CCP and Visual Pond present for End Frame Video Art Project 3: A READING OF BRIGHTNESS, DARK CLOUDS SURROUNDING, an exhibition by Yason Banal

Cultural Center of the Philippines and Visual Pond

present for END FRAME VIDEO ART PROJECT 3

A READING OF BRIGHTNESS,

DARK CLOUDS SURROUNDING

an exhibition by Yason Banal

Opening on 15 February 2013, Friday, 6-9 PM.

Artist and Curator talk on 15 March 2013, Friday, 5-7 PM. Exhibition runs until 12 April 2013. 

CCP Main Theater Building, Bulwagang Fernando Amorsolo (Small Gallery), Pasilyo Victorio Edades (4F Hallway Gallery) and 4F Atrium

A Reading of Brightness, Dark Clouds Surrounding, an exhibition by Yason Banal, forms the final part of End Frame Video Art Project 3, the 2011-2013 video art festival featuring solo exhibitions of Philippine artists presenting new video work. Presented by the Cultural Center of the Philippines and Visual Pond, the exhibition opens at the Bulwagang Fernando Amorsolo (Small Gallery), Pasilyo Victorio Edades (4F Hallway Gallery) and 4F Atrium, Main Theater Building, CCP, on 15 February 2013, Friday, at 6 PM. An artist and curator talk will be held on 15 March 2013, Friday, from 5-7 PM at the MKP Hall on the same floor.

A Reading of Brightness, Dark Clouds Surrounding in part takes inspiration from the former Senate Hall at the National Museum, the Thirteen Artists Awards at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, and the Claudio Bravo exhibition and Fundraising Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila. The exhibit reflexively ties this in with the recent boom in Philippine contemporary art and how such a growing interest is somehow linked to institutions, patronage and cultural heritage, as much as lifestyle, identity, and notions of value, power and taste.

The work of Yason Banal moves between installation, photography, video, performance, text, curating and pedagogy, taking myriad forms and conceptual strategies in order to explore, perhaps even trigger, suppressed associations and links. He has been exhibited locally and internationally, including the Tate, Frieze Art Fair, IFA Berlin, The Courtauld, Sotheby’s, Guangzhou Triennale, Singapore Biennale and most recently at The Queens Museum of Art, Shanghai Biennale and www.artworld.biz.

The banner project of Visual Pond, End Frame 3 is curated by Clarissa Chikiamco. The theme of the third edition, Present, refers to the project’s focus on the current video art practices of selected Philippine contemporary artists. Other artists who have presented for End Frame 3 are Tad Ermitaño, Manny Montelibano, Claro Ramirez, Kiri Dalena, Kaloy Olavides and Maria Taniguchi.


A Reading of Brightness, Dark Clouds Surrounding has patronage from House Speaker Hon. Feliciano Belmonte Jr., Congressman Sonny Angara, Honorary Consul Amelia Ablaza and Canon Philippines with special thanks to Geiser-Maclang and Josiah’s Catering. The exhibition runs until 12 April 2013 with gallery viewing hours from Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am to 6 pm. For more information, visit www.culturalcenter.gov.ph or call the CCP Visual Arts and Museum Division at (632) 832-1125 loc 1504/1505 or 832-3702. 


Acknowledgments:The 13 Most Artists, Buen Calubayan, Antonni Cuesta, Marvin Javier, Rica Estrada, Victoria Herrera, Amor Maclang, Sara Alvarez, Josiah's, Mikai Rodrigo, Ice Idanan, Joy Aquino, Meera Krishnan, Yael Buencamino-Borromeo, Inigo Elizalde, Jose Campos III, Jeremy Guiab, Kevin Garlitos, Joaquin Valdes, Crossfit Insurrecto, Sandra Palomar-Quan, Dindin Araneta, Erwin Romulo, Clara Balaguer, Reggie Yuson, Jun Jarme, Noeny Gatarin, Judy Roxas and the artist's and curator's families

Last few days: Maria Taniguchi's "Untitled (Celestial Motors)"

Last few days! Catch the ongoing exhibition until 14 April, Saturday.

