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recent drawings

2008-11-05T01:09:00.004+08:00

check out imagine echo projects at SANDIWANG 2008

2008-04-15T23:27:00.002+08:00

ADVOCACY-VIDEO SEMINAR

2008-04-08T02:24:00.000+08:00

ADVOCACY-VIDEO SEMINAR, April 13, 2008.

Become aware it is a myth that the moving image language of video is only for the specially gifted, or elite few; anyone who has learned a language can also learn to be fluent with the visual language of video. Explore the dynamic uses of video for advocacy work. This seminar is designed to inspire you to use the most powerful language of the age as a tool for the advancement of your particular advocacy, from community and human resource development, values education, education in general, health care, women’s issues, peace building, human rights, preservation of the environment, arts and culture...all towards the uplifting of consciousness and social change.

Resource speaker will be Surf Reyes, who was the founding director of Mowelfund Film Institute, and founding president of LOVE Foundation (Laboratory On Value Education). Surf has over 30 years of experience in film and video production, and is the Director/Cinematographer/Editor of his own company Cintel Productions. He has been teaching film and video making in schools and universities, and holding workshops around the country on advocacy video. Surf is 2007 Gawad Daluyan awardee of the Independent Filmmakers Cooperative (IFC) “For being a constant source of influence and whose life-long efforts in promoting, inspiring and educating filmmakers and the audience are crucial to the development of the independent community.” For more info on Surf and his past workshops, go to www.advocacyvideo.easyduzzit.comSeminar will be held in Merced Bakeshop, EDSA near the corner of Quezon Ave. Fee is 250 pesos for each of the first 20

coming very sooooooon :)

2008-04-06T02:50:00.001+08:00

World Silent Day

2008-03-11T01:45:00.002+08:00

Bali Collaboration on Climate Change Takes you into a journey of Silence We ask you to SWITCH OFF ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES FOR FOUR HOURS on 21st March 2008 at 10.00 – 14.00 hours
As a first step towards WORLD SILENT DAY 21 March 2008
You don't have to be a superhero to tackle climate change. We can reduce green house gas emission by doing nothing!!! Through Silence. This is inspired by the Nyepi or Silent day practiced by people in Bali for many centuries, even now. For 24 hours people do not travel, work or light the lamps at night. One Silent Day in Bali is estimated to reduce at least 20,000 tons of CO2, the largest contributor of green house gas. Please see www.worldsilentday.org. We invite you to contribute to green house gas reduction by reducing energy consumption on 21 March.
SWITCH OFF YOUR ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES (computer, AC, TV, radio, cell phone, etc) FOR 4 HOURS ONLY !!
REMEMBER 21 MARCH!!! GIVE THE EARTH SPACE AND TIME TO BREATHE!!PLEASE SEND THIS CAMPAIGN SHEET TO OTHERS!!OR YOU CAN FIND YOUR OWN WAY OF SILENCEPLEASE LET US KNOW THE SILENT HOURS THAT YOU UNDERTAKE ON 21 MARCH TO:mysilent@worldsilentday.org
For more information, please contact:
info@worldsilentday.orgwww.worldsilentday.org
Bali Collaboration on Climate Change

2007-11-27T21:42:00.000+08:00

Something Fishy

old entries from the ocean

2007 Global Day of Action against Waste and Incineration

2007-11-26T22:54:00.000+08:00

2007 Global Day of Action against Waste and Incineration

The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives / Global Anti Incinerator
Alliance (GAIA) would like to invite all GAIA members and other allied
groups to join our 6th Global Day of Action against Waste and Incineration
on 28th November 2007.

As the campaign to prevent climate change is gaining ground, there is still an
immense need to connect this environmental challenge to issues pertaining
to waste. Since the climate change debate has also become entwined with
the discussion on the energy generation and consumption, it is important
that we uncover the truth behind generating energy from waste
that is being pushed by incinerator and landfill industries as green and
renewable. We see the 2007 GDA as an opportunity to raise our concerns
on waste and climate change by organizing build-up activities preceding the
UNFCCC (COP 13) on December 3 to 14, 2007 in Bali, Indonesia.
The working theme for the 2007 Global Day of Action against Waste and
Incineration will be "Zero Waste, Zero Warming: Dirty Technologies Will
Not Clean the World." By "dirty technologies" - we mean landfills,
dumpsites, incinerators of all types, cement kilns burning
wastes. Studies show that waste prevention, reduction and recycling can
result in big energy savings since the demand for raw materials extraction
is reduced.

GDA 2007 will draw attention to the need for safe and sustainable
alternatives to end- of- pipe waste management processes that will
genuinely reduce generation of greenhouse gases, promote conservation
of our diminishing resources and protect human health and the
environment from further toxicity.
Participating groups are provided with the flexibility to organize activities
according to their campaign priorities. If November 28 does not work well
with you, you definitely have the option of picking another day in November
until the first week of December that will suit your local priorities and
circumstances.

