Allan Balisi’s Waiting Games

"[T]here’s a romantic tinge to the practice of waiting, an ache that renders us momentarily porous, submersible."

A wild plant grows through the concrete pavement

Punk lives on in unexpected spaces through artists A.lien (Neil Arvin Javier)…

The tenor of sound practice in Manila

A conversation with Dayang Yraola on the labels, ecologies, and shifts of sound.

 Time as truthsayer and shaper: Seventy Years Later

Both guided by the notion that people are “intermediaries and creators of destiny”, Prado and Bumanlag…

Dreaming and Beyond: Jun Impas’ Pangandoy

“From festivals to the stillness of a normal weekday, his paintings orient us to see the peripheries.” 

Tracing the Ant: Curator’s Talk with Mayumi Hirano

In her second Curator's Talk, writer Lk Rigor speaks with Mayumi Hirano about the challenges and charms of…

Upon A Bed of Gravel: A Journey Through Nona Garcia’s Overland

What does it mean to actually “be” in a place—to be present in all its qualities, in what…