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…
The fifth installment of LB's most awaited art and zine market is happening tomorrow, November 23, 2017, Thursday, 7:00 p.m. at Smokehouse, One Bonitos Place, Lopez Ville (Bangkal Street), Los Baños, Laguna. Only 10 pesos to get in. Freebies are in store for early birds, so make sure to arrive early. Organized by Asshulz, Magpies, and…
{Matutunton mo ba kung saan nanggagaling ang sitsit ng mga kuliglig?} _ Amidst the noise of a show band and drunkards, your gaze zooms in a white flower… you start to dance. _ Working primarily with sound, Jett Ilagan presents his first online exhibition, “Tugon ng Tunog, Tunog ng Tugon” which highlights visual and auditory…
Text and photos by Dax Simbol TARLAC, PHILIPPINES—Everything happened so fast. I am standing beside a resting penitent, holding a 10-foot cross. For the past couple of years, I have been photographing the men and women penitents of Barangay Talaga, Capas of this province. I have become familiar with the stories behind the panata (vow) of some…
Text by Kimmy Baraoidan Photos by Chris Quintana and Kimmy Baraoidan A Tibetan landscape in the tropics. A post-apocalyptic desert wasteland. A dead tree's leafless branches reaching out to the sky, as if in a last desperate attempt to stay alive. The last thing that these would conjure up is a dam. But this is the reality…
Text and photos by Kimmy Baraoidan There is a need to arouse historical consciousness in each individual Filipino because we are drowning in neo-colonial culture, writer and civic intellectual Epifanio San Juan Jr. said in a recent forum. With Philippine history vanishing from the school curriculum and the alarming ignorance among the youth about the martial…
Asshulz, UP Film Circle, and Magpies present ZINE ORGY 3 Zines + open mic + film showing November 24, 2016 | Thursday | 7:00 p.m. 77 Events Place, Lopez Ave. Batong Malake, Los Baños, Laguna Entrance: P10 (plus a free sticker) For tickets: Justine 09369879637 For registration, sponsorship, collaboration: Asshulz For inquiries: Mac 09158608023