Historical artworks in Intramuros

"Manila Biennale 2018 brings exceptional artworks to historic Intramuros"

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Location: Fort Santiago, Intramuros, Manila, Philippine

@jeffsamson and I went to Intramuros for an ocular visit for our upcoming pre-nuptial photoshoot. But what we saw there were artworks that were scattered in Intramuros. So here are some of their artworks in Fort Santiago:

Children of War
by: Oca Villamiel

Oca Villamiel gathers scavenged objects as a form of testimony to the tragedies of our time. He spends years salvaging and collecting discards and scraps from dumpsites and junkyards in the Philippines and assembles them into large-scale installations that reflect on the various crises that afflict the country. In this work, he uses abandoned dolls from the Payatas dumpsite placed inside handmade cages made out of pilfered wires to comment on the horrors of war, dispossession and the loss of innocence. RB

Thirty Thousand Liters
by: Felix Bacolor

Felix Bacolor's installation using 150 metal drums, with the combined capacity pf 30,000 liters, is a commentary on the bloodshed from the current wars in the Philippines. The volume of 30,000 liters represents a fraction of the lives lost with a year, based on the artist's estimate that each person needs around 5 liters of blood to live. The massive stack of drums, presented like a makeshift monument, represents the "systematic, industrial purging" and escalating violence in the country today. RB

Walang Boots
by: Pete Jimenez

Walang Boots (No Boots) is an installation of over 150 pairs of old wooden shoe lasts, toy guns and bullet shells strategically placed near the last steps of Jose Rizal, from his cell inside Fort Santiago to Bagumbayan, where he was executed on December 30, 1896. The work is a parting salute to our heroes who bravely walked to their deaths in the service of the country. It also offers a wry commentary on the modernization of the Philippine military. RB

Angel of Death
Bronze Bullet
by: Agnes Arellano

Best known for her surrealist and expressionist sculptues using platter, bronze and cold-cast marble, Agnes Arellano draws from philosophy, religion, mysricism, eroticism, as well as her own personal experiences to create highly dramatic 'inscapes'. Her work signifies an internal unity and totality through the convergence of various elements in an environment that is at one with itself. These two works, Angel of Death and BRonze Bullets, were first presented in 1990 as part of a larger installation that explored the parallel concepts of creation and destruction. RB

We went to Fort Santiago with an admission fee of 75 for adults and 50 for children/stuudent. The exhibit will run from February 3 to March 5, 2018.

It would be fun roaming around the streets in Intramuros because of the view that you could see and it would be an entertainment.

Thank you for reading :)

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