END FRAME VIDEO ART PROJECT 3

UNTITLED (CELESTIAL MOTORS)

a solo exhibition of Maria Taniguchi

 

It's the last few days to catch Maria Taniguchi's solo exhibition, Untitled (Celestial Motors), ongoing at Silverlens 20Square. Regular exhibition hours resume tomorrow and the exhibit runs until this 14 April 2012, Saturday.  The exhibition is presented by End Frame Video Art Project 3: Present, the 2011-2012 Philippine video art festival, together with Silverlens 20Square.

Untitled (Celestial Motors) features Taniguchi’s video of the Philippine jeepney, using one from the Celestial Motors factory in San Pablo. Focusing on an unadorned unpainted jeepney of stainless steel shot against a white backdrop, the video bares the jeepney as an object of study. Through simple, crisp and startling takes showing the jeepney stripped into its basic form, the video distances from any specific context and instead acts as framework in accommodating the full weight of this iconic vehicle.

Taniguchi’s Untitled (Celestial Motors) is the sixth offering of End Frame Video Art Project 3, a project of the non-profit organization Visual Pond. Throughout the Philippine video art festival, artists stage a solo show presenting new video work in various venues from 2011 to 2012. Curated by Clarissa Chikiamco, the theme of the third edition, Present, refers to the project’s focus on the current video art practices of selected Philippine contemporary artists. Taniguchi’s exhibition follows the End Frame 3 shows of Tad Ermitaño, Manny Montelibano, Chitz Ramirez, Kiri Dalena and Kaloy Olavides. End Frame 3 caps with an exhibition by Yason Banal later this year.

Untitled (Celestial Motors) is made possible through the support of the LUX Associate Artists Program/Leverhulme Fund, London, UK. The show will be viewable on weekdays from 10 am to 7 pm, and Saturday, 1 to 6 pm. Silverlens 20Square is located on 2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Yupangco Building 2, Makati City 1231. Call (632) 816.0044 or visit http://slab.silverlensphoto.com. For inquiries on Visual Pond projects and End Frame 3, visit http://www.visualpond.org or email visualpond@gmail.com.

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In other news, we'd like to endorse the international conference LOCUS REDUX: Speaking Across Contexts, Learnings and Negotiations in Writing and Teaching on Art, which will happen from 19-21 May 2012 at Yuchengco Museum in Makati. It is organized by Pananaw ng Sining Bayan, Inc, in partnership with Japan Foundation Manila Office, the Lopez Memorial Museum, the Kalaw-Ledesma Foundation, the Yuchengco Museum, Vargas Museum and Pinto Museum. Conference fee is Php 2,000.00 and registration has been extended until tomorrow. For more information, you may read about it here or contact Fanny San Pedro/Mary Ann Pernia of the Lopez Museum at (632) 631.2417 or via email through lmmpasig@gmail.com.

 

End Frame Video Art Project 3 with Silverlens 20Square presents UNTITLED (CELESTIAL MOTORS), a solo exhibition of Maria Taniguchi

END FRAME VIDEO ART PROJECT 3, the Philippine Video Art Festival,

together with Silverlens 20Square, presents

UNTITLED (CELESTIAL MOTORS)

a solo exhibition of Maria Taniguchi

Opening on Thurs, 15 March 2012, 6 pm.

Exhibition runs until 14 April 2012. Conversations with the artist TBA.

End Frame Video Art Project 3: Present, the 2011-2012 Philippine video art festival, together with Silverlens 20Square, presents Maria Taniguchi’s solo exhibition, Untitled (Celestial Motors). The show opens at Silverlens 20Square on 15 March 2012, Thursday, at 6 pm and runs until 14 April. 

Untitled (Celestial Motors) features Taniguchi’s video of the Philippine jeepney, using one from the Celestial Motors factory in San Pablo. Focusing on an unadorned unpainted jeepney of stainless steel shot against a white backdrop, the video bares the jeepney as an object of study. Through simple, crisp and startling takes showing the jeepney stripped into its basic form, the video distances from any specific context and instead acts as framework in accommodating the full weight of this iconic vehicle.