To join, please fill up the form at:
< http://www.zoomerang.com/recipient/survey- intro.zgi?p=WEB226YWANR5M6 >
For additional information and/or comments, please email Gigie Cruz at
< gigie@no-burn.org >

There are dozens of meaningful and creative activities that groups can
carry out. GDA activities will depend on your present campaign thrusts,
resources and time. The extent of your participation and the amount of time
you put into the GDA is totally up to you. Some examples of the many
activities that you can do during the build up and observance of the
GDA:
* issue press release or send letter to the editor
* appear in TV/talk over the radio on waste concerns particularly on the
connection between waste and climate change
* dialogue with government departments in charge of waste management,
climate and CDM issue
* talk to your country´s delegate/s to the United Nations Conference on
Climate
Change - COP 13 and CMP 3
* convene public meetings to raise awareness and promote concerted
action
* arrange public debate on waste and climate issues
* organize non-violent direct action
* hold picket, rally and other protest assemblies
* stage street theater or drama on waste and pollution
* submit petitions to ministries or funding institutions
* launch a cyberaction/cyberalert
* organize a recycling/Zero Waste exhibition

AND MORE!
IMPORTANT NOTE:
In the spirit of information sharing, we would like to encourage everyone to
send relevant information for GAIA's information database, please email the documents
to < anne@no-burn.org >.

GAIA plans to make available to participating groups the following
campaign materials:
* Press release template.
* Letter to the editor template.
* Downloadable logo, posters, postcards and stickers.
* Selected fact sheets

Myanmar monks defy junta with third day of protests

2007-09-20T12:07:00.000+08:00

finally. how can you be in the world but not of the world?

Myanmar monks defy junta with third day of protests

Photo: AFP

YANGON (AFP) - More than 2,000 monks protested across Myanmar Wednesday for the third straight day against the country's junta, one month after a huge fuel price hike sparked a wave of rarely-seen public discontent.
Chanting Buddhist prayers, about 300 monks marched through Yangon in the rain toward the Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar's most important landmark, while two smaller groups protested in other parts of the country's main city.

Another 500 monks demonstrated in Mandalay, Myanmar's second city, while in Sittwe, 560 kilometres (350 miles) west of Yangon, more than 1,000 monks staged a sit-in outside a police station, a Yangon-based Western diplomat said.

In Prome, 300 kilometres north of Yangon, another group of about 500 monks staged a protest against the junta, the diplomat told AFP.

The marches by monks across this devoutly Buddhist country followed similar rallies Tuesday, the biggest anti-junta demonstration in a decade, as the clergy emerge as key players in a protest movement that erupted last month.

Myanmar's junta normally does not tolerate even the slightest show of public dissent, but monks are widely respected and important cultural standard-bearers in the country.

A Feminine Challenge

2007-09-05T21:48:00.000+08:00

I'm contemplating this for my next cycle :)

A feminine challenge

BY ISA LORENZO
www.pcij.org

THEY COME with or without wings, ultra-thin or maxi, regular, extra long, or g-string. One can also have them unscented, but some brands tout scents like lavender and baby powder. There are sanitary napkins with green tea, while others boast of additives such as aloe vera and vitamin E. Recently, a Chinese company launched a sanitary pad that it says contains anions, which purportedly decrease bacteria and even gradually eliminate dysmenorrhea.

Modern sanitary napkins have come a long way since the days when women would try to contain their monthly flow with thick pads of cloth. Yet for all the innovations manufacturers of sanitary napkins have come up with to ease women’s discomfort during "those days" of the month, they seem to be stumped by this challenge: producing a practical yet eco-friendly sanitary pad.

Environmental groups like Bangon Kalikasan Movement (BKM) say the mountains of trash in dumpsites like Payatas in Quezon City contain a very hefty share of soiled baby diapers and used sanitary napkins. The trash in Payatas has piled up to a towering 50 feet, equivalent to five stories. Seven years ago, a thousand people were killed when the trash came tumbling down on scavengers and those living in huts near the steaming mounds of garbage.

BKM convenor Annette Papa believes that the first environment is the person, and that people need to take care of themselves so that they can take care of the environment outside their personal space. Yet while women are usually active participants in green movements, few of them seem to realize that a product they buy month after month isn’t eco-friendly at all.

It’s bad enough that the disposable sanitary pad is for single use, which means more pressure on resources that are vital to its manufacture, aside from more waste headed for the dumpsite. The cover of the modern sanitary napkin, whether net-like or nonwoven, is also made of plastic, as are the bottom layers. Most napkins these days are packed individually in plastic, too, and then sold in multiples, which are, yes, in plastic packs. Plastic is nonbiodegradable. In dumpsites, says Papa, it contributes to toxic emissions, especially when mixed with heavy metals like lead, cadmium, and mercury. These emissions, which are mostly dioxins and furans, are carcinogenic, and can also cause tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases.

Mixed garbage produces methane gas as well, which Papa says contributes to global warming. In addition, plastic trash often clogs canals and waterways, thereby contributing to floods.

Its plastic components and no-fuss application are what make the modern sanitary napkin so convenient for today’s multi-tasking woman. But women’s studies professor Dr. Sylvia Estrada-Claudio says that once she became aware each time she threw away a sanitary napkin, she was generating nonrecyclable trash, she ceased to see disposable sanitary napkins as "convenient."

Environmental lawyer Ipat Luna also points out that it isn’t only the plastic in disposable sanitary napkins that’s harmful to the environment. "All the energy that would go into production, not just the pad itself, but the plastic, the waste material from the production process, the delivery – it’s a very wasteful cycle altogether," she says. "And it’s unnecessary. And when there is something to replace something that is unnecessary and that replacement is easy, it’s a no-brainer."

The most common "replacement" for the disposable sanitary napkin, of course, is the pasador, or those folded pieces of cloth that women a generation or two ago used whenever they had their monthlies. Luna says she began using a commercial version of the pasador – ordering a set of washable, 100-percent cotton napkins from the Internet – when she started to become irritated over the fact that she needed to throw away her sanitary pads. Six and half years later, her washable napkins are still in service.

