HAPPY NEW YEAR

been out of net and phone signals over the holidays. thanks for the greetings and good cheers. happy new year to y'all. God Bless.

Mad dog.MOV

Pwede bang maloka, I wish i was real. BB needs my 4 extra paws. :)

Hey, BB, please, don't forget me this time! Your doggie who usually tags along your celebrity hunts. Please, please, I will be good :P

I miss Banned Movies. This is as close as it gets.

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Old dog new tricks

Why don't i just have time to learn html, and if i do learn, will i be using this skill for a good rest of my life?

waahhh, website updating is not sooo fun, especially if your computer is conking out on you. irregular hard disk detection, virtual memory loss (i HAVE TO organize my files and delete old stuff finally!!!) and software crashes. I must've done 3x revisions already per page, plus the fact that this dog is ouidoing dreamweaver. Arrrrrfffff..

But then i finally made a vanity mark at the site, admitting i am part of the web team. It's good that BB has been a tambay with creative guys in the old agencies, tinkering with softwares they rubbed a bit of photoshop, after effects, in design (well corel and aldus.. wahahaha remember??) so i am not overwhelmed with the design interfaces.

yup, back to updating. Ciao.

Bien the webdog.
www.movfest.com

Looking for Lav Diaz script

We are looking for a copy of the Lav Diaz script "Ang Kriminal ng Barrio Concepcion." If you have worked with him and / or students of Sir Joven Velasco who had the privilege of acquiring a copy as part of a film class, please get in touch with me - bien@bannedmoviespilipinas.com or acedandan@yahoo.com. We need the same for reference for a project we are collaborating with Mr. Diaz.

Thank you very much.

Bienvenido Bernal

read Dolphy reviewed @ Rotten Tomatoes :)

Bien and My Dolphy :)

Further Reading: Dark Knight is Unforgettable, but Who Remembers James Batman?

Kim uncovers a strange copyright-flouting Filipino movie from the 60s.

by Kim Newman

| July 24, 2008

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/further_reading_by_kim_newman/news/1743648/further_reading_dark_knight_is_unforgettable_but_who_remembers_james_batman

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Wala nang "the first", "the most important", "the next (place dead director name here)"

Walang salba salba

Walang kategorya na binabali bali din naman ng sino mang gumagamit (indie/ mainstream)

Basta gumawa kayo (ng maganda/ ng gusto ninyo/ ng totoo sa inyo -- kahit hindi none/ all of the above)

May manonood.

Paalam aking Bulalakaw, Jolina song at Indiesine sa Galleria sa Hulyo trenta

This is not a song by Khavn

Gusto kong marinig ang boses mo

Gusto kong halikan ang labi mo

Gusto kitang yakapin hanggang umaga

Gusto kong marinig ang buhay mo

Gusto kong halikan ang puso mo

Gusto kitang kasama hanggang may umaga

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC1aTKb47Y0

Malamang napakinggan mo na ang kantang iyan ni Jolina? Okay lang, huwag ka na lang magpahalatang na LSS ka. Kung naging themesong ninyo ito ng S.O. mo atin atin na lang iyan.

Pero ngayon pwede ka nang magsenti inside at rakenrol wasak pa rin on the outside (parang mentos!) maririnig mo ang iba pang sentimental asukal na kanta na gawa ni Khavn De La Cruz sa Robinsons Galleria Indiesine sa July 31 hanggang August 7.

GOODBYE MY SHOOTING STAR

[Paalam Aking Bulalakaw]

This is not a film by Khavn

K. loves Ana. But Ana's now gone. Once she was there. But not anymore.

A chance encounter from their past leads to this new meeting between K. and Ana. They walk through the streets of the University of the Philippines, running into people, visiting a quirky optometrist, and riffing on topics ranging from the personal to the philosophical. Their talks are interspersed with songs and poems that develop parallel to the couple’s talk. This creates a mix of music video, poetry reading, and offbeat romance.

