Integrating

Integrating the
the Local
Local and
and the
the
Contemporary
Contemporary
 Ojectives:

At the end of the session the students are

expected :

•• Define
Define Local
Local Materials.
Materials.
•• State
State the
the main
main characteristics
characteristics of
of local
local as
as
material
material for
for contemporary
contemporary artart
•• Identify
Identify the
the local
local materials
materials that
that can
can be
be
integrated
integrated into
into art
art
Activity : Group Work
 What is meant by the word “local” and
how can it be used as material for
contemporary art?
“Local”
“Local” refers
refers to
to material
material that
that is
is easily
easily
available,
available, like
like bamboo.
bamboo. ItIt can
can also
also refer
refer to
to
wherever
wherever thethe artist
artist finds
finds himself
himself or or
herself.
herself.
For
For example:
example: Diokno
Diokno Pasilan,
Pasilan, aa neo-ethnic
neo-ethnic
musician-visual/performance
musician-visual/performance artist artist and
and
one
one time
time art
art director
director from
from Negros
Negros the the
“local”
“local” involves
involves various
various places:
places: Baguio,
Baguio,
Bicol,
Bicol, Palawan
Palawan (where
(where hehe resided
resided for for aa
long
long period),
period),
and
and most
most recently
recently Victoria,
Victoria, Western
Western
Australia,
Australia, where
where he he resettled.
resettled.
For
For example,
example, inin aa performance
performance for for the
the Third
Third
Bagasbas
Bagasbas Beach
Beach International
International Environment
Environment
Art
Art Festival
Festival in
in the
the Bicol
Bicol region,
region, Pasilan
Pasilan
communicates
communicates the the need
need to to be
be more
more aware
aware
of
of our
our natural
natural environment
environment by by painting
painting his
his
body
body green,
green, the
the color
color ofof the
the environmental
environmental
movement.
movement. LikeLike aa bungee
bungee jumping
jumping human
human
anchor,
anchor, he
he thrust
thrust himself
himself toward
toward gongs
gongs ties
ties
together
together unto
unto bamboo
bamboo structure-bamboo
structure-bamboo
being
being material
material that
that easily
easily available
available around
around
bagasbas
bagasbas fisher
fisher folk
folk communities.
communities.
 Bagaba’s
Bagaba’s fisherfolk
fisherfolk coomunities-
coomunities-
provided
provided information
information and and support
support forfor
Diokno
Diokno Pasilan
Pasilan andand other
other participating
participating
artists
artists to
to create
create their
their performance
performance and
and site-
site-
specific
specific work
work on on the
the Bagasbas
Bagasbas public
public
beachfront.
beachfront.
Diokno Pasilan
Digital
Digital Tagalog-
Tagalog- aa collaboration
collaboration between
between
Lani
Lani Maestro
Maestro andand Poklong
Poklong Anading,
Anading, artists
artists
who
who are
are known
known forfor creating
creating multi-sensory
multi-sensory
environments
environments that that come
come out out of of their
their
research
research about
about the
the contexts
contexts of of spaces
spaces andand
communities.
communities. Digital
Digital Tagalog
Tagalog used
used bamboo
bamboo
to
to construct
construct physical
physical nodes
nodes andand create
create
sounds,
sounds, which
which was
was shown
shown inin Mo
Mo Gallery
Gallery inin
2012.
2012.
••They
They also
also used
used found
found and
and crafted
crafted sounds,
sounds,
some
some of of which
which were
were inspired
inspired and
and sourced
sourced
out
out of
of the
the digitized
digitized audio
audio files
files of
of National
National
Artist
Artist for
for Music
Music Jose
Jose Maceda.
Maceda.
•• This
This collaborative
collaborative and
and combined
combined use use of
of
visual
visual and
and musical
musical mademade thethe work
work
particularly
particularly interactive.
interactive.
•• Within
Within aa small
small room,
room, visitors
visitors could
could make
make
up
up playlists
playlists which
which not
not only
only could
could bebe
streamed
streamed through
through personal
personal listening
listening
devices,
devices, but but also
also could
could bebe amplified
amplified
within
within the
the larger
larger gallery
gallery space.
space. This
This
larger
larger site
site was
was where
where bamboo-made
bamboo-made
music
music they
they themselves
themselves produced
produced could
could
overlay
overlay the
the digitized
digitized sound
sound selected
selected byby
the
the impromptu
impromptu musician-deejays
musician-deejays working
working
with
with sound
sound in
in the
the smaller
smaller room.
room.
Digital Tagalog by Lani Maestro
and Poklong Anading
 Still
Still other
other artists
artists create
create work
work by by
reinventing
reinventing notnot just
just tangible
tangible objects
objects like
like