"I hardly throw anything out, so ‘pag ganyan na araw-araw may tinatapon ka, nakakasama ng loob eh (when there’s something you have to throw out every day, you feel bad)," she explains. "And then you know that other people are grossed out by what you throw away, you have to wrap it up. It just wasn’t jibing with the rest of my lifestyle."

Besides, she says, it wasn’t as if she was satisfied with her disposables. "There are environmental choices where it’s harder to make compromises on, but this one for me was easy, because to begin with, the product is horrible to me," says Luna. "(Disposable sanitary napkins are) just badly designed – they bunched up, they leaked, they scratched. And even this wings thing, they don’t help. They don’t conform to the contour of your private parts, so they just don’t work."

Great Perseids on Sunday

2007-08-11T22:35:00.000+08:00

Great Perseids
from the NASA website
Got a calendar? Circle this date: Sunday, August 12th. Nextto the circle write "all night" and "Meteors!" Attach the above to yourrefrigerator in plain view so you won't miss the 2007 Perseid meteorshower."It's going to be a great show," says Bill Cooke of NASA's MeteoroidEnvironment Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center. "The Moon is newon August 12th--which means no moonlight, dark skies and plenty of meteors."How many? Cooke estimates one or two Perseids per minute at the shower'speak.The source of the shower is Comet Swift-Tuttle. Although the comet isnowhere near Earth, the comet's tail does intersect Earth's orbit. We glidethrough it every year in August. Tiny bits of comet dust hit Earth'satmosphere traveling 132,000 mph. At that speed, even a smidgen of dustmakes a vivid streak of light--a meteor--when it disintegrates. BecauseSwift-Tuttle' s meteors fly out of the constellation Perseus, they are called"Perseids."Note: In the narrative that follows, all times are local. For instance, 9:00pm means 9:00 pm in your time zone, where you live.The show begins between 9:00 and 10:00 pm on Sunday, August 12th, whenPerseus rises in the NORTHEAST. This is the time to look for PerseidEarthgrazers- -meteors that approach from the horizon and skim theatmosphere overhead like a stone skipping the surface of a pond."Earthgrazers are long, slow and colorful; they are among the mostbeautiful of meteors," says Cooke. He cautions that an hour of watching may net only a few of these--"at most"--but seeing even one makes the long nightworthwhile.As the night unfolds, Perseus climbs higher and the meteor rate willincrease many-fold. "By 2 am on Monday morning, August 13th, dozens ofPerseids may be flitting across the sky every hour." The crescendo comesbefore dawn when rates could exceed a meteor a minute.For maximum effect, Cooke advises, "get away from city lights."The brightest Perseids can be seen from cities, he allows, but the greaterflurry of faint, delicate meteors is visible only from the countryside.Scouts, this is a good time to go camping.And there's a bonus: Mars. In the constellation Taurus, just belowPerseus, Mars shines like a bright red star. Many of the Perseids you see on August 12th and 13th will flit right past it. Instead of following the meteor, youmay find you have a hard time taking your eyes off Mars. There's somethingbewitching about it, maybe the red color or perhaps the fact that itdoesn't twinkle like a true star. You stare at Mars and it stares right back.

2007 Moonrise Film Festival

2007-08-10T22:08:00.000+08:00

WATCH THE 2007 MOONRISE FILM FESTIVAL

I used to be part of last year's Moonrise film Festival which was the biggest so far. This year CEAE had some setbacks but through the power of volunteerism, it is still pushing through. I always believe believe in the power of film in promoting awareness and understanding of social issues. Anyone who leaves the cinema without learning anything is not a human being! hmp! :) Please drop by at Robinson's Manila next week.

Please check out film synopses here

http://www.ceae.org/film_moonrisefilms.htm

and for schedules of the films here

http://www.ceae.org/film_moonrise2007.htm

Moonrise Film Festival 2007
The 3rd Annual Moonrise Filmfest features more documentaries than ever. Riveting footage of national treasure and a cause to support the environment are two reasons to come this year.
CEAE in cooperation with the Independent Filmmaker's Cooperative present a varied line-up of documentaries on the country's foremost cultural, environmental and social issues.
When: August 15-21
Where: Robinson´s Galleria, Manila
When: 12:00 - 10:00 p.m. daily
Tickets are pre-sold at P100 through CEAE office. Call 7217360

Here are some top picks for anyone interested:

1) Have you ever seen a Calayan Rail? Well, it is one of the newest species of bird to be discovered in the world and found only in the Philippines. How about one of the largest lizards in the world? Spotted deer and warty pigs anyone? Find out more about the animals that are found only in the Philippines with Endangered Tales, featuring interviews with the top wildlife biologists here in the Philippines and unique footage of rare and critically endangered wildlife. A must see for every Filipino.2) Did you know that the Philippines used to be 100% forested? Yes, it is true. See some fantastic forest footage in Children of the Mountains and join the Dumagat in telling their tale. Learn more about indigenous people's fight for their land learn more about the history of the Philippines too. Aside from being shown in many different film festivals, COTM also received the first Mark Haslam Award in the Planet in Focus Film Festival and Katherine Knight Award in the EarthVisions Film Festival. 3) Now that the new industry being reawakened is Mining, perhaps it is time to listen to the sentiments of the people who are directly affected by mining. Wailing for Paradise, Paang walang Saplot, and At the Edge of Paradise are independent documentaries made by the Parish and the church in Mindoro. 4) I used to know only 1 World Heritage Site Found in the Philippines, apparently there are a lot more sites to discover. Unique architecture and all that. Legacy: World Heritage Sites takes us on a cultural tour of the country's top sites.5) To dam or not to dam. That is the question. Agno is a documentary about dams and the experience of the local people along the Agno.6) What is the connection between organic farming and land reform? No More Dead Seasons is the 2006 Best of Fest, Charlie Winner. Watch Boyet Rimban's Films back to back.7) Moving Mountains is the first documentary to have won the Best of Fest (which we call Charlie). It is an excellent documentary on large scall and small scale mining. Fantastic footage of mining in action and people are brought through the tunnels and intricacies of both large scale and small scale mining.8) Silent Natives of Fuga is a unique documentary on one of the islands off the Babuyan Channels called Fuga. This was the volunteer's choice award last year and provides a rare glimpse at an island far away but still very much part of the country.9) Waste management is one issue that has been talked about for the longest time. Watch documentaries made by the organizations who are trying to solve our waste problem. Movies like Hinga Hingal Hingalo and Its a Wonderful World show us the urgency of this impending garbage crisis.10) Have you ever seen our largest endemic land animal in action? Well now you can in Tamaraw Quest! The critically endangered Tamaraw which can be found only in Mindoro is the subject for two FEU students to learn more about their schools identity. Great documentary on one of the most poorly understood creatures found in the Philippines.