Starring MERYLL SORIANO & KHAVN

Also Starring NELLA SARABIA, ELMO REDRICO, & EGAY ROXAS

Directed, Written, and Produced by KHAVN

Cinematography by KHAVN & ALBERT BANZON

Edited by RALPH CRISOSTOMO

Music by DELAKRUS

Guitar Solo by JONNY SALVADOR

Poems by KULAS TALON

Sound Engineered by ARVIE BARTOLOME

Translated by KAEL CO & MERV ESPINA

Production Company: FILMLESS FILMS

MERYLL SORIANO as Ana Maria

KHAVN as The Unseen Lover

Songs Composed, Written, & Performed by KHAVN

"Bulalakaw" "Gusto" "Hometown" "Echo" "You Love Me" "Sleepy" "My Anima" "Mababa Ang Buwan" "Hanggang Ngayon"

Guitar Solo by JONNY SALVADOR

"Not Just Yet" ("Bulalakaw" Theme Song)

Poems Written & Spoken by KHAVN

"Soneto" "Kay Ana" "Rosas Ng Ulan" "May Isang Bulaklak" "Hangin Balat Pinto: Paghihintay" "Sulat" "Huling Harana" "Pagwawalis" "Paalam Aking Bulalakaw"

Poems Recorded & Mixed by Arvie Bartolome

Watch Goodbye My Shooting Star trailer on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-4WG3gH-9Q

Khavn De La Cruz is a filmmaker, musician and writer who has won numerous awards both here and abroad. His current films will be featured at the Paris Cinema International Film Festival (France), Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema (India), Motovun Film Festival (Croatia) & Sarajevo Film Festival (Bosnia&Herzegovina) this July and August. For more information, contact oracafe@rocketmail.com, bien@bannedmoviespilipinas.com or visit www.khavndelacruz.com.

Fan girl moment # 856

Sorry for the codes, it’s the fan girl gush I have to express

Cast of Characters : (in order of appearace)

Me

Accessory Director to this story (ADS)

Accessory Writer to this story (AWS)

Director 1 (D1)

Director 2 (D2)

Conversations are via virtual, txt, call and face to face)

ADS : Nina, AWS needs copies of D1's films for our project. Must get copies. Now!

Nina : Rant.. Rant.. Rant.. Ok.

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Nina : Where can I get ur rare subtitled copies?

D1 : I don't have copies but here are your options, get from overseas girl, overseas writer boy, local writer (without subs) and D2.

Nina : But I don’t have D2s number

D1 : Business card sent.

Nina : (to self -- Wooohooo, this is my idol, can I melt?)

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Nina : Hi! I am Nina D1s friend, can I borrow the minidv of D1s film from you?

D2 : I'll be at fine arts from 2 - 4

Nina : I have meetings, where can I catch you after?

D2 : 6 I'll be in pasig, I am in makati going to katipunan right now.

Nina : Ok, 6 will be great I will be in galleria in the afternoon for meetings, when will you have the tapes ready

D2 : I have it with me already

Nina : Wow! Thanks.. Ok will try to catch you later

Time lapse

D1 : Nina, If you get the tapes, I want to remaster it first before you send it to AWS overseas.

Nina : Yup, that's what I was thinking, will copy before sending (my culture's artifact at the mercy of the postal system even if its fedex. No!!)

D1 : That's my only copy.

Nina : WHAT!!!!! YOU SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST 2 MASTERS 1 WITH YOU AND 1 OFFSITE LOCATION*, Iba pa yung pinapahiram mo na copy. Please huwag mong pabayaang mawala ang obra mo!

Time lapse meeting and some quirky phone glitch -- my messages weren't coming in due to phone virus and basement area location.

D1 : Nina, did you reach D2?

D1 : Nina, having problems with D2?

Nina : Oh sorry, didn't get your texts, we're ok scheduling to meet, phone problems will update you soon.

D2 : Where are you? Can drop by Galleria in 30 mins.

Nina : Really! Really! Wow!

