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Mental Map of Visual Influences 2w

I thought I’d make another mental map of visual influences, after the first one I’d drawn up six years ago. Those influences still hold, but I suppose I’ve grown some ever since working more intensely on books & women’s art in Gantala Press, & of course curating some museum/library exhibitions professionally, & encountering a lot […]

Cooking

Another activity I’ve been quite active in even before the lockdown started is cooking. I’ve been doing stir-fries mostly bc I love salty oily food, though a friend advised that it’s healthier for the gut (& therefore, the mind) to prepare food in different ways. We’ve been ordering vegetables from Good Food Community & Session […]

Cloth Book

These days I’d rather work on Gantala Press’ first cloth book — mine as well, & Rae Rival’s — than on more urgent income-generating projects (although these IGPs are focused on women, too). The cloth book is for an upcoming project w the CCP Library. Rae & I have decided to embroider found snippets — […]

Hello again, world!

Haven’t updated this blog for maaany months! So much has happened! After my art residency in the US — a lifetime ago –, I got busy focusing on Gantala Press, which was also the (main) reason I quit my full-time job last June. Never been happier. But thanks to a Gantala sister for prompting me […]

Women and War

This March is the first anniversary of the last exhibition I curated for Filipinas Heritage Library, where I had worked for 11 fruitful years! I am so proud of this exhibition, which was designed by women designers as well. If “one is only as good as one’s last work,” as I have often heard since […]

Dispatch from Deutschland

Text and photos of my trip to Germany for the Frankfurt Book Fair and a talk in Berlin, on Gantala Press’ website.

Karaniwang Daniw: Babae, Tula, at ang Araw-araw

Panayam na binasa sa isang porum tungkol sa pagtula, July 10, 2019.

Karapatang Pantao at Kasarian

Binasa sa “TAOTAYO: Ta(y)o Forum,” Philippine High School for the Arts, Mt Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna, Marso 25, 2019 Magandang umaga sa lahat. Maraming salamat sa pag-imbita sa aking magsalita sa araw na ito. Karangalan kong makausap ang mga iskolar ng bayan tungkol sa mahalagang mga isyu ng human rights o karapatang pantao, gender o […]

ACC Learnings

An edited version of this piece is included in the last issue of the Ayala Museum magazine for this year. This year is also the tenth that I have been working at Filipinas Heritage Library (FHL). I started out as a Senior Associate who handled lectures, workshops, and research and publication projects. As I got […]

Philadelphia

My visit to Philadelphia could not have been more wrong timing. Although I had always been meaning to go, I didn’t really plan and prepare for this trip. I had no idea about the Chinatown bus until after I had bought what I thought was already a cheap BoltBus ticket. I ended up paying more […]