ayokonadrama!

2007-08-02T16:06:00.000+08:00

LIVE EARTH

2007-07-07T02:08:00.000+08:00

The world stages call for curbing climate change on Saturday 7/7/07 featuring various artists to give cause to global warming. The concerts have the intent of bringing together more than 150 of the world's most popular music acts and drawing a worldwide audience of 2 billion people, making it one of the largest global events in history. The umbrella organization for the event is a new global movement under the name Save
Our Selves (SOS).

In addition to raising awareness of global warming, on June 28, 2007, it was
revealed that Live Earth is to be the launch event for the Live Earth Call to
Action.During the concerts people will be asked to support the following
7-point pledge:

* To demand that my country join an international treaty within the next 2 years that cuts global warming pollution by 90% in developed countries and by more than half worldwide in time for the next generation to inherit a healthy earth;
* To take personal action to help solve the climate crisis by reducing my
own CO2 pollution as much as I can and offsetting the rest to become 'carbon
neutral;'
* To fight for a moratorium on the construction of any new generating facility that burns coal without the capacity to safely trap and store the CO2;
* To work for a dramatic increase in the energy efficiency of my home, workplace, school, place of worship, and means of transportation;
* To fight for laws and policies that expand the use of renewable energy sources and reduce dependence on oil and coal;
* To plant new trees and to join with others in preserving and protecting forests; and,
* To buy from businesses and support leaders who share my commitment to solving the climate crisis and building a sustainable, just, and prosperous world for the 21st century.

LIVE Earth in Manila- Conspiracy Bar c/o Greenpeace - "NO COVER CHARGE!" 8 pm onwards

A TRIBUTE TO FRIDA KAHLO at INSTITUTO CERVANTES

2007-06-17T00:26:00.000+08:00

On July 6, 2007, one hundred years after the birth of prominent Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, Instituto Cervantes will commemorate her artistic legacy by inviting female Filipino artists from various fields to pay homage to the immortal artist. Writers Jessica Zafra and Marjorie Evasco, sculptress July Lluch, filmmaker Ellen Ramos, visual artists Steph Palallos and Wawi Navarroza, and dancer Myra Beltran will take part in Queremos tanto a Frida – Mahal namin si Frida, a series of cultural events covering the month of July. All activities will be held at the Instituto Cervantes premises.
Frida Kahlo, an artist and feminist icon, is well-known for her self-portraits which depicted her emotional pain and physical suffering through symbolism. In the last decades, she has gained the respect of the artistic world and even become a popular figure for the public, resulting in several movies about her life. One of the best films about her is Frida, naturaleza viva, which was directed by Paul Ledouc in 1984. This film will be shown at Instituto Cervantes on July 6 at 6 pm.
Later in the day, Jessica Zafra will be reading her article "Contra Frida Kahlo" to the public. Her article is a criticism against the media's portrayal of Frida Kahlo. On the same day July Lluch will present her Bust of Frida. There will also be a photo exhibit by Wawi Navarroza entitled "Abducted", which will feature her photographs influenced by the figure and work of Frida Kahlo. Another interesting display will be the wire sculpture by Steph Palallos, which is based on Kahlo's self-portrait, "The Two Fridas" (1939). This self-portrait depicts the fragmented side of her personality – the traditional Mexican that Diego adored, and the more modern "European Woman."
On July 14 Marjorie Evasco and Nityalila Saulo will be presenting a joint-performance inspired by the great artist.
One week later, on July 21, Ellen Ramos will be presenting a film inspired by Frida's most surreal work, "What the Water Gave Me". In this video, the water literally becomes a reflective surface where the real and imagined merge.
On July 28, the Frida Kahlo month will come to a close with Myra Beltran premiering her piece "Frida before the Mirror." Beltran will be juxtaposed against images of Frida Kahlo's paintings. As the dancer writes her emotion with her body's movements, constricted due to Frida's physical disabilities, she also writes her body into canvas, just like Frida's inscription of her body in her work. This symbolizes her liberation as an artist and a woman.
To complete the tribute to Frida Kahlo, the Embassy of Mexico and Instituto Cervantes will present Mexican Cinema in the times of Frida Kahlo, a film cycle of films produced during the last decade of Frida Kahlos's life. The cycle comprises four films directed by the movie industry giants Emilio Fernández and Luis Buñuel: María Candelaria (1944), Víctimas del pecado (1950), the classic Los Olvidados (1950) and A Woman Without Love (1951). This cycle is genuine proof that Mexican cinema had a prestigious past way before the rise of directors like González Iñárritu ( Amores perros, Babel), Cuarón (Y tu mamá también) and Guillermo del Toro (El laberinto del fauno).
The centenary of Frida Kahlo's birth will be celebrated not only in the Philippines but also worldwide. In her native country, Kahlo will be honoured with the largest-ever exhibit of her paintings at the Museum of the Fine Arts palace, which will be Kahlo's first comprehensive exhibit in Mexico. Works will be on loan from Detroit, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Nayoga, Japan. The exhibit will include one-third of her artistic production, as well as manuscripts and letters that have not been previously displayed.
Mahal namin si Frida is organized by Instituto Cervantes, with the collaboration of the Spanish Embassy, AECI, and the Embassy of Mexico.

