inquiries: Ms. Niña Dueñas, 819- 2074 Email: eastgate.oneworkshop.gmail.com First Philippine Airlines Photo Contest Download entry forms from www.palphotocontest.com posted by Philippine Art Scene 11:09 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment Nexus: Pursuing an Elusive Conjunction NEXUS: pursuing an elusive conjunction Jose Tence Ruiz, curator There is often, if not always the elusive conjunction between the act of proposing form and articulating lived circumstance. Art practice is egregiously insistent on privileging crafty strategy over observed substance. Artists are begrudged their penchant for the didactic, for the sympathetic, for the involved issue and risk indifference whenever they venture into alignments with the timely in lieu of cultivating spectacular and entertaining formalist gymnastics. Such is the climate into which TuTOK: NEXUS insists on insinuating its recent batch of site-specific installations. TuTOK as an informal collective of young and mid-career visual practitioners seeks to confront an inclination towards décor as against reflective visual reckoning. NEXUS, its 7th venture since 2006 finds an appropriate venue – the lobby of the Loyola House of Studies of the Ateneo de Manila University,an institution devoted to contemplation, philosophical and theological formation, itself a nexus on many levels, architecturally and conceptually. 5 projects offer provocations against a complacent view of artmaking. Buen Calubayan’s h a p a g h (x) reconstructs a merging of the Last Supper and a derelict convention. Is the repast that signals the entry into apostolate a congress with the underprivileged? Does his playroom tile floor chide us for our naivete that apostolate is dissipation or does he remind us that innocence must underpin any struggle for upliftment? Mideo Cruz has several segments to his project, the most prominent of which is Anghel de la Guardia, a 9 and a half foot ethereal figure that is part angel, part icon and part doorkeep to a hallucinatory yet gated wonderland. He seems to ask: Is Disneyland the virtual surrogate for Paradise Fading? He converts an in -house phone station into a dense collage of connectivity with the complex political landscape with its deities, lords and coerced idolatries in Politeismo 3. And his nearly cute but also subversive viriña named Altar nudges us pixie like not to forget how the nexus between materialism and proof of faith might, on occasion, reify into conceit and fetish. Lyra Garcellano offers accessories to the Lobby sofa sets and very aptly labels her effort as Prime Time. Is not our window to the modern world viewed with our posteriors attached so comfortably to sofa sets such as these, our visions and vistas drenched beyond numbness with mediated violence delivered at clockwork regularity and esthetic efficacy at such prime hours? With at a large part of modern programming laced with mayhem, might we not actually mistake telecommunicated tragedy for pathetic embellishment? UGATLahi collective’s White Lies offers a mattress of beaten scarecrow workclothes, pillaged, crushed and shaped into a troubled dreamscape often enough lain upon by those very ones who have sucked the dreams away from the disenfranchised. Pseudo-baroque headboards and embroidered satin slipcovers contrast disconcertingly with faded dungarees, disembodied limbs and flaccid scarecrow heads. The bed stands on a section of dried river clay, a micro landscape chronicling a wide social sector’s pained and sun-bleached dissipation amidst the profligate privilege of an entrenched and narrow minority. Jose Tence Ruiz and Danilo Ilag-Ilag once again collaborate on their largest version of a kariton/kathedral poised on the Sisyphean incline, ever aware of the unavoidable imperative of struggling against gravity, described by astronomers as the single most pervasive force of our measured universe. Is gravity the defining condition of existence? Is the decision to push against its natural weight the key to any salvific transcendence. Paraisado: Rampa is bathed in yellow and black/bitumen, reminiscent of warnings and schoolbuses, which education and religion partake of. As does the Loyola House of Studies. Thus a circle, maybe even a cycle, is drawn between the site and its transient occupants, between the LHS lobby and the projects that make up NEXUS. With Sisyphean determination to push upwards and forward, TuTOK through NEXUS pursues that elusive conjunction between art and religion, between matter and spirit, between the tangible and the ethereal, between evocative propositions and a call to reflection and action. TuTOK: NEXUS An Exhibition of New Site Specific Installations exploring the confluence, the intersections, the nexus between and betwixt politics and art, between idealism and stark reality, between philosophy and pragmatic survivalism, between the mundane and the transcendent, between the violent and the sublime, between the commercial and the heroic, between the corporeal and the ethereal, between heaven and earth Buen Calubayan Mideo M Cruz Lyra Garcellano UGATLahi Artist’s Collective Jose Tence Ruiz collaborating with Danilo Ilag-Ilag Opening Ceremonies and Cocktails will be at 6:30 pm Friday, 15 June 2007 15 June to 20 July, 2007 Closing Ceremonies with Artist’s Performances at 6:30 pm, Friday 20 JULY 2007 Loyola House of Studies Lobby Ground Floor, Loyola House of Studies Seminary Drive Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City Curated by Jose Tence Ruiz Tutok: KARAPATAN in cooperation with Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan Loyola House of Studies Loyola School of Theology Jesuit Communications Ateneo Fine Arts Program Ateneo Art Gallery posted by Philippine Art Scene 11:05 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment 16th Annual Manila Studies Conference THE MANILA STUDIES ASSOCIATION, INC. 40 Matiwasay Street, UP Village, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Tel: (02) 921-4575 Telefax: (02) 926-1347 E-mail: nitachurchill@hotmail. com 16th ANNUAL MANILA STUDIES CONFERENCE AUGUST 1-2, 2007, TANGHALANG LEANDRO V. LOCSIN NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS 633 GENERAL LUNA STREET INTRAMUROS, MANILA Dear Fellow Members, Colleagues, and Friends of the Manila Studies Association: We have the honor and pleasure to invite you to the 16tth Annual Conference of the Manila Studies Association, Inc., to be held on August 1-2, 2007 (from 8:00-5:00 p.m. both days) at Tanghalan Leandro V. Locsin, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, General Luna Street, Intramuros, Manila. This year's conference will include papers on Manila studies highlighting various aspects of Manila's history and culture, as well as studies on national history. The conference sharing fee is P2,000 and participants will be provided with a conference kit to include the conference program, abstracts and conference papers (in CD), one complimentary publication, and lunch and two meriendas for the two days of the conference. Please use this letter of invitation for the purpose of obtaining institutional support from your school or agency to enable you to participate in this conference, which should be useful for faculty development. For particulars, please contact: Lorelei D.C. de Viana Cell: 0917-855 -0060 E-mail: deviane_ph@yahoo.com Maria Eloisa P. de Castro Cell: 0921-267-1281 E-mail: eloise_ust@hotmail.com We look forward to your attendance and participation. Yours sincerely, Lorelei D.C. de Viana National Historical Institute MSA Vice President and Co-Convener Maria Eloisa P. de Castro University of Santo Tomas MSA Board Secretary and Co-Convener Noted: Bernardita R. 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