Reviewer in Contemporary Philippine Arts
execute Christ
(CPAR )
Philippine Contemporary Arts: Expressions
FESTIVALS AND RITUALS: REPRESENTATION OF
PHILIPPINE ARTS
● Sinulog Festival
- Also known as the Sto Niño Festival
- Celebrated in Cebu
- Held every third week of February to honor
the image of Sto Niño which was brought
by the Spaniards when they landed in
Mactan.
● Dinagyang Festival
- Celebrated in Iloilo every fourth Sunday of
January
- It also commemorates the arrival of Malay
Settlers and the legendary barter of Panay
Island from the natives called Ati.
- The participants show impressive
choreography with colorful tribal costumes.
- Also done to give honor to Sto Niño
● Ati-atihan Festival
- Recognized as Mother of all Philippine
Festival
- The festival’s name means “to be like Atis”
- Celebrated in Kalibo, Aklan
- One of the oldest festivals in the Philippines
- Is also done to give honor to Sto Niño
● Pahiyas Festival
- Celebrated every May 15 in Lucban,
Quezon and is done to honor San Isidro
Labrador
- The word pahiyas was derived from the
word “payas” which means to decorate
- Most houses are decorated with kiping
(colored rice dough with a leaf-shape
design)
- One of the colorful festivals in the country
● Moriones Festival
- Began when Padre Dionisio Santiago
organized a play based on the story of
Longinus, one of the centurions assigned to
- Celebrated in Marinduque and held during
the Holy Week in Lent
- LONGINUS: He is one of the army that will
execute Christ - - His perception of Christ
was changed (his right eye is blind) when
the blood of Christ was accidently dropped
onto his eye and it was then afterwards
healed. After this event, he started believing
in Christ and started to be his follower.
● Pamulinawen Festival
- Held every first week of February in Laoag,
Ilocos Norte
- Corresponds with the Feast Day of Saint
William the Hermit
● Sambali Festival
- Celebrated in Piat, Cagayan during the last
week of June
- Sambali is a war dance of tribes that were
united and converted to Christianity thru the
intercession of the Lady of Piat
● Hermosa Festival
- Also known as Fiesta Pilar
- It honors the patron saint of Zamboanga
(Nuestra Senora de la Virgen del Pilar)
- Held in October
❖ All of the festivals above are celebrated to give
honor to their patron saints
● Tobacco Festival
- Celebrated in Candon, ilocos Sur
- It features the region’s primary product and
its contribution to their economy
- Thanksgiving for being a help to the
province’s economy and local people.
● Butanding Festival
- This festival is a way to welcome the return of
the Butandings which usually come in droves
during this time of the year, and to officially
signal the opening of another high
adventure season of Butanding Interaction
 - Held in Donsol, Sorsogon - Will be received by the viewers, audiences, or
- Thanksgiving to the Butandings who are a listeners of it.
great help in their economy and tourism.
● Kadayawan Festival ❏ Support
- The festival’s name is derived from the - May refer to the primary materials of which the
Mandaya word “Madayaw, meaning work of art is made.
treasured or valuable, as the locals use this Examples:
time to give thanks for the season’s bountiful ● Any surfaces
harvest. ● Human Body
- Held every third week of August ● Canvas
- Held in Davao City ● Woods
- One of the well-known festivals in the ● Rocks
country ● Clothes
● Panagbenga Festival ● Textiles
- Annual flower festival held every February ● Walls
which takes place in Baguio City
- Panagbenga means “season of blooming” ❏ Medium
- It was started to revive the city’s industry - It is the substance or material used to create a
after the devastation of the 1990 Luzon work of art or is being applied to the support.
Earthquake Examples:
- Includes parade of floats (the decorations ● Acrylic Paint
are made up of different kinds of flowers) ● Water Color
- One of the youngest festivals in the country ● Crayon
● Maskara Festival ● Oil pastels
- Celebrated every October in Bacolod ● Coffee
- It was created to lift the spirits of the locals ● Charcoal
- 1980, their economy were so low ● Chalks
- The parade is known for acquiring things ● Color pencils
that portrays: smiles, colorful, and lively ● Markers
- Because of this, Bacolod was known as the ● Pens
“City of Smiles” ● Graphite
● Ink
❖ Some of the festivals are being sponsored by - For music composition and literary arts - inks
the Department of Tourism (this aims: to
promote, showcase, and preserve the country’s ➢ Filipino Contemporary Artists do not conform to
cultural heritage) any fixed standards
➢ They have many choices
MATERIALS ➢ Example: Levi Celerio (leaf instrument)
- Materials for visual design come in two forms: ➢ Various musicians use bamboo as their musical
support and the medium instrument
- Used to express ideas, emotions, and messages ➢ Traditional musical instruments in some regions
- To transform their ideas or experiences into are still being used today
something tangible ➢ Gangsa (like a gong) of Mt. Province
➢ Kalaleng (nose flute) of Cordillera Region
➢ Solibao (like a dabakan); wooden Igorot drum
topped with pig skin
- These musical instruments are still being used
up until now by different ethnic groups
➢ Choreographers now use different kinds of
footwear.
