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Rantface. // January 23, 2010

I actually have a post concerning the just-over thesis exhibit you people have been hearing so much about on here. It’s a little rant-y and might attract attention, so I’ll hold off on posting it after I fix bandwidth issues (I’m nearly out for this month) or after this month is over (which, I realize, is kind of far off). In any case, I’m in between pretty grateful and pretty upset.

If you’ve spoken to me in real life recently, you probably know what this is about.

 

Flux: ID Seniors’ Exhibit. // January 19, 2010

Yesterday was the first day of Flux, which was the exhibit of the thesis projects of the ID (Information Design) students of Ateneo. I think it also opened Humanities Week, which is pretty cool. Here are a few photos:

Father Javellana and Dra. Vilches cutting the ribbon.

Paulina making last minute edits.

Tracy making a LED lantern! Over at Meggy Kawsek’s area.

Made one, too. :)
(Photo taken by Glen.)

Children’s books by Kim Ng.

Paulina’s personal lightsaber duel.

Kris Caguiat’s thesis.

Mine!

I have some more (but not a lot) of photos over at my Flickr, if you guys want to see.

The exhibit will be ongoing until Friday, I think. :) The works are mounted over at the area behind the stairs on the first floor of the Rizal (or, old) Library.

You know, kind of like a cupboard.

 

School, the no-show meteors and Pretty Bad Vibrations. // November 18, 2009

If you frequent my Tumblr, which you probably don’t because why would you?, you would know that the past few days have been a little rough on me. By that I mean, you have probably witnessed me whine whine whine, abusively, on that microblogging platform and/or I’ve bitched to your face in real life. In any case, I really have no excuse.

See, work’s been piling up. I am pretty stressed about my thesis, which is, theoretically, going well in my head. Meaning, there is progress, but only in the level of me thinking about what I want to do, and not really putting things down on paper. I’ve also been designing stuff for people, and because these obviously have to do with other people (hereafter known as clients), thesis and other school activities have been taking the backseat.

But, like I said, no excuse, really. A new sort of technique, I guess, that I have picked up from my daily Google Reader time is this practice that guestblogger on Yes and Yes, Gene, has suggested, which is to make a list of good things about the previous day, despite it being lousy on the whole. This way, you start the new day with a renewed sense of optimism in the vein of, “Well, at least, that didn’t happen.” Because I can’t really blog tomorrow (I think?), here is what the good vs. evil about today:

• I didn’t see the Leonid shower, but now I know what Universal Time is.
• I left my phone in Starbucks, but now I know, for sure (not that I didn’t before), that I have awesome friends.¹
• Our car got hit by a tricycle, but it’s great to know that my dad is waaaay patient, and that I probably should take a leaf out of that Patience Book, and hope that it is genetic.

And so on.

OK, so now, here is where I will post photos from last weekend until today. Just because they also cheer me up despite my “hormonal”² self. Enjoy. (!)

So, I went to this exhibit last Saturday.
It was by my parents’ friend, Reggie Yuson.
He made the pretty stone fountain/sculpture in High Street.

Pretty.

Awesome people are awesome. Paulina + me & me + Eira.
Pardon my face.

Jamie gave me these as a late birthday present. <3

Showing the Christopher Walken cover of “Pokerface” to people in school,
because everyone deserves to see its glory.

Paulina was drawing my profile, so I tried to draw her face.

Then we had a one-minute draw-off.

Workspace in Starbucks this morning.
Banana loaf and a tall Americano with caramel syrup.

Free green tea frappuccino = day got better. <3

And then it was really sunny and really rainy at the same time.
(It’s not so obvious in the photograph.)

Phone found! It came in this plastic bag.
I guess people leave a lot of stuff in Starbucks.

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¹ My friend, Evee, offered to check Starbucks if my phone was still there, because I had class. Then she passed it along to some other friends who passed it along to me! GMH.
² I’m probably not really hormonal, it’s just an excuse for my sucky personality. Plus points if you get that reference.

 

SOLER’s Stream: Works on Paper. // September 23, 2009

Heads up, guise. My dad’s new exhibit is up! It’s located in the lobby of Alliance Française de Manille (complete address at the end of this entry) and it’s comprised of 21 collaged pieces inspired by a stream. Something like that. I really like a lot of the pieces, so if you’re in the Makati area, try to take a look. It’s free, you see. :)

HIGHLIGHTS

• Ran into Nash after forever. We had a good long, talk. Her mom was nice. :)
• The food was great. I had quiche for the first time (not a fan) and the lumpia was really good. The manongs were also nice.
• The general Frenchiness of the situation. I mean, the Ambassador of France to the Philippines, and the director of Alliance (both the present and the predecessor) and a bunch of other French people were there. I am a closet francophile, you see. I took French 1, was supposed to minor, but my dreams screeched to a halt. I am now considering taking lessons at Alliance.

