Exploring the zine scene of the south through “Munzinelupa”
We went to the south last Friday to check out Munzinelupa (yes, the south south) at Picked Café & Gallery. Aside from plenty of zines and art from independent and
February 5, 2018
We went to the south last Friday to check out Munzinelupa (yes, the south south) at Picked Café & Gallery. Aside from plenty of zines and art from independent and
Last Dec. 11, I stumbled upon a tweet posted by a James Saluta. Which, to his surprise earned 3,000 plus retweets and 11,000 plus hearts. It read: When in Manila – Let’s
By Celene Sakurako When asked if film photography is dead, budding photographers Redge Hawang, Inah Maravilla, Eric Bico, and Ricardo Yan all gave the unwavering answer: no. As full-blown millennials
Meeting an internet personality in real life can be a very strange experience. Part of us might feel like we’ve come to know the photographers, artists, and bloggers we follow on social media. We get a peek into their day-to-days through Snapchat and Instagram Stories. We get to hear them rant or rave about both the biggest and smallest things through Twitter.
It’s even more surreal to actually show up at their door and spend a day with them. All of a sudden, you’re about to come face to face with the real deal, and you wonder if they’ll turn out to be different from what you thought they’d be. Today, I find myself at a house with Fern, also known as CLUB FERN, artist and prominent internet personality.
Fan art has always been a fascinating genre of the visual arts. For those of you living under a rock, the key terms we’re using here are A) fandom, a community of people bonded over shared interest of a work of fiction, musician, or celebrity; and B) fan art, or artwork voluntarily created by fans of the specific fandom they’re a part of.
Becoming part of a fandom is an exciting and oftentimes enlightening investment of one’s time and emotions. (Fans can probably say it’s a lot like falling in love.) But to create work out of love for another creative venture is another thing in itself. Artists choose to portray other people’s creations through their own styles and viewpoints. Whether it’s illustrations of favorite movies, films, book characters, or full-blown comics of their favorite band members, fan art becomes a means for fans to bond over shared interests.
The medium of fan art, though, is not without its controversies. Because fan art uses characters and concepts (and sometimes, actual human beings) from other people’s work, it’s often dismissed as an invalid form of art. Since fans tend to make their own narratives of the originals, some view fan art as a result of the blurring of the line between fan and creator.
But one thing is for sure: Fan art remains the most embraced form of fan expression worldwide, more so than fan fiction, video, and cosplay.
If you don’t know yet, 8-bitfiction is a well-loved group of creatives known all over the internet for their nostalgic pixel art. Having developed a wide following online (thanks to the unstoppable Tumblr users and stan Twitter) since their formation in 2010, 8-bitfiction surprised fans of their movement after revealing their Filipino heritage through a tweet opposing the recent controversial Marcos burial.
The group’s been more open about Filipino matters since then, but have remained anonymous still. Now, they’re taking a stand for local creatives in Manila and starting an exciting new platform for artists to showcase their talent. Called Channel 8, 8-bitfiction is working with Twitch.tv on this ‘pirate TV channel online that makes art, promotes art, plays games, and will be a place to inspire and feature local young artists and gamers, all while having fun and being paid properly.”
Last September 5, 6, and 7, thousands of delegates, most of which were IT students from all over the Philippines, came to SMX Convention Center to learn, collaborate, and network
“In a world of incessantly proliferating images, the idea that a moment can go unrecorded seems unfathomable,” photographer Sai Villafuerte writes in her photo essay’s introduction. “My images hope to challenge this, evoking a sense that time and space have been left suspended. There is a certain beauty that is captured during moments of silence and contemplation, such as in the act of holding one’s breath. It is kind of mindfulness is sacred where if ‘the breath is irregular, the mind is unsteady’ as quoted in the fifteenth-century Sanskrit text Hatha Yoga Pradipika, ‘But when the breath is still, so is the mind and [one] obtains the power of stillness.’”
By Celene Sakurako Yo, did you hear the news about actor John Lloyd Cruz debuting as an artist last weekend? Probably not. You’re probably too busy wondering if he’s really
By Celene Sakurako Thanks to Ayala Museum you can now book a trip to hell. Well, sort of. For P500 a day or P1,350 for the whole three days, you
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