Forming an unassuming picture of the less familiar side of Manila, Brillante Mendoza’s Tirador showed how it feels to live in the slum area that is Quiapo. BY JUAN ANGELO A. HONGO CULTURE Bulatlat Forming an unassuming picture of the less familiar side of Manila, Brillante Mendoza’s Tirador showed how it feels to live in…
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Then They Rise…
A meditation on Recci Bacolor’s Resureccion My Little Art Space, Greenhills, San Juan; March 29-April 15, 2009 Group Exhibit Sometimes, the artist has to be reborn or awakened from his or her tight sleep in order to unleash the power of his or her art. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Correspondent Bulatlat CULTURE Sometimes, the artist…
Filipino Artists Wage War Vs. VFA
Filipino Artists Wage War Vs. VFA
Film as Medium for Filipino Migrants’ Stories
Inspired and challenged by the increasing coverage of the plight of Filipinos overseas in the various media and the accessibility of various film equipment, a group of Filipino migrants in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam recently underwent a first-of-its-kind three-day training/workshop on basic filmmaking under the tutelage of multi-awarded filmmaker Aureaus Solito of Ang Pagdadalaga…
Sharing the Great American Experience of Mideo Cruz
The Great American Experience (TAE) is an unbridled extension of Mideo Cruz’exhibits mounted in the earlier part of 2009 in New York and Miami, now reworked and staged at the Lunduyan Art Gallery along Kamuning Road, Quezon City. As Fredrich Engels once described the industrial and commercial crisis of Europe, it starts with the “ditch…
Images of Lent
Images of Lent in the Philippines
The Red Traveler Speaks Her Mind: An Interview with Ms. Con Cabrera of Artists’ ARREST
Ms. Con Cabrera, a member of the Artists’ Response to the Call for Social Change and Transformation, or Artists’ ARRREST, in this interview shares with Bulatlat her views on arts, issues confronting Philippine society today and some personal things that she wanted to share with her audience. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Correspondent Bulatlat CULTURE Ms.…
Public Schools Not Ready to Teach Indigenous Culture
Public schools in the country are not ready to teach indigenous customs and traditions, according to a retired school official. However, informal schools called the School for Living Traditions are being conducted to teach the youth about the indigenous practices of their forefathers. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch CULTURE Posted by Bulatlat KAPANGAN, Benguet…
Camille de la Rosa Invites Viewers to Find the Chalice of Knowledge
Enchanted with the surreal, Camille de la Rosa now prepares to introduce the philosophy of the surreal movement in the Philippines through her new work. And she is hoping that everyone will welcome this development. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Correspondent Bulatlat CULTURE “The way the surreal enchants the author is just like the earlier works…
Journey for Justice
“It has helped me make a resolution that the peddlers of lies cannot go on and be left unchecked. Yes, they may be Goliath but the presence of Goliath also gives birth to little Davids.” Edith Burgos, mother of missing activist Jonas Burgos, said this at the launching of the Let the Stones Cry Out!,…
“Pagsambang Bayan”, a Critique of the Past and the Present
The play was one of the most daring critiques of Martial Law at the time it was first staged in 1977. It was the height of Martial Law, and the Filipino people was beginning to awaken. The play “Pagsambang Bayan” (People’s Worship) helped facilitate this process of political awkening. The play would be restaged on…