Finding Poetry in Jel Suarez’s arrivals, retrievals
By Shireen Co
Every element in each assemblage or collage is handpicked…

On the Threads of Space and Time in “Passing”
By Mara Fabella
In her solo show “Passing,” Celine Lee wrestles with the inevitable pull of the unknowable.

Constructing Myths through Unconfined Cinema
By Isabel Cabal
Cinema is its own instrument and instrumentalist in storytelling. The three films Erwin Romulo arranged reversed the process: what is usually the impetus…

On the Materiality of Cloth in Dino Gabito's ‘Threads’
By Shireen Co
Gabito’s preoccupation with cloth focuses attention to an almost rudimentary level—devoid…

Defining Home in the Works of Contreras, Bacay, and Tee
By Mara Fabella
In this month’s exhibitions at MO_Space Gallery, Marionne Contreras, Pope Bacay, and Nicole Tee recreate the…

A Site of Curiosities: Soft Power Peripherals
By Marz Aglipay
If you’re reading this article from your workstation, take a good look at your surroundings.…

What to See in This Year's UPCFA Studio Arts Degree Show
By Shireen Co
This year's UPCFA student degree showcase serves up a balance of skill, talent, ingenuity, limning, incidentally, the pressures that come with them.

How Thirty-three Artists Redefine 'Kasarinlan'
By Shireen Co
Launched, tellingly, on July 4 at the Linangan Art Residency, the group exhibition 'Kasarinlan' examines the civic subject's autonomy -- or lack…