Contemporary art of the

philipines
(Ilocos Region)
Submitted by:

Leomer Custodio

Ferdy Ramos

Jayvee carpentero

Jamile Parfan

Submitted to:

Ma’am Maribeth Bautista

 Contemporary art of Ilocos Region
• Art produced at the present period in time.
• Contemporary art includes, and develops from, Postmodern art,
which is itself a successor to Modern art.
• In vernacular English, “modern” and “contemporary” are
synonyms, resulting in some conflation of the terms “modern art”
and “contemporary art” by non-specialists.
•
• Contemporary art forms are the following:
•
• 1.Choreography
• 2.Musical instrument
• 3.Literary and music composition
• 4.Visual design
• 5,Theatrical performance
 REGION 1 The ILOCOS REGION

The region comprises four provinces: Ilocos Norte, Ilocos

Sur, La Union and Pangasinan. Its regional center is San
Fernando, La Union.
• The region was first inhabited by the aboriginal Negritos
• Elpidio Quirino, Ferdinand Marcos, and Fidel V. Ramos.
The province of Pangasinan was transferred by Ferdinand
Marcos from Region III into Region I in 1973
• He also included Abra, Mountain Province,
and Benguet in the Ilocos region in a bid to expand Ilokano
influence amongst the ethnic peoples of the Cordilleras.
• When the Cordillera Administrative Region was
established under Corazon Aquino, the indigenous provinces
of Abra, Mountain Province, and Benguet were transferred
into the newly-formed region.
 Native Ilocano songs
The Ilocanos have a handful of meaningful ethnic songs. These songs narrate life
stories of the native Ilocanos, which are mostly about courtship, marriage,
occupation and life.

Pamulinawen (Hardened Heart)—this is the most popular Ilocano

love song, which portrays a girl who does not heed the pleading
of her lover. It compares the heart of a girl to a hardened flint.
 Another folksong of Region 1
• Osi-osi—this ethnic song portrays the traditional ways of courtship.
Ayat ti Ina (Love of a Mother)—is a song that expresses how a mother loves
and takes care of her child.
• Duayya ni Ayat (Love’s Lullaby)—is a song that expresses a man’s love for
his lady. The man asks the lady to be careful in changing her mind and
choosing another man.
• Dinak Kad Dildilawen (Do Not Criticize Me)—is an Ilocano song that
expresses patriotism. This song conveys service to love of country.

• Other popular ethnic songs are Agdamili (Pot Making), which is an

occupational song; andKanaganan, which is a birthday song.
•
 Native Ilocano dances
The Ilocano ethnic dances are mostly perfumed during rituals and celebrations.

• Manag Biday—it is a courtship dance usually performed by young

people.
• Manang Biday is an ethnic song in Ilocos. This song implies
the courtship of a young maiden named in Manang Biday
 Oasiwas Dance

• -A dance in which an oil lamp is balanced on the dancer's head as he

swings around lighted lamps wrapped in porous cloth or fishnet. The name of
the dance comes from the Pangasinense word for swinging.

• -The dance is performed by fishermen of Lingayen when celebrating a

good catch. It is accompanied by waltz-like music.
 Kuratsa Pasuquiña

• it is a dance during birthday parties and festivities.

• The Kuratsa is a Filipino traditional Dance of Courtship where the

male approaches and courts a lady in a form of a dance. It depicts
the courtship between the rooster and the hen.
 Ilocana a Nasudi (Chaste Ilocano)

• it is a dance that portrays a chaste and virtuous

Ilocana. This dance may be performed by four
pairs
 Rabong (Bamboo Shoot)

• it is a dance glorifying the bamboo shoot as a delicacy of the Ilocanos. In Rabong,

the participants sing the lyrics themselves.
• Vintareña—it is a dance performed by one or two couples in social gatherings like baptismal,
wedding, birthday, or thanksgiving parties.
• Surtido Norte (Assorted Dances from the North)—this dance is a combination of different Ilocano
dance steps manifesting thrift as a trait of the people.
FESTIVALS IN ILOCOS REGION

• Pamulinawen festival- Laoag City February 10 Our Lady of Peace

Pamulinawen is the name of a woman made popular in the classic
Ilocano song titled... Pamulinawen.
• Pamulinawen is a Filipino folk song (in the Ilocano language) that
tells about courting a girl with a heart of stone. Pamulinawen is her
name.
 Pinakbet Festival

• Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur April 23 it features street dances and cooking
competitions and honours the Sta. Maria’s farmers’ industry and their
housewives’ cooking skills. Pinakbet came from the contracted Ilokano word
'pinakebbet' which means "shrunk" or "shriveled."
 Bangus Festival

• The Bangus Festival is the brainchild of former Dagupan mayor

Benjamin Lim, seeking to promote the city as the Bangus (milkfish)
Capital of the World. 2003 saw the festival featured in the Guiness
Book of World Records when it secured the record for Longest
Barbeque in the World (later taken by the town of Bayambang,
Pangasinan in 2014).
 Other festivals