Instituto Cervantes855 Kalaw St., 1000 Ermita ManilaTel. (632) 526 1482 - 85 Fax (632) 526 1449www. manila.cervantes.es

summer of love 1967-2007 :)

2007-05-29T00:23:00.000+08:00

imagined nation

2007-02-20T11:06:00.000+08:00

tutoKperspeKtiba 3

faculty center galleries

hardin ng mga diwata

university of the philippines diliman quezon city

february 20 – march 8, 2007

tutoK connotes the steady aim of a deadly shot. It conjures the clean trajectory a bullet takes before finally lodging in a mass of flesh. The exhibition tutoK perspeKtiba subverts this common association and adapts it as relentless protest, fearless inquiry and unwavering stance. “perkspeKtiba”, on the other hand brings to fore the multiple lenses by which art initiates dialogues among various audiences. Works in the exhibition engage the issue of human rights highlighting the steadily rising spate of extra judicial killings in the country.

tutoK perspeKtiba stresses art’s entrenchment in life and the fundamental role of the artist as initiator of relevant engagements with pressing social concerns. Works in the exhibition take on varied forms. Disappearances and silences are disrupted in various modes - to make strange the familiarity of violence and to make apparent the state’s anxiety over an increasingly threatened social order. The works employ different modes of questioning – some use the sheer number of multiplied elements, others disrupt one’s sense of scale while still others use cues such as sound and shadows to evoke the veiled threats on human rights in the country. All are attempts to make sense of the futility of representing violence and its multiple reverberations. Taken together, they encourage a mode of awareness, challenge and reflection.

Locating art in the midst of life’s pressing concerns, tutoK perspeKtiba seeks to counter the ‘numbing of humanitarian impulses’, to paraphrase Appadurai (2006:5). Perhaps, this kind of ‘numbing’ is the more dangerous outgrowths of violence. The passive acceptance of repression further entrenches violence as a ‘normal’ recourse of everyday life. Devoid of the rights to assert and question, we cease to exist and become mere pawns in a game not of our making. The exhibition then becomes a ground from which inquiry can sprout and a forum form where discussion can emerge. It takes on different paths, including installations, media art, performances and lectures. Art is presented here as evolving process, constantly redefined by its encounters with multiple audiences. The many perspectives provided by the works further emphasizes the endless resource that art offers in its capacity for inquiry and change. ( Tessa Guazon )

Cited work: Appadurai, Arjun. “New Logics of Violence” http://www.india- seminar.com

exhibition

February 20 – March 8, 2007 Opening Reception: 2:30 pm Tuesday February 20, 2007 with a launch of the national catalogue of SUNGDU-AN 3: Making The Local,a project of the NCCA National Commitee on Visual Arts.

Anting Anting/Antipas Delotavo/Benjie Torrado Cabrera/Benjo Elayda/Boy Dominguez/Claro Ramirez/Cos Zicarelli/Dennis Gonzales/Don Dalmacion/Don Salubayba/Ed Manalo/Iggy Rodriguez/Jason Montinola/Jason Moss/Jef Carnay/Jeho Bitancor/Jose Tence Ruiz/Jun Cruz Reyes/Leonard Aguinaldo/Lia Tayag Torralba/Lindslee/Lito Mondejar/Lynard Paras/Maan De Loyola/Mark Ramsel Salvatus III/Marlon Reyes/Mervy Pueblo/neworldisorder/Nino Tagaro/Pampanga Arts Guild/Tatong Recheta Torres/UGAT Lahi/Vivian Limpin/Wesley Valenzuela/Wire Tuazon/Yko Umadhay III

forum

@ Claro M Recto Hall 2:30-:5:30 pm Tuesday February 27,2007

Dr. Alice G. Guillermo and Dr. Felipe M. de Leon Jr.

live action

2:30-:5:30 pm Thursday

March 1, 2007 Jef CarnayJeho Bitancor/ Noel Pama/ UGAT Lahi/ Wire Tuazon

project coordinator for University of the Philippines: Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez

writers: Lisa Ito, Alex Remollino and Tessa Guanzon

co-curator for live action: Victoria Deocampo

co-curator for exhibition: Iggy Rodriguez

lead curator: Mideo M Cruz

project director for tutoK: Karen Ocampo Flores

project chairman for tutoK: Emmanuel Garibay

a tutoKarapatan project
co-presented with University of the Philippines, Art Studies Department

IMAHE NASYON

WHAT HAPPENED AFTER 1986?"
20 YEARS. 20 FILMS. 20 FILMMAKERS. 1 NATION.

view trailer http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=9j4Oinb8dAY"

IMAHE NASYON… a groundbreaking, conceptual omnibus film by 20alternative filmmakers who were tasked to present their personalvisions on national issues. It is underlined by a conceptual questionasked by line producers Jon Red & Carol Bunuan-Red:"How do you see the past 20 years?"In 2006, IMAHE NASYON attempts to answer the question.That question also became a thematic and uniting thread across thefilms, but each film is made of different cinematic genres that isrepresentative of the filmmaker's style, stressing the concept that inspite of individual visions we share the same goal: to depict atruthful image of the nation.The omnibus project was conceptualized by Jon and Carol incommemoration of Edsa 1, a political revolution that changed theirgeneration forever. It is also a celebration of the struggle andgrowth of Philippine Independent Cinema which, in essence, is acultural revolution only now gaining public acceptance.A unique and common element in IMAHE NASYON is rising Indie actor PINGMEDINA who is featured in all the 20 films. He represents the nextgeneration who will play a crucial role in the direction of the nationand its image.

