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The tenor of sound practice in Manila
By Chesca Santiago
A conversation with Dayang Yraola on the labels, ecologies, and shifts of sound.

The non-brutal submissions in Archie Geotina’s Tropikal Brutalism
By Lk Rigor

Tracing the Ant: Curator’s Talk with Mayumi Hirano
By Lk Rigor
In her second Curator's Talk, writer Lk Rigor speaks with Mayumi Hirano about the challenges and charms of…

The Black Dog Rises: Javy Villacin’s Itum na Ido at Qube Gallery
By Alyssa Selanova
In his ‘Itum na Ido’, Javy Villacin combines past and future to chart the evolution of power.  

First impressions: Inside the OVERINKED Studio
By The Cartellino Team
As part of Prints Made in May 2023, Cartellino met with the members of up-and-coming…

Print and Imprint: Pandy and Diana Aviado on leaving a mark through printmaking
By Nikki Ignacio
“I’m still trying to find out what it all means

Flux and Process with Antoni Muntadas
By Sean Carballo
Following his review of the artist's' Exercises on Past and Present Memories, Sean Carballo and Antoni…

Finding the Filipino in Living Pictures
By Lk Rigor
Decribed as “the world’s first-ever survey of photography's histories across Southeast Asia”,…

Material Histories in Muntadas: Exercises on Past and Present Memories
By Sean Carballo
"Resulting from a period of archival research after the artist first visited…

Embodied epics: The body and its memories in Julie Lluch’s Chronicles on Skin
By The Cartellino Team
In a time where the transmission of stories faces revision, miscommunication,…

Participating in the anti-monument in You Betrayed the Party Just When You Should Have Helped It
By Corinne Fernandez Garcia
"The anti-monument is understated. It listens to the land and it listens to the people, creating space for…

From Me To You: Long Distance Worlds in Guided Agitation
By Pie Tiausas
At Gravity Art Space, experiences through sound collapse distance and time.

Reflecting Legacies: The Glass Art of Anna Orlina
By Mara Fabella
Between carrying her family's legacy and forging her own artistic path, Anna Orlina's practice is one of harmony…

Beyond the line: A profile on Eugenia Alcaide
By Corinne Fernandez Garcia
“It is this emotion that compels, that makes art relatable, that turns…

Oh, for art’s sake! The No Name Show is back
By Pao Vergara
In The No Name Show 2.0, Gravity Art Space puts art-for-pleasure center stage

Molding, meaning, making: How Tahanan Pottery is building a communal home for contemporary ceramic pottery
By Nikki Ignacio
“Clay is the only material that replies to your touch. When you poke…

Kanpeki: The Voice of Independent Philippine Artists Heard in Kyoto
By Koki Lxx
Koki Lxx visits Kyoto’s Voice Gallery, where curator Matsuo Megumi has teamed up with Nano to survey…

A Liminal Outer Space: On Celine Lee and Miguel Lorenzo Uy’s A Past, A Future
By Pie Tiausas
"What Lee and Uy simulate [...] lies in the interstices of our world and beyond — both here and there,…

An art of memory in crisis
By Sean Carballo
"In these works, looking is no ambiguous act. To look — clearly and intentionally…

Jana Benitez answers and shares the call of the wild
By Pao Vergara
With a wide range of styles following her childhood entry into the art world,…

Being Kids For Kids: Culture-conscious action toward empowered futures
By The Cartellino Team
"We’re trying to create a world where no matter how different your passions are, everyone should be able…