Breaking and gaining ground

Text and photos: Kimmy Baraoidan and Chris Quintana To the unschooled in the realm of visual arts, a painting could be beautiful, delicate, soft-colored flowers in full bloom; aesthetically pleasing arrangements of fruits, other food items, dining utensils, and flowers in decorative vases; picturesque landscapes or waterscapes; impressionist depictions of romanticized rural life and stylized…

Art in the Park (Part 1)

Text and photos by Chris Quintana Salcedo Park in the Philippines’ center of commerce. And here I was again walking along the concrete and marble forest of the Makati CBD. It's been a few years since I was back here. I used to walk these streets at the heart of the business district - mostly empty…