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• Dadaism


  A post-World War I cultural movement in visual art as well as literature (mainly poetry), theatre and graphic design. This art movement emerged as a response to the absurdity of World War I and sought to reject traditional artistic conventions.
• Marcel Duchamp


  A pioneer and a prominent figure of Dadaism
• Constructivism


  An art movement that focused on industrial production. Constructivists used stripped down, geometric forms and modest materials. Their visual language existed of forms that they could draw with practical instruments like compasses and rulers. Materials like wood, glass and metal were analysed and judged on the basis of how suitable they were for use in mass-produced objects and images.
• Vladimir Tatlin


  Founder of constructivism
• Optical Art


  Paintings and works that employ tricks of visual perception like manipulating rules of perspective to give the illusion of three-dimensional space, mixing colours to create the impression of light and shadow.
• Conceptual art


  An art movement that emerged primarily during 1960s. It focuses on the conceptual idea or concept behind the artwork. It uses images and objects to make the viewer think, and to think particularly about what art is and what it means. It involves replicating the original photo image into a painting or a sculpture.
• Minimalism


  A movement in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental form.
• Photorealism


  An art movement that involves replicating the original photo image into a painting or a sculpture. It derived from pop art minimalism because it challenged people's art paradigms and it also focused on American consumerism.
• Installation art


  An art form that engages with three-dimensional space, small-scale and easily transportable. Artists often use various found objects and mixed media.
• Body Art


  An art form that appears from influence of the hippie movement (sexual freedom and pacifism), from the counter-culture movement and from the youth explosion.
• Performance Art


  An art in which the medium is the artist's own body and the artwork takes the form of actions performed by the artist.
• Surrealism


  An art movement launched in Paris in 1924 by French poet André Breton with publication of his Manifesto of Surrealism. Breton was strongly influenced by the theories of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. Surrealists believed that automatism (automatic writing and drawing) was a better way to tackle societal change than the Dada movements attack on prevailing values. They often challenge social and political norms.
• Baroque music


  A period or style of Western classical music from approximately 1600 to 1750 originated in Western Europe. It uses of elaborate ornamentation. Baroque composers focused heavily on upper and lower tones, or on the parts to be played by bass and soprano. This often left those musicians who played in between those ranges to improvise their own work.
• Baroque composers


  • Johan Sebastian Bach - The Brandenburg Concertos
  • Antonio Vivaldi – The four Seasons
  • George Frederic Handel - Messiah
• Classical music


  A term that most commonly refers to the formal musical tradition of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. Classical music focuses on clarity, balance, and symmetry. Concerto became popular during the Classical era and typically consists of three movements in a fast-slow-fast sequence.
• Classical composers


  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro
  • Joseph Haydn – The Creation
  • Ludwig Van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
• Romantic music


  A stylistic movement in Western Classical music associated with the period of the 19th to 20th century. One of its characteristics is heightened expression of emotion and individualism.
• Romantic composers


  • Frederic Chopin - Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9, No. 2
  • Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 1
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
  • Franz Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor
• Modern music


  An exploration of dissonance and unconventional harmonies. Modern composers often wrote music for traditional orchestras, electronic and experimental ensembles, and chamber groups.
• Modern composers


  • Maurice Ravel - Boléro
  • John Cage - 4′33″
  • Philip Glass - Metamorphosis
• Soulmaking


  An alternate place to know oneself and to look at the depths and meaning of what we do in our daily lives
• Purpose of soulmaking


  To develop one's inner self and emotional depth
• Soulmaking is a way of crafting stories, creating images and symbols from fleeting moments, connecting with people, understanding culture, and the embodiment of understanding and peace. Suffering in soulmaking is unavoidable and necessary for growth.
• 7 Da Vinci Principles

  • Curiosita (Curiosity)
  • Dimonstrazione (Experiental)
  • Sensazione (Sensory)
  • Sfumato (Transfiguration)
  • Arte/Scienza (Art and Science)
  • Corporalita (Body and Mind)
  • Connessione (System Thinking)
• Narrative


  The choice of events to be linked and to relate – so, instead of a story itself, it is a depiction or particular manifestation of the story and it is the chronological sequence of events in a story.
• Appropriation


  In art and art history, refers to artists' work utilizing prior artifacts or pictures of Painting with no initial transformation. It simply means borrowing.
• Ownership


  Many artists' copying of art was a vexing problem in modern years; nevertheless, such a form of copying was popular in art history. It is the recognition and acknowledgment of authorship and creative contributions.
• Embroidery


  A popular technique in which artists use thread to stitch decorative designs onto fabric and is commonly associated with expressing dreams and imagination.
• Soul


  The emotional or intellectual energy or intensity, especially as revealed in a work of art or an artistic performance. It is ability to perceive and interpret the world in a unique and imaginative way.
• Dreams


  A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep. It is a wandering spirit on the path of the imagination.
• Imagination


  Like the inspiration in the work and it plays a big role in production. It is the experimentation with materials and techniques.
• T'nalak


  A sacred cloth woven by the T'boli people in the communities around Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, Mindanao island, Philippines. It is primarily associated with textile weaving and it is made from Abaca fibers.
• Textile artists often incorporate the theme of dreams into their work by incorporating surreal or fantastical imagery
• T'nalak process


  1. Kedungon or Abaca - Harvesting of the abaca and the stripping of the fibers

  2. Tembong or Connecting - Segregating and connecting the fibers from end to end

  3. Semdang or Setting - Preparing the fibers on the loom for knotting

  4. Mebed or Designing - Knotting the fibers prior to resist-dyeing

  5. Temogo or Dyeing and Hemto or Untying of knots - Gathering and preparing the natural dyes. Dyeing the wrap and untying the knots. T'nalak is defined by using 3 traditional colors: black, red and white

  6. Mewel or Meaving - Setting the dyed wrap on the back strap loom

  7. Semaki or Ironing - Burnishing the surface of T'nalak
• Lang Dulay


  A T'boli princess and was the face of T'nalak tapestry as she mastered the art and produced more than 100 designs.
• Dagmay


  Made from abaca fibers and its colors are extracted from bark, seeds, fruits, and other natural dyes. Dagmay is originally made by Mandaya Tribe. Dagmay as cloth has been worn as women's skirt but it is also used as blankets and to wrap the dead. It is an embroidery technique used in T'boli textile art.
• Pis – Syabit


  The prized handwoven cloth of Tausugs of Sulu. Cotton or silk are the materials used on Pis – syabit and was woven using back strap loom.
• Seputangan


  A handwoven square cloth used by Yakan tribe of Mindanao as head covering, sash or waistband to secure their trousers.
• Inaul


  Means "woven" in Maguindao, is a handmade fabric with designs handed down from generation to generation.