Imahe Nasyon was directed by Poklong Anading, Emman Dela Cruz, YeyeCalderon, Neil Daza, Lav Diaz, Tad Ermitaño, Mes de Guzman, Rox Lee,Topel Lee, Milo Paz, Robert Quebral, Ellen Ramos, Raymond Red, R.A.Rivera, Lyle Sacris, EJ Salcedo, Sig Sanchez, Dennis Empalmado, OgiSugatan, Paolo Villaluna

REGULAR RUN ON FEB.21-27 AT THE indieSINE ROBINSON'S GALLERIA

There's a Typo on the Bench Billboard

2007-02-01T17:12:00.000+08:00

ever noticed the bench billboards on edsa lately? i don't care how much money was spent on in putting up this campaign and how "influential" the people who were photographed to pose for a "cause" are, i care about what their campaign means. I cannot even begin to elaborate how irrelevant the entire ad campaign is for Aklat Sisikat, a non-profit endeavor promoting literacy by establishing access to books and libraries for children. i never realized that this was their intention until i read John Silva's comment. i've often wondered what Wear your Consience meant everytime i had to ride the train along EDSA... i never saw the very tiny logo of Sa Aklat Sisikat right below the ass (yes, literally) of society's well to do.

There's a Typo on the Bench Billboard
by John Silva

When companies attempt to make Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) a breathing, living ethos, they should be congratulated and encouraged on. But since the CSR movement is relatively a nascent undertaking in the Philippines, companies whose bottom lines have long been on profit taking rather than on social giving, have applied CSR with some hits and misses.

Take Bench’s current marketing and advertising campaign entitled “Wear Your Conscience.” It’s a social awareness campaign with Sa Aklat Sisikat Foundation, an organization raising reading levels in school children, as beneficiary. The tagline is witty, but the concept, execution and results are way off the mark.

Bench recruited celebrities to pose in their polo shirts with logos suggesting “Conscience.” The celebs were the usual Bench stable like Richard Gomez and Lucy Torres, and Kris Aquino and they added socialites and celebrities who’ve graced the slick covers of Tatler and Metro. The photographs, taken by Jun de Leon are all fine technically.

There are celebs who affect a smile with genuine warmth, others more saccharine, some slightly vapid and a lot more of them raise the question, how do they merit having a conscience? That’s the first problem. Bench’s choice of celebs and the pictorial context they are in doesn’t inspire one to ponder social change. Many of them actually excel in charitable works. But in this context, posed with shirts, devoid of their advocacies, these celebs only epitomize Bench retail iconography, or fashion mag cover material, eclipsing the social concerns they may be involved in. A few of them have long too often been snapped, ad nauseam, at product launches grinning ear-to-ear with the latest SwatchVolvoTiffanyFerragamoMcDonalds that no matter what Mother Teresa undertaking they’ve accomplished, the burger gets top-of-mind recall.

Their poses are disconnected to the campaign. Some of the photographs are posed en famille, more fitting in silver frames and resting on top of grand pianos. They make good Christmas cards. But utterly fails as a call to action.

When Bench decided to bring the campaign to the billboard realm, festooning their heartfelt faces on the main highway EDSA, they blew it even further and unfortunately, may have blemished the recipient organization.

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i'm temporarily out of order

2007-01-13T03:05:00.000+08:00

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step at a time to enlightenment

photos by Chema Madoz

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my wandering pandit

Om Shanti. Gan xie ci bei. Namaste.

Ninotchka Rosca writes to ‘Nicole’

2007-01-13T02:54:00.000+08:00

This is in response to the plight of Filipina rape victim "Nicole" who went through a gruelling year of trial and investigation for the conviction of her US Marine rapist. I watched the final hearing live and still couldn't sense justice since the rest of the "onlookers", the marines that were present during the rape were acquited. I also feel for Filipinas who were not violated through physical abuse but of emotional abuse, those promised with false love by their GI Joes and left them to bear their bastard children without any support. Oh yes, she is the Philippines.

*I wish i could write like Ninotchka*

Ninotchka Rosca writes to ‘Nicole’
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 03:19am (Mla time)
01/06/2007

I READ about all the issues swirling around you, Nicole, in the various newspapers and Internet news services, and wish we could know you in all your fortitude. I wish we could say "we feel your pain" but we can't really, only imagine it.

I am tempted to say you have already made history; that at least, you got one convicted, at least you got a trial, at least you precipitated a crisis, at least… But that is a cop-out. Filipinos have been trained to live on the “at-least” level. I hear it all the time, from exported Filipinas: at least, you have a job; at least, you’re in the US; at least, you can send money home; at least, your “amo” [master] is kind; at least… It’s become our prime and only virtue: survival by whatever means, under whatever conditions. I hear it often from women who work 18/7 to enable parents, siblings and various relations to continue to exist in an archipelago so wealthy it’s globalization’s paradise.

