The Different Contemporary Art Techniques, Performance Practices, and Local Art Materials in the Philippines

Techniques
- Writing
- Acting
- Musical

Dancing Techniques
- Mirroring - Levels
- Retrogade - Shadowing
- Canon - Unison

Visual Art Techniques

- Collage - Digital Art
- De- Collage - Mixed Media
- Graffiti - Print Making
- Land Art

Critiquing Available Materials and Appropriate Technique

Critiquing
- Thought more than felt
- Concerned with the process of creating art
- Considered the artist’s technique
- More objective than subjective

Criticizing
- Felt more than thought
- Concerned with what is perceived through the senses
- Considered the artist as good or not good
- More subjective than objective

Critiquing Available Art Materials

Availability
- An art material has to be obtainable, ready for use, at hand.

Accessibility
- An art material has to be within the artist’s reach, easily acquired without much effort or difficulty for the artist.

Affordability
- An art material has to be within the financial capacity of the artist to be purchased or bought. The artist can bear or
meet the expense of acquiring the needed art material.

Critiquing Appropriate Art Technique

Appropriateness
- The manner by which the artist is going to apply in creating an artwork should be suited to the kind of art materials
that will be used as well as suited to the kind of art technique.

Mastery
- It is expected that the artist is skilled and highly knowledgeable of the art technique.

Practicality
- Art technique should be functional and sensible for the objectives or purpose set by the artist for the creation of the
artwork.
- In an article released by the National Government Portal, from 7,107, Philippines now has 7, 641 islands.
- Nueva Ecija was known as an agricultural province responsible in producing 183, 854 metric tons of palay in the third
quarter of 2019.

Performance Practices in Nueva Ecija

Pandawan Festival
- It is celebrated in Pantabangan Nueva Ecija every last week of April.

Tsinelas Festival
- This festival originated in Gapan Nueva Ecija. It is annually celebrated every August 6-25

Kapagayan Festival
- It was first celebrated in the year 2009 to promote the palay which is considered as the main crop of Llanera, Nueva
Ecija where it is celebrated.

Kariton Festival
- This is a colorful festivals that celebrated in Licab. Colorfully dressed kariton pulled by the carabaos paraded in town. It
is being celebrated every March 28 every year.

Sibuyas Festival
- In celebration of abundant harvest of onion every year, the municipality of Bongabon holds annual celebration of
sibuyas festival every month of April.

Pagibang Damara Festival

- Pagibang Damara ( shed to be ready demolished) is an exciting festival celebrated at San Jose City. It is annually
celebrated every April 19-22

Tambo Festival
- The highlight of celebration wherein dancers wearing costumes with tambo during performance. It is celebrated
every January in San Antonio

Significance of Contemporary Arts in the Filipino Lives

Contemporary art is a form of art that allows for the ideologies, beliefs, and perceptions of the modern day and
people to gain a pictorial presentation. This art uses the expanse of freedom to inspire people to look at a till of life in a
renewed way.

Aesthetic Value
- it means that the art possesses some capacity to elicit a sense of pleasure in the viewer.

Relaxation and Inspiration

- Research has shown that viewing art can be relaxing. Studies have shown that art can help to detach people out of
their mind and calm their racing and wandering thoughts, tumultuous ideas and maelstrom of emotions.

Personal Expression
- it allows individuals a means of personal expression. Through painting, sculpture, and performance art, anyone can
express themselves in a way that will be safely observable for others.

Cultural Commentary
- allows the artist to make commentary on the culture around them. This can include depicting literally or figuratively
their views on everything ranging from politics to pop culture. With imagery, shapes, and other varied media the artist
can create a dialogue or narrative of their views.

Thought Provoking
- Art allows people the chance to be exposed to stimuli that can provoke thoughts and even emotions. For many, it can
lead to new information, education, and growth. At times, art can be powerfully thought- provoking because it
does communicate through visuals and not words.
Elements and Principles Present in Contemporary Art Forms

Art Evaluation
- requires a combination of objective information and subjective opinion.
- The whole point of art appreciation is to explain WHY we like and dislike something, not simply WHETHER we like it or
not.

Description
- Think of facts
- What is the title of the artwork?
- Who is the Artist?
- When and where was it created?
- What media was used?
- Is there a primary subject in the piece?
- What specific ELEMENTS OF ART can you find within this piece?

Analysis
- Be 100% Objective
- How do elements of art interact with each other.
- What specific elements stand out?
- What PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN can you find?

Interpretation
- Be 100% Objective
- How do elements of art interact with each other.
- What specific elements stand out?
- What PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN can you find?

Judgement
- Combination of Step 1, 2, and 3
- Do you like it? Why or Why Not?
- Is the Artwork Effective?
- What criteria do you think are important that helped you in concluding your judgement?

Elements of Art

Space
- In visual arts, it can be defined as a void, an emptiness which can either be positive and negative.

Line
- It is the extension of a point or long mark drawn or carved on a point surface.

Shape and Form

- SHAPE can be described as a figure separate from its surrounding area and can be either be geometric or organic.
- FORM is slightly similar to shape except from the fact that form is 3 dimensional.

Color
- It is a sensational created by visible wavelengths of light caught in a prism.

Value
- It is the degree of lightness and darkness of a color.

Texture
- It is the surface of an artwork. A texture can be actual or tactile, meaning it can ready be felt by touch or it can be
simulated or illusory which means it can only be seen, not felt.

Principles of Design
Harmony
- This refers to the wholeness of the design, the planning arrangement of parts, and the agreement between parts of a
composition, resulting in a united whole.

Variety
- It pertains to the assortment or diversity of a work of art.

Rhythm
- It is the regular, repeated pattern in elements of art. It is a flow, or feeling of movement.

Proportion
- Elements in an artwork or masterpieces that have a relationship with one another relationship is called proportion.

Balance
- This refers to the even distribution of weight. It is the principle that deals with equality. There are two types:
SYMMETRICAL and ASSYMETRICAL

Movements
- The principle of design refers to a way in conveying feelings and emotions.

Emphasis and Subordination

- Emphasis is the principle that gives importance or dominance to a unit or an area while subordination give less
importance to a unit or area.

Agency

National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)

- The official government agency for culture in the Philippines.

National Museum of The Philippines (Pambansang Museo ng Pilipinas)

- an umbrella government organization that overseers a number of national museums in the Philippines including
ethnographic, anthropological, archaeological and visual arts collections

National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

- a government agency which aims to promote the Philippine history and culture by research, dissemination,
conservation, sites management and heraldry works.

National Archives of the Philippines (NAP)

- mandated to collect, store, preserve and make available archival records of the government and other primary sources
pertaining to the history and development of the country.

National Library of the Philippines (NLP)

- The official national library of the Philippines.

Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)

- a government owned and controlled corporations established to preserve, develop, an promote arts and culture in the
Philippines.

Commission on the Filipino Language

- the official regulating body of the Filipino language and the official government institution tasked with developing,
preserving, and promoting the various local Philippine languages.

Art Association of the Philippines

- A union of Filipino visual artists composed of the most significant practitioners of this field, whose significance is again
defined within the artworld parameters of fine art.

Philippines Art Gallery (PAG)

- The first commercial gallery in the country.