'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.

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A Project of Lopez Memorial Museum and Pananaw ng Sining Bayan, Inc. Through a Grant of the Japan Foundation

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Onsite

Location code
REF.CRJ
Language

English

Publication/Creation date

2005

No of pages

278

ISBN / ISSN

9718140476

No of copies

1

Content type

conference proceedings

Chapter headings

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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