➔ Today, these is a crossover, or hybridization of
materials
➔ Now, whatever is available locally, suitable, and
applicable to the art form is the norm.
➔ Experimentation and innovation are parts of the
Filipino artists daily life.
- Examples of these are the tunog tao or
sound created by certain individuals
through their capabilities.
TECHNIQUES
- Process or methods that makes use of the
materials on hand
- Skills of the artist to execute his/her work and
produce the effect he/she wants to achieve
- Strategies, styles, or approaches
1. Choreography Techniques
- These are two fundamental dance methods:
planned and improvisation
- Involves designed sequences of movements
● Planned: The choreographer dictates motion
and form in detail
- There is a certain person that will lead and is
assigned to give out rules (practiced)
● Improvisation: spontaneous movement
exploration
- A person has a free will to do any steps
depending on how they interpreted the
song or beat.
- It is up to the dancer
- Also known as ‘interpretative dancing”
2. Acting Techniques
- Deals with the characterization of the human
experience
- It involves the coordination of facial expressions,
gestures, and speech to produce the emotion
or feeling called for the part.
- How an actor effectively plays his/her roles to
express the emotions and feelings within a
certain part.
3. Cinematic Techniques
- Techniques vary from its screenplay,
cinematography, special effects, sound effects,
and editing.
● Screenplay: the scripts written by the
scriptwriters.
- Includes the dialogues, lines and the overall
details
- Serves as a guide (for the director,
cameraman and actors)
● CInematography: compiles all of the cinema
elements
- Lighting, angles, frameworks, exposure etc.
● Special effects: Illusions or visual effects added
to make the art or work more realistic
- It makes the art interesting
- It includes the addition of green screen
(CGIs)
● Sound effects: Guides the viewers to determine
the emotions of a particular character or scene
(create a connection)
● Editing: adjusts or combines different shots into a
coherent scene. It combines all the clips into a
continuous way.
4. Literary Techniques
- Artists uses their writings as a tool for questioning
and expressing the human experience
- ‘Many contemporary artists tend to deviate
from the (“grammar perfection”) of the
traditional writers.
- A lot of writers do not conform now since they
have their own free will to express themselves
through different art forms.
5. Techniques in Visual Design
- Artists uses their materials in various ways
- Artworks are made up of different materials and
techniques
- Some artists use different unique techniques
and materials that serve as their identification.
Philippine Contemporary arts: Experimentations
● In contemporary art, mere expression might not
be enough
● Contemporary artists should learn how to
experiment and innovate
● Art through expressions are still accepted but
we need or the artist needs to explore new
things or other kinds of art forms.
● It will also be a help for their growth as an artist
● Allows them to prevent doing mediocre works
or mema.
Experimentations
- To keep the arts fresh and exciting, artists
perform experimentations in creating works of
art.
- Experimentations: experimenting with different
materials to develop different visual elements in
your project or artwork and to try out different
effects
- For them to be known in their own unique
way (trademark)
Examples:
● El Gamma Penumbra - Shadow play
● Kita-kita and Bar boys - movies
● Murals - lagusnilad
● Dancing Fountains - Manila
Digitalization
- Because of new technology, arts are now being
redirected to new avenues.
- Interactive Art is another notable innovation in
experimental art where it allows spectators to
be literally part of an artwork.
- The audiences’ has participation
- The artworks may be touched, to feel it or just
for mere fun
Examples:
● Planetarium
● Upside Down Museum
● Desert Museum
- The audiences are being attracted to use or
touch what they can see around the
artwork.
Contemporary Art Production
- To be able to create your own masterpiece,
one must explore the roles and responsibilities
of the people behind the masterpieces -
Production Team
Plan
- Identify objectives: what the film or work wants
to leave to the viewers after watching, or its
purpose and goal.
- List down the needs to make things happen: this
includes the materials and equipment needed.
- Assign persons to do specific tasks: for the team
to have an assigned goal each week a day.
- Teamwork is much needed: all of the members
should cooperate, have an initiative and need
to work as one.
1. Writers
- Involved in the creation and developments
of the concept and the script that will be
used in the performance
- It is also responsible in conceptualizing the
“plot”
- Responsible in creating the lines and
dialogues
2. Directors
- Overall supervisor of the team
- Is also responsible for turning the concept
into reality
- Forms the casts
- WIll serve as the leader of the production
team
- Gives out commands and advice that will
bring unity to the team.
3. Actors/ performers
- They must do what the director asks them to
do
- They are the ones delivering the lines and
are portraying the characters and roles in
the production.
4. Editor
- Responsible in combining all of the scenes
together to create a successful output
- Creates or adds special effects to beautify
the work.
5. Feedbacks
- Includes the opinions and advice towards
the work by the viewers or the audiences of
it.