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Part 8
The artist in bowing to the earth.
Hears the whispers of the spirit.
Of the earth, of the soul,
Of concepts long shackled
by the hands and the sun,
by the eagles and the durians.
The whispers now reverberating:
There’s more, there’s so much more.
Touch the Earth, touch your heart,
Say loud your name, call out your soul
For deep within there lies so much more.
Get those hands out of your canvases and walls
Raise them up and roar!
Cry out to the gods that be, seek out the dwende,
Because there’s more, there is so much more.
The glitch is now encouraging.
Art Film by @arar.nwebe
concept by Kublai Millan
Written by Stella Estremera
#MindanaoArt
#mindanaoartinglitch
#mindanaoart2023
The artist in bowing to the earth.
Hears the whispers of the spirit.
Of the earth, of the soul,
Of concepts long shackled
by the hands and the sun,
by the eagles and the durians.
The whispers now reverberating:
There’s more, there’s so much more.
Touch the Earth, touch your heart,
Say loud your name, call out your soul
For deep within there lies so much more.
Get those hands out of your canvases and walls
Raise them up and roar!
Cry out to the gods that be, seek out the dwende,
Because there’s more, there is so much more.
The glitch is now encouraging.
Art Film by @arar.nwebe
concept by Kublai Millan
Written by Stella Estremera
#MindanaoArt
#mindanaoartinglitch
#mindanaoart2023
Mindanao Art Fair Art Film Series
Part 6 of 11:
THE ANGST, THE DARK NIGHTS
The few who dared look at the eyes of the fallen
The few who felt the emptiness of winning over another,
Remember the glories of long ago, when every poster made
Was welcomed with cheers and every mural rendered was the pride of all.
Now there are only unanswered questions,
While witnessing the unspoken disillusions
Of the defeated, the broken, and the unvalued.
Paintings of happy faces with the sun and the hands are no more;
Sadness, agony, and anger becomes the norm.
Angst finding company, company declaring what is art,
Are as one proclaiming we are the artists, here’re our patrons.
There is a glitch… it’s enraging.
Art Film by @arar.nwebe
Concept by Kublai Millan
Written by Stella Estremera
Part 6 of 11:
THE ANGST, THE DARK NIGHTS
The few who dared look at the eyes of the fallen
The few who felt the emptiness of winning over another,
Remember the glories of long ago, when every poster made
Was welcomed with cheers and every mural rendered was the pride of all.
Now there are only unanswered questions,
While witnessing the unspoken disillusions
Of the defeated, the broken, and the unvalued.
Paintings of happy faces with the sun and the hands are no more;
Sadness, agony, and anger becomes the norm.
Angst finding company, company declaring what is art,
Are as one proclaiming we are the artists, here’re our patrons.
There is a glitch… it’s enraging.
Art Film by @arar.nwebe
Concept by Kublai Millan
Written by Stella Estremera
Mindanao Art Fair 2023 Art Film Series
Part 5 of 11:
CLIMB TO EMPTINESS
Trudging on in a seemingly never-ending staircase to success,
the artist turned jaded fans attention by sneering at the ones below
And jeering those proclaiming there must be more.
Beaming in successes from a long-ago past,
The student who was, peaking and beaming then turns bitter .
While the introspective, the competitive, steadily climbing and climbing
Up the caterpillar pillar*, gets stepped on, shoved off, and toppled down,
Screaming, whispering to anyone listening: There’s nothing up there! Nothing.
There is a glitch… it’s discouraging.
*Hope for the Flowers by Trina Paulus
Art Film by @arar.nwebe
Concept by Kublai Millan
Written by Stella Estremera
Part 5 of 11:
CLIMB TO EMPTINESS
Trudging on in a seemingly never-ending staircase to success,
the artist turned jaded fans attention by sneering at the ones below
And jeering those proclaiming there must be more.
Beaming in successes from a long-ago past,
The student who was, peaking and beaming then turns bitter .
While the introspective, the competitive, steadily climbing and climbing
Up the caterpillar pillar*, gets stepped on, shoved off, and toppled down,
Screaming, whispering to anyone listening: There’s nothing up there! Nothing.
There is a glitch… it’s discouraging.
*Hope for the Flowers by Trina Paulus
Art Film by @arar.nwebe
Concept by Kublai Millan
Written by Stella Estremera
Mindanao Art Fair 2023 Art Film Series
Part 4 of 11:
ART ISN’T THAT
This is art, the art industry is saying, enticing, jeering:
This is art and we pay for this.
The ones raised believing that art is in his blood,
Once repeatedly praised is no more.
Turned jaded like the pair of hands hogging the walls
of the barangay schools from where he’s from.
By whose authority is art defined?
Artists have all said no rules, and yet, here we are conforming:
The sword of relevance, existence, and survival swinging, threatening.
There is a glitch… and it is humiliating.
Art Film by @arar.nwebe
Concept by Kublai Millan
Written by Stella Estremera
Part 4 of 11:
ART ISN’T THAT
This is art, the art industry is saying, enticing, jeering:
This is art and we pay for this.
The ones raised believing that art is in his blood,
Once repeatedly praised is no more.
