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HUMANITIES 22
Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions

Different Contemporary Art Techniques and

Performance Practices
CONTEMPORARY ART PRACTICES IN THE PHILIPPINES
 Contemporary art practices are actual practices of the arts in everyday life (Perez, 2016).
 Perez (2016) said that contemporary art practices are expressed in different ways, by an individual or by
a collaboration of several artists. Perhaps one collaborative art that is very common to every region is the
festival.
 A festival may be composed of various events such as street dancing, singing competitions, architectural
decors like floats, and a lot more.
Some Of The Many Festivals That Represent Our Philippine Arts
1. Ati-Atihan Festival 2. Dinagyang Festival
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3 weekend of January | Kalibo, Aklan 4th weekend of January | Iloilo City
This Sto. Niño festival started it all. One of the oldest Once a year, Iloilo City transforms into one big street
religious celebration in the country, Ati-Atihan party – streets closed, bands in all corners,
characterized by a parade filled with face-painted overflowing food and drinks, and towering boom
celebrations, indigenous costumes and weapons, boxes. To cap it all off, tribes representing different
tribal dances, and loud drumbeats. barangays and high schools perform in one very
competitive street dancing contest.
3. Panagbenga Festival 4. Pahiyas Festival
February | Baguio City 15th of May | Lucban, Quezon
The word “Panagbenga” comes from Kankanaey One of the Philippines’ most colourful harvest
term which means “season of blooming.” With the festival, May 15th marks the time of the year when
numerous parades of floral floats and children people in Lucban decorate their houses with
dressed as flora and fauna, it definitely lives up to its different-coloured produces in an almost competitive
name, making Baguio the perfect destination for manner.
those who still have a hangover from the huge
festivals in January.
5. Kadayawan Festival 6. MassKara Festival
3rd week of August | Davao City 19th of October | Bacolod City
Kadayawan comes from the Dabawenyo word MassKara is a combination of the words “mass”
“madayaw,” a friendly greeting which means good or which means “crowd” and “kara” which means “face.”
beautiful. Probably the biggest festival in Mindanao, You will see participants wearing smiling masks
Kadayawan has everything all other festivals have: signifying a multitude of smiling faces, solidifying
street dancing, beauty pageants, fireworks displays, Bacolod’s title as the “City of Smiles.”
floral floats.
MATERIALS USED IN CONTEMPORARY ARTS
 Artists need physical materials to work on. They are the means by which the artists make their feelings
or thoughts visible.
 Through them, they transform their idea or experience into something tangible in order to be received by
their audience, viewer or listener.
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Two Forms of Materials for Visual Design

Support Medium
The support may refer to the primary material of The medium stands for the substance applied to the
which the work of art is made (e.g., paper, canvas, support (e.g., crayon, paint, dye).
stone, textile) or the secondary material (e.g., paper
glued or mounted on cardboard, textile over wood).
Characteristics of Materials Used in Contemporary Arts
Contemporary artists salvage Some artists combine indigenous In outdoor sculpture, there is a lot
materials that can be recycled and materials with textile and mount of use of brass welded together
made into creative forms. They these on a painted flat surface. and mounted on concrete. Wood
can make artworks that combine and glass are used for indoor
structure and wood and interact sculpture. Found objects are
with wind to make music. combined and are covered with
resin.
Painting is no longer confined to In architecture, there is extensive In performance art, artists use
canvas hung on the wall. They use of glass and steel. Color variety of props such as rope,
can also be found in ceilings and combination is either plastic, textile, and found objects.
floors. complementary or strong Paint is also used for body art.
contrasting such as orange and
blue, red and white.
TECHNIQUES IN THE CREATION OF ARTS
 Technique in the creation of arts can be defined as the process or method that makes use of the
materials on hand.
 It can also be defined as the skill of the artists to execute his or her work and produce the effect he or
she wants to achieve.
Different Types of Techniques
Collage Decalcomania Decoupage
It is made by adhering the flat It is the process of applying It is done by adhering cut-outs of
elements such as newspaper or gouache to paper or glass then paper and then coating these with
magazine cut-outs, printed text, transferring a reversal of that one or more coats or transparent
illustrations, photographs, cloth, image onto canvass or other flat coating of varnish.
string, etc. to a flat surface to materials.
create a thick layer that is almost
like a relief sculpture.
Frottage Montage Trapunto
It is the technique of rubbing with It is used for photography or film Painting technique used by Pacita
crayon on a piece of paper which where a pictorial image is Abad where her canvases are
has been placed over an object or juxtaposed or place overlapping to padded, sewn and often filled with
an image. make another picture or design. sequins, beads, shells, buttons,
tiny mirrors, bits of glass, rickrack,
swatches or precious textiles and
other things that she picks up from
her travels and journeys.
REFERENCES
Datuin, Flaudette May, Panisan, Wilson K., et.al. Perez, Angelita B. (2016). Ramirez, Veronica E.
et.al. (2016). (2016). Contemporary Philippine Contemporary (2016). Contemporary
Contemporary Philippine Philippine Arts from the Arts: Expressions and Philippine Arts from the
Arts from the Regions. Regions. Mutya Publishing Experimentations. Brilliant Regions. Vibal Group, Inc.
Rex Book Store, Inc. House, Inc. Malabon City, Creations Publishing, Inc. Quezon City, Philippines.
Manila, Philippines. Philippines. Quezon City, Philippines.

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