24 May 2018 l 12th Floor, SDA Cinema, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde l 3.00pm Curating in an Institutional Context This lecture reflects on curating as a context-specific practice. Whether it is working independently or as part of an organization, each setting offers distinct challenges and opportunities. Being a curator within a large public…

19 May 2018 l MCAD Multimedia room l 3.00pm The Conservation Department is often described as the scientific arm of the museum, tasked with the restoration and long-term preservation of its priceless art and artefacts. It houses laboratories for documentation, analytical investigations of materials, and conservation treatments that allow conservators to better understand how artists…

Two for the Road is a two-part screening of selected films curated by artist Heman Chong which will run from April to May 2018. In each of the films is a journey involving two individuals. As they traverse across a myriad of spaces and places, they grow into and around each other. These are films…

Two for the Road is a two-part screening of selected films by artist Heman Chong which will run from April to May 2018. In each of the films is a journey involving two individuals. As they traverse across a myriad of spaces and places, they grow into and around each other. These are films that…

We’re back with our free film screenings! Our selection of films for the month of March guide us through several reflections on the concerns of and from contested— because they can only be perceived through imposition—-“peripheries” and their reverberations across an uneven, gendered, but transforming world. Diverse in subject matter and articulation, the films offer…

The past and post-scarcity data overload present challenges in terms of defining  the right to be forgotten and implications on human need for community and to be remembered in the digital age. The preservation of memories and their accessibility allow their tracing, interpretation, narrativization and circulation. There is an accountability implied in such processes and indicate what is valued at a particular period…

THIS WORKSHOP IS POSTPONED. NEW DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED. On January 26, a workshop on making pop-ups will be facilitated by Manuel Dacanay of DLS-CSB’s Industrial Design Program. From 10am-5pm, participants will be making a pop-up cityscape and will have a chance to create one with a computer program and a cameo silhouette cutter provided by bigpixgraphics….

The development of early Philippine societies seen through archaeology reveals how the concept of center and periphery has influenced this growth. Relics and artefacts in Sta Ana in Manila, Butuan in Mindanao and Tanjay City in the Visayas point to the importance of these places for governance, trade, and shows links with other areas. Timothy…

MCAD Commons

ABOUT MCAD COMMONS MCAD Commons is an exhibition programme of the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Manila. It is conceptualised as a programmed space that is removed from the main gallery space of the museum. Conceived as a project to continue the expanding activities of the museum, MCAD Commons brings MCAD’s singular programming to…

Public Lecture Series 2018

Danilo Eccher – January 25, 3 pm, DLS-CSB 12F SDA Cinema Danilo Eccher is an independent art critic and curator. Previously Director of the MACRO Museum in Rome and GAM (Gallery of Modern Art) in Turin, Eccher has recently curated solo exhibitions of Jannis Kounellis, Albert Oehlen and Sean Scully. Join Danilo as he discusses…