Art Statement
When The Good and The Bad becomes a demarcation line between what is morally just or not, there are things that do not fall among the two territories. Many times, we are too timid to venture out among the gray areas. What more to set foot on the dark side. But unless we acknowledge the sordid aspects of our binary human nature, we will never become whole.
ANATHEMA exemplifies the things that are deemed too wayward in our prejudiced notions of the Ideal, of the Ethical. And because the sinister is depicted, ANATHEMA deviates from the orthodox conceptions of aesthetics. Art for the sake of beauty alone is a form of denial, an inability to realize one’s primordial fears. Thus, in this two-man show, moral and spiritual dilemmas are placed center stage to give light on the veracity of man’s dark possibilities.
ANATHEMA showcases figurative and representational artworks filled with occult images of the ethical taboos, moral decays, and profanities. Such eccentric views coupled with unconventional styles are proofs that this visual exhibit does not tread the path of mainstream Art.
ANATHEMA is pop surrealism in its purest element.
Dangerous. Disturbing. Visually palatable.
"Cold service"
"Automutation"
"Ascension of the sexual feces"
"Andrew-Jenny"
"When evening comes"
"The Birds and The Bees"
Life is full of metaphor. If there is one subject where metaphor is a dime a dozen, it should be sex. One wonders why, as a child, sex seems to be an object of intrigue and secrecy, when it is one of the most carnal acts of human beings. Parents love to sugarcoat, thinking that through this, they can protect innocent minds from being corrupted.
What is it about sex that we need to hide? Why do birds and bees need to suffer their innocent images for something “adulterated”? This is because, sex, no matter how seemingly enjoyable and orgasmic, is not perfect. It is shadowed by morality, emotions, and both physiological and psychological issues.
THE BIRDS AND THE BEES is an art exhibit which showcases three artists' perception about how the abnormalities and flaws in one's sexuality affect not only an individual as a sexual being, but as an entire human person. This includes the other aspects that mold his behavior and relationships: emotional, social and psychological.
This exhibit will show that sexual abnormalities and flaws contribute to the shape of this whole sphere, social bonds, female whims, masculine angst and more
The viewers are given the ticket to that hidden corner where size DOES matter, WILD is BEAUTIFUL, orgasms influence human joys and pride, every lick and every thrust counts not just during coitus but beyond.
THE BIRDS AND THE BEES is an art exhibit about sex that your parents do not want you to know, but you have to inevitably discover and experience.
We would like to thank everyone that went to Turtle's Nest last night and to everyone that supported this cause...we have a good first day...i say let's continue...^_^
"i have always believed that to make a difference, one doesn’t have to go shouting her principles out on the street. she doesn’t even have to build a foundation to touch lives. nor send a whole battalion of streetkids to school." - Kaith
it's the little things we do that counts...^_^
Here's more friends that helped us in spreading the word....Thank you...^_^
http://iamkaith.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/for-their-future-and-ours-too/
http://pbalajula.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-post.html
http://iotajournal.blogspot.com/2009/06/friend-of-mine-is-having-fund-drive-to.html
http://shaneic.multiply.com/photos/album/14/pens_of_hope..
Here are some of the drawings this week that will be sold for only 75 pesos each...this is again, for the benefit of the Pens of Hope Project of Miss N...^_^
To see the rest of the drawings CLICK HERE!
See you tomorrow at Turtle's Nest from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm...^_^
More support from these beautiful people...^_^
http://incendiarytey.blogspot.com/2009/06/buy-skecth-support-childrens-education.html
http://sweetidleness.blogspot.com/2009/06/money-and-time.html
http://www.rakistangnars.com/2009/06/him-holden-caulfield-incarnate/
http://beyond-the-norms.org/2009/06/pens-of-hope/#comment-23239
http://aichaselight.blogspot.com/2009/06/dreams-artists-hope.html
Thank you very much for you help...^_^
This fund raising project for pens of Hope is no longer an endeavor of just three individuals...We received a lot of good response from so many kind-hearted people...^_^
First of all we wanted to thank these people who helped spread the word:
http://modernpatadyong.i.ph/blogs/modernpatadyong/2009/05/28/paglaum/
http://blog.achinettevillamor.com/?p=288
http://insoymada.com/archives/pens-of-hope/
http://bitemagazine.multiply.com/calendar/item/10546
http://annpeace.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/pens-of-hope-in-cebu/
http://www.empressofdrac.com/2009/05/29/buy-a-sketch-for-charityfrom-people-of-the-behind-closed-doors-exhibit/
http://www.djtammy.com/2009/05/how-far-can-your-p75-go.html
http://theworldismyoyster.net/buy-drawing-kids-school/
http://angie174.blogspot.com/2009/05/please-help-for-fund-rasing.html
http://scratchnomore.blogspot.com/2009/05/for-good-cause.html
To those who wanted to help out...you can either donate your drawings which will be sold for 75 pesos each or you can donate by buying the drawings...or you can simply spread the word^_^
Kudos to everyone!!!
