DIFFERENT

CONTEMPORARY ART
TECHNIQUES &
PERFORMANCE
PRACTICES
 CONTENT
1. Local materials used as
applied to contemporary art.
2. Traditional techniques applied
to contemporary creation.

Learning Competencies
• Researches on techniques & performance practices applied to
contemporary arts.
• Identifies local materials used in creating art.
• Critiques available materials & appropriate techniques.
• Justifies the use of materials & the application of techniques.
 A GLIMPSE OF
CONTEMPORARY ART
• Conceptual – focus
is on the idea, which
can be either
abstract or social

• Social – current
social & political
topics are dealt with,
often from critical
perspective
• Documentary –
approach is
documentary or holds
elements of research

• Sense related – total

artwork installations
which are often
interactive and affect
different sense.
 A GLIMPSE OF
CONTEMPORARY
ART EDUCATION
• Interdisciplinarity – combining or
involving two or more academic
displines or fields of study into one
activity.

• Interaction and Engangement

• Interpretation

• Synthesis of new
media
HOW CAN WE ATTAIN
THE CONTENT?
1. Local materials used as
applied to contemporary art.
2. Traditional techniques
applied to contemporary
creation.
 LOCAL MATERIALS IN THE
PHILIPPINES
Materials Product
Bamboo is extracted from the matured Hats, bags, baskets,
leaves of the buri palm. The fiber is durable memorabilia boxes, perfume
and resistant to moisture. tray, & other woven
products
Coir is the fibrous material surrounding the Indoor or outdoor fiber
fruit of the coconut tree. carpets, wall covering,
doormat, trellises, and geo
textiles
Nito is a plant belonging to the fern family Baskets, hats, picture frames
that grows abundantly in the hinterlands of and bags
Mindanao.
 Materials
Pandan is a tropical plant. It is processed
and transformed into splints that are being
used as raw material.
Raffia is a fiber extracted from unopened
buri leaf in 3 stages. It is loom woven into
fabrics or used as wall coverings, upholstery
material, folding doors and window
hangings
Rattan belongs to the palm family. There
are different types of rattan palms, such
high or low climbers, single stemmed or
clustered rattan species.
Product
Baskets, hats, picture frames
and bags
Hats, placemats, folder,
shoes, slippers, boxes,
portfolio and ladies bags,
placemats, circular boxes,
document boxes
Baskets, picture frames,
furniture and other novelty
items, Zoya lounge chair,
Valencia queen size bed,
Rest divan
 Materials
Tikiw is a large, erect, and aquatic or
marshy herb plant. It is found in central
Luzon to Mindanao. It abounds in fresh
water swaps, and in newly opened rice land
at low altitudes.
Tikog belongs to sea grasses. It is a native
reed plant used as a raw material for
weaving
Product
Baskets, hampers with lids,
bags, rugs, carpets,
placemats, jar, and other
decorative items
Bags, decorative mats,
hampers, newspaper racks,
table mat, waste bin, tower
candle holder, wall décor
WHAT ARE THE OTHER
MATERIALS THAT ARE
ABUNDANT IN THE
REGIONS?
 TECHNIQUES

• Mixed media is a term used to describe artworks

composed of a combination of different media
materials. A work on canvas that combines
paint, ink, and collage could properly be called
a “mixed media” work.
• New media art is 21st Century catchall term used
to define all that is related to the internet and
the interplay between technology, images and
sound.
 IMPROVISATION

Improvisation in theater is the playing of dramatic scenes

without written dialogue & with minimal or no
predetermined dramatic activity

Most or all of what is performed is created at the moment it

is performed. In its purest form, the dialogue, action, story,
and characters are created collaboratively by the players as
the improvisation unfolds in present time without use of an
already prepared, written script.
An important goal of improvisation is to enable the
individual to develop spontaneity which is necessary in
creating the illusion of reality.
The improvisation teacher must expose students to the
theatrical environment through various games rather than
lectures.

Forms of Improvisation
1. Shortform – short scenes constructed from predetermined
game.
2. Longform – scenes related by story or character
 CREATIVE DRAMA

• It is an improvisational, non-exhibitional process

centered form of drama in which participants are
guided by a leader to imagine, enact, and reflect upon
human experiences.
• This process allows students to actively explore a subject
or question through imaginative play that is facilitated
by a leader and may involve a variety of
improvisational activities.
• These activities are not scripted or memorized and they
allow students to synthesize various educational
concepts into a personally meaningful form.
 IMPROVISATION GAMES

1. Spontaneous Response Games

2. Spontaneous Movement
3. Creative Movement
4. Interactive Storytelling