'Locus: Interventions in Art Practice' is an international gathering of artists, curators and cultural workers who believe in art as a transformative force. The conference was divided into two sections, Locus 1 was held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Main Gallery in August 2002; and Locus 2 was held at the Eugenio Lopez Center in Anitpolo in October 2002. The present publication is the proceedings of the discussion sessions in both Locus 1 and Locus 2. A directory of participants is provided.
A Project of Lopez Memorial Museum and Pananaw ng Sining Bayan, Inc. Through a Grant of the Japan Foundation
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conference,  art criticism
2005
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conference proceedings
Locus: Interventions in Art Practice - Instigating Discourse - Joselina CRUZ
LOCUS 1
Plague - Patrick D. FLORES
Session 1: Social Realism: Histories and Hopes
Fact-Finding Mission, 2002 - Jose TENCE RUIZ
Protest Art: Through Years of Engaged Practice - Mideo M CRUZ
Session 2: Art Collectives: Defying the Hermit Mindset
Survival through Collective Action - Estela OCAMPO-FERNANDEZ
My Formative Years in Visual Arts - Federico SIEVERT, Federico SIEVERT
Lesbianarama - Irma LACORTE
DIWA Arts: In the Spirit of Collaborative Practice - Rico REYES
Session 3: Artist-Run Spaces
Surrounded by Water - Lena COBANGBANG
Shifting Spaces - Ringo BUNOAN
Mariyah Gallery Experience: An artist runs a gallery, a private venture in a small community - Cristina TANIGUCHI
Discussant's Response: Looking for/at Spaces - Norberto ROLDAN
Session 4: Cultural Work and Community Collaboration
Art as Cultural Work and Community Collaboration: The Hanao Hanao Experience - Brenda V. FAJARDO
The Intangibilities of the Kapampangan Movement - Norman TIOTUICO
Art and Culture - An Interaction - Rishab TIBON
ANINO Shadowplay Collective
Discussant's Reponse - Santiago BOSE
Session 5: Art and Civil Society
Locus: Art and Civil Society - Imelda CAJIPE-ENDAYA
Art Esteem - Katti STA. ANA
Discussant's Response - Ferdie ISLETA
Discussant's Response - Teodora CONDE-PRIETO
LOCUS 2
Motohis Shimizu - Director, Japan Foundation Manila Office
Mercedes Lopez-Vargas - Director, Lopez Museum
Imelda Cajipe-Endaya - Director, Pananaw ng Sining Bayan, Inc.
Session 1: Alternative Modes of Production
Alternative Economies/Alternatives to Economy - Patrick D. FLORES
Liminality in Recent Malaysian Art: A Critique of Political and Networking Interventions in a Transnational Scenario - Niranjan RAJAH
No Choice but to Choose - Jose TENCE RUIZ
Discussant's Response - Karen OCAMPO FLORES
Session 2: Interventions in Place
Within Sites - Joselina CRUZ
Nuts Society - Thanom CHAPAKDEE
Reading Each Other - LEE Wengchoy, 李永財
Discussant's Response - CHU Chuyuan
Discussant's Response - Daravuth LY
Session 3: Self and Solidarities
Untitled - NGUYEN Minh Thanh
Paradise Lost, Parodies Gained: Boredom and the Business of Making Things Visible in Art - Judy Freya SIBAYAN
Politics of the Self in the Negotiation of Solidarities - Jay KOH, 高瞻
Discussant's Response - Imelda CAJIPE-ENDAYA
Session 4: Sites of Independence
Sites of dependence and acts of independence - Sharmini PEREIRA
Making Room - Ringo BUNOAN
Plastique Kinetic Worms - Vincent LEOW
Session 5: Social Space: Society and Practice
Peer - Ingrid SWENSON
The Elusiveness of the Transitive: Reflections on the Curatorial Gesture and Its Conditions in India - Ranjit HOSKOTE
Engaging Public Space Politically: (Para)Sites of Review - Patrick D. FLORES
Session 6: Beyond the Gallery and Back
Locus - Lani MAESTRO
Negotiating the Center and the Periphery: Towards a Bearable Lightness of Being - Judy Freya SIBAYAN
Keynote - Lani MAESTRO
Afterword - Patrick D. FLORES
Locus: Interventions in Art Practice
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