In the ‘moving painting’ From Sea to Dawn (2016), which is currently featured in MCAD’s exhibition titled Constructions of Truths, the artists Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh, and Hesam Rahmanian focus on some of the most urgent issues of today, which echo a long and recurring history of iconoclasm and migration issues.
Filipino playwright, novelist and writer Dean Francis Alfar lead MCAD’s four-hour Worldmaking through Speculative Fiction workshop last November 16 that had both beginners and published writers focusing on the unusual genre of speculative fiction. The group worked on the prompts given by Mr. Alfar, who is an advocate for ‘spec fic’ which is a growing…
In Likha at Haraya, which translates to “to create and to imagine”, a workshop conducted by MCAD and Museo Pambata last 28 September, participating teachers learned how to make use of the museum as a learning resource. It began with a dialogue on alternative forms of learning and how teachers can take advantage of the…
21 May 2019 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM 12F Cinema, SDA Benilde Campus __ The Project Methodology: Process, Context and Translation Antoni Muntadas (Barcelona, b.1942) has been a Professor of Practice at ACT in the Department of Architecture at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts and is currently visiting Professor at IUAV in Venice, Italy. Through his works,…
Gandahar May 10 & 11 12:00 PM and 3:00 pm Directed by Rene Laloux 82 minutes Based on Jean-Pierre Andrevon’s novel Les Hommes-machines Contre Gandahar. Sylvain’s investigation leads him to discover the link between past and present. Flatlands May 17 & 18 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM Directed by Ladd Ehlinger Jr 95 minutes Based…
Editor, writer and filmmaker Erwin Romulo curates this months screenings, the films complement MCAD’s current exhibition ‘the center will not hold’. These films look into the interrelation of film and migration, and forms of subverting, engaging, rethinking, proposing and resisting a challenging present. Balikbayan #1 April 3, 5,& 7 Directed by Kidlat Tahimik Kidlat Tahimik…
Acts of Life is a critical research residency initiated by NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore and the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design in Manila with the support of the Goethe-Institutes in Singapore and Manila. At the heart of the programme is a commitment to critical research of the rapidly changing landscape of the…
Can you believe it’s almost the end of the year? With Christmas right around the corner we can’t help but feel excited. To get everyone in a festive spirit, we’ve chosen 3 Christmas films to screen on December. Arthur Christmas 2011 | British-American | PG | 1hr 37min Every year, Santa and his army of…
The sacred bond between mothers and their children is fascinating in its innocence and complexity. Mothers have been in the heart of horror cinema for years and have been portrayed in several ways. On one side, we see them helpless in defending their children from monsters and demons and on the other, we find them…
Though film is a very visual medium, music is equally as essential to film. Music is what excites us, makes us fall in love, and pulls at the audience’s heartstrings. This month’s selection of films about music shows how music is important and integral in any culture, from Italy to China to Australia and beyond….
