Contemporary arts Notes

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7355

  • Manlilikha ng Bayan Act (1992)

  • engaged in any traditional art uniquely

  • skills have reached high level

GAWAD SA MANLILIKHA NG BAYAN (GAMABA)

  • search for traditional artists

  • promote appreciation and instill pride

NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS (NCCA)

  • Highest policy and coordinating body for culture and arts

FACTORS AFFECTING THE PRODUCTION

TOURISM 

  • areas converted into sites

  • dances and rituals are staged for external audience rather than observance of tradition

    MINING AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

  • construction of dams, establishment of oil, and mining, damage the environment

  • short-term employment

    MILITARIZATION

  • insecurity and tension arrest people’s ability to create art

  • prevents people to have communal gatherings

    CHRISTIANITY

  • forsake indigenous rituals and traditions

Ginaw Bilog

  • Promoter of the ambahan

  • Recorded the poetry in bamboo tubes and notebooks

  • Collections from His father and grand father

Ambahan

  • Oral tradition of poetic verses of the Mangyan

  • Composed of seven Syllable lines

  • Uses metaphors

  • Topics of advice, courtship, farewells

Lang Dulay

  • Traditional weaver

  • From T’boli tribe

  • Saved t’nalak tradition from extiction

T’nalak Weaving

  • Complicated process

  • made from dried fibers of abaca plant

Significance of The award

  • Recognition of exceptional traditional artists

Significant contributions of the artists

1. Unique Identity

  • Reflects our diverse heritage and cultural tradition

2. Exemplary Skills

3. Way of Life

4. Enduring Values

  • Unselfish Desire to share their Knowledge and skills

5. Vision

  • Shows artist vision

  • Inspires us to make existing art

Medium

  • Material or substance used to create an artwork

  • Used by the artists to express his feelings or thoughts

Classification of art based on Medium:

  1. Musical

    • use of rhythms, sounds, instrument, human voice

  2. Practical

    • art with immediate use in daily life

    • Designs, architect, sculptor

  3. Environmental

    • art that occupies space

    • Installation, public art

  4. Pictorial Works

    • uses shapes, pictures, graphics

    • painting, drawing, design, photography

  5. Narrative

    • Based on story

    • Drama, novel, music and dance

Technique

  • way the artist use the materials to express an idea or feeling through art

  • involves tools and technology

Filipino Struggles Through History

  • Mural by Carlos Francisco (1963)

  • Depicts Andres Bonifacio leading the revolution

Common Techniques in contemporary arts:

1. Minimalism

  • Emphasizes simplicity and essential elements

  • limited color palette, geometric shapes, and industrial materials

2. Found Objects

  • Taking something that people seem to find useless and using it in a unique way to make art

3. Large-Scale Art

  • accounts for the creation of something huge to express diverse perspectives in artwork

  • created for public view