Mac Andre Arboleda's second solo exhibit "The Face of a Marcos Apologist" opens on July 21, 2018, Saturday, 6:00 p.m. at Nomina Nuda, Los Baños, Laguna. The project, first released as a black-and-white zine under Asshulz, now presents itself in an exhibition setting with music by 帰宅します, Amado. About The Face of a Marcos Apologist…
A closer look at Veejay Villafranca’s Signos A dead pig lies under the hood of an old passenger jeepney, its light-colored flesh begrimed with mud and dirt. On the hood of the jeepney are a pair of leather shoes, a couple of notebooks, and two little stuffed animals laid out to dry. A framed family…
Hyperplay, the first integrated ASEAN esports and music festival will take place on Sunday, 5 August 2018 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. South Korea's superstar vocalist CL and Singapore's favorite The Sam Willows will perform on 4 August, while Thailand's leading rock band Slot Machine, Indonesian pop idol Afgan, multi-platinum American superstar Nick Jonas, and Grammy-award winning Canadian singer Alessia Cara will perform on 5 August. Combining the two…
Asshulz, Magpies, and UPLB Communicators' Association are bringing you Zine Orgy 666 on Thursday, May 17, 2018, 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. at 77 Grove Events Place, Los Baños, Laguna. Zine Orgy is a biannual expo where independent publishers, small presses and artists in Laguna can exhibit, sell, and talk about their works…
Mac Andre Arboleda's first solo exhibit runs until May 17 at Cafe Berde, Los Baños, Laguna. The exhibition, which features 15 photographs, opened last April 26, with a short program with guest reactors Om Velasco and Sarah Koo. In his exhibition, Arboleda shows offbeat images of mundane objects from his bedroom: electric fan, calendars, clothes…
The UPLB INFOCUS Multimedia Guild, a university-based student organization catering to multimedia arts, will be holding IMG Week from April 23 to 26, 2018, at the University of the Philippines Los Baños. With the theme Connections, the four-day event aims to showcase the organization’s talent in the field of digital and traditional arts and to…
Mac Andre Arboleda "Ang lahat ng ito, mas malaki pa sa iyo (This whole thing is bigger than you)," said Mendoza (John Arcilla) to his cohort Domingo (Arnold Reyes). Both police officers were investigating the disappearance of farmers en route to Manila on a bus when they were ordered to focus on the killing of…
Text by Kimmy Baraoidan and Chris Quintana All photos by Chris Quintana If you’re an early ‘80s kid or older—generations who played outside and went home reeking of sweat, the sun, the streets—and grew up in a rural area, you are most probably familiar with the enchanting entities and the frightening creatures of the night—the…
Text and photos by Kimmy Baraoidan and Chris Quintana “Actually, totoo kasi ‘yung sinasabi na ‘Sino ba’ng may gusto ng history?’ (Actually, it’s true, the saying, ‘Who even likes history?’” said 36-year-old Sari Saysay, director of Sining Banwa, a community-based theater group from Legazpi City, Albay. We were sitting on the steps of one of…
Last March 1 to 4, 2017, the Arts Research and Training Institute in Southern Tagalog Incorporated (ARTIST, Inc.) successfully launched the LIKHANDULA International Arts Exchange and Collaboration, an arts festival celebrating its namesake manual that has served generations of different artists, educators, and members of the community. The festival became an avenue for artists to…