Category Archives: iconography
the artist as activist
a version of this was published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer‘s Arts and Books section, October 26 2009. Kiri Dalena looks at me and acknowledges familiarity – here was no high and mighty, isolated and removed artist. After establishing the … Continue reading
gag her! or incredible kris redux
whatever it is that has happened since this time and the present, since her rise to motherhood and wife-hood, since her now overexposed face selling every possible product on television — since the death of Cory — i daresay we … Continue reading
mourning alexis
no, i didn’t know alexis tioseco personally. but i knew OF him. had been introduced to him too often. and fought with him in front of an international audience on SEA cinema. but this is getting ahead of the story. … Continue reading
Manila and the ghosts of directors past
The lady at the ticket booth asks me: “Ok lang po bang black and white yung movie?” When I say yes, she promptly informs me that they’ve received many complaints about the independent film Manila’s lack of color. Produced and … Continue reading
The Truth and Raya Martin
Though admittedly not the best of speakers, it was difficult not to be enamored by young independent filmmaker Raya Martin on a Saturday afternoon at the Lopez Museum. Even when he sometimes lost his train of thought, and dared speak … Continue reading