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Contemporary
Philippine Arts in
the Regions
Quarter 2 – Module 1: Weeks 1& 2
Techniques and Performance Practices Applied to
Contemporary Arts and Appropriate Techniques
Using Local Materials in Creating Art
 It is said that Filipinos are one of the most talented and skilled people in the world. In
every types of arts created, tells a story of being creative and artistic Filipino that
makes it unique and takes pride to its product. Each region has its different and
colorful product that represents diverse culture. However, Philippines is very rich in
natural resources. We can maximize the use of natural resources even in creating
arts. Arts expresses the feelings towards any aspect in life.
This module is relevant especially in this time of pandemic in which there are limited
sources of income and this may be an avenue to gain an extra income, being
resourceful of the local materials to create an artwork, know the appropriate
techniques in crafting locally made products and to show how Filipinos as pliant like
the bamboo to stand still in crisis.

LEARNING COMPETENCY:

Researches on techniques and performance practices applied to contemporary artsCode: CA

Discusses local materials used in creating art
Code: CAR11/12TPP-Oc-e-11
Critiques available materials and appropriate techniques
Code: CAR11/12TPP-Oc-e-12
Explicates the use of materials and application of techniques
Code: CAR11/12TPP-Oc-e-13

At the end of the module, you should be able to:

1. Distinguish techniques and performance practices applied to

contemporary arts.
2. Express ideas or opinions on some selected works, and
3. Create a product of one’ own choice using local materials.

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 What I Know

PRE- ACTIVITY
Directions: Match Column A to Column B. Write the CORRECT LETTER of your
answer on your Activity Notebook or Activity Sheet.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
1. Filipino artist known for his dynamic A. Mixed Media
melding of realism, cartoons, and graffiti.
2. Librettists of Mabining Mandirigma B. Editha L. Tiempo
3. It has fiber has a natural luster with colors C. Leslie de Chavez
ranging from pure white to ivory and dark
brown.
4. The content or form of this painting is D. Ronald Ventura
poetic in nature.
5. A term used to describe artworks E. Creative Drama
composed from a combination of different
media or materials.
6. A young artist who cautiously deals with F. Tikong
sensitive subjects like Imperialism and the
colonial history of his country.
7. The librettists of the Filipino Musical, “The G. Coir
Opera”.
8. It is an improvisational, non-exhibition, H. Dr. Nicanor G. Tingson
process centered form of drama in which
participants are guided by a leader to
imagine, enact, and reflect upon human
experiences.
9. It belongs to sea grasses. I. Yvette Tan
10. The fibrous material surrounding the fruit of J. The Blind Child
the coconut tree.
K. Abaca

What’s In

Contemporary art differs from modern and traditional art; thus, it is relevant to
ask if different methods should be used for teaching. For example, which should be
the guiding methodological principles? Which methods are effective and coherent for
teaching and learning different practices of contemporary art?

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Techniques and Performance Practices Applied to Contemporary Arts

Leslie de Chavez, "Dubious Integrity",

Mixed Media, 2002

Manila- born artist Leslie de Chavez is a young artist wh

He is also an artist who contemplates deeply about the fu
Source: ocula.com/artists/leslie-de-chavez/

Task 1: In your Activity Notebook or Activity Sheet, answer the question below by
writing the missing letters to form the required terms. The definitions will help you to
come up with the answers.

1. What are being emphasized in the painting above, “Dubious Integrity” by

Leslie de Chavez?

_ O _ _ _ L - current social & political topics are dealt with, often from critical
perspective.
_ O_ C_ _ T_ _ L - focus is on the idea, which can be either abstract or social.

GOOD TO KNOW…
 The painting above uses mixed media painting technique that combines a
variety of media in a single artwork. The paint mixes are mix watercolors with
pastels or acrylic paints, or layering paper and wood into your artwork.
 The technique is to blend paint washes, paint with credit card or give mixed
media stencils a try.

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Task 2: In your Activity Notebook or Activity Sheet, answer the question below.
‘Mabining
1. MABINING MANDIRIGMA (Gentle Warrior), Tanghalang Pilipino's original
Mandirigma’
Filipino musical on Philippine hero, legal and constitutional adviser to the
libretto by Dr. Nicanor
Revolutionary G. Tiongson,inmusic
Government 1898byand
Joedthe
Balsamo, choreography
first Prime Minister by
of the
Denisa Reyes, set
Philippines design
upon theby Toym Imao, direction
establishment by Chris
of the First Millado
Philippine Republic in 1899,
ambitiously presents these various aesthetic facets on one overwhelming
platter. Who is the Philippine National hero enacted in this Filipino Musical?

