Dateline: 25 May 2018, UP Diliman, Quezon City
After a brief stop at the UP Press bookstore, I expected to arrive at the College of Fine Arts for the opening of Diskurso, the exhibition of theses of visual communication majors. Didn't realize that all majors were doing their theses exhibitions last week of May. I first arrived at the Degree Show 2018 of the Department of Studio Arts. First work that intensely captured my attention is this, a wall of paintings entitled "In the Thick: The Place of Female Body Hair in Nude Painting" by Maria Antonia Baytion.
Some other works roused my interest (unfortunately, some of the works didn't have IDs yet):
- Georgia T. Fallorina, "Manika, Manika, Manika: An Installation of Handmade Dolls as a Coping Mechanism"
- Jone Reano Sibugan, "Wax and Soot Drawings of Endangered and Critically Endangered Bird Species"
- John Philip Guzman Aldefolio, "The Stranger(s): Images of Alienation from Film Stills and Street Photography"
- Unknown Titles and Artist Names: (1) Room exterior and interior primarily made out of crocheted materials; (2) Quezon City Police District, Oplan Tokhang Suggestion and Complaints Dropbox in the shape of a coffin; (3) corrugated box foldout mounted on wall with labeling "Wag Tularan, Durugista Ako"; (4) Stacked corrugated boxes of ExFed (in the style of FedEx logo) repurposed as morgue cabinets - one box has shipping label, contents described "Kian Delos Santos, 17"
(I also though that possibly items 2, 3 and 4 were part of one installation/thesis.)
The Degree Show of the Studio Arts graduating students was sixth of eight stops during my exhibits visits marathon at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.
[This post is antedated: 20180702]
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