We are pleased to announce that E.X.I.S.T. will be participating on the Tupada Action and Media Art 2009 entitled Bunga: 6th Tupada International Visual Performance Festival on December 7 to 9, 2009.
Roger Lopez (Inconnu Ictu) will collaborate with Ian Madrigal (INC) for the festival kickoff on December 7, 2009 at Samba-Likhaan, Quezon City (at the back of St Luke’s Hospital). On the 2nd day of the festival, Cris Garcimo (Blend:er) and Jon Rodrigo (Aurora Borealis) will perform at the Ateneo Gallery. While Erick Calilan (Ugong) and PJ Soliven (Nyabinghi) will be having a collaborative performance at Vargas Museum located at University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus Quezon City on the 3rd day.
The 6th Tupada International Action Art Event unfolds in the City of Manila and Baler, Aurora Province
TUPADA ACTION AND MEDIA ART (TAMA ’09)
presents
BUNGA (Fruition)
The 6th TUPADA INTERNATIONAL VISUAL PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL
A CONFLUENCE OF IDEAS
For the sixth year in a row, the Philippines shall once again be the venue of a confluence of performance and media art ideas from the different parts of the world, as the 2009 TUPADA ACTION AND MEDIA ART (TAMA) INTERNATIONAL VISUAL PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL commences. Known to be the only annual performance art festival in the Philippines, the TAMA Visual Performance Festival has, over the years, been instrumental in bringing together foreign and local performance and new media artists, creating first-hand, living experiences for the Filipino audience and enhancing the latter’s appreciation for and understanding of performance art. Moreover, this is the one time when artists congregate to share experiences, exchange ideas and impart the distinct culture, history and sensibilities of their respective countries. As for local artists, The Festival has been an opportune event to showcase and promote not just performance art, but the Philippines per se, and all the different facets of Filipino life and culture.
FRUITION OF THE ART-MAKING PROCESS
The upcoming TAMA International Performance Art Festival has been dubbed as BUNGA — a coined Filipino term that carries with it multilayered universal meanings: the state of bearing fruit, of being actual or complete, realization, possession, contentment, accomplishment, achievement, actuality, attainment, consummation, fulfillment, and realization.
A CONVERGENCE OF EXPRESSIONS
BUNGA - TAMA ’09, kicks off on December 7, 2009 at the Samba-Likhaan, Quezon City (at the back of St Luke’s Hospital). The annual live art event will commence with a performance from Bumbo Villanueva and an art talk/discussions of art practices by foreign participants. The next day, December 8, TAMA ’09 goes to the Ateneo Art Gallery for a short workshop/symposium, while December 9 brings the event to the Jorge B. Vargas Museum in UP Diliman. Performances by local and international artists will be held right after forums on live art practice for the three consecutive days.
Baler, Aurora hosts this year's provincial leg from December 10 to 13, with artist talks, video presentations, workshops and performances at the Museo ng Baler and Ermita Park. Yuan Mor’O Ocampo, pioneering organizer of live art festival PIPAF, will host the artist discussion. True to Tupada Action and Media Art's thrust for grassroots art education by siting performance in public space, there will be plenty of indoor, outdoor and even beachside performances for the duration of TAMA '09.
With a pre-event exhibition opening at the Big & Small Art Co. located at the 4th floor of SM Megamall Building A on December 5 showcasing paintings from TAMA artists and supporters, BUNGA - TAMA '09 brings fruition to individual concepts and collective visions of body, time, space, action, and sound performance as an ever-expanding and dynamic art genre. All exhibitions, art talks and performances are free and open to the public, and everyone is encouraged to attend.
International performance artists Cai Qing (China), Xing Xin (China), Sally Ng (Hongkong), Adina Bar-On (Israel), Midori Kadokura (Japan), Tanaka Teruyuki (Japan), Aye Ko (Myanmar), Barbara Sturm (Switzerland) and Aor Nopawan (Thailand) have been invited to participate in this year's event, along with Filipino artists Patrick "Kinigtot" Bacolor, Sherwin Carrillo, Patrick Chong, Jhay Colis, Thom Daquioag, Boyet De Mesa, Rommel Espinosa, EXIST Sound Art Group (Erick Calilan, PJ Soliven, Cris Garcimo and Roger Lopez), Bunch Garcia, Mitch Garcia, Ceej Gomera, Ian Madrigal, Marlon Magbanua, Vim Nadera, Yuan Mor'O Ocampo, Kaye O'Yek, Sam Penaso, Trix Syjuco, Wire Tuazon, Bumbo Villanueva and Mannet Villariba. The event will also showcase video presentations of performances from SORO Performance Unit, South Korea, and Ronaldo Ruiz of the Philippines.
BUNGA - TAMA ’09 is supported by the Japan Foundation Manila, Samba-Likhaan Foundation, Ateneo Art Gallery, Jorge B. Vargas Museum, the Governor’s Office - Province of Aurora, the Embassy of Switzerland, Embassy of Israel, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Center for Community and Cultural Development, Heinrich Boell Stiftung, Ayala Museum, Museo de Baler, ASCOT, Baler Central School, Artists Helping Artists Collective, Tourism Department of Baler.
Programme of Activities
FOR DETAILS, PLEASE CONTACT US AT THE FOLLOWING:
Landline: +632-428-6287;
Mobile: +63-920-860-3048 (Rommel Espinosa)
Landline: +632-710-4045; Mobile: +63-915-7706859 (Thomas Daquioag)
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Profile of the other participating artists HERE
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