FILM LINE UP AND SCHEDULE Stream the films online for free every Wednesday for the month of September by registering for our screenings. Please email mcad@benilde.edu.ph. Participants will receive limited access to the film via email.
This conversation focuses on tactility as it invites/encourages play which seems to echo Duchamp’s “art is a game between all people of all periods.”. and as a response to the current pandemic which has deprived audiences of the physical experiences of art. Register on or before 18 August here. Image: Borrowed Light by Celine Lee.
MCAD has invited Madge Reyes to respond to Jérôme Bel’s Shirtology (2012). The original score appears below followed by Reyes’ interpretation. This work along with others are on view at the museum. Book a visit here. To learn more about the exhibition, do it (MCAD Manila), click here. Tours are available both online and on-site. #doitMCADManila Learn…
Curated by James Luigi Tana, these works as personal narratives could be viewed as collective nostalgia when situated in the present context. More often than not, nostalgia opens up to surrounding issues on identity, history of resistance, youth and innocence, and even the simple inquiry about the origin of our favorite food, all contributing to…
MCAD Manila has invited Manny Montelibano to interpret Shoot It (2004) by Cao Fei for the exhibition, do it (MCAD Manila). The original score appears below followed by Montelibano’s interpretation. This work along with others are on view at the museum. Book a visit here. To learn more about the exhibition, do it (MCAD Manila), click here….
MCAD Manila has invited Lourd de Veyra to interpret Untitled (2012) by Hannah Weinberger for the exhibition, do it (MCAD Manila). The original score appears below followed by Lourd de Veyra’s interpretation. This work along with others are on view at the museum. Book a visit here. To learn more about the exhibition, do it…
How To Kill A Bug, 1996 Instruction by John Baldessari interpreted by MCAD Manila. 2 Wooden planks, 1″ x 4″ x 18″, labeled A and B. 1. Place bug on end of wooden plank A. 2. Strike area where bug is located on plank A with plank B. 3. Remove remains of bug from both…
MCAD will be offering a special Filipino Sign Language (FSL) online guided tour of its current exhibition, do it (MCAD Manila) on 27 August 2021. Interested parties may register on or before 20 August 2021. To learn more about the exhibition, click here. To get in touch with MCAD, please email mcad@benilde.edu.ph.
The Museum of Contemporary Art and Design held a 3-session online writing workshop with Mr Budjette Tan, writer of Trese. For three Saturdays beginning 15 May, 25 participants had three-hour sessions facilitated by Mr Tan to work on an original piece. Their works were responses to Meg Cranston’s instructions which is part of do it (MCADManila). Workshop…
Our July screenings explore the work of Greta Gerwig, which feature naturalistic dialogue and center on female experiences and relationships. Her directorial style and acting work follow realistic yet precise direction, showcasing an interesting trajectory since her beginnings in the mumblecore film movement. The women in Gerwig’s films are flawed and deeply human navigating equally…