bamboo,
bamboo, but
but other
other artforms
artforms sourced
sourced from
from
the
the performing
performing artsarts of
of ritual,
ritual, music
music and
and
dance.
dance.
Agnes
Agnes Locsin-
Locsin- is is aa Davao-based
Davao-based
choreographer
choreographer thatthat used
used the
the techniques
techniques of of
modern
modern dance
dance toto reinterprete
reinterprete aa component
component
of
of the
the Moriones
Moriones Holy Holy Week
Week festival
festival ofof
Marinduque.
Marinduque.
 Moriones
narrates
narrates the
the story
story of
of Roman
Roman centurion
centurion
Longino’s
Longino’s conversion
conversion to to Christianity
Christianity upon
upon
the
the healing
healing of
of his
his blindness
blindness by
by the
the dying
dying
Jesus
Jesus whom
whom thethe soldier
soldier had
had been
been ordered
ordered
to
to guard.
guard.
 Moriones by Agnes Locsin
•• the
the dance
dance reinterprets
reinterprets thethe story
story through
through
costumes
costumes in in which
which centurions
centurions are are
shown
shown without
without full
full masks,
masks, hefty
hefty
breastplates,
breastplates, nor
nor swords
swords or or spears
spears and
and
movements
movements not not associated
associated withwith the
the
classical
classical ballet
ballet and
and folk
folk dances.
dances. ItIt was
was
performed
performed in in France
France (as
(as Ballet
Ballet
Philippines’s
Philippines’s entry
entry to
to the
the Recontres
Recontres
Festival
Festival Du
Du Danse)
Danse) byby male
male dancers
dancers
moving
moving toto “Serra
“Serra Pelada’
Pelada’ ofof the
the avant-
avant-
garde
garde composer
composer Philip
Philip Glass.
Glass.
 Moriones by Agnes Locsin
•• Bodies
Bodies of
of the
the dance
dance are
are sharply
sharply angled,
angled,
with
with unpointed
unpointed toes,
toes, contorted
contorted
anatomical
anatomical positions
positions and
and staccato
staccato
search
search for
for the
the centurion
centurion turned
turned fugitive.
fugitive.
•• The
The dancers
dancers bodies
bodies areare made
made to to leap
leap
and
and address
address each
each other
other in
in flawless
flawless
precision
precision asas unit
unit at
at one
one moment
moment and and
break
break up
up into
into individual
individual cadence
cadence at at
another.
another.
 Moriones by Agnes Locsin
•• With
With minimalist
minimalist lightning
lightning and
and stage
stage
design,
design, the
the dance
dance combines
combines the the familiar
familiar
and
and unfamiliar:
unfamiliar: audiences
audiences are are still
still able
able
to
to recognize
recognize the
the story,
story, such
such asas the
the
chase
chase scene,
scene, but
but at
at the
the same
same time,
time, they
they
are
are also
also viewing
viewing the
the story
story through
through
another
another lens
lens and
and from
from another
another
perspective.
perspective.
Moriones by Agnes Locsin
Moriones by Agnes Locsin
 Lucban Assembly/Systems of
Irrigation Project
•• aa project
project where
where aa reinvention
reinvention of of festival
festival
is
is seen.
seen.
•• Consisted
Consisted of of art
art installed
installed along
along the the
procession
procession route
route andand done
done during
during thethe
annual
annual mid-May
mid-May Pahiyas
Pahiyas Festival
Festival by by
Quezon-based
Quezon-based artists
artists of
of Project
Project Space
Space
Pilipinas
Pilipinas and
and their
their guest
guest artists
artists
•• Curated
Curated by by another
another independent
independent
initiative
initiative of
of writers
writers called
called DiscLab,
DiscLab, the the
works
works were
were placed
placed strategically
strategically along
along
 Lucban Assembly/Systems of
Irrigation Project
along
along the
the route
route so so that
that the
the visitors
visitors and and
local
local alike
alike would
would not not miss
miss oror overlook
overlook
them.
them.
••Some
Some of of the
the artists
artists also
also responded
responded
creatively
creatively to to these
these spaces
spaces by by using
using
materials
materials they
they could
could readily
readily find
find inin the
the
area
area and
and toto which
which perceivers
perceivers of of the
the works
works
would
would easily
easily relate
relate to
to because
because they
they trigger
trigger
familiar
familiar memories
memories and and associations.
associations.
 Lucban Assembly/Systems of
Irrigation Project
•• The
The artists
artists organized
organized and
and documented
documented
the
the activities
activities by
by combining
combining
interpersonal
interpersonal and and virtual
virtual ways
ways of of
working,
working, including
including digital
digital invites
invites and
and
live
live stream
stream conference
conference segments,
segments, in in
effect
effect creating
creating aa parallel
parallel virtual
virtual festival
festival
 Project Space and DiscLab

