Mapa de Concepcion
stained and dried puerh tea paper,
10x12cm each, 2020
stained and dried puerh tea paper,
10x12cm each, 2020
Based on imagined cartographic remnants from aboard the shipwrecked Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, a 17th Century Manila-Acapulco Galleon that wrecked off the southern coast of Saipan in 1638.
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works on paper, process
works on paper, process
If the Indigenous Igorot concept of antayutani (“we will be projected far”) signifies a transmission of gangsa frequencies across vast distances, what then would that signal sound like as received from afar?
Recorded live with Phil Lomboy on September 11, 2022 for the opening of Hatak 2022 curated by Nica Aquino.
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Recorded live with Phil Lomboy on September 11, 2022 for the opening of Hatak 2022 curated by Nica Aquino.
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performance, sound, video, xuvenir
performance, sound, video, xuvenir
Island (in pieces)
knife-scratched paper from aldoux huxley’s 1962 novel, “island,” 14x22cm each,
2010
knife-scratched paper from aldoux huxley’s 1962 novel, “island,” 14x22cm each,
2010
A meditative intervention on Aldoux Huxley’s 1962 novel, “Island,” via the act of scratching out text from the page. Arising from the ashes is a poetry that speaks to themes of loss, transformation, and desire.
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works on paper, process
works on paper, process
Sweep to Dream
found palm leaves, copper, cordura straps, s-hooks, 304x243cm, 2017
Found fallen palm leaves combine to form a giant broom (walis tingting); playing with both the mundane and cosmic aspects of this most humble and dependable of domestic objects.
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mixed-media, sculpture
mixed-media, sculpture
Eye of the Fish
sound performance, 2019
sound performance, 2019
“Living at the edge of the sea breeds an intuitive sense that somewhere deep within us are the remnants of fish consciousness, a piscine, subaqueous feeling for the abyss.“ -Luis H. Francia
Performed live with Gunita Collective on November 8, 2019 for the opening of the exhibit, anotherspace, curated by Nica Aquino.
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Performed live with Gunita Collective on November 8, 2019 for the opening of the exhibit, anotherspace, curated by Nica Aquino.
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performance, sound, video, xuvenir
performance, sound, video, xuvenir