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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Filed under:
performance, sound, video, xuvenir
performance, sound, video, xuvenir
Departures
graphite on vellum, 213x274cm, 2008
graphite on vellum, 213x274cm, 2008
A process-based, site-specific drawing that is intimately tied to the place and time of its making. The large sheet of vellum is taped to the apartment wall and gently brushed with powdered graphite. The brushing reveals dark specks due to tiny blemishes and bumps on the wall surface behind it. Where a speck appears, a bird is drawn. In effect, this ‘chance’ composition of migratory birds is a document of both the physical site of its making, and a psychical state of surrender and departure.
Filed under:
works on paper, drawing, process, site-specific
works on paper, drawing, process, site-specific
The Snake & The Centipede
sumi ink on newsprint,
sumi ink on newsprint,
45x60cm each, 2020
A series of process-based sumi ink drawings on newsprint mimicking the hand-tapped tattoo process of the mambabatok (traditional Philippine tattooist), and the protective and spiritually-charged centipede and snake skin patterns found in the Mt. Province and Visayas regions of the archipelago, as well as throughout the Austronesian expanse.
Filed under:
works on paper, drawing, process
works on paper, drawing, process
Boneflower
acrylic and earth on wood, 122x244cm, 2007
acrylic and earth on wood, 122x244cm, 2007
Paying reverence to two memories of death where a melding of the sacred, mundane, and surreal co-exist in a single object. Boneflower is a relief sculpture inspired by a story of ritual exhumation and the anachronistic body of a discarded bouquet of thistles.
Filed under:
mixed-media
mixed-media
Traces
knife-scratched paper, white out, ink, found wood, acoustic ceiling tile, vinyl floor tile, aluminum frame, 46x61cm each, 2011
knife-scratched paper, white out, ink, found wood, acoustic ceiling tile, vinyl floor tile, aluminum frame, 46x61cm each, 2011
Approaching material with subtractive processes to reveal text and image. Scratching, etching, burning, and other means of erasure are employed to explore ideas about remembering and forgetting.
Filed under:
mixed-media, site-specific, works on paper
mixed-media, site-specific, works on paper
