WEEK 3:

THE VARIOUS
CHARACTERISTICS OF
CONTEMPORARY ART
FORMS:
THE VARIOUS CHARACTERISTICS OF
CONTEMPORARY ART FORMS
➢ IT IS CONCEPTUAL, INNOVATIVE, EXPRESSIVE AND
EXPERIMENTAL.
➢ IT ALLOWS THE VIEWERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EXPERIENCE
IS URGED TO VALIDATE HIS/HER OWN BELIEFS AND FEELINGS
➢ IT EVOKES MORE INTENSE EMOTIONS FROM IT’S SPECTATORS
 THE SALIENT FEATURES OF CONTEMPORARY
ART FORMS
➢ MOST OF THE ART FORMS ARE BASED ON ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
➢ IT LEAVES THE MARK OF THE CURATOR WHO MAKES THEM
➢ THE MEANS OR INSTRUMENTS TO MAKE THE WORKS OF
CONTEMPORARY ART ARE CHANGING AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES
ARE USED DAY BY DAY.
➢ IT EMPHASIZES THE EXPRESSIONS OF THE SELF, EMOTIONS AND
MANIFEST THE INCLUSION OF SOCIETAL ISSUES AND CONCERNS.
➢ IT CAN INCORPORATE OTHER FORMS OF ARTS, BLENDING DIFFERENT
MEDIA AND TECHNIQUES WHICH PAVED WAY TO THE SO CALLED
INTEGRATIVE ARTS.
 INTEGRATIVE ART APPLIED TO
CONTEMPORARY ARTS
➢INTEGRATIVE ART REFERS TO INTERDISCIPLINARY
ART, ART STUDY, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION,
DISPLAY, OR CREATIVE CREATION OF WORK
THAT MAKES FULL USE OF TWO OR MORE
DISCIPLINES OF ART TO PRODUCE A WORK FOR
A PARTICULAR PUBLIC.
INTEGRATIVE ART APPLIED TO
CONTEMPORARY ARTS
▪ AND BECAUSE OF INTEGRATIVE ART, CONTEMPORARY ART
FORMS NOW INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING:
➢ CHOREOGRAPHY
➢ MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
➢ LITERARY & MUSICAL COMPOSITION
➢ THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE
➢ VISUAL DESIGNS & APPLIED ARTS COMBINED
➢ CINEMA
CHOREOGRAPHY:
➢ IT IS ARRANGEMENT OR DESIGN FOR DANCE
MOVEMENTS USUALLY ACCOMPANIED BY MUSIC
➢ CONTEMPORARY CHOREOGRAPHY ARE MOSTLY SEEN IN
THE PRODUCTIONS OF STREET DANCING IN VARIOUS
FESTIVALS.
➢ AND THROUGH TENCHNOLOGY, CHOREOGRAPHY HAS
BEEN INNOVATED BY THE 21ST CENTURY FOLKS.
 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS:

➢ A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT IS ANY TOOL THE

PRODUCES SOUND.
➢ INTEGRATION OF ARTS IS SEEM THROUGH THE
INTRICATE DESIGNS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
REPRESENTING VISUAL ARTS.
➢ A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COMBINED WITH
ANOTHER INSTRUMENT IS AN EXAMPLE OF ART
INTEGRATION.
LITERARY AND MUSICAL COMPOSITION
➢ LITERARY WORKS ARE WRITTEN WORKS MEANT TO
BE READ WHILE MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS ON THE
OTHER HANDS ARE NOT WRITTEN BUT NOTATED.
➢ THROUGH THE INTEGRATION OF LITERARY PIECES
AND MUSICAL COMPOSITION, SONGS IN THE
CONTEMPORARY ERA HAS BECOME STRONGER
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE MESSAGE.
 VISUAL DESIGNS & APPLIED ARTS
COMBINED
➢ IT IS COMPOSITION OR LAYOUT OF ANY ART ELEMENTS. IT’S PURPOSE IS NOT
ONLY TO AMUSE THE AUDIENCE BUT ALSO TO LET THEM ENJOY ITS
FUNCTION AS A PRODUCT OF ART.

Ex.
Gray Ground by Ronald Ventura
O.M.G CHRIST BY Ernest Conception
Mike Alano’s Artworks
Ramos Orlina’s Artworks
Contemporary Caligraphy
Photo by Francis Magalona
Ex.
Photo by Architech Mario Cardenas
Social Media Photography
SM SEA SIDE CEBU
PHILIPPINE ARENA
LAS CASAS FILIPINAS DE ACUZAR
POTTERY FROM CLAY AVENUE( SAN
NARCISO ZAMBALES)
 VISUAL DESIGNS & APPLIED ARTS
COMBINED
➢FASHION ART- Due to the development of
social media, many Filipino women and men
were exposed to different styles. Also due to
the rising economy of the country for the first
time since the 1986 People Power Revolution,
as well as the constant building of shopping
mall and shopping centers, many Filipinos
began buying more clothes.
VISUAL DESIGNS & APPLIED ARTS
COMBINED
➢ INSTALLATION ART is an artistic genre of three
dimensional words that are often site-specific and
design to transform the perception of a space. It can
be permanent but usually temporary.
Ex. SHOALS BY JOSE TERENCE RUIZ
BAKAWAN FLOATING BY LEEROY NEW
ALFREDO AND ISABEL AQUILIZAN INSTALLATION
 VISUAL DESIGNS & APPLIED ARTS
COMBINED
➢ Interactive art is a genre of art which the viewers
participate in some way by providing an input in
order to determine the outcomes.

Ex. ART IN ISLAND

 THEATRICAL PERFROMANCE
➢ This pertains to a public presentation of a dramatic or
musical entertainment.
➢ Contemporary theatrical art performance is
experimental, innovative, controversial, and
interdisciplinary, going beyond other disciplines like
psychology, social and political sciences.
Ex. RAX OF AIGIS
ANG HULING EL BIMBO THE MUSICAL
 CINEMA
➢ It is the most popular of the art forms; it is the
youngest of all. Its characteristics are the same
with theater except that it is not a live
performance.
Ex. I DO BIDOO BIDOO: Heto naPO sila!
DEKADA ‘70
PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENT MOVIES/ INDIE FILMS
 CONCLUSION
➢A lot has happened in the contemporary
art scene since its onset. Most of them are
now collaborative and community-based,
fostering values of camaraderie,
cooperation, and even pride of a place.