BAC-BACARRA FESTIVAL • • • • Bacarra, Ilocos Norte Farmers Festival

November 30 The legendary word “bac-bacarra” is a specie of freshwater fish
abundant in the river during the 15th century which gave birth to the town’s
name .
GULING-GULING FESTIVAL • • • • Paoay, Ilocos Norte Guling-Guling
Martes May aims to commemorate the 16th century old practice of the Spanish
friars for the religious sector to interact with its parishioners. It has always
been celebrated on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday
• EMPANADA FESTIVAL • Batac, Ilocos Norte • December 8 - 30 •
BATAC EMPANADA is made of savory filling of grated green papaya,
mongo, longganisa and egg. The dough that serves as its thin and crisp
wrapper is made of rice flour.
• Sigay Festival • January 15 to February 2 • Binmaley Pangasinan • It
serves as the main highlight of the fiesta celebration of Binmaley town, the
“Seafood Capital of the North.” • Sigay is a Pangasinan dialect word which
means to harvest.
 VISUAL ARTS

• Visual Arts" is a modern but imprecise umbrella term for a broad category of
art which includes a number of artistic disciplines from various sub-
categories. Ilocano Heroes - Juan Luna, The Great Filipino Painter
-

• Juan Luna was a patriot, but he was more known as the great Filipino painter if
not the greatest. He was born on October 23, 1857 in Badoc, Ilocos Norte
• While pursuing this course he took painting lessons at the Academia de
Dibujo y Pintura of Fr. Agustin Saiz.

• -Later in 1877 he left for Barcelona for advanced painting lessons as he was
encouraged by Don Lorenzo Guerrero, his first painting tutot.

• in Rome, Luna worked on the Spoliarium. It was said that the scene in this
painting was based on the situation of the Filipinos under the Spanish government.
He entered it at the National Exposition of Fine Arts in 1884 where he won one of
the three gold medals. Because of his growing fame, he received several
government commissions. With these commissions that he produced his many
great canvases like the Peuple et Rois, Espa Filipnas and the Battle of
Lepanto where he won his second gold medal at the Barcelona Exposition.
• While in Manila, he finished some Philippine scenes. Early in 1896, he again
departed, this time for Japan. He returned a few weeks after the Cry of
Balintawak. On the evening of September 16, 1896, he was arrested and confined
for complicity in the Katipunan revolt and imprisoned at Fort Santiago

• Juan Luna - an Ilocano pride. His genius in painting showed the Ilocano artistry and
his love of the country.

"Parisian Life", also know as "Interim d'un Café" was painted in 1892. It won a silver medal
at the St. Louis Exposition (World Fair) held in 1904.
• In Rome, Luna was exposed to the immortal works of
the Renaissance. In here he painted his "Daphne e Cleo" where he
received a silver palette from the Liceo Artistico de Manila. He
exhibited several works at the National Exposition of Fine Arts in
1881 where he received silver medal with "The Death of Cleopatra
 LITERATURE OF ILOCOS
REGION
• Literature is a group of works of art made up of words. Most are written, but some
are passed on by word of mouth.

• Most of the earliest works were epic poems. Epic poems are long stories
or myths about adventures.

• Example of Literature in Ilocos Region

BIAG NI LAM-ANG
(Life of Lam-ang)
• This is an epic poem from Ilokano people from ilocos region.It is believed that it
was recited and written iloko originally thru the priceless efforts of various poets,
and believed that it was passed on through the generations. It was transcribed around
1640 by blind ilokano bard named Pedro Bucaceng(1592 –1640). Mr. Bucaceng
inspite of he’s blindness was considered as the “Father of Ilokano Literature”.

• “The moral lesson on the story of Biag Ni Lam Ang is that you must persevere
through the trials of life. Strength and bravery are major theme throughout the story
and play into the moral lesson.
• Pedro Bukaneg (March 1592 – c. 1630) was a Filipino poet. Blind since
birth, he is the acknowledged author of the Ilocano epic Biag ni Lam-ang (Life
of Lam-ang). He is considered the "Father of Ilocano literature." A street inside
the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) complex in Pasay City,
Philippines is named in his honor. His surname is lent to the Bukanegan, the
Ilocano equivalent of the Balagtasan.
Isabelo de los Reyes y Florentino, also known as Don Belong (July 7, 1864 –
October 10, 1938), was a prominent Filipino politician, writer and labor activist in the
19th and 20th centuries. He was the original founder of the Aglipayan Church, an
independent Philippine national church. For his writings and activism with labor unions,
he was called the "Father of Filipino Socialism".