Maria Taniguchi studied sculpture at the University of the Philippines and graduated with an MFA in Art Practice from Goldsmiths, London. She took part in the LUX Associate Artists Program and recently won the 2011 Ateneo Art Awards. Her practice considers information, juxtaposition and relationships of her subjects of study.  She lives and works between London and Manila and will soon do a residency at Artspace Auckland in New Zealand.

Taniguchi’s Untitled (Celestial Motors) is also the sixth offering of End Frame Video Art Project 3, a project of the non-profit organization Visual Pond. Throughout the Philippine video art festival, artists stage a solo show presenting new video work in various venues from 2011 to 2012. Curated by Clarissa Chikiamco, the theme of the third edition, Present, refers to the project’s focus on the current video art practices of selected Philippine contemporary artists. Taniguchi’s exhibition follows the End Frame 3 shows of Tad Ermitaño, Manny Montelibano, Chitz Ramirez, Kiri Dalena and Kaloy Olavides. End Frame 3 caps with an exhibition by Yason Banal later this year.

          Untitled (Celestial Motors) is made possible through the support of the LUX Associate Artists Program/Leverhulme Fund, London, UK. The show will be viewable throughout its run between Monday to Friday, 10 am to 7 pm, and Saturday, 1 to 6 pm. Silverlens 20Square is located on 2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati. Call (632) 816.0044 or visit http://slab.silverlens.org. For inquiries on Visual Pond projects and End Frame 3, visit http://www.visualpond.org or email visualpond@gmail.com.

Kiri Dalena and Clarissa Chikiamco on Illuminati television show

From left to right: Kiri Dalena, Clarissa Chikiamco, Trix Syjuco and Krip Yuson

Thanks to Trix Syjuco and Krip Yuson for having artist Kiri Dalena and curator Clarissa Chikiamco on their television show, Illuminati, last December 6 at 7:10 pm, on channel GNN. They talked about their exhibition Time and Place of Incident. Catch it today and until tomorrow, December 10, Saturday, at University of the Philippines' Vargas Museum, from 9 am to 5 pm.

WANTED: TUBERO artist talk tomorrow

END FRAME VIDEO ART PROJECT 3

WANTED: TUBERO

solo exhibition of Claro "Chitz" Ramirez

ongoing at Finale Art File until 27 October 2011

Artist talks with Mark Justiniani for Phantom Limb, Saturday, 22 October, 3-5 PM

Please join us on 22 October 2011, Saturday, at 3-5 pm for two artist talks, Mark Justiniani for his exhibition, PHANTOM LIMB (3-4 PM), and Claro "Chitz" Ramirez (for his show WANTED: TUBERO (4-5 PM), both exhibitions ongoing at Finale Art File. These two shows interact through the connection of pipes between their works within the same venue.  WANTED: TUBERO 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. Ramirez's artist talk will be followed by a brief presentation on End Frame 3 by its curator, Clarissa Chikiamco.

Finale Art File, located at Warehouse 17, La Fuerza Compound, 2241 Don Chino Roces Avenue, Makati Metro Manila, is open Monday to Saturday from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm. Both exhibitions run till 27 October 2011.

End Frame 3 and Finale Art File present WANTED: TUBERO, a solo exhibition by Claro Ramirez

END FRAME VIDEO ART PROJECT 3, the 2011-2012 Philippine Video Art Festival, 

with Finale Art File presents 

WANTED: TUBERO

a solo exhibition by Claro Ramirez

Opening on 6 October 2011, Thursday, 6 pm.

Artist talk on 22 October, Saturday, 4 pm. Exhibition runs until 27 October.

A prequel to Claro Ramirez’s offering for the upcoming 2011 Jakarta Biennale, Wanted: Tubero features an initially minimal installation of television monitors connected with PVC pipes. During the exhibition opening and throughout the show’s run, visitors will be invited to adjoin to the installation through available pipes which may be connected to the existing work. Wanted: Tubero, particularly within the arts, emphasizes the importance of engagement, participation and community. Ideas that are reflected as well in the monitors' content, the televisions play videos of other artists’ work as well as Ramirez’s own. The process of audience involvement in the installation will also be documented to eventually become a part of the evolving work.