GOOD TO KNOW…
 This Filipino musical is expressive that both content and form is meaningful
and communicative.
 It also focuses popular culture and history of the country that dealt with issues
either by conceptualizing or criticizing.

Another techniques and practices applied in contemporary arts can be seen in

the artwork of Ronald Ventura’s “The Blind Child” in 2011.

Ronald Ventura is a
contemporary Filipino artist
known for his dynamic melding
of realism, cartoons, and graffiti.
Portraying scenes of chaotic
disarray, Ventura culls from
science fiction, Western history,
Asian mythology, Catholicism,
and popular comic book
characters, in producing his
work.

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GOOD TO KNOW…
 The content or form of this painting is poetic in nature; and
 Biographical- means of expression can be social, poetical or
expressive
When dance and contemporary art collide, the senses erupt.

Ballet Philippines is
collaborating with several
artists—kinetic sculptor
Gabriel Barredo,
choreographer Redha
Benteifour, composer Malek
Lopez and librettists Yvette
Tan and Erwin Romulo—to
create "Opera," a scripted
assault on the senses. The
production creates synergy
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/artandculture/554579/ballet between the artists and melds
-philippines-opera-sculpture-in-dance/story/ their art forms. In their
performance, the dancers
GOOD TO KNOW…
 This contemporary art uses documentary approach or holds elements
of research and search related in which total artwork, installations are
often interactive and affect different senses

Local Materials Used as Applied to Contemporary Art and Traditional

Techniques Applied to Contemporary Creation.

The following are the local materials in the Philippines and its corresponding product:

MATERIALS PRODUCTS
Abaca belongs to Banana Family. Its fiber Slippers, ropes, twine, hammock,
has a natural luster with colors ranging frame, display jars, Chelsea chair
from pure white to ivory and dark brown.
Bakbak is the outermost covering or leaf Mat, bangkuay, bin, boxes, bin
sheath of the abaca stalk. It is a flat thick display, jar, Cecilia dining table, and
durable sheath as twine or braided. The arm chair
strong brown fiber used to make furniture.
Bamboo is used a raw material in creating Kubing, bungkaka, tongatong,
many products. It is used in construction, angklung, pateteg, gabbang.
textile, musical instruments, weapons and
many more.
Buntal is a cylindrically shaped fibers. The Bags, shoes, desk accessories, like
supple ivory white strands are quite pen holder, picture frames, file trays,

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 durable, pliable, and have good dyeing
qualities.
Buri is extracted from the matured leaves
of the buri palm. The fiber is durable and
resistant to moisture.
Coir is the fibrous material surrounding the
fruit of the coconut tree.
Nito is a plant belonging to fern family that
grows abundantly in the hinterlands of
Mindanao.
Pandan is a tropical plant. It is processed
and transformed into splints that are being
used as raw material.
Raffia is a fiber extracted from unopened
buri leaf in 3 stages. It is loom woven into
fabrics or used as wall coverings,
upholstery material, folding doors and
window hangings.
Rattan belongs to the palm family. There
are different types of rattan palms, such as
high or climbers, single stemmed or
clustered rattan species.
Tikiw as a large, erect and aquatic or
marshy herb plant. It is found in Central
Luzon to Mindanao. It abounds in fresh
water swamps, and in newly opened rice
land at low altitudes.
Tikog belongs to sea grasses. It is a native
reed plant used as a raw material for mat
weaving.
wallets, place mats, braid,
lampshades, window blinds
Hats, bags, baskets, memorabilia
boxes, perfume tray, and other
woven products.
Indoor or outdoor fiber carpets, wall
covering, doormat, trellises, and geo
textiles.
Bags, bread tray, lampshade and
decorative jar
Basket, hats, picture frames and
bags
Hats, placemats, folder, shoes,
slippers, boxes, portfolio and ladies’
bags, placemats, circular boxes,
document boxes
Baskets, picture frames, furniture,
and other novelty items, Zoya
lounge chair, Valencia queen size
bed, Rest divan
Baskets, hampers with lids, bags,
rugs, carpets, placemats, jar and
other decorative items.
Bags, decorative mats, hampers,
newspaper racks, table mat, waste
bin, tower candle holder, wall decor

