Materials in Contemporary Arts

Cards (11)

  • Mediums Or Materials
    • These are more than mere physical things used by artists to create art; these are often carriers of concepts and information from individuals and locations.
  • Artist
    • Typically use materials that are readily accessible to them.
    • This shows that the tools present in their community are critical to their artistic work.
  • Diokno Pasilan
    • A neo-ethnic musician, visual artist, and former art director from Negros.
    • Defines the term “local” as encompassing a variety of locations such as Palawan, Baguio, and Bicol, where he lived for a long time, and recently in Victoria, Western Australia, where he migrated.
  • Local
    • May refer to language, production, and technique as well as how they can be utilized, how they can be utilized in translating and transforming media or art from other countries in order to be more relatable to Filipinos.
  • Going Fishing by Diokno Pasilan
    • Raised awareness regarding the need to be more conscious of our environment by coloring his skin green. The color of the environmental movement, in production for the Third Bagasbas Beach International Eco-Arts Festival, held in the Bicol region. acher.
    • Launched himself onto gongs attached to a bamboo structure
  • Lani Maestro & Poklong Anading Digital Tagalog
    • Another project that uses bamboo as a primary material.
    • These creators are known for constructing environments that engage the senses based on their study of the dynamics of environments and cultures.
    • Digital Tagalog was a 2012 exhibition at Mo Gallery; it utilized stacks of bamboo to fill a room.
  • Agnes Locsin
    • Davao-based choreographer used the techniques of modern dance to reinterpret a component of the Moriones Holy Week festival in Marinduque.
  • Ang Post Office by Rody Vera
    • An adaptation of a children’s play originally written by the Indian writer Rabindranath Tagore and titled The Post Office.
    • The story is about a dying Indian boy who learns about the world through the people he interacts with over the course of just one day.
  • Fugtong: The Black Dog by Rody Vera
    • The community theater group Aanak di Kabiligan (Children of the Mountains), which was made possible by the Cordillera Green Network.
    • The play is based on a folk tale about a family who is ostracized for choosing to keep Fugtong, their black dog, which is thought to carry bad luck.
  • Rey Angelo Aurelio
    • A theater artist who is also the director of Bakata: Battle of the Street Poets, a local community theater production featuring Smokey Mountain- based youth as actors, dancers, and rappers.
    • It was also pictured at the Tiu Theater in May 2015.
  • Limen by Lani Maestro
    • A work of art produced by Lani Maestro in France in 2014. Here, she carefully considered where the piece would be shown, how audiences would find it relatable, and the space’s history.
    • LIMEN IS MEANT TO SERVE AS A PLACE WHERE WORKERS COULD RELAX, VIEWERS OF THE WORK STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PHYSICALLY EXPERIENCE IT