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After the first step, it is time to move on. Sunday, May 7, 2006. (more…)

Sulyap at Suri[1] sa “Mga Tula, Kanta at Pintura” ni Heber Bartolome[2]Nung gabi ng eksibit ni Heber Bartolome, habang pinanonood ko ang mga tumula at kumanta — ilang sikat na mga personalidad na mula pa sa dekada 70 - yung mga tumula at kumanta na mula pa nuong dekada ‘70, tinatanong ko ang aking sarili, saan napunta ang lahat ng ito? Napansin ko rin ang mas nakararaming lalaking nagtanghal sa eksibit ni Heber, maliban sa iilang babae - na puros lalaki ang nag-prisenta sa eksibit ni Heber, maliban sa da-dalawang iilang babae - ang aking sarili at si Celina Cristobal (kasama na rin si Melissa Nolledo na nagpadala ng tula mula sa USA at ang pagkanta ng pop duo na sina Maricel at Mildred. Matapos ang programa ay dumating si Dulce at inawitan ni Heber habang inihahaon ng mga piyon ang eskaleytor sa Megamall upang linisin). [3] Di kaya dahil sa kakulangan ng pagbalikatan (sa likas ng o ang syang anyo ng balikatang ito) ng kalalakihan at kababaihan (ang pagkasira o/at pagbabago sa tradisyong babaylan sa kolonyal na kasaysayan ng Pilipinas?) kanya’t hindi nai-pasa sa kasalukuyang henerasyon ang mga pangingisip ng ating mga intelektwal (pareho ng kalalakihan at kababaihan) ng mga nakaraang taon?

Maari kaya’t di pa naman huli ang lahat at masyado lang akong mainipin? (more…)

From the concept of aesthetic equilibrium I mentioned in the postscript of the Ateneo forum/presentation, I received some very interesting questions from Rod Samonte, Filipino artist based in the US, through the Banggaan Yahoogroup about language and translations. He said: (more…)

Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:18:06 +0100 (CET)
Subject: The CallCenterForum cellphone project
From: Antoni Abad (more…)

As an international symposium “promoting new directions for critical practice among both indigenous and non-indigenous practitioners alike”, Cultural Futures 2005 provided an opportunity to reflect and debate, within safe ground (the Hoani Waititi marae), the various locations of “new media practice” among distinct cultures, peoples and nations of the Asia Pacific.Co-organizer of CF Danny Butt raised an important problem in “Local Knowledge: Place and New Media Practice” (November 2005), about what constitutes mainstream new media practice, where ways of thinking in new media are invested in epistemological biases developed within a culture of extreme objectivity, an anti-culture, in fact, that denies contexts of knowledge and knowing.

Although epistemology - the nature, methods, limits and validity of knowledge - is perceived critically at CF, in practice, it is difficult to engage and challenge an established way of thinking. But unlike many academic or wholly commercially-motivated conferences, CF provided the opportunity or at least the possibility to actually question and not merely celebrate mainstream thinking in new media.

Just finished writing some text for ka-Bangga friend Heber’s painting exhibition. It’s not all finished yet (this is just for media release) and I still have to finish the full text for the brochure - in both Filipino and English! However, I must say that it has been unexpectedly fun and stimulating. It was really good to see Heber’s paintings, listen to what he says about making them, and then figuring out the logic in his forms. (more…)