CPAR

• Art is defined as the manifestation or use of the various creative disciplines. It is produced by human creativity and skill to express oneself. It comes in many forms and disciplines such as literature and media arts, visual arts and performing arts.
• Contemporary Art ▪ It is the art of today. ▪ It provides an opportunity to reflect in contemporary society and the issues relevant to ourselves and the world around us. ▪ It is generally defined as work created after WW II. ▪ It is part of cultural dialogue that concerns larger contextual framework s such as personal and cultural identity, family, community and nationality.
• The scope of contemporary arts is broad. There are over 100 art styles and movements under this category.
• According to Perez (2016), the arts are classified in distinct forms: music, dance, theater, visual arts, literature, film, and broadcast art, and architecture, design and allied arts. However, the arts in the regions have evolved and taken a new form. The arts have combined to create integrative art. There is now an interconnection among the arts, resulting in the combination of arts.
• According to Perez (2016), the arts are classified in distinct forms: music, dance, theater, visual arts, literature, film, and broadcast art, and architecture, design and allied arts. However, the arts in the regions have evolved and taken a new form. The arts have combined to create integrative art. There is now an interconnection among the arts, resulting in the combination of arts.
• Choreography Is an arrangement or design for dance movements usually accompanied by music. It is the art of dancing that is composed of a series of dance steps and movements to create a story. It has become in integrated art because it incorporates both dance and music.
• In the regions, there is a minimal number of contemporary dances because the traditional dances are still being widely practiced. However, the choreography of these traditional dances have varied through generations. Modifications are done to adapt to contemporary times.
• Ballroom- Some of the major ballroom dances done by the members of the Filipino community are: ChaCha-Cha, Rumba, Jive, Samba, Paso-doble and Salsa
• Tinikling- a traditional Philippine folk dance which originated during the Spanish colonial era.
• Jazz-an essential element of musical theater choreography, where it may be interwoven with other dance styles. Douglas Nierras is a well-known choreographer in this genre.
• A musical instrument is any tool or device the produces sound. It consists of an array of shapes and styles from simple to the complex.
• Literary works are written works meant to be read, sung, or delivered in a play.
• Musical Compositions, on the other hand, are not written but notated, represented by musical symbols.
• Literary and musical compositions are types of compositions are some of the easiest art forms to integrate with another form. L
• Literary pieces, such as novels short stories, and epics ae the most common bases of the forms like theater and cinema. A theater without a playwright is nothing; so is cinema without a scriptwriter.
• Without Seeing the Dawn- a novel that tells of the grim experiences of war during the Japanese Occupation.
• Prose and Poems- the subjects depicted Nick’s nostalgia, church rituals, legends, the mysterious, the different shades of evil, and the power of the basic emotions over culture.
• Musical compositions of Ryan Cayabyab, National Artist for Music
• Musical compositions of Levi Celerio, National Artist for Music and Literature
• Visual design It is a composition or layout of lines, chapes, and color to form patterns on paper, textile, or any piece for that matter. It can be found in either two-dimensional works like painting and drawing; or three-dimensional works like installation and sculpture.
• Collage-It is a method of combining printed images with other flat media and pasting them on a canvas or on board.
• Assemblage- It is a term used by French artist Jean Dubuffet in 1952 to describe a series of artworks made by paper collages, wood scraps and other found objects.
• Installation Art-It is a form of contemporary art that involves the arrangement of objects in a given space.
• Theatrical performance It refers to the staging and execution of a production, like drama, opera, festivals, and the like. It pertains to a public presentation of a dramatic or musical entertainment. It is interdisciplinary because it goes beyond theater, and other art forms, like puppetry, cinema, and sculpture. It also goes out to the other disciplines like psychology, and the social and political sciences.
• Contemporary theatrical performance is experimental, innovative, controversial and interdisciplinary, going beyond theater and other art forms like puppetry, cinema, and sculpture.
• Zarsuela is a play with songs and dances usually written in prose, containing from one to five acts, depicting the vagaries of romantic love among idealized Filipino characters.
• Komedya is a theatrical tradition by Filipinos sometimes in a form of singing. It describes conflicts between Christians and Muslims.
• Film/ Cinema It is the most popular of the art forms. It is similar to the theater, except that it is not a live performance and the action is seen on the flat screen. Although, it appeared in the early 1900s in Manila and later spread in the regions, it has gained public acceptance. Popular Filipino films:
• Today, most Filipino contemporary artists still deal with current concerns that affect our country. Additionally, they provide ways to allow the audience to participate in the experience. Most artists acknowledge their Filipino roots by using native and indigenous materials in their artworks which show a growing sense of pride being a Filipino.
• Philippine contemporary art is part of culture. As a reader, listener and viewer, you gain deeper knowledge about different contemporary art forms in the country. In doing so, you get to develop appreciation and gratitude for their artistic endeavors.
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