40th year of martial-law declaration triggers artistic outpouring
By Alyosha J. Robillos
In matrimonial matters, the ruby marks a couple’s 40th year since tying the knot.

In matrimonial matters, the ruby marks a couple’s 40th year since tying the knot.

Mishael Jacob Pueblas always had it in him: An eye for visual art. Back when he was in college, studying communication arts at the University of the Philippines in Mindanao, Misha, as his friends would call him, had always been the artist in the batch.

2BU gathered young artists Christian San Jose (aka “CSJ”), Valerie Chua, Inna Victoria Feanne Hontiveros Mauricio (aka “Feanne”), and Rob Cham, to let their art speak for them. On a lazy afternoon in Space Encounters, they answer some typical slumbook questions.
Can creators of art that some find bad or offensive use freedom of expression to justify their work?