Uwak + Kalibutan Node 2 + UswagMarch 27, 2021Uwak + Kalibutan Node 2 + Uswag. It was never a question of howlofty art is, but of how rooted, relevant, and responsive it is to thelocal community and the rest of the world. The V-CON 2 sessioncommenced with the music video launching of Martin Miravalles’socio-political track, Uwak.Part One | The webinar Kalibutan Seminar Node 2: Artists Explore| Intimacies and Communities of Practice, with head curator andmoderator Patrick Flores and artists Rhine Bernardino, Leo Abaya,Joar Songcuya, and Joshua Serafin, was the first part in the eighthsession of V-CON 2. Bernardino, Abaya, Songcuya, and Serafintalked about their personal and professional identities and howthe roots of such anchor them and their proposals to Kalibutan.Rhine Bernardino experimented with the self and the body. Sheconsidered the body as an art medium beyond the physical andmaterial as she responded to global issues through it. She soughtto introduce a sense of collectivity to communities and leave alingering trail of interconnectedness. Leo Abaya’s practice was asdiverse as our cultural traditions. He was into curation, teaching,design for film, theater, and has worked with printed media. Abayamelded imagery with intellect so perfectly, the audience was hoistedto cogitation. He reached out to societies in effecting consciousnessof cultural ferment and imperialism. Abaya believed that practiceis shaped by and is always responding to a larger world. SeafarerJoar Songcuya described his art making as documentary andbiographical. He invested in marine engineering and art makingfor almost a decade, and since 2013 has converted his cabin to anart studio. Songcuya discussed the progression of his open art stylefrom figurative, impressionistic, naive works, to atmospheric spaces.His experiential expositions included paintings and installations.Songcuya highlighted that the human drive to create was his savinggrace from life’s worst storms. Joshua Serafin, a ballet dancer, aimedto decolonize the body. His modern choreographic works jived withmemories of distant past. He shared about his spiritual backgroundas a child, and his early knowledge on mythology, traditions,and precolonial belief system that were faithfully translated toperformances. Serafin was able to transfigure local experiences to46global consciousness and entity. His practice is currently multiformand in his art, Serafin merges ethnicity and childhood. To certainlyrespond to an uncertain world, Flores concluded that there is a needto closely attune the self to Kalibutan.Part Two | The webinar Island Special: Uswag with artists SamPenaso, Wyndelle Remonde, and Panlantawon art collective(April Villacampa, Delio Delgado, Joni Alontaga, Martha Atienza,Roberth Fuentes, M. Alinney Villacastin aka Khokoi) was thesecond part in the eighth session of V-CON 2. The speakers werejoined in by facilitator Lester Ouano, Bohol coordinator JeffreyRonald Sisican, Cebu coordinator Jay Nathan Jore and BantayanIsland coordinator Anthony Jake Atienza. Multi-disciplinary artistSam Penaso explained the gravity of local and national exhibitionsand art residencies abroad. Artists ought to contextualize and situateart in new, foreign sites, even spaces online, so that all too familiarideations of the self and the world could be seen with fresh eyes.This is innate in the spiral nature of art practice. Graphic illustratorWyndelle Remonde remarked that art is a form of visual expression.It is the real image of an artist’s internal conflict, his externalworld, and his universe of probabilities. Remonde regarded his artas autobiographic. He was drawn towards experimentation andunorthodox methods; evident in his use of silkscreen printing alongwith conventional materials. Panlantawon Art Collective startedtheir recent projects with collaborations between members. Theirconcepts dealt with issues on climate change and land ownership,corresponding physical solutions, and immediate response. Theytackled local concerns through global lenses and vice versa.
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