• Ang Singsing nang Dalagang Marmol ("The Ring of the Marble Maiden"),
contemporarily rendered as Ang Singsing ng Dalagang Marmol in the Tagalog
language, is a historical novel written by Filipino novelist, scholar, and labor
leader Isabelo Florentino de los Reyes (also known as Isabelo de los Reyes, Sr.) before
1905. It is one of the first historical novels written in the Philippines during the first
decade of the 20th century (1900 to 1910).
Bulosan was born to Ilocano parents in the Philippines in Binalonan, Pangasinan
• (November 24, 1913[1] – September 11, 1956) was an English-
language Filipino novelist and poet who spent most of his life in the United States.
His best-known work today is the semi-autobiographical America Is in the Heart,
but he first gained fame for his 1943 essay on The Freedom from Want.
• Leona Florentino (born Leona Josefa Florentina,[1] 19 April 1849 -
4 October 1884) was a Filipino poet in
the Spanishand Ilocano languages. She is considered as the "mother of
Philippine women's literature" and the "bridge from oral to literary
tradition".[2]
•
 FILM AND BROADCAST
• Film and Broadcasting/Broadcast Arts – direction, writing, production design, cinematography, editing,
camera work, and/or performance

• Heneral Luna (lit. General Luna) is a 2015 Filipino historical biopic film depicting General Antonio
Luna's leadership of the Philippine Revolutionary Army during the Philippine–American War. It opens with
the beginning of hostilities with the American colonizers, and ends with the assassination of Luna on June
5, 1899 - a period in which Luna served as Supreme Chief of the Army under the First Philippine Republic.
• Directed by Jerrold Tarog and produced by Artikulo Uno Productions, the film received critical acclaim
from critics and audiences alike, praising its cinematography, writing, acting and plot. The film was
selected as the Philippine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was
not nominated.
 Architecture, Design and Allied
Arts–
• COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES ILOCOS

Some of the most notable examples of colonial architecture in the Philippines are
located in the provinces of Ilocos, Luzon, north of the archipelago. It is a pleasure to
visit Ilocos, because of its idyllic scenery and its rich culture and history, expressed in
villages of clean and tidy streets that contrast with the chaotic traffic jams in Manila.
• One of the most conspicuous examples of the so-called earthquake
baroque architecture in the Philippines, which is the Church of San Agustin in Paoay
(1704-1894), declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO .

• Built of coral blocks and stucco-plastered bricks, the architecture is a

unique combination of Gothic, Baroque and Oriental. Construction of the
church was started in 1704 and completed in 1894. A few meters away is
the coralstone belltower which served as observation post of the
“Katipuneros” during the Philippine Revolution, Paoay Church is
included in the UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
• Bell Tower
• Adjacent to the facade is a three-storey coral bell tower constructed separately
from the church building on the right side resembling a pagoda. It was in 1793
when the cornerstone of the bell tower was laid.It stands at some distance from
the church as a protection against earthquake.It served as observational post
for Filipino revolutionaries against the Spaniards in 1898 and by
Filipino guerrillas against Japanese soldiers during World War II.According to
historians, the bell tower also served as a status symbol for the locals. It is said
that the bell would ring more loudly and more times during the wedding of a
prominent clan that it would during the wedding of the poor.
 VIGAN

• The charming town of Vigan in Ilocos Sur, is the best preserved example of
Spanish colonial architecture in Asia. Its streets laid out in a gridiron pattern,
according to the Laws of the Indies, housing a collection of well preserved
colonial buildings, with white walls and picturesque balconies
• Vigan was an important coastal trading post in pre-colonial times. Long before
the Spanish galleons came,
• Vigan, an ancient port located on an island near the Abra River, was born in 1574
as a strategic point of trade with China. The population, Chinese and Filipino, also
expressed their mixture in the architectural styles, made of wood and sloping
roofs, inspired by the bahay kubo, the traditional Filipino house.
• Vigan is one of the most beautiful towns/cities in the Philippines. It is also one of
the richest in terms of historical and cultural heritage.
•

• Meanwhile, the Spanish preferred coral stone architecture, called bahay na bato, combined
with elements of wood, mostly in the balconies and shutters.

• Sometimes the first floor was made of stone upon which a wooden second floor was built.
• Given its historical value, the quality of his factory, his urban scale and the
conservation of its monuments (one of the few places not affected by war), Vigan
has also been nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Despite being
significantly marketed for tourism, is quite an experience traveling to the sleepy
little streets that seem to be frozen in time, whose cobbled stone pavement resound
to the clatter of horses' hooves.
 Gawad Sa Manlilikhang bayan

• Magdalena Gamayo, Abel Weaving – Pinili, Ilocos Norte, 2012

• Weaving since she was 16, Magdalena Gamayo or “Lola Magdalena” is a master
weaver who not only weaves traditional Ilocano textile but also designs new patterns.
One of her designs employs a difficult weaving technique called pinilian meaning
partially. The weave produces a unique pattern that resembles a string of flowers thus
its name, inubon a sabong. This aided in her nomination to the GAMABA award in
2012.
 The Philippines aking of Burnay.

• the people of Vigan also exert great effort to preserve the tradition of
making “burnay”. Burnay is unglazed earthen jars, an industry that dates back
to pre-colonial times when immigrants from China came and settled in Vigan.
Burnay jars have small openings, and its earlier use were for tea drinking,
storage for water, rice grains and as container for salt, brown sugar, local wine
(basi) and bagoong (fermented fish).
 Last supper sculptures carving on
wall, Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines

• The Last Supper is the final meal that, in the Gospel accounts,Jesus shared
with his Apostles in Jerusalem before his crucifixion. The Last Supper is
commemorated by Christians especially on Maundy Thursday. The Last
Supper provides the scriptural basis for the Eucharist, also known as "Holy
Communion" or "The Lord's Supper".