I have some more photos, but first I feel like I must announce that my fear of public speaking was affirmed today (much more than before). A camera crew for Net 25 was there and was asking for some comments, and wow. I nearly cried because he was really pushing for an interview. :( I wondered, then, how many things I couldn’t do because I couldn’t speak in public.

O.K. That’s all, pictures nao! I’m posting a few here, but the entire set’s over at my Flickr account.

my (lame) older brother, my sister & me.

nash! :)

Alliance Française de Manille
209 Nicanor Garcia Street,
Bel-Air II, Makati City,
Philippines

• fin •

 

Geraldine Javier: Butterfly’s Tongue. // September 18, 2009

September 17th marked a few of my friends’ birthdays, and also the opening of one of the most anticipated Philippine art shows in 2009. Just to give you an idea of how much of a big deal this is, every single artwork (except one that was not for sale) has been sold, and the waiting list was easily over 100 names long. Geraldine Javier is definitely one of the most hyped artists in the Philippine scene for the past few years, and with good reason. I pretty much wanted to die after viewing all the works, because they were all just so pretty.

Ever since my parents introduced me to her work a few years ago, I’d been a huge-ass fan. It’s hard not to be because her works are made with such a clear and unique perspective, wrought with both thought and feeling. It helps that she’s actually good at painting. And when I say good, I really do mean good. Since starting out, she’s added a few choice elements in her work (delicate embroidery, metallic insects, ornate frames, to name a few) and so far, Butterfly’s Tongue is absolutely the tightest I’ve seen from her.

For the photos of the pieces, please visit the West Gallery website’s post on this exhibit. Or better yet, drop by the gallery.

West Gallery
48 West Avenue, Quezon City
411 0336

A MAP:

The exhibit’s mounted until the 19th of October, so right now, there’s still quite a bit of time to check it out. Better do it quickly, if you know what’s good for you!

Here are some photos that I took. They’re not very good (haha) but you can look at them anyway.

Continue reading Geraldine Javier: Butterfly’s Tongue….

 

Hello, hello. // August 20, 2009

So, in case you did not notice, Nothing Spaces was down for a week. Pretty timely, too, since I was looking forward to updating about my Phenomenal! Week! But yeah, so it goes. My brother talked to the host, though, so things are well for now.

Since I’d been itching to update but couldn’t, I made a vlog (lest things turn irrelevant, as they are wont to do). Yes, I went there. Here it is!

HAHA. Say hello to my stupid face for five and a half minutes. Wow, aren’t I wordy?

(P.S. I’d been ‘vlogging’ for a while in 2007, I think, then stopped because some people I knew in real life found it and it was way awkward. And also, I’m not really very funny, so I ran out of material right away. Ho hum.)

Double P.S.: I got an account over at DailyBooth. Here is my last picture:

Let me know in the comments if you have one! :)

 

Part I of my Exhibit Backlog Bonanza: Romulo Olazo! // August 5, 2009

Part One of my Three-Part Exhibit Backlog Bonanza features the Romulo Olazo 40-Year Retrospect put up by the Ayala Museum. You will be either pleased or disappointed at the scarcity of pictures of the works themselves. “What are you posting, then?” you ask. Pictures of our faces, obviously. More importantly, pictures of myself with personal heroes. These will be after the cut, because I am not as shameless as people probably think.

Here, however, are pictures of the works that I was able to actually take.

Romulo Olazo is widely known for his Diaphanous series, pictured above. Throughout his career, he has produced thousands of these works, although he has also curiously kept a healthy variation. In other words, despite the almost staggering number, it really doesn’t get old.

Here’s a close-up of one of the works.

A larger one mounted on the third floor gallery, I think.

Some works in a smaller section of the main gallery, with a bunch of people.

I do love his use of color. (He also makes fantastic nudes.)

… and the absence of it.

The series of his outlined versions of his Diaphanous series is called Permutations.
Here is a piece from said series. Plus, my parents.

I saw a philosophy professor whose class I wanted to take!
Here is Dr. Garcia (he pretty much loves art), asking for Mr. Olazo’s autograph.

Obviously, we asked for a picture. Kuya, Mang Ola, ma maman et moi!
He reminds me of a walrus.

Goo goo g’joob! :D

And because I can, here is a picture of me with Arturo Luz,
who is one of my favorite artists/personal heroes:

He is giving me a half-hug! :D If you do not know him, which by the way,
you should, he made one of the murals in CCP, and the pretty sculpture outside the Ayala Museum, against which Pau and I took pictures last year, because we are cool:

And, as promised, the rest of the action is under the cut.
So, clicket-y if you want to see. If not, then uh, go away.
Continue reading Part I of my Exhibit Backlog Bonanza: Romulo Olazo!…