LESSON 1

• Contemporary Arts - refer to art made and produced by artists living today
• Contemporary Arts - respond to a global environment that is globally influenced, culturally diverse, technologically advancing, and multifaceted world
• Contemporary Arts - use a wide range of mediums and reflect and comment on modern-day society
• Contemporary Arts - the art of today produced by artists who are living in the twenty-first century
• Contemporary Arts - provide an opportunity to reflect on contemporary society and the issues relevant to us and the world around us
• Contemporary Arts - is a dynamic combination of materials, methods, concepts, and subjects that challenge traditional boundaries and defy easy definition.
• Contemporary Arts - mirrors contemporary culture and society, offering teachers, students, and general audiences a rich resource through which to consider current ideas and rethink the familiar
• Contemporary Arts - it is diverse and eclectic where it is distinguished by the very lack of a uniform organizing principle, ideology, or -ism.
• Contemporary Performance - is hybrid work that integrates text, dance, objects, music, costumes, lighting, image, sound, sets, and vocal expression into complex interactive systems
• Contemporary Performance - is often non-narrative, technically rigorous, and carefully orchestrated anarchic chaos
• Contemporary Performance - unsettle perception, demand critical engagement from audiences, address conceptual debates within aesthetics, draw on a diverse range of cultural interests, and bring pleasure to populations across the globe (Morgan v. P. Pecelli)
• Dominant/Mainstream

  • foreign influenced, industry-driven, technology assisted, oriented for mass-consumption
  • Ogie Alcasid, Sarah Geronimo
• Example of two Dominant/Mainstream artist:

  • Ogie Alcasid
  • Sarah Geronimo
• Alternative - usually social realist and/or advocacy-oriented
• Alternative (Individuals)

  • Joey Ayala
  • Grace Nono
  • Kidlat Tahimik
• Examples of Alternative (Individuals)

  • Joey Ayala
  • Grace Nono
  • Kidlat Tahimik
• Allternative (Artist Group/Collective)

  • practices are collaborative and interdisciplinary
  • 98B COLLABoratory, Ugatlahi Artist Collective, Sipat Lawin Ensemble, Neo-Angono Artists Collective, Anino Shadowplay Collective, Gerilya, Pinikpikan
• Examples of Alternative (Artist Group/Collective)

  • 98B COLLABoratory
  • Ugatlahi Artist Collective
  • Sipat Lawin Ensemble
  • Neo-Angono Artists Collective
  • Anino Shadowplay Collective
  • Gerilya
  • Pinikpikan
• Traditional/Indigenous

  • preserves local traditions
  • GAMABA awardees: Samaon Sulaiman, Lang Dulay
• Examples of Traditional/Indigenous

  
  

  GAMABA awardees:

  • Samaon Sulaiman
  • Lang Dulay