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Kalibutan Node 3: Works Disclose
| Materialities of Art & Panay
Possibilities creating platforms
April 24, 2021
Depending on the kind of film one wants to create, one can indeed
start with a story and can also explore the potential of video festivals
to accommodate different art forms.
Part One | Leo Abaya and Joar Songcuya were the focus of Seminar
Node 3: Works Disclose | Materialities of Art featuring two of the
selections of its head curator Dr. Patrick Flores. Given the queries
on concept, medium and technique, Leo Abaya talked about his
work Unsang Dapita? which was durational and serial and intends
to capture the changes in a landscape, in his case the medium was
diorama and photography. He abided by the principle of camera
obscura with which he was looking to create an understanding of
the world. Abaya shared that he went through a lot of self-reflection
as he enhanced his practice and was more aware that the world is
an extension of us in much the same way as we are its extension.
Joar Songcuya’s Atlantiko, Pasipiko, Artiko was a biographical and
visual narrative of the physical world. He aimed to show the power
of the ocean to change and shape a person or a man’s aspirations.
Songcuya’s medium was oil on canvas and he was more interested
in impressionistic and expressionistic approaches, capitalizing on
feelings of softness and fragility.
and also going to where the audiences are. Acknowledged were the
need of being creative in addressing social issues, bridging the gaps
and supporting filmmakers in creating platforms. Depending on the
kind of film one wants to create, one can indeed start with a story
and can also explore the potential of video festivals to accommodate
different art forms.
Part Two | Panay Possibilities: Video Festivals as a Means to Interconnect
featured Jo Andrew Torlao and was facilitated by Island Coordinators
Marika Constantino, Aileen Quimpo-Hernandez, Bryan Liao and
Shiela Molato. Torlao discussed project management, film festival
as a project and key parts of a film festival. Key points of the input
included film festival as a multi-day event during which a selection
of films was played for audiences given the notion that a film can
change individual perceptions of the world. He discussed the nature
of videos which can take the form of vlogs, diary film, random
footages, short documentation of processes, interviews, home
movies and archive footages. The discussion touched on trying to
find the balance between mitigating the risk of piracy of the content
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