This publication documents the Tutubing Bakal/Tutubing Bakwit Project initiated by Alwin Reamillo for Museo Pambata Foundation and Kids for Peace Foundation. Museo Pambata first became involved in peace programs for children in 2000 amid rising tensions in Mindinao, with the aim of helping both children trapped in-between conflict and those in relatively peaceful areas see the value of peace in nation building. In the Tutubing Bakal Helicopter Project, Alwin Reamillo and four other Australian artists transformed a decommissioned helicopter, a symbol heavy with connotations of armed conflict, into a symbol of peace. They conducted drawing workshops with street children, partner organizations and schools. In the second phase, the interior of the helicopter was transformed into an interactive peace shrine, filled with postcards, stories and artistic offerings contributed by artists and children from the Philippines and beyond. In partnership with the organization Kids for Peace in Cotabato City, the project entered a third phase, known as the Tutubing Bakwit Helicopter Project, which was aimed at empowering the child evacuees ('Batang Bakwits') caught in the armed conflict in Mindinao. The children designed helicopter/dragonfly lanterns made of indigenous materials to creatively express their thoughts and experiences on peace.
Access level
Onsite
artist
Arnel AGAWIN, 
Location code
MON.REA3
Language
English, 
Filipino
Keyword
diaspora,  community art,  interactive art
Publication/Creation date
2009
No of pages
36
ISBN / ISSN
9789717710235
No of copies
1
Content type
artist monograph
Chapter headings
Introduction - Maricel MONTERO
Mga Tutubi Ng Digmaan - Shallah MONTERO
(Untitled Article) - Donna MAGNO
(Untitled Article) - Donna MAGNO
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