NAGTATAINGANG KAWALI
(PAN EARS)
Terracotta
ManilArt, VMEME Contemporary Art Gallery, 2014

The title borrows from the Filipino idiom meaning to turn a deaf ear. The material is from the colorful terracotta coin banks made in Tiwi, Albay, in the shape of dogs, cats, and frying pans. Here, the dog, the cat, and the frying pans are melded together; their vibrant colors reduced to their polar extremes of black and white.

ULANG PALAY
(RICE RAIN)
Video installation
Propaganda, Lopez Museum and Library, 2015

Ulang Palay is a short film that speaks of the rice cartels in the Philippines. An almost meditative video of a seemingly endless rain of rice, the bounty is looked at in relation to rice growing in the Philippines and its relation to the power structures in place. “Ulang Palay” is part of the first major exhibition of the Lopez Museum and Library in 2015.

< Alvin Yapan with Joey Cobcobo (left) and Nunelucio Alvarado (right) at the exhibit launch.

Alvin Yapan with Joey Cobcobo (left) and Nunelucio Alvarado (right) at the exhibit launch.

ULANG PALAY
(RICE RAIN)
Video installation
Propaganda, Lopez Museum and Library, 2015

Ulang Palay is a short film that speaks of the rice cartels in the Philippines. An almost meditative video of a seemingly endless rain of rice, the bounty is looked at in relation to rice growing in the Philippines and its relation to the power structures in place. “Ulang Palay” is part of the first major exhibition of the Lopez Museum and Library in 2015.

THE COOKING SHOW
An installation piece featuring Chef Sau del Rosario
S[H]IFT Project Art Space, 2014

This installation piece consists of a video installation and an art installation of spoons and forks that reminds us of a popular decorative piece in Filipino kitchens. The video installation deconstructs a cooking show by showcasing frames that do not center on the chef and the dish being prepared. Instead the chef appears at the back of the installation piece.