Speculations

These are but random thoughts while pondering on a new exhibit I've to install in a week or less :

1. More galleries, art spaces are being opened or are soon opening and these are all legit, amply financed by patrons, foundations, merchants, new collectors. And these spaces are open and greatly encourages big, large, ambitious, edgiest art projects from artists. -

a)what does this entail? Is this like laying the groundwork for a greater chance for Philippine
contemporary art to be recognized internationally? Hopefully yes!
b) will we see more publications focused on Phil. contemporary art? That will be great!
c) is the public more receptive now to Phil. contermporary art? - Should be but what kind of
public again - the AB privileged types? not bad because they're the ones who support the arts*
d) Will artists be a bit spoiled by this kind of opportunity? -wow, that would be a bit of a pitfall for them for their works will be the ones which will suffer the most if this situation reached to complacency and just being about hip.
e) Will artists-run-spaces, primarily established for this initial lack of spaces to exhibit, will be on
their way to obsolescence? especially as more younger artists learn to be more proffessional
and enterprising or rather be more careerists? - I think this is what's been happening now. The economic situation drives them more to individual gain - the prize of succes - media coverage, awards, grants, trips abroad, steady stream of collectors, designer furniture, slim body, nice clothes - who wouldn't want these things? It's becoming crazy, yes, but not the art. It's hard to be inspired now. I say good luck to still surviving spaces like FP and the Cubicle and Green Papaya, hopefully these spaces won't be swayed much by such and to be reminded constantly of their reason for being.

*on this note, why communism would utterly fail here is because art and culture is inherently elitist and bourgeouise. The common masses would never ever understand the complex system of aesthetics while their brains are being grinded into simplemindedness, and that includes sloganeering and didactic pictorialism. And art can not be without its vice.

2. There are more students enrolled in the fine arts program in various universities, more short term courses on art being offered yet there's only a handful of them that can be considered as serious or who really has it in them to be an artist. A majority of them, after 5 years of college life partying, boozing, drugging, pleading for their grades will be found stuck with earphones and PC monitors in office cubicles, in hospital rooms changing bedpans of white old geezers, or fiddling from their PDAs in between power lunches with their corporate clients.

I saw a notable drawing earlier in the day by Obi Mapua - dickmen vs. an army of scissors. hmm?
LA is an unshakable feeling.

3. What do these names signify?
- Dr. George Soo
- Charlie Laurete
- Koan Jeff Baysa

4. What does it mean to have a solo exhibit anyway? Are you creating a grand statement by such? What is hoped to achieve by a solo exhibit? Are these all done for pure vanity? To exhibit skill? ego? Bravura? By what certain parameters can a show's succes or failure be ascertained? How will a solo show affect the greater public? How can collectors or buyers be moved by it? How can a solo exhibit account for the whole world? Or is this just mere accummulation of trash?
........uggggghhh.........

5. Old school vs. new school
old school new school
- all black - plain white shirt, levi's, vans or chucks
boots
- James - Daniel Johnston
taylor
- mercedes - vespa (still think it's juvenile to covet one when you have a child to take care of)
benz

(yet to be completed)

Extended Lunchbreak

This List is not The Soundtrack of Your Life

Volume 1
1. "The Gun is good. The Penis is Evil. ...." from Zardoz, that cheesy-cult film of Sean Connery
2. Francois Hardy - si tu crois un jour que tu m'aimes
3. Belle and Sebastian - Serge Gainsbourg
4. Belle and Sebastian - Your Cover's Blown
5. Laika - Martinis on The Moon
6. Los Super Elegantes - Shalala
7. Los Super Elegantes - Panadero
8. Los Super Elegantes - Por que te vas?
9. Los Super Elegantes - Je Suis Bien
10. Los Super Elegantes - 16
11. Don Caballero - Temperature Lounge
12. Holly Golightly with Billy Childish - Upside Mine
13. Holly Golightly with Billy Childish - Demolition Girl
14. Green Sweater Collection - You Shoulda
15. Solex - Shoot Shoot
16. Solex - Good Comrades Go To Heaven
17. Solex - Oh Blimey
18. Persephone Bees - Photo Album

Volume 2
1. Deerhoof - Spiral Golden Town
2. Deerhoof - Green Cosmos
3. Deerhoof - Holy Night Fever
4. Deerhoof - L'Amour Stories
5. From the Esopus compilation CD - Behind The Monkey House
6. Animal Collective - Slipping
7. Animal Collective - Grass
8. Animal Collective - Who Could Wire A Rabbit
9. Boredoms - Super Are
10. Boredoms - Super Good
11. The Styrenes - Drano in Your Veins
12. Erase Errata - Delivery
13. Erase Errata - Tongue Tied
14. Stereototal -Wir Tanzen im 4-eck
15. Yo La Tengo - You Don't Have To Be So Bad
16. Yo La Tengo - Nuclear War
17. TV On The Radio - Freeway

Volume 3
1. Go Team - Panther DAsh
2. Go Team - LAdy Flash
3. Go Team - Bottle Rocket
4. Go Team - Get it Together
5. Go Team - The Ice Storm
6. Electrocute - Keep On Loving you
7. Drop Nineteens - Mandy
8. My Bloody Valentine - Strawberry Wine
9. My Bloody Valentine - To Here Knows When
10. My Bloody Valentine - Soon
11. My Bloody Valentine - Blow A Wish
12. Slowdive - track 1
13. Slowdive - track 12 (Some Velvet Morning)
14. Primal Scream - Some Velvet Morning
15. Air - Planet Vega
16. Air - Kelly Watch The Stars
17. Double Zero Squance