Wanted: Tubero is the 10^th solo exhibition of Claro “Chitz” Ramirez, who practices both as an artist and curator. A recipient of the Thirteen Artists Award in 2000, Ramirez’s works are often site-specific installations, attached to the exhibition space, context and audience. With the latter, he gives particular value to reception, connection and interactivity. Having studied Commercial Arts in the University of Santo Tomas and Fine Arts in the University of the Philippines, Ramirez held his first solo show in 1996 and has been exhibiting his video installations since 2002. From 2005, he has also been acting as consultant for Lopez Memorial Museum in artistic direction and in multimedia exhibitions.

Ramirez’s Wanted: Tubero is the third offering of End Frame Video Art Project 3, a project of the non-profit organization Visual Pond. Throughout the Philippine video art festival, artists stage a solo show presenting new video work in various venues from 2011 to 2012. Curated by Clarissa Chikiamco, the theme of the third edition, Present, refers to the current project’s focus on the video art practices of selected Philippine contemporary artists. Ramirez’s exhibition follows the End Frame 3 shows of Tad Ermitaño and Manny Montelibano and will be followed by the exhibitions of Kiri Dalena, Yason Banal, Kaloy Olavides and Maria Taniguchi.

The show opens at the Video Room of Finale Art File on 6 October 2011, Thursday, at 6 pm. An artist talk will be held at 4 pm on 22 October, Saturday, and the exhibition runs until 27 October 2011. Finale Art File gallery hours are Monday to Saturday, 10 am to 7 pm. Finale is located at Warehouse 17, La Fuerza Compound, 2241 Don Chino Roces Avenue, Makati Metro Manila with telephone number (632) 813-2310, 812-5034.  For more on Visual Pond projects and End Frame 3, visit http://www.visualpond.org or call Rica Estrada at +63917-8170198 or email visualpond@gmail.com.

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.

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 +63922-8006925. 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. 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. 

 

End Frame Video Art Project

Visual Pond and Power Plant Mall, in partnership with the Listening Group of Companies, the Cubicle Art Gallery, The One Minutes Foundation, and with support from the Ateneo Art Gallery,
presented the End Frame Video Art Project, the first Philippine video art festival, which opened on 25 September 2006 at the North Court, Power Plant Mall. The festival ran until 28 September 2006 at Power Plant Mall and 30 September – 4 October 2006 at the Cubicle Art Gallery at Stella Maris St., Maybunga, Pasig.

The End Frame Video Art Project calls attention to the video art scene in the Philippines – creating opportunities for artists to show their works and furthering discussion on a medium that is quickly gaining popularity among Filipino artists as a contemporary art form.

Over 40 entries were received from around the Philippines with 18 being selected by the End Frame curatorial team composed of Clarissa Chikiamco, Cofounder, Visual Pond; Teddy Co, Member, Cinema Committee, National Commission of Culture and the Arts; Anne Marie de Guzman, Director, UP Film Institute; Rica Estrada, Cofounder, Visual Pond; Eloisa Hernandez, Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Letters, UP Diliman; Fatima Lasay, New Media Artist and Curator; Marinella Mina, Cofounder, Visual Pond and Raymond Red, Independent Filmmaker.

Artists whose works were being shown in Power Plant are Adjani G. Arumpac, Ramon A. Bautista, Jasmine Bernardino, Bea Camacho, Dante Luel R. Dizon, Tad Ermitano, Rodel Gadapan, Miguel G. Gonzaga, Mitch Garcia and Ian Madrigal, Antoinette H. Jadaone, Richard Soriano Legaspi and Claro Ramirez, Jr.

The Cubicle Art Gallery featured video artworks by Kacey Pamintuan and Jevijoe Vitug and video installations by Poklong Anading, Gary Ross Pastrana, Andrei Salud and Rembrandt Vocalan.