There are no words of comfort to make up for this travesty, to you and to millions of Filipinas living lives of quiet desperation. The Philippines ranks fifth in the world in the number of women working. The first four are all Western developed nations, like Sweden, Denmark, etc. It is a painful irony that a country dependent on women’s labor does not have the political will to defend, protect and assert one woman’s right to redress of grievance.

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Bullet Lights

2006-12-10T23:13:00.000+08:00

Archis.org has launched a blog about the architectural consequences of war. The blog, called Unbuilt, serves as a platform for dialogue and sharing ideas for reviving the city and land after (and often still in) conflict.

Edwin Gardner reflects about the presence of bullet holes in the buildings of Beirut. He looks at bullet holes from a different perspective and proposes a concept where the holes are replaced by lights. The idea is to reverse the meaning and experience of bullet holes and to introduce unexpected poetic moments of beauty, ambivalently mixed with the physical testimonies of violence.

It's probably not very realistic that such concept will materialize in a city where people have basic needs to worry about (survival, water, electricity?) but the idea is very beautiful and a lot more captivating than many of today's dark memorials and similar symbolic representations. (quote from Guerrila Innovation)

i'm here (but i'm really gone)

2006-12-03T01:58:00.001+08:00

i used to have magazine clippings of andy goldsworthy's installations and i would look at them during states of statelessness (i declare that there is such a state and grammatically appropriate phrase. ha.) i used to place smiley faces on my band aids. right now, im just jobless (which doesn't necessarily mean I have less "jobs"), broke, but happy. poor, but kind. here, but really gone (as the great alanis wisely composed even before she pilgrimaged to india).

90's Nostalgia

2006-12-02T02:54:00.000+08:00

U2/The Joshua Tree	Jeff Buckley/Grace	Nick Drake/Fruit Tree	Paula Cole/ This Fire	New Radicals / Maybe You've Been ..
Reality Bites Soundtrack	Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians	Billy Joel/ The Stranger	Jeff Buckley/ Sketches (For My Sweetheart the Drunk)	Mazzy Star/ So Tonight That I Might See
Simply Red /Stars	Annie Lennox/ Medusa	Morrissey / Viva Hate	Bon Jovi/ Cross Road	The Cardigans / First Band on the Moon
Tori Amos / Little Earthquakes	Red Hot Chili Peppers / Blood Sugar Sex Magik	Smashing Pumpkins/ Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness	Belle and Sebastian / If You're Feeling Sinister	Radiohead/Pablo Honey
Madonna/ Ray of Light	The Sundays/ Static & Silence	Eva Cassidy/Songbird	Aerosmith - Big Ones	Weird Al Yankovic - Greatest Hits, Volume 2
Great Expectations (1998 Film)	Wayne's World: Music From The Motion Picture	Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994	Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega	Stealing Beauty: Music From The Motion Picture

if you think this is for you then its yours baby

2006-11-29T23:18:00.000+08:00

something i look forward to every year

2006-11-28T00:34:00.000+08:00

UP Film Institue holds its annual celebration for human rights withthe Cine Veritas Human Rights Film Festival 2006 set from December 5 Tuesdayto December 9 Saturday.

Now on its fourth year, Cine Veritas continues to present for its latest edition a wide variety of films that seek to confront thecontemporary world’s most pressing social issues.

Opening festivities feature the Philippine premiere (Dec 5 Tue 7 p.m.)of Lelaki Komunis Terakhir (The Last Communist) from Malaysia’s digitalfilmmaking pioneer Amir Muhammad. The film that has made the rounds ofprestigious international filmfests beginning with the world premiere in Berlinlast February provides a rare account of the early life and legacy of thebanned Communist Party of Malaya’s exiled leader Chin Peng through testimonyand song.

The screening will be preceded by the world premiereof Martyn See’s Speakers Cornered—a documentary short subject onpro-democracy activists in Singapore about to stage a protest during therecent World Bank and International Monetary Fund’s annual meet.Succeeding days are replete with more screening highlights.

The League ofFilipino Students hallmarks on Dec 6 Wed at 2 p.m. a double feature withABC 5’s State of War and ST Exposure’s Alingawngaw ng mga Punglo.State of War—the 2006 documentary made with correspondents Geann Pineda,Jim Libiran, Jade Lopez and Ed Lingao—shows the effects of the nationalgovernment’s all-out war policy against the CPP-NPA-NDF on the lives ofinnocent civilians and unarmed activists.

Set in the Southern Tagalogregion, Alingawngaw ng mga Punglo discusses the Comprehensive Agreementon the Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law vis-à-visthe human rights violations committed against civilians allegedly by the country’sarmed forces.

Another Philippine premiere unveils courtesy of the Embassy of France in thePhilippines Rithy Panh’s S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine(Dec 6 Wed 7 p.m. with repeat on Dec 8 Fri at 10 a.m.)—a close-up look atthe Khmer Rouge prison camps in Cambodia of the mid-1970s.

Attempting to make peace between Cambodian torture survivors and the Khmer Rouge soldierswho brutalized them, the film has won numerous awards and distinctionsincluding Francois Chalais Award—2003 Festival de Cannes; Golden Dove,Fipresci Prize—2003 Leipzig DOK Festival; Special Jury Prize—2003Copenhagen IFF; Best Documentary—2003 Valladolid IFF; BestDocumentary—2003 European Awards; 2003 Prix Italia; Human RightsAward—2004 Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema;Humanitarian Award—2004 Hong Kong IFF; 2004 Prix Albert Londres.

