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Other curatorial projects
Date updated: July 2, 2025 Field notes from a mossy forest (Project by Curtis Cresswell and Mica Cabildo, ESC Projects 2024 Grantee) | Curator — Oct 30 – Nov 9, 2024 @ First United Building, Manila 98B COLLABoratory Facebook · 98B COLLABoratory Instagram Taghiyawat Na Naging Nunal (Project by Mae Aguinaldo-Mapa, ESC Projects 2024 Grantee)…
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Shara Francisco – ang mga bagay ay nakakaramdam
May 17-24, 2025First United Building Community MuseumEscolta Street, Manila In this sensorial investigation, Shara Francisco began with a hypothesis: “objects can feel” (or as the exhibit title declares in Filipino: “ang mga bagay ay nakakaramdam”). Carrying her experience with visual programming and their interactions with sound artists, she then asked: “how?” More than anthropomorphizing (“how…
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If the Walls Can Talk
December 12, 2024 – January 10, 2025First United BuildingEscolta Street, Manila Walls form the foundation of our homes and buildings. They are silent witnesses to the lives lived within and beyond them. These structures have evolved alongside human civilization; have offered protection, shelter, and a sense of permanence in an ever-changing world. But they also…
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Through the Past, the Future
November 30, 2024Green House Cinema, Davao del SurDome, First United Building, Manila “Through the Past, the Future” takes after the title of the editorial by Bono Olgado and Rufus de Rham for Archival Imaginaries, the 9th of the ten issues by NANG, a magazine dedicated to Asian cinema. These lines on the magazine’s front flap…
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Jershon Pagilagan and Fort Molina – The World We Made
November 23 – December 6, 2024First United Building Community MuseumEscolta Street, Manila In the depths of the forest, beneath its towering trees, a world we often overlook quietly thrives: the forest floor. This layer of life is teeming with mosses, ferns, and small plants, each playing a quiet but important role in the ecosystem. Conservationists…
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Mae Aguinaldo-Mapa – Taghiyawat Na Naging Nunal
November 9-30, 2024First United Building Escolta Street, Manila For children, imagination is second nature. As we grow older, we learn that not everything is possible. Our aptitude to imagine boundlessly eventually finds corners and walls as we get acquainted with reality. “Taghiyawat Na Naging Nunal” is an attempt to bring back our childlike way of…
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Alvin Zafra – Miragen
October 17 – November 14, 2024ArtinformalMakati, Metro Manila In the depth of encompassing darkness, light persists in varying degrees. At times, it bounces faintly on surfaces; once in a while, it pierces brightly as a source. What can be seen is not only at the whim of what was made visible by light, but also…
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In transit
July 13-31, 202429 Kapitolyo Art SpaceMandaluyong, Metro Manila Last February, 29 Kapitolyo Art Space organized an open call for artists. We received over a hundred applications from emerging to established artists from all over the Philippines, and five stood out. This exhibit, “In Transit,” is a showcase of our five winners – Ky Palisoc, Patrick…
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Critic/ism in flux
May 30 – September 27, 2024Purita Kalaw-Ledesma CenterMakati, Metro Manila How was the fluctuating field of Philippine art criticism observed and supported by Purita Kalaw-Ledesma during her years, and how has it oscillated beyond her lifetime? Purita Kalaw-Ledesma believed that art criticism plays a vital role in the progress of arts and culture. As she…
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Julius Redillas – Word on the Street
May 4 – June 1, 2024Art Cube GalleryMakati, Metro Manila Word on the street whispers of the return of Julius Redillas’ sinewy enigmatic figures. In this latest collection, Redillas draws inspiration from the myriad details of everyday life that surround him. Within the sanctuary of his own home, the figures of the Virgin Mary and…