MCAD Manila Board Member, Alexie Glass-Kantor of Artspace Sydney will launch a new project called 52 Artists 52 Actions where every week for a year, a new artist will create an “action” – anything and everything that communicates and builds awareness around important local and global concerns and share it with people around the world…
For summer 2017, MCAD has prepared various workshops for young artists to enjoy while building a strong repertoire of techniques and skills! Students aged 7-12 are invited to join us in exploring various ways of making art, from mummy-like dolls to box sculptures, mini taka horses, cute knitted monsters, and paper-made Filipino dishes. All workshops…
8 April 2017 | 10.00am – 12.00nn 10/F Green Room (Room A1008) School of Design and Arts (SDA) Campus, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde Technology has helped create a DIY-generation and this hands-on spirit has extended to film. Because of the large leaps in technlogy, bigger pixels are now available on even entry-level mobile…
As part of its current exhibition, Apichatpong Weerasethakul: The Serenity of Madness, MCAD will be screening a selection of acclaimed Thai Filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s short films on select Fridays of March and May 2017, 3pm at the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde SDA Cinema. The program comprises a selection of rarely seen shorts made…
Last February 18, a day after the opening of The Serenity of Madness, we held an exclusive master class with Apichatpong Weerasethakul. 20 participants listened as the artist talked about his beginnings in filmmaking from funding to production, his earliest projects with curator Gridthiya Gaweewong, and his approach to finding inspiration for his works. Aside…
We’ve finally launched The Vexed Contemporary Catalogue! This publication accompanies our 2015 exhibition, The Vexed Contemporary which showcased the works of 16 Filipino artists, making it the museum’s largest local exhibition to date. The exhibition came at a time when the presence of the professional careers of Filipino artists within the global scene was acknowledged…
Opening on 17 February 2017 at MCAD Manila, The Serenity of Madness will include a select survey of rarely-seen experimental short films and video installations by Weerasethakul, alongside his feature length films, sculpture, photography, drawings, sketches, and archival material. The exhibition programme will begin with a Public Talk by Apichatpong Weerasethakul at 4.00pm at the…
Registration is now open! Sign up for our master class with Apichatpong Weerasethakul here. Acclaimed Thai filmmaker, Apichatpong Weerasethakul will hold an exclusive masterclass on Saturday, 18 February, 3:00pm at the Benilde SDA Cinema. Entitled ‘HOME/WORKS’ the talk will be a first for the Phillippines. After an introduction to his hometown in the northeast of…
As a prelude to the opening of his solo travelling exhibition The Serenity of Madness, Apichatpong Weerasethakul will hold a public talk on 17 February, 4 pm at the SDA Theatre. The focus of his talk will be his approach to filmmaking, and the work of memory, personal politics and social issues. The talk is…
