Visual Pond Artspace, Inc. is a non-profit organization committed to the visual arts. Based in Manila, Visual Pond aims to be a dynamic player in the Philippine contemporary art scene through projects that engage and promote local artists both here and abroad.

We at Visual Pond envision a contemporary art scene that is vibrant, open to experimentation and supported by the community. By taking initiatives and creating opportunities for Filipino artists, we work towards this realization for the visual arts locale.

Asides from Manila-based projects, we are also interested in regional and international exchanges on ideas, concepts and possible collaborations with definite end products.

Email: visualpond@gmail.com

Friday, August 26, 2011

Sorry for the Inconvenience: New Screening Hours


END FRAME VIDEO ART PROJECT 3: PRESENT
SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE 
solo exhibition of Manny Montelibano
new screening hours
Tuesday - Saturday, 1-6 pm, until 9 September 2011 
Or by appointment. Contact Astrid at +63922-8006925.
Gallery NOVA, Warehouse 12A, La Fuerza Compound, 2241 Don Chino Roces Avenue, Makati Metro Manila


SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE is a project under End Frame Video Art Project 3: Present, a series of solo exhibitions of artists presenting new video work from 2011 to 2012.

For inquiries on Visual Pond projects and End Frame 3, call Rica Estrada at +63917-8170198 or email visualpond@gmail.com with 'End Frame 3' as the subject line. 

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Sorry for the Inconvenience artist and curator on Illuminati

Sorry for the Inconvenience artist Manny Montelibano and curator Clarissa Chikiamco appear on GNN channel's Illuminati show, hosted by Trix Syjuco (an artist who works with video herself) and Krip Yuson. The discussion focuses on the ongoing exhibition and the status of video in Philippine visual arts. It airs tonight, 16 August 2011, Tuesday, at 7 pm.

 From left to right: Manny Montelibano, Clarissa Chikiamco, Trix Syjuco and Krip Yuson.

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Sorry for the Inconvenience, artist talk, tomorrow 16 August 2011, 6 pm

END FRAME VIDEO ART PROJECT 3: PRESENT
SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE 
solo exhibition of Manny Montelibano 
ongoing at Gallery NOVA till 9 September
Artist talk, Tuesday, 16 August 2011, 6 pm, RSVP (63)922.800.6925
 
Please join us on 16 August 2011, Tuesday, at 6 pm for the artist talk of SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE, the solo exhibition of Manny Montelibano, ongoing at Gallery NOVA. Montelibano will be discussing his current exhibition and selected past works with the audience and End Frame 3 curator Clarissa Chikiamco. SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE is a project under End Frame Video Art Project 3: Present, a series of solo exhibitions of artists presenting new video work from 2011 to 2012. 

Adivsory: For those who want to see the exhibition, please note that the video installation equipment will be turned off during the artist talk.

RSVP for the artist talk with Gallery NOVA by contacting Astrid at (632) 392-7797 or +63922-8006925Gallery NOVA, located at Warehouse 12A, La Fuerza Compound, 2241 Don Chino Roces Avenue, Makati Metro Manila, is open Monday to Saturday from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm. The exhibition runs till 9 September 2011.

For inquiries on Visual Pond projects and End Frame 3, call Rica Estrada at +63917-8170198 or email visualpond@gmail.com with 'End Frame 3' as the subject line. 

 

Thursday, August 4, 2011

End Frame 3 and Gallery NOVA present SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE, an exhibition by Manny Montelibano












Opening 13 August, Saturday, 6.30 pm. 
Artist Talk 16 August, Tuesday, 6 pm. 
Exhibition runs till 9 September 2011.

Visual Pond’s End Frame Video Art Project 3: Present, together with Gallery NOVA, presents Manny Montelibano’s Sorry for the Inconvenience, the latest exhibition of the 2011-2012 Philippine video art festival. The solo exhibition of Montelibano opens at Gallery NOVA on 13 August 2011, Saturday, at 6:30 pm with an artist talk on 16 August, Tuesday, at 6 pm.
Examining the idea of aggravating disturbances amidst the thrust for the public good, Sorry for the Inconvenience stages an audio-visual affront on the rhetoric of the politically powerful. In a gathering, manipulation and collision of declamations, the exhibition suggests of the all-consuming nature of dominance, which comes at both the impact and expense of others.
The show forms the fourth solo exhibition of the Bacolod-based Montelibano, who has been practicing as an artist and showing at various venues in Manila and the Visayas since 2002. Montelibano received his training through his experience as technical director at University of St. La Salle in Bacolod and through a 2004 director’s apprenticeship under filmmaker Peque Gallaga. Crossing fields, Montelibano is a member of the Black Artists in Asia Association Inc. and founded Bacollywood: The Visayan Film Festival. He also cofounded the production collective Produksyon Tramontina Inc. An active member of his community, he often shows in group exhibitions in his region. His other solo shows include Greater than or Equal to Infinity (Gallery NOVA, 2010), Escabeche: Filipino Sweet and Sour (Galleria Duemila, 2009) and PO Asa (Gallery Orange, 2008).
Montelibano’s Sorry for the Inconvenience is the second offering of End Frame Video Art Project 3, following Tad ErmitaƱo’s exhibition last January. Curated by Clarissa Chikiamco, the theme of the third edition, Present, refers to the current project’s focus on selected Philippine contemporary artists’ practices in video art. Throughout the festival, each artist stages a show presenting new video work in various venues from 2011 to 2012. Other artists presenting for End Frame 3 include Claro Ramirez, Kiri Dalena, Yason Banal, Kaloy Olavides and Maria Taniguchi.
Sorry for the Inconvenience runs until 9 September 2011. Gallery NOVA, located at Warehouse 12A, La Fuerza Compound 2241 Don Chino Roces Avenue, Makati Metro Manila, is open Monday to Saturday from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm. RSVP for the artist talk at tel. no. (632) 392-7797 or +63922-8006925For inquiries on Visual Pond projects and End Frame 3, call Rica Estrada at +63917-8170198 or email visualpond@gmail.com