Education & Culture
The anthology is the inaugural volume of in-depth research into music history. It
combines humanities and social sciences approaches to the production of new
knowledge to contextualize the country’s music and other forms of modern art
within Philippine history, politics and economics.
In addition to the essays, the Philippine Modernities project also includes notated
sheet music and new recordings of milestone music pieces from the 1800s. A
chamber opera from the same era, Diwata ng Bayan, was also re-staged and
recorded on video.
The project is a major contribution to the teaching of Philippine studies as it
provides not only an academic reference, but also audio-visual records of the
country’s vibrant cultural past. The project aims to go even further, going beyond
nostalgia to popularize the historical works of Philippine musicians through radio
and revive interest through educational fora for a new generation of audiences
and music students.
Funded by: UP OVPAA | UP Diliman OVCRD
PAGLULUAL International Ceramic Art Projects
Ma. Rita B. Gudiño, MFA
Visual Communication Department, College of Fine Arts
E-mail: [email protected]
The Philippines has an abundance of natural resources for making high-quality
stoneware clay products. However, stoneware clay production and clay artistry in
the country has long been overshadowed by the more popular terracotta.
The PAGLULUAL International Ceramic Art Projects were organized to ignite
interest in stoneware clay, both in the production of the medium using local raw
materials, and in its use for ceramic art. These are events, including a ceramic
firing festival and a workshop, conducted between 2015 and 2017 in the
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United
States.
The projects were propelled by and named after the researcher’s creative work,
LUAL, a sculptural birthing kiln, built at the grounds of the College of Fine Arts
in 2012 and then again in 2015, at the International Ceramics Festival in
Aberystwyth, Wales, United Kingdom.
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