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

Thursday, March 8, 2012

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.

Monday, February 27, 2012

THE IMAGE OF SOUND artist talk 3 March 2012, Sat, 2 pm


END FRAME VIDEO ART PROJECT 3
THE IMAGE OF SOUND
a solo exhibition of Kaloy Olavides 
ongoing at West Gallery till 5 March
Artist talk, Saturday, 3 March 2012, 2 pm









Please join us on 3 March 2012, Saturday, at 2 pm for the artist talk of THE IMAGE OF SOUND, the solo exhibition of Kaloy Olavides, ongoing at West Gallery. Olavides will be discussing his current exhibition and selected past works with the audience andEnd Frame 3 curator Clarissa Chikiamco. THE IMAGE OF SOUND 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. The theme of the third edition, ‘Present’, refers to the current project’s focus on the video art practices of selected Philippine contemporary artists.

West Gallery, located at 48 West Avenue, Quezon City, Metro Manila, is open Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 6 pm. The exhibition screening hours run from 1 to 6 pm and upon request. The show runs until 5 March 2012. Contact West Gallery at (632) 411.0336. 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. 

Friday, February 10, 2012

End Frame Video Art Project 3 with West Gallery presents THE IMAGE OF SOUND, a solo exhibition of Kaloy Olavides

Visual Pond's End Frame Video Art Project 3, the Philippine Video Art Festival, with West Gallery presents
THE IMAGE OF SOUND
a solo exhibition of Kaloy Olavides
Opening on 16 February 2012, 6 pm.
Artist talk on 3 March 2012, 2 pm. Exhibition runs until 5 March 2012.

Visual Pond’s End Frame Video Art Project 3: Present, the 2011-2012 Philippine video art festival, together with West Gallery, presents The Image of Sound, the solo exhibition of Kaloy Olavides. The show opens at Gallery 2 of West Gallery on 16 February 2012, Thursday, at 6 pm and runs until 5 March. An artist talk will be held at 2 pm on 3 March, Saturday.
The Image of Sound focuses on the significance of sound to video, which, as a moving image, has been more dominantly associated with visuals and the act of looking, seeing and watching. Yet, examining another sensory quality, Olavides’ exhibition centers on the medium’s aural experience, done through documentation of simple performative techniques. While forcing the audience to concentrate on sound, the show seemingly negates the importance of images. Yet, in its austerity, The Image of Sound points to the vitality and potency of both these elements in the recognition of how one informs the other.
A year 2000 fine arts graduate from the University of the Philippines, Kaloy Olavides practices with painting, collage, performance and sound and video installation. His works’ themes are inclined to absurdity, irony, anxiety, deception and redirection. His artistic practice is informed by his work in production and sound design for films, music videos, commercials and audiovisual presentations. Olavides is also currently a member of the experimental sound collective Elemento.
Olavides’s The Image of Sound is also the fifth 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. Last year’s End Frame 3 shows included presentations by Tad Ermitaño, Manny Montelibano, Chitz Ramirez and Kiri Dalena. End Frame 3 continues into 2012 with exhibitions by Olavides, Maria Taniguchi and Yason Banal.
             The show will be viewable throughout its run between Monday-Saturday, 1 pm to 6 pm, and also upon request. West Gallery is located on 48 West Avenue, Quezon City, telephone number (632) 411-0336 with website at http://www.westgallery.org. For inquiries 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.


Thursday, December 8, 2011

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.

Monday, November 28, 2011

TIME AND PLACE OF INCIDENT artist talk on 1 Dec, Thurs, 230-430 pm

END FRAME VIDEO ART PROJECT 3
TIME AND PLACE OF INCIDENT
solo exhibition of Kiri Dalena
ongoing at the basement of Vargas Museum until 10 December 2011
Artist talk 1 December 2011, Thursday, 2.30-4.30 pm
 
Please join us on 1 December 2011, Thursday, 2.30-4.30 pm, for the artist talk of TIME AND PLACE OF INCIDENT, the solo exhibition of Kiri Dalena at the Basement of Vargas Museum. The talk will include a presentation by Dalena in discussion with the curator, Clarissa Chikiamco, and Rowena Paraan, Secretary-General of the show's co-presentor, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines. 