Turned jaded like the pair of hands hogging the walls
of the barangay schools from where he’s from.
By whose authority is art defined?
Artists have all said no rules, and yet, here we are conforming:
The sword of relevance, existence, and survival swinging, threatening.
There is a glitch… and it is humiliating.
Art Film by @arar.nwebe
Concept by Kublai Millan
Written by Stella Estremera
Mindanao Art Fair 2023 Art Film Series
Part 3 of 11:
What Is art?
When a taped banana is cheered and given a price,
It is the world declaring: This is art.
The artist stuck holding a thorny durian
Can’t even find a tape strong enough to stick it to a wall.
The ubiquitous vintas down-est south are to the money-making angst
and agonies in the Metro, like banana peels
unaffected, untouched by thorns.
Who am I? What am I? Where am I coming from?
There’s a glitch…and it’s depressing.
Art Film by @arar.nwebe
Concept by Kublai Millan
Written by Stella Estremera
Part 3 of 11:
What Is art?
When a taped banana is cheered and given a price,
It is the world declaring: This is art.
The artist stuck holding a thorny durian
Can’t even find a tape strong enough to stick it to a wall.
The ubiquitous vintas down-est south are to the money-making angst
and agonies in the Metro, like banana peels
unaffected, untouched by thorns.
Who am I? What am I? Where am I coming from?
There’s a glitch…and it’s depressing.
Art Film by @arar.nwebe
Concept by Kublai Millan
Written by Stella Estremera
Mindanao Art 2023 Art Film Series
Part 2 of 11:
"WHO AM I?"
From posters and wall murals, it’s time to move up
Oils and acrylics replace house paints.
Epoxy and cement were once paper and glue.
But the figures remain imprinted in the brain,
Hands, the sun, ricefields, waterfalls, and the tribes,
Orchids, fruits, eagles, vintas, and balangays.
Years hence comes the saturation,
comes the realization.
Better rendition doesn’t an artist make.
As a taped banana confounds as it’s cheered,
Like a finger up the nose, concepts straddle the ridiculous.
This inner prodding drawing us to stare at the banana
Asking, begging: Is this the you you want to be?
The banana can’t even stare back nor defend itself…
There is a glitch… and it’s confounding.
Art Film by @arar.nwebe
Concept by Kublai Millan
Written by Stella Estremera
Part 2 of 11:
"WHO AM I?"
From posters and wall murals, it’s time to move up
Oils and acrylics replace house paints.
Epoxy and cement were once paper and glue.
But the figures remain imprinted in the brain,
Hands, the sun, ricefields, waterfalls, and the tribes,
Orchids, fruits, eagles, vintas, and balangays.
Years hence comes the saturation,
comes the realization.
Better rendition doesn’t an artist make.
As a taped banana confounds as it’s cheered,
Like a finger up the nose, concepts straddle the ridiculous.
This inner prodding drawing us to stare at the banana
Asking, begging: Is this the you you want to be?
The banana can’t even stare back nor defend itself…
There is a glitch… and it’s confounding.
Art Film by @arar.nwebe
Concept by Kublai Millan
Written by Stella Estremera
Mindnao Art 2023 Narrative Art Film Series
Part 1 of 11:
"CHILDHOOD AND ART IDENTITY"
We were raised believing.
That art is in our blood.
Repeatedly praised, consistently awarded.
The provinciano goes to the city.
With advisers and coaches beaming.
To compete, to win, then go home.
To adorn the stage for every ceremony,
Earning more adulations and awards.
Posters and murals adorned with hands and the sun,
Giving recognitions to the ones who can render the best.
All hands, all suns, and a lot of human figures.
Selected by those who rendered the same before.
From Talaingod to Panabo, from Iligan to Nunungan,
Bukidnon, Butuan, Agusan, Zamboanga, Davao, and all.
Ricefields, rivers, waterfalls, tribes.
And don’t forget the fruits, eagles, vintas, and balangays.
But some inner proddings tell us not just look
They’re whispering… See… See… See…
Short circuiting thoughts set in old ways.
There is a glitch… and it’s confusing
Art Film by @AR AR NWEBE
Concept by Kublai Millan
Written by Stella Estremera
Part 1 of 11:
"CHILDHOOD AND ART IDENTITY"
We were raised believing.
That art is in our blood.
Repeatedly praised, consistently awarded.
The provinciano goes to the city.
With advisers and coaches beaming.
To compete, to win, then go home.
To adorn the stage for every ceremony,
Earning more adulations and awards.
Posters and murals adorned with hands and the sun,
Giving recognitions to the ones who can render the best.
All hands, all suns, and a lot of human figures.
Selected by those who rendered the same before.
From Talaingod to Panabo, from Iligan to Nunungan,
Bukidnon, Butuan, Agusan, Zamboanga, Davao, and all.
Ricefields, rivers, waterfalls, tribes.
And don’t forget the fruits, eagles, vintas, and balangays.
But some inner proddings tell us not just look
They’re whispering… See… See… See…
Short circuiting thoughts set in old ways.
There is a glitch… and it’s confusing
Art Film by @AR AR NWEBE
Concept by Kublai Millan
Written by Stella Estremera