D2 : I am here.. I can't go down though, let's meet at the ramp

Nina : (istaristrak) Ok. Wow! Thanks for the effort.. What car are you in?

D2 : (didn't answer my question) anyway see you.

Nina : (saw 2 vehicles, an SUV and a BMW -- ahehe BMW approaches)

D2 : I was suppose to give this to him last time we saw each other.

Nina : Super thanks!

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Nina : I am on my way to your place.

D1 : ok, am at home. When will you get the tapes from D2

Nina : I have it with me now, alangan namang bisitahin lang kita no? (irreverent ang loka!)

D1 : Wow! Babae lang pala ang kailangan para makuha iyan from him. Ahahaha

Nina : Sexist! Babae ka diyan. Call it convincing powers. How long has it been with him?

D1 : 2 years!!

Nina : But he says he was about to send it back at penguin.

D1 : He's been teasing me that way for 2 years.

Nina : Meron pa ba kayong taong gustong singilin? Ahahaha

*Note to filmmakers : Archive your films, the US Feds make at least 6 copies of their work as archive masters in at least 3 continent locations if ever 2 (not just 1) chunks of the earth collapse. I know its costs to invest on tapes but it'll be more costly to our culture is we lost your obra forever. Even if you think you are not National Artist material, but maybe just maybe some future galactic society would hail you as a genius. Ahahaha.

Squatterpunk @ The Wuds 25th Anniversary Concert

Khavn de la Cruz’s Squatterpunk will be featured and scored live by the legendary band The Wuds at the Concert at the Park, Luneta. July 13, Sunday 5 pm. The original film track features the music of Mr. Bobby Balinguit, The Brockas, Tengal and Buccino de Ocampo.

About Squatterpunk :

An ode to joy amidst poverty, SQUATTERPUNK is the pre-Spanish Philippine part of Khavn's "Black Silence Trilogy" ("2. Ultimo", "3. The Longest Moment You're Not Here"). Set in the slums of Manila, we follow the lives of the youth as they scavenge the garbage beach for a living while still managing to play around.

CREDITS

Director, Writer, Producer: Khavn
Editor: Lawrence Ang (with Caloy Carlos & Sunshine Matutina)
Music: The Brockas, Bobby Balingit, Tengal, Buccino P. De Ocampo
Cinematographer: Albert Banzon
Assistant Director: Rayg Generoso
Cast: Hapon and the Isla Puting Bato Community
Length: 79 minutes

Watch the youtube trailer of Squatterpunk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi6awU-v9eU

Khavn De La Cruz is a filmmaker, musician and writer who has won numerous awards both here and abroad. His current films will be featured at the Paris Cinema International Film Festival (France), Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema (India), Motovun Film Festival (Croatia) & Sarajevo Film Festival (Bosnia&Herzegovina) this July and August. His “Overdosed Nightmare” and “Ultimo” will also be featured at the Cinemalaya Film Festival with screenings on July 15 and 19 9pm. For more information, contact oracafe@rocketmail.com, bien@bannedmoviespilipinas.com or visit www.khavndelacruz.com.

Khavn de la Cruz’s Overdosed Nightmare and Ultimo @ Cinemalaya

Khavn de la Cruz’s films will be featured during the following Cinemalaya screenings :

Overdosed Nightmare

July 15 – 9pm Tanghalang Manuel Conde , CCP

“Overdosed Nightmare” is Kidlat Tahimik’s “Perfumed Nightmare” without the perfume, a pure nightmare set in wounded Manila, a close-up view of all that gangrene and pus. A gang of rat-munching, homophobic bums kill the night clumsily. Jesus H. Christ gets crucified for the nth time in Dagger Island. A greaseman, the image model for Poverty, bums around the Edsa Revolution anniversary which ousts another corrupt president, Estrada the actor. And Tony D., the shrewd short-fused citizen of the Philippine ghetto, sets his sights on foreign classmate Steve Banners, a pompous self-righteous dude with delusions of America's grandeur at the expense of Third World inequity.