Homegrown true-to-life classics are represented with the special commemorativescreening (Dec 7 Thu 2 p.m.) of The Moises Padilla Story directed by NationalArtist Gerardo de Leon and the 35th anniversary screening (Dec 7 Thu 7 p.m.)of Asedillo directed by Celso Ad Castillo and starring National Artist Fernando Poe Jr. The Moises Padilla Story recounts the travails of an underdog politico battling a corrupt governor with a private army that enforces his repressive rule in their province. Asedillo tracks the story of a schoolteacher rebelling against theAmerican colonial government and forming a militant peasant group.

Apart from distinct screenings, the Film and Human Rights forum on Dec 8 Fri at2 p.m. serves as a key attraction with a panel composed of Amir Muhammad,Nanette Matilac, Kiri Lluch Dalena and Sharaad Kuttan. Libay Linsangan Cantorof the UP Film Institute acts as the moderator.Full slates of international shorts plus an Asian shorts program on politics ofoppression and a Philippine shorts selection tackling kids and poverty are alsoscreened throughout the festival.

In addtion to the opening film, visiting filmmakerAmir Muhammad has a surprise film to preview on Dec 8 Fri at 7 p.m.

The Center for Environmental Awareness and Education takes part in this year’sCine Veritas with an acclaimed twinbill of new works on Dec 9 Sat at 10 a.m.Nanette Matilac’s Memories of the Sea digs into the plight of the Badjawwho—like most cultural communities pushed away from their roots todesperate subsistence by war, poverty and oppression—suffer a far greater lossof heritage not only for themselves but also for the country, the continent they belongto and for that matter the rest of the world.

Karie Garnier’s The Silent Natives ofFuga dramatizes the tale of a Filipina and her Canadian husband whose journeyto paradise turns into a nightmare as they encounter the unlivable rules imposedon the 2,000 poverty-stricken inhabitants of Fuga Island.

Closing film on Dec 9 Sat at 7 p.m. is Raya Martin’s Maicling Pelicula nangYsang Indio Nacional—the Grand Prize Winner of Lino Micciche Award at the2006 Pesaro International Festival of New Cinema. The indie gem charts three phases of an Indio’s life during the Spanish colonial times first as an impressionable child church bell-ringer, then a pubescent caught in the growing pressures of the revolution and finally an actor for a community theater group escaping his troubled soul.

The Cine Veritas Human Rights Film Festival 2006 is a UP Film Instituteundertaking with the Office of the UP Diliman Chancellor and the UP DilimanOffice for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts as main partners.

Cine Veritas Human Rights Film Festival 2006Truth sets us all free...

University of the Philippines Film Institute(Member, CILECT/Internationa l Association of Film and Television Schools)Plaridel Hall, Ylanan Road, UP Diliman, Quezon CityTel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 2669, 2670; 9206863 (Telefax)Cine Adarna, Magsaysay and Osmena Avenues, UP Diliman, Quezon CityTel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 4286, 4289; 9262722 (Telefax)

Clean up your storage rooms for the holidays and the coming new year! Waste Market on Dec 8!

2006-11-21T01:59:00.000+08:00

Clean up your storage rooms for theholidays and the coming new year!

Cometo the Waste Market on December 8,Friday,
from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm -Goldcrest Parking Lot, Ayala Center,Makati City (near Ansons Motorshop alongArnaiz Ave.) and sell/dispose thefollowing items:

Non-traditional wastes
junk electronic and electrical equipmentand appliancesCPU (complete/incomplete/case) and monitorsPrinters, scanners, fax, telephone, etcMotherboards, PC/telecom cards,printer/med grade boards, hard disk,power/ monitor boardsOld/obsolete/broken Betamax, VHS, DVDplayersMicrowave ovens, toasters, gas range,stovesElectric fans, water dispenser, electricpot, air con, rechargeable lampsOther office and household equipment andappliancesused ink/toner printer cartridges, dotmatrix ribbon cartridgesused acid-lead of car batteries, UPSand rechargeable lampsused/damaged cds, vcds, VHS, betamax,video/handy cam and radio cassette tapesbusted tiboli (Christmas) lightsused oil (for registration - do notbring to the area)styrofoam (polystyrene) and otherpackaging materials (for donation)cellphone and cellphone batteries (fordonation only)

Traditional Waste
Used paper and cartons (newpapers,komiks, notebooks, reports, old testpapers, phone directories, etc)damaged/broken plastic furniture,containers, bottles, etc. (anythingplastic!)Aluminum and tin cans (soda/food cans)

You can also exchange these traditionalwaste items to new products, such as 5.5kilos of newspaper can give you 4rolls of double-ply tissue paper, or 5kilos of plastics or 1/2 kilo (30 pcs)of aluminum beverage cans can abeexchanged with 1 dozen of hangers, andother trading promos that you can avail of.

These events are organized to helppromote recycling in the Philippines.Also, by selling your junk or stilluseful waste to accredited recyclers,we lessen the amount of trash that godirectly to landfills or illegaldumping/recycling. What better way todispose of your junk at the same timehelp protect our environment.

The waste market is organized throughthe collaboration of Ayala Foundation,Ayala Center Association, AyalaProperty Management Corp, PhilippineBusiness for the Environment, MakatiCity LGU, National Solid WasteManagement Commission and DENR.For any questions,please call 752-1084 /1178(adel/tin/jess) or 635-3670/2651 (nancy).

DON'T BE A JUNKIE!!! Kick the habit ofthrowing away still useful materials.Please pass on to your friends andassociates.