The Philippines

Jun 29, 2022

Escolta, Manila  Collective practices through the modalities of art: Neighborhoods as assemblies  Emerging Issues  The proposed project aims to realize a ‘workshop caravan’ in partnership with art organizations and artist collectives. It will explore how neighborhoods are reconfigured through acts of solidarity; a circumstance necessitated by the recent crises the pandemic has wrought.     […]

Aug 10, 2018

by Tessa Maria Guazon Culture as potent driver of development frames the Escolta case study: myself, visual artists Alma Quinto, Nathalie Dagmang, and Cian Dayrit are interested in ways communities mobilise themselves to survive rapid changes happening in cities. We have three projects that mobilise creativity and conversation as central approaches to field work and research. […]

Jun 18, 2018

This post is a part of the Escolta project in Manila in the Phillippines. Escolta – circa 1910 (Retro Pilipino, Manila Nostalgia) Escolta – 1945, post-Battle of Manila (Paul Eric Darvin, Manila Nostalgia) Escolta – 1968 (Tewell) Escolta -2016 (Tessa Maria Guazon)