•• Are
Are artists’
artists’ initiatives
initiatives that
that present
present us us
alternative
alternative support
support systems
systems thatthat provide
provide
the
the environment
environment for
for facilitating
facilitating
production
production and and thethe circulation
circulation or or
distribution
distribution ofof art
art
•• Rather
Rather than
than becoming
becoming fullyfully dependent
dependent
on
on the
the state
state and
and private
private businesses,
businesses,
these
these initiatives
initiatives are
are largely
largely independent.
independent.
•• They
They band
band together
together andand reach
reach outout to
to
communities
communities from from which
which they
they draw
draw thier
thier
 Project Space and DiscLab

knowledge,
knowledge, ideasideas and
and materials.
materials. The
The
stereotype
stereotype of of the
the artist
artist working
working alone
alone in in
his
his studio
studio isis no
no longer
longer applicable
applicable in
in such
such
collaborations.
collaborations. Artists
Artists are
are reaching
reaching out
out to
to
their
their audiences,
audiences, who who havehave become-
become-
especially
especially inin interactive
interactive works-very
works-very much
much
aa part
part of
of the
the creative
creative process.
process.
 Definition of Local

can
can also
also refer
refer to
to language,
language, staging
staging and
and
techniques,
techniques, and
and the
the ways
ways by
by which
which they
they
can
can be
be used
used in
in adapting
adapting and
and translating
translating
foreign
foreign material.
material.
 Ang Post Office
•• adapted
adapted from
from aa play
play for
for children
children by by thethe
Indian
Indian writer
writer Rabindranath
Rabindranath TagoreTagore
entitled
entitled The
The Post
Post Office
Office and
and retitled
retitled itit
into
into Ang
Ang Post
Post Office
Office by
by the
the playwright
playwright
Rody
Rody Vera.
Vera.
•• Adaptation
Adaptation of of aa tragic
tragic 1910
1910 tale
tale of
of aa
dying
dying indian
indian boy
boy coming
coming to to know
know ofof the
the
world
world through
through the the people
people he he encounters
encounters
in
in the
the course
course of of aa day
day and
and was
was restaged
restaged
at
at TXS,
TXS, Xavier
Xavier University,
University, Cagayan
Cagayan De De
Oro.
Oro.
 Ang Post Office
•• first
first stage
stage at
at the
the Philippine
Philippine
Educational
Educational Theater
Theater Association
Association (PETA)
(PETA)
Center
Center
•• Finding
Finding parallels
parallels inin the
the Philippine
Philippine
contemporary
contemporary society,
society, thethe local
local staging
staging
made
made references
references to to local
local culture:
culture:
characters
characters playing
playing taho
taho andand sampaguita
sampaguita
vendors.
vendors. Music
Music from
from thethe Kilyawan
Kilyawan
Childrens
Childrens Choir
Choir redering
redering aa fusion
fusion of
of
Bengall
Bengall andand indigenious
indigenious Filipino
Filipino sounds
sounds
pegs:
pegs: Ellen
Ellen Ramos
Ramos digital
digital animations;
animations;
 Ang Post Office
and
and aa Spartan
Spartan bamboo
bamboo set,
set, among
among
others,
others, were
were also
also introduced
introduced asas new
new
elements
elements inin this
this production.
production.
 Promotional material for the PETA
production of Rabindranath Tagore’s
The Post Office
 Definition of Local

Could
Could also
also refer
refer to
to folk
folk stories.
stories.
 Example

Fugtong:
Fugtong: The
The Black
Black Dog
Dog
••Staged
Staged by
by the
the community
community group
group Aanak
Aanak di
di
Kabiligan
Kabiligan (Children
(Children of
of the
the Mountains)
Mountains) which
which
was
was organized
organized through
through the
the effort
effort of
of the
the
Cordillera
Cordillera Green
Green Network.
Network.
FUGTONG: The Black Dog by: Rey
Angelo Aurello
FUGTONG: The Black Dog by: Rey
Angelo Aurello
FUGTONG: The Black Dog by: Rey
Angelo Aurello
LIME 2014 by Lani Maestro
LIME 2014 by Lani Maestro
 Definition of Local

is
is dynamic,
dynamic, fluid,
fluid, and
and constantly
constantly
changing.
changing. ItIt involves
involves an an integration
integration ofof
various
various media:
media: dance,
dance, music,
music, the
the visual,
visual,
digital,
digital, and
and electronic
electronic art;
art; of
of various
various
geographies:
geographies: local,
local, transnational,
transnational,
national,
national, andand of
of various
various spaces:
spaces: thethe
“actual”
“actual” as as staged,
staged, to to the
the virtual
virtual as
as
eternally
eternally documented
documented or or mediatized.
mediatized.