Running time: 80min

CAST AND CREW

MARVIN AGUSTIN as Tony De Instituto
BON REYES as Tony Gooseman
BUCCINO DE OCAMPO as Tony Greaseman

DAVE KAHN as Steve Banners

Directed, Written, & Produced by KHAVN
Based on NORMAN WILWAYCO’s Institute Of Poets
Edited by LAWRENCE S. ANG (with Genghis Jimenez)
Cinematography by ALBERT BANZON, ALMA DELA PENA, KHAVN
Additional Footage by RAUL FUNILAS
Music by DELAKRUS, TENGAL, ARVIE BARTOLOME, ASCARIS, AUTOCEREMONY, BLEND:ER, BLUMS BORRES, CHILDREN OF CATHODE RAY, CONSCRIPT, EAT TAE, ELEMENTO, FOODSHELTER&CLOTHING, INCONNU ICTU, INSOMNIA, NASAL POLICE, POW MARTINEZ, TERESA BARROZO

Watch the trailer on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuK0akJqSOo

ULTIMO: Distintas Maneras De Matar Un Heroe Nacional with Live Score

July 19 –9pm Tanghalang Huseng Batute , CCP

Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematographer: Khavn

Editor: Lawrence Ang

Music: Junji Lerma

Cast: Celia Blanco & Festivalito La Palma Actors

Length: 89 minutes

Synopsis:

The Spanish section of Khavn's "Silent Black Trilogy",

ULTIMO is an abstract meditation on

Philippine-Hispanic relations. Mixing high & low

cinematic aesthetics, the film is composed of ordinary

images from present-day Spain juxtaposed with the last

poem that Philippine national hero Jose Rizal wrote

before he was executed by the Spanish Government back

in 1896. A haunting post-kundiman (Spanish-influence

Philippine ballad) score by guitarist and banduria

player Junji Lerma accompanies the film.

Watch the Ultimo trailer on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyPQwAwXIJY

Khavn De La Cruz is a filmmaker, musician and writer who has won numerous awards both here and abroad. His current films will be featured at the Paris Cinema International Film Festival (France), Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema (India), Motovun Film Festival (Croatia) & Sarajevo Film Festival (Bosnia&Herzegovina) this July and August. His “ Philippine Bliss” will also be featured at the UP Vargas Museum on July 15 530pm For more information, contact oracafe@rocketmail.com, bien@bannedmoviespilipinas.com or visit www.khavndelacruz.com.

Khavn de la Cruz’s Philippine Bliss @ the UP Vargas Museum Grand Piano Project

Khavn de la Cruz again invades UP with 2 of his current works, the film “Philippine Bliss” which was shot entirely at the UP B.L.I.S.S. Housing Project and this collaboration with Alwin Reamillo’s installation-in-progress “The Nicanor Abelardo Grand Piano Project”

An installation, a film screening and a live score interactive experience only on July 15 5:30pm at the UP Vargas Museum

PHILIPPINE BLISS

This is not a film by KHAVN.

Synopsis:
“Philippine Bliss” tells the tale of six modern-day Filipinos living in a single neighborhood, a housing project called B.L.I.S.S., started by the former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos during the Martial Law era. These people, whose names allude to familiar characters from Jose Rizal’s novels, narrate their private yet vivid stories of loss, longing, and Third World despair, all intersecting in a public arena that is their packed community. Theirs are lives seen with an oftentimes comic eye, unabashedly bound by a wild and brimming sense of Filipino hope.