We'll be selling drawings for only Php 75 each!!!
Buy our drawings and give Hope to the children in Northern Samar...^_^
All the proceeds will be use to purchase pens and pencils for the Pens of Hope Project...^_^
Details is on the poster...thanx
Note: I will be posting early next week the drawings that are for sale...^_^
Autosodomized Virgin Bitch: homage to Dali
Omnium-Gatherum
Paraphilic Dreams
1st Tsinelas Songwriting Workshop
A fundraising project of Tsinelas Association Inc.
Where
Sentro sa Katilingban Bldg.,
Saint Theresa’s College, Gen. Maxilom Ave., Cebu City
When
May 8, 9, 10, 2009
Topics
Melody Writing, Lyric Writing, Musical Arrangement, Recording
Speakers
Jude Gitamondoc – melody writing
Cattski Espina – lyric writing
Ian Zafra – musical arrangement
Brian Sacro – recording
Registration Fee
P1,500.00
To cover the following:
Requirement
Each participant will bring to the workshop an original composition either in English, Tagalog or Cebuano
How to join
The workshop will only accommodate 25 participants on a “first come-first served” basis. An applicant confirms his participation upon full payment of the registration fee. Payment will have to be made directly to Lorenzo “Insoy” Niñal, executive director of Tsinelas. Receipts will be issued.
For more inquiries, Insoy can be reached at 0922 8243800, or at insoymada@gmail.com
Other info:
Other personalities from Cebu’s music and literary scenes will be invited to perform for demonstration purposes or to interact during the open forum.
An event will be held at the Outpost for the culmination of the workshop, where participants will have the chance to perform their compositions together with the speakers. Certificates will be distributed at the event.
The workshop is not a stay-in activity. Morning session is from 9 to 12. Afternoon session is from 1 to 5. No lunch will be served.
Voyeurism, a compulsion innate in human beings, is being described as spying on sexual activities from a secret location.
What happens behind closed doors has always been a source of interest not only amongst voyeurs, but also the curious. For this is where the sordid and the sensational happens.
Behind Closed Doors is a peep through that carnal being in each of us, that the darkness seeks to hide when the lights are off, but art endlessly sees. A magnified look at “sex”, “pagtatalik”, “kayat” or “iyot”. It involves all the colors, positions, preferences: man to woman, woman to woman, man to man, and everything in between.
It also includes many different forms of confessions that involve the language felt by many, spoken by so few. And so, we express it through our chosen media. This art exhibit does not aim to solely show what the artists think, feel and perceive, but it also aims to awaken. It aims to celebrate sexuality, openly. It is an exposition that calls for sexual exploration, self-satisfaction and the liberating outcome of coitus that most of us fail to recognize and appreciate.
Through our exhibit, we are inviting you to join us in a visual thrill ride of breaking norms, and going beyond taboo to behold sexual forms in a different perspective. If you won’t call it art, then we’ll call it our own perversions. And discover that even the moist little finger that moves in and out of you or the furry little creature that brings you to climax, can be a thing of beauty.
Let us celebrate the human spirit through the pleasures of the flesh particularly, the sexual pleasures or gratifications in different forms.
Behind Closed Doors is viewing sex as an art form, from a not-so-secret vantage point.
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This will be a two-man show featuring our latest works and our take on human sexuality(as always..hehe).
Exhibiting artists: Nonon Yee and Dan Guillano
Exhibition date: April 18 - May 09, 2009
Exhibition venue: Gamay'ng Gallery, Turtle's Nest, Brgy. Lahug, Cebu City
i'll be posting updates...^_^
i made a drawing inside as a symbol of my appreciation...