What’s New

Task 3. Answer the following questions below. You may surf the internet to get more
information about the task below. Write your answer on your Activity Notebook or
Activity Sheet.
1. Give at five (5) artworks or craft works that are locally made and sold in the
Province of Negros Oriental. Some of these are sold during Buglasan
Festival. Name the city or municipality where the material is produced.
2. From your given product, determine what local material/s being used.

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 What is It

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MIXED MEDIA
 Mixed media is a term used to describe artworks composed from a
combination of different media or materials. A work on canvas that combines
paint, ink, and collage could properly be called a "mixed media" work.
 New media art is a 21st Century catchall term used to define all that is related
to the internet and the interplay between technology, images and sound.

IMPROVISATION

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  Improvisation in theater is the playing of dramatic scenes without written
dialogue & with minimal or no predetermined dramatic activity.
 Most or all of what is performed is created at the moment it is performed. In its
purest form, the dialogue, action, story, and characters are created
collaboratively by the players as the improvisation unfolds in present time,
without use of an already prepared, written script.
 An important goal of improvisation is to enable the individual to develop
spontaneity which is necessary in creating the illusion of reality.
 The improvisation teacher must expose students to the theatrical environment
through various games rather than lectures.
 Forms of Improvisation
Shortform – short scenes constructed from predetermined
game. Longform – scenes related by story or character.

CREATIVE DRAMA

https://primer.com.ph/blog/2019/10/19/repertory-philippines-to-combine-
the- familiar-and-the-new-for-its-83rd-season/

 It is an improvisational, non-exhibition, process centered form of drama in

which participants are guided by a leader to imagine, enact, and reflect upon
human experiences.
 This process allows students to actively explore a subject or question through
imaginative play that is facilitated by a leader and may involve a variety of
improvisational activities.
 These activities are not scripted or memorized, and they allow students to
synthesize various educational concepts into a personally meaningful form

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POST -TEST. Read and understand the following questions carefully. Write
the letter of the correct answer in your Activity Notebook or Activity Sheet.
1. It refers to the 21st Century catchall term used to define all that is related to
the internet and the interplay between technology, images and sound.
A. New Media C. New Media Art
B. Mixed Media D. Mixed Media Art

2. This process allows students to actively explore a subject or question through

imaginative play that is facilitated by a leader and may involve a variety of
improvisational activities.
A. Creative Drama C. Theatre Opera
B. Musical Play D. Role Play

3. It is a flat thick durable sheath as twine or braided. The strong brown fiber
used to make furniture.
A. Abaca C. Buri
B. Bakbak D. Coir

4. The following are the different types of rattan palms, EXCEPT.

A. clustered rattan species C. single stemmed
B. High or Climbers D. None of the mention
5. The following are the products of local material of rattan, EXCEPT.
A. Baskets
B. Furniture C. Hats
D. Zoya Lounge Chair
6. The following are the talented people behind, “The Opera” of Ballet
Philippines, EXCEPT.
A. Gabriel Barredo C. Malek Lopez
B. Leslie de Chavez D. Redha Benteifour

7. A person who writes the text of an opera or other long vocal work.
A. Librettist C. Script writer
B. Poet D. Writer

8. The first Prime Minister of the Philippines upon the establishment of the First
Philippine Republic in 1899.
A. Apolinario Mabini C. Jose P. Rizal
B. Emilio Aguinaldo D. Tandang Sora

9. “The Blind Child” is the work of a contemporary artist named?

A. Editha L. Tiempo C. Ronald Ventura
B. Fernando Amorsolo D. Redha Benteifour

E.
10. Dubious Integrity is a contemporary art that uses what kind of artwork?
A. Digital Art C. Mixed Media
B. Improvisational D. None of the above
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 Additional Activities

Task 5: “My Masterpiece”

Watch videos on YouTube about Mixed media, Dance Improvisation, and

Creative Drama. After watching, select one of the three forms of art that you will
perform. You are given the freedom on the materials/topic you would like to portray.

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Answer Key

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