Running time: 70min

Cast & Crew:

NEIL ELPUSAN as Simon Crisostomo
REINIER LUCIEN as Elias
JV KATIPUNAN as Tasyo
MENK CRUZAT as Sisa
THERESE CARLOS as Maria
LARA TARRANCO as Clara
DAMASO as Itself

JP HERNANDEZ as the djembe player
ATOY REYES JR. as the steel trader
PEDRING X. SANTOS as the junkyard dog
NINA DANDAN as client 1
CHERISH BRILLON as client 2
ENUH IGLESIAS as client 3

Directed, Written, & Produced by KHAVN
Editing & Sound Design by LAWRENCE S. ANG
Cinematography by ALBERT BANZON
Music by RIA MUNOZ
Songs by REYCARD DUET, LARRY MIRANDA , RUBEN TAGALOG, & SYLVIA LA TORRE
English Subtitles Written by JOEL TOLEDO
Sound Recording by JONATHAN BATOY
Production Management by BANNED MOVIES PILIPINAS
Casting by CHERISH AILEEN BRILLON
Catering by ANNA CHRISTINA IGLESIAS
Stills by ANA CARINA DANDAN

Watch the Philippine Bliss trailer on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GnnU8JcQJg

Khavn De La Cruz is a filmmaker, musician and writer who has won numerous awards both here and abroad. His current films will be featured at the Paris Cinema International Film Festival (France), Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema (India), Motovun Film Festival (Croatia) & Sarajevo Film Festival (Bosnia&Herzegovina) this July and August. His “Overdosed Nightmare” and “Ultimo” will also be featured at the Cinemalaya Film Festival with screenings on July 15 and 19 9pm. For more information, contact oracafe@rocketmail.com, bien@bannedmoviespilipinas.com or visit www.khavndelacruz.com.

This is not a photo of Lav Diaz

Nung lumabas ang libro na ito ay nagkaroon na ako ng kopya, nawala (nahiram at nagdisappear) at nasumpungang meron palang downloadable version sa publisher site. Nagkaroon uli ako ng hard copy. Nakakatawa nito meron kaming napansin ng mga kaibigan ko..

Sabi kasi sa caption "Lav Diaz (left) at the chorva chorva reception" (nagquote pa ako may mata naman kayo.)

We tried to squint (magic eye effect ba?), maduling at mag stare ng 9 hours, di talaga ma-imagine na si Lav iyon. One brave moment in Sagada, I finally asked Lav, di naman daw siya yun but he was there that day.

Ayun baka typo yung dalawang () at ang ibig sabihin pala ng caption ay "Lav Diaz left the reception.."

when this photo was taken. ;p

And so sagada..

Wasak! Got a phone call Sunday late at night from a friend telling me that I will be part of a shoot with Lav Diaz, the venerable Lav Diaz. Since life has been a whirlwind of unexpected experiences lately, packing my bags came so naturally.. Off to Sagada via Baguio the next day, I just had to take a quick meeting with a gallery to work on last minute stuff for an installation exhibit we need to mount before the month ends. Woooahhh after years of eating and breathing silicon, circuits and digits.. tables have turned in a whirl, I am in a shooting of a Lav Diaz film, I am preparing for a Khavn de la Cruz film installation.

The Lav Diaz experience

Basta working with that shaman (well this is Andrew's description that I immediately embraced then, proven now) is really an experience. Don't want to pre-empt anything about the film so semi-hush about this part.

Chieftain's welcome

It was a usual welcome, in a usual home. I never realize that the reason why the house was situated in the most scenic and cinematic spot until later. We were looking for a location, we saw that the spot fit our requirement to a T, a special, secluded place that had the cinematic X-factor. It was I later realize a hallowed spot, for the pagan gods.

Maybe it was lost in translation, they were talking about a "tabak", a pagan god, "kabunian" as Lav later relayed, when we first visited referring to a headress like object near the fireplace. It was an altar, actually it was THE altar of the whole mountain regions. It was never to be pointed at, never to be held, and fire should be burning only at special prescribed hours. We were there, met the priest chieftain of the land, the powerful old man who is sought to approve of things in his domain, I really don't know when and how, but most probably he allowed us to shoot. He was an old man, senile actually, but his words were still the final word in the land. And yes, he not only allowed us to shoot, he opened his home to us, as Lav said, he invited us in his home.

