"Ano ba Talaga ang Art?"
"Art comes out from anything, instinctive response, nobody teaches you to be an artist, (it's either) you're an artist or not."
An orientation video about what really is art?
“Ano ba talaga ang FILM?”
“…Censor these inane shows.”
“Big part of the failure of Philippine Film Culture, is the failure of developing or building audiences, of trying to teach people how to see films.”
What really is FILM?
Film is a collection of events pieced frame by frame, motion by motion, to depict movement into story and story into a form of art.
“Ano ba talaga ang SCULPTURE?”
“To be a sculptor, (it) demands physical effort, in the end you are a glorified laborer.”
“Clay was the most female,..sensuous.”
“It’s not the essence of ‘bongga’, it’s the essence that we can create something majestic.”
What really is SCULPTURE?
Sculpture is molding the intention of the artist, making innate and abstract pieces and thoughts into tangible art expressions.
“Ano ba talaga ang ARCHITECTURE?”
“Architecture is one of the highest forms of art, beauty is a function.”
“Paggawa ng banyo is an art, paggawa ng kwarto is an art.”
What really is ARCHITECTURE?
Architecture is beyond art. It is what stems from a specific nature that vary in all ways. “Nature roots Architecture” - Dela Torre
“Ano ba talaga ang DANCE?”
“It is not just an art, it’s a whole science, …a study of the body.”
“Dance has to be defined with our context, conditions we face, history, diversity of culture.”
What really is DANCE?
Dance is a movement that applies gracefulness using a human body as a medium. It conveys artistic emotions and feelings through series of steps that create a unique choreography.
“TRADITIONAL ARTS Nga Ba?”
“There is no word for art, perse.”
“Kahit mag ganyan ganyan ka, acceptable parin…basta may feeling.”
“Very connected to our identity as a people.”
What really is TRADITIONAL ARTS?
Traditional Arts stems from a root in a specific civilization, whether in a family or in a tribe, which then passes along cultural evolution.
“Ano ba talaga ang PHOTOGRAPHY?”
“It really sticks in the mind of a person, …instant memory that you can’t forget right away.”
“A picture is not worth your life.”
What really is Photography?
Photography is capturing a frame that speaks a lot from itself. A single photograph may stem various interpretations and thoughts, based on the style of how it was taken, and what was its composition.
“Ano ba talaga ang THEATRE?”
“17 palang daw sya pero mukha siyang 30.”
“Sa theater, iniiwasan talagang binababy ang mga artista.”
What really is THEATER?
Theater is a place for artists with different roles, come together as one portraying a piece.
“Ano ba talaga ang PERFORMANCE ART?”
“An action-making, with your action, you are articulating something, an idea, bit it’s not theater.”
“It is always best seen directly.”
“May mararamdaman ka sa loob, parang naglalarong bata.”
What really is PERFORMANCE ART?
Performance Art is embodying a piece into one’s own then portraying it to radiate essence of the piece.
“Ano ba talaga ang PAINTING?”
“Ito ba Tamang kulay ba tong gagamitin, di ko talaga masasagato na deretso yan.”
“Your body becomes the painter, the paper becomes a receiving end.”
What really is Painting?
Painting is an idea that roots from emotions to actuality that is embodied in a canvas.
“Ano ba talaga ang MUSIC?”
“Dapat nakakarelate yung mga nakikinig.”
“Song is always something soothe me.”
What really is MUSIC?
Music is the artistic convergence of tones and words in many ways that is composed into a piece.
“Ano ba talaga ang ART MARKET?”
“I’m so sad if I don’t sell, I’m sad because I feel that the world is crazy, …they miss out, how can they miss out?”
“I’d rather sell to collectors rather than speculators.”
What really is ART MARKET?
Art Market is a place where artists sell their pieces.
So what really is art?
“The government must educate the people art and history of the arts. Great education create great people.”
Art is conveying an idea into a more complex or simple way, in different methods, mediums and styles.
A Dance performance by DONNA MIRANDA (Quiapo, Manila 2008)
Donna Miranda is a choreographer living and working in the Philippines. Miranda relocates choreography from the site of the individual body to that of collective political actions. She works as a freelance consultant for international development organisations in the fields of gender justice, public health, and disaster risk reduction. She also does volunteer work for the Federation of Agricultural Workers in the Philippines, an affiliate organisation of the Peasant Movement of the Philippines.
She was dancing, capturing the essence of what is happening daily at Quiapo, from people walking, standing outside the streets, loitering, seating at an establishment, and etc. She was creating dynamism just from a simple event in a day communicating it through the art of dance choreography.