CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGION

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NAME: Merchael S. Reñido DATE: 9/20/22

GRADE & SECTION: HUMSS12A2 SCORE: ____________

ACTIVITY 3: Philippine Contemporary Art

The Philippine Contemporary Art can be classified into seven major art forms. These are
painting, sculpture, architecture, film, literature, music and theater, and dance. Provide one
example for each art form by searching on the internet. You can use pictures for visuals.

Sabbath Of the Witches

(1970) By Jaime de
Guzman
PAINTING
•The Sabbath of the
Witches illustrates the
brutality of martial law by
depicting skeletons eating up a guy wriggling helplessly. A sketch of who
the artisan portrays as Elias from El Fili lurks horrifyingly behind the
scenes.

Tao-Tao (1970)

SCULPTURE •According to sources,

the early signs of
commercialization of
Tao-Tao began during
the era of American
rule. Foreigners came to
their forefathers'
dwellings and
demanded the wooden
sculptures fastened in their houses in return for things. Until local visitors
and art collectors approached them and offered money to replicate the
carved wooden figure in various forms and sizes, using popular
hardwoods such as Ipil.

PICC center (1974)

Leandro Locsin as
architect.

ARCHITECTURE • The Philippine

International
Convention Center is
the ideal location for
any meeting or event.
It may host meetings,
conferences,
exhibitions, and
special events.
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Minsa’y Isang Gamu-

Gamo (1976)

•It was the first

FILM significant film to
examine the
American military presence in the Philippines during the Bases era.

Dekada ’70 (1983)

LITERATURE • Lualhati Bautista's book Dekada '70.

It chronicles the narrative of a middle-
class family in Manila during
Ferdinand Marcos' martial regime. The
novel won the Grand Prize in the 1983
Palanca Award.

Bongga ka day
(1996) By
Hotdog

MUSIC •Hotdog, a
prominent
Filipino band in
the 1970s,
popularized the
term in its hit
song "Bongga ka
'day," which described the people's surprise at a woman - supposedly
rising out of poverty - who entered a nightclub wearing nice clothing and
coiffed hair.

Sakuting
Dance (1970)

DANCE • The sakuting

dance, which
was initially
performed only
by boys, depicts
a fake combat
with sticks. A
sakuting stick is a striped or bamboo stick that is around 112 feet long and
tapered at the end, similar to a candle.
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