The sagada weddings

If you think it is so expensive to marry in Manila, well, think again. In sagada, you have to feed the whole 2000 of the municipality and its tourists for all meals for 2 days. Feed would mean, filled, tummy ache, busog na busog level eating. The people are just so generous. If only we lined-up, we were just so shy, even so they were so open giving out strategies on which line is faster, which party has better delicious food (there were 3 weddings, one could actually attend all 3) The festivities were so colorful, I didn't mind that my feet have exceeded the 10,000 step recommendation of a healthy life sabi ni anmum. I was sure I developed leg muscles during this trip.

Dalagang pilipina

There were traditional dancing.. Traditional street dancing, usually participated by the olden folks, 50somethings and above, some in traditional garb, some in simple clothes and some who were part of the wedding entourage were in barongs and sayas (prior to the traditional ceremonies, the couple was wed in the episcopal christian church.. I manage to see the "just married" wedding procession where the bride and groom rode on the streets in a motorcycle as they were congratulated by townsfolk.) . the males initiate the dance… as I see it, a warrior seeks for a bride, dances on a proud stance, calls on the maidens, lures one and they dance together, the men encircle the maiden. It was fun to see old ladies blush like teeners as they volunteer push a "maiden" to the men's circle. Some things never change.

Rules and traditions

The cheiftain's place was really a major walk from our inn, I have to go there 5 times during the trip to coordinate with the chieftain's granddaughter judith who didn't have a cellphone or any means of communication (a time where you wish there were at least trikes or padyaks, or you want to leave your phone for easy access.) anyway it was a joy to visit the place I actually gained invites to stay in 3 houses already to sleep, to consider my home. The first 2 times with kints, we made a semi tradition to pass by this sarsari store and reward ourselves with gatorade. The next time I came alone and I still manage to fulfill the tradition, the manang already knew the flavor I wanted.

In that remote area after the pilapils, the baranggay doesn't allow junk food and sodas to be sold at nearby stores.. So on my 3rd trip onwards it had been my tradition to bring them the contrabands I can easily buy near our inn.

One tradition I cannot miss is to buy at least 3 coffee variants in baguio ( I have been doing this for years already after a sales roadshow trip around 2002, when everyone was buying walis, I ventured further in maharlika and realize there were 2 major coffee brewer shops you can buy coffee by the quarter kilo at 1/8th price of any starbucks, seattle's, coffee bean shop. (if ur in baguio, go past the meat area out the drygoods and you'll find umali's and its neighbor. COFFEE HEAVEN.

If you want to taste test, there are manong's and manang's roving vendor with the hot water, condiments (cream, muskovado sugar, milo, etc. ) toted in a basket selling in most corners.. They taste far better than starbucks.. If one wants to franchise a manila chain, you can call it STARBASKet

Basta, basta, basta.. had a great time. There are a lot of stories more, real, percieved, mythical and comical. Wait for that next Lav Diaz film. I am so excited.

Great Opportunity for Artists, posting for friends-- TENDER FOR APPLICATIONS |

WEDNESDAYS I'M-N-LOVE / OPEN PLATFORM

TENDER FOR APPLICATIONS |
WEDNESDAYS i'm-n-love OPEN PLATFORM RESIDENCY
supported by Arts Network Asia (ANA)

APRIL 24: WOP RESIDENCY OPEN CALL LAUNCH
BAR OPENS 7 PM, OPEN DISCUSSION (ON THE RESIDENCY) 9PM
GREEN PAPAYA ART PROJECTS


True love never dies. And unlike hot summer flings, this one is here to stay. After nearly eight months of relentless romance, unwavering faith, accidental chance encounters and careful planning, our love has finally come to bear fruit. Its time to step up. Swingers meet their match, cynics lost among throngs of intoxicated hope. Paperwork bureaucracy thrown out the door, paving the way for mad spontaneity. A bit of temper if only to extend our cheap honeymoon getaway. No need to pack your bags for this one. Yes, settling in can be nerve-wracking, even unforgiving. Take your chance, as usual the moment is now! The day has finally arrived. With much much anticipation we are launching the call for applications to WEDNESDAYS i'm-n-love OPEN PLATFORM RESIDENCY.

