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Manila,
Philippines
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| melbourneconnectionasia
2003 Manila, Philippines Artists Brenda V. Fajardo Imelda Cajipe Endaya Karen Ocampo Flores Noel Soler Cuizon Tita V. Lim |
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Translation
is often a process that treads between two extremes - that of expansion
and of reduction. One hopes to find that middle ground where a kernel
of the meaning sought remains at least. Precision is perhaps a myth, equaling
the carrot hanging from the stick. This is how I come to terms with my
role as decoder/encoder. Previously, my education as an artist centered on my role as medium. As society’s antennae, my inquisitive sense will enable me to broadcast ideas and critiques that would change, even inflame the world. But I had a myopic precept of the world back then. To travel is to embark on translating the unfamiliar. Yet the more vulnerable aspect in experiencing residencies and exhibits outside the Philippines is to have not only my art translated, but my person as well. The bombardment of scrutiny - of my politics, my spiritual leanings, and my body - led to a temporary crisis, but helped me realize more clearly where I come from and where I want to go. I decode; I image what I know, of my world, and of worlds at large. And I encode; I mold and make the vision I seek. Karen Ocampo Flores 2003 |
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Karen
Ocampo Flores (b.1966, Caloocan City, Philippines) is a visual artist,
a writer and an organizer of art projects ranging from collaborations
(before, with the collective Sanggawa and SURGE in Australia) to regional
networking and formulating policies as committee member in the National
Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).
The selected artists are not a formal group but have worked together on many exhibitions and projects since the 90s. One common element is that they all exhibited in Hiraya Gallery, Manila. Currently, Noel, Tita and Karen are forming an art organization with several other artists. Imelda and Karen are working on the national traveling exhibition, 'Sungdu-an 3', a project of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts-Committee on Visual Arts. Brenda and Karen were representatives to Women and Herstory: The 2nd Women's Art Festival organized by Feminist Artists Network (FAN), Seoul, Korea in 2002. Image left Angel ng Teknolohiya (Technology's Angel), Imelda Cajipe Endaya, oil and acrylic on plaster bonded textile, metal and wood, 110 x 77.17cm, 1997 |
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artists from the Philippines were selected by Brenda V. Fajardo and coordinated
by Karen Ocampo Flores. ncca.gov.ph & sanghaya |
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