{Matutunton mo ba kung saan nanggagaling ang sitsit ng mga kuliglig?} _ Amidst the noise of a show band and drunkards, your gaze zooms in a white flower… you start to dance. _ Working primarily with sound, Jett Ilagan presents his first online exhibition, “Tugon ng Tunog, Tunog ng Tugon” which highlights visual and auditory…
It is way past midnight and you're still out in the city, walking. Alone. There's a light drizzle, sprinkling the almost empty streets. Occasionally a cab would pass by, slowing down as it nears you, hoping you'd need a ride. Some buildings are still alive at this time of night. You could tell from the…
Quezon City-based alternative R&B singer/beatmaker COLT will be releasing his single "Stressed Out" this coming Friday night, July, 7, 2017 at the Peeks Lifestyle Store, located in LB Square, along Lopez Ave., Los Baños, Laguna. Catch performances from Benito, Pet School, Sam Ysa, washere, Series, Pure Mind Quiet Heart, DJ Aw, youngsleepyboi, Meh Shua, sohee,…
Text and photos by Cams Anareta I don’t consider myself lucky when it comes to contests; but taking risks might be the solution for me to combat my months-long 'ukulele hiatus.' I guess there is a saturation point when it comes to instruments, too. One my favorite local acts, The Camerawalls (comprised of Clem Castro,…
On its 18th year anniversary, the UPLB Street Jazz Dance Company (SJDC) launched the BREAKOUT campaign. Carrying the tag line “All Set, All Out”, the group had the vision of surpassing their limits and being the best they can be all throughout the Academic Year 2016-2017. With this concrete goal in mind, the group…
Text and photos by Dax Simbol TARLAC, PHILIPPINES—Everything happened so fast. I am standing beside a resting penitent, holding a 10-foot cross. For the past couple of years, I have been photographing the men and women penitents of Barangay Talaga, Capas of this province. I have become familiar with the stories behind the panata (vow) of some…
Text by Kimmy Baraoidan Photos by Chris Quintana and Kimmy Baraoidan A Tibetan landscape in the tropics. A post-apocalyptic desert wasteland. A dead tree's leafless branches reaching out to the sky, as if in a last desperate attempt to stay alive. The last thing that these would conjure up is a dam. But this is the reality…
Text and photos by Kimmy Baraoidan There is a need to arouse historical consciousness in each individual Filipino because we are drowning in neo-colonial culture, writer and civic intellectual Epifanio San Juan Jr. said in a recent forum. With Philippine history vanishing from the school curriculum and the alarming ignorance among the youth about the martial…
Text and photos by Kimmy Baraoidan Comics, books, zines, stickers, art prints, postcards, bookmarks, knickknacks – Elbikon 2017 in a nutshell. For four years now, the Graphic Literature Guild (GLG), a student organization from the University of the Philippines Los Baños, has been hosting Elbikon, each year bigger than the last. Over a hundred exhibitors…
Get ready for the biggest Elbikon yet! Mark your calendars and head over to the UPLB Baker Memorial Hall this coming Saturday, February 18, 2017. Doors open at 10:00 a.m. With over a hundred exhibitors, this year's Elbikon is bringing together established and up and coming local comics artists. This year's speakers include Asshulz, Hulyen, Norby…