WEDNESDAYS i'm-n-love OPEN PLATFORM RESIDENCY (WOP) is an experimental and creative laboratory for new artistic explorations in contemporary visual arts, performance, and new media. Open to artists, curators and researchers who wish to present their current tendencies for a once-a week critical exchange via screenings, readings, conversations, performance and temporal exhibitions. WOP Residency provides 6 local young artists/curators the possibility of research residency at Green Papaya Art Projects for 2 months (or 8 Wednesdays) each with some production allowance.

Six artists/curators will be selected from an open call to organize and co-curate eight succeeding WOP programs. Aside from co-curating, the resident will also assist in documenting and archiving the events. While in residency, the participants shall also be encouraged to produce their own works (literary, writing, video, performance, painting and plastic art) referenced on the creative environment and experience brought about by the Wednesdays happenings. The works may be multidisciplinary and collaborative. All creative outputs of the six participants will be presented in a culminating exhibition and publication after one year of WOP Residency completion as part of Green Papaya's calendar for 2009.

Launched in September 2007 as Wednesdays I'm-n-love Open Platform, this weekly happening opens up the space to discuss aesthetic, ideological and pedagogic strategies involved in any artistic process. Now running on its eight month, WOP has evolved into a weekly gathering much anticipated with unexpected creative twists and turns. Generating a platform for interventionist tactics, cross disciplinary interaction and collaboration in varying artistic stages – from script readings, improvisation jams, lectures, live talk shows to ping-pong nights. Originally conceived as loose, informal and anarchic gatherings, WOP Residency arose from the exigencies of a structured sustainable artistic program empowering the local art community in the face of temporary artist-run initiatives. Bringing in much needed environment to discuss strategies that will bridge the gap of managing independent initiatives whilst promoting creative and artistic agendas.

Aims and Objectives

• WOP Residency aims to put-in-place the necessary mechanisms to develop a curatorial approach and strategy emerging from the sensibilities and context of new artistic explorations of young emerging multi/cross-media artists. It is creative laboratory with a diverse interest in anthropological, social, political, and technological contexts, and probe how these areas of diverse interests impact on contemporary art practice.

• It provides artist/curator a unique environment for artistic engagement between him/her and those artists involved in the weekly WOP programs. Such environment is seen as a fertile ground for the resident artist/curator to create his/her work witin the context of that engagement.

• WOP Residency seeks to ensure a year-long uninterrupted programming with 6 resident artists/curators taking charge of curatorial and program implementation for 12 months, with each one covering 8 weeks of residency. Putting in place a curatorial and managemment support mechanism involving members of its community thereby putting into practice the principle of comunity ownership and responsibility over the idea of an independent, alternative and “open platform.”

Ask and you shall receive. Artists, curators, researchers, talkers, thinkers, auto-didacts, art students and enthusiasts alike can submit your motivation letter, one-page proposal/artist statement expressing the desired residency period from June 2008 to May 2009 and curriculum vitae on or before May 15, 2008 to

greenpapayaartprojects@gmail.com

or send it via post to:

GREEN PAPAYA ART PROJECTS
124A Maginhawa Street, Teachers Village East
Diliman, Quezon City









WOP RESIDENCY is an independent initiative of GREEN PAPAYA ART PROJECTS supported by ARTS NETWORK ASIA

New email address

Edsamail suddenly ended their service (????) i don't know, customer service numbers doesn't seem to work anymore. This has been 2 weeks (so if you have sent me mails and stuff, please resend :( and why oh why am i just announcing this now.

So alternate email addresses according to priority (i like using outlook to check email rather than going through webmail services) :

nina@bannedmoviespilipinas.com

bienvenidosboss@gmail.com

acedandan@yahoo.com

Thanks a lot. yup still in hermit on vacation mode but i pop in and out of lives once in while. Keep in touch.

New perch

New place, new adventures. :)