TIME AND PLACE OF INCIDENT concentrates on the killings of media journalists in the Philippines, with the country being considered as one of the world’s most dangerous places for journalists. Dalena’s show involves documentation footage taken by her and volunteers at the grave sites of these journalists as well as shots showing selected places of their assassination.The exhibition runs until 10 December 2011 at Vargas Museum, Roxas Avenue, University of the Philippines-Diliman, Quezon City, open Tuesday to Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm (closed 30 November). There is a short waiting period to view the show. For directions to Vargas Museum, click here: http://vargasmuseum.wordpress.com/visiting-the-museum/where-we-are/

Dalena’s exhibition is also the fourth 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. For more information, visit http://www.visualpond.org and for further inquiries, email visualpond@gmail.com or call +63.917.5357955.

The talk is sponsored by the GeiserMaclang marketing communication company with refreshments from Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. The show is made possible by Visual Pond and Vargas Museum and the exhibition’s co-presenters: the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, the University of the Philippines’ College of Mass Communications and Department of Art Studies, the Ateneo Art Gallery, GeiserMaclang and the individuals Carlo Gabuco and Gym Lumbera.

Monday, November 14, 2011

End Frame 3 and Vargas Museum present Time and Place of Incident, a solo exhibition by Kiri Dalena

End Frame Video Art Project 3, the 2011-2012 Philippine Video Art Festival, 
with  Vargas Museum Presents
TIME AND PLACE OF INCIDENT
a solo exhibition by Kiri Dalena
Opening on 18 November 2011, Friday, 4 pm.
Artist talk on 1 December 2011, Thursday, 2.30 pm. Exhibition runs until 10 December 2011.




Visual Pond’s End Frame Video Art Project 3: Present, the 2011-2012 Philippine video art festival, together with Vargas Museum, presents Kiri Dalena’s solo exhibition, Time and Place of Incident. The show opens at the basement of Vargas Museum on 18 November 2011, Friday, at 4 pm and runs until 10 December. An artist talk will be held at 2:30 pm on 1 December, Thursday.
Time and Place of Incident concentrates on the killings of media journalists in the Philippines, with the country being considered as the world’s most dangerous place for journalists after Iraq and Somalia. Dalena’s show involves documentation footage taken by her and volunteers at the grave sites of these journalists as well as shots showing selected places of their assassination. Believing video to be a powerful medium in conveying loss and injustice, the exhibition features Dalena’s stills and videos beaming through multiple projections in the given venue of the museum.
A winner of the Ateneo Art Awards in 2009, Dalena works as an artist and documentary filmmaker. She has made a number of politically charged exhibitions and documentaries. Majority of her sculptures and installations address acts of state violence and injustice that continue to plague the Philippines despite several regime changes. She studied B.S. Human Ecology at the University of the Philippines Los Baños and learned filmmaking at the Mowelfund Film Institute. She had her first solo exhibition in 2007 at Mag:net while this Vargas Museum exhibition forms her fifth.
Dalena’s Time and Place of Incident is also the fourth 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. Dalena’s exhibition follows the End Frame 3 shows of Tad Ermitaño, Manny Montelibano and Chitz Ramirez. End Frame 3 continues to 2012 with exhibitions of Kaloy Olavides, Maria Taniguchi and Yason Banal.
Time and Place of Incident is made possible by the exhibition’s co-presenters: the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, the University of the Philippines’ College of Mass Communications and Department of Art Studies, the Geiser-Maclang marketing company, the Ateneo Art Gallery and the individuals Carlo Gabuco and Gym Lumbera.
The show will be viewable throughout its run between Tuesday-Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm, (closed 30 November) with appointments of at least 10 minutes in advance highly recommended. The appointment may be set by calling Vargas Museum with telephone number (632) 9281927 or email a day in advance to vargasmuseum@gmail.com. Those without an appointment may view the show after a short waiting period. Vargas Museum is located on Roxas Avenue at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, http://www.vargasmuseum.wordpress.org. There will also be a satellite exhibition, Requiem, at the lobby of Plaridel Hall at the UP College of Mass Communications, Ylanan Road, Diliman, Quezon City, from 17 - 29 November 2011. For inquiries 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.

Friday, October 21, 2011

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.