komentaryo

a letter to Secretary De Lima: justice, please.

“My wife and I are now both very old – my wife just turned 80 and I am turning 80 next year. We would willingly spend this coming Christmas with our son as we did last year, if not for our failing health. We may have but a few years left and our only wish is to see Ericson walk free again.” — Isaias P. Acosta, father of Ericson Acosta, detained cultural worker and activist. (more…)

komentaryo

on pinoy pride

did this on Monday:

my favorite question during the open forum, which to me was also the bravest one asked: how can we stop being silent, when everyone else is?
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kultura

#SpeakUp about the violence against the Pinay

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on the working artist, on artistic labor

“<…> artists are constantly in the position of having to work in order to produce work.”

here’s a project of Donna Miranda, which reminds of how artistic work, cannot always and necessarily be about exhibiting work in galleries and art spaces; which reminds of how the work of the artist, is always work to begin with, is borne of the work outside of it. it is labor, full stop.

read up! hanep ‘to.

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Salvatus for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize! :)

you have to register but the process is easy enough. Mark Salvatus is one of the few artists I would do an exhibit note for in a heartbeat, not so much as a matter of friendship, but as a matter of believing in his work, the kind of thinking that goes into it, the kind of artistic vision he constantly has. this exhibit note for his “The Other View” exhibit in late 2011 is an assessment as well of his body of work. you can see my photos of the exhibit here.

sa ikauunlad ng bayan! sining ang kailangan!

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