Seminars and workshops will aim to address topics and critical analysis from a global perspective. Catered to all levels, backgrounds, and ages.

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MOVEMENT AND THE CHOREOGRAPHIC TURN IN PERFORMANCE

Experimenting with the conceptual possibilities of dance and choreography as critical forms towards how the body performs in relation to space and social space. In recent years, dance and performance have taken an active role in the institutional field of contemporary art. Likewise, the discourses, histories and developments of dance from the past decades (primarily framed and realized by institutions and festivals in hegemonic centers of power) have radically widened concepts on the dematerialization of art. Its liveness and ephemerality have further challenged the heavily accelerated monetization of object-based art.

Past seminars:

Fernanda Eugénio and Gustavo Ciríaco (Artists, Brazil)

May 2020, Eskwela Online

Eisa Jocson (Choreographer/Dancer, Philippines)

November 2019 at BAP Outpost, Makati

Joshua Serafin (Dancer/Performer, Philippines/Belgium)

September 2019 at BAP Outpost, Makati

 
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QUEER FILIPINIANA

The material history in the Philippines considered 'Filipiniana' is often marked by hetero-normative representations of gender, family and nation. Seminars under this topic will take a critical look into representation, imagery and iconography in Filipino cultural history where 'deviant sexualities' and identities take form.

Past seminars:
Susan Stryker (Scholar/Filmmaker, USA)

June 2020, Eskwela Online

Nick Deocampo (Philippines)

May & June 2019 at BAP Outpost, Makati

 
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CURATORIAL DELIRIUM

The exhibition as a medium, as a site for unruly experimentation and political imagination. This topic stems from an increasing demand and enthusiasm for curatorial studies and practice in the Philippines.
Upcoming seminars:

Isobel Whitelegg (Art Historian/Curator, UK)

July 2020, Eskwela Online

Past seminars:
Anselm Franke (Curator, Germany)

February 2020 at BAP Outpost, Makati

 
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CONTEXT-RESPONSIVE ART PRACTICE

A panorama of the history and practice of site-specificity and context responsive art, through theoretical and practical workshops led by artists and curators working with architectural sites to engaging with communities.

Past seminars:

Jonathas de Andrade (Artist, Brazil)

July 2020, Eskwela Online

Sofia Hernandez-Chong (Curator, Mexico/The Netherlands)

October 2019 at Areté Ateneo, Quezon City

Raqs Media Collective (Artists, India)

June 2019 at BAP Outpost, Makati

Köken Ergun (Arist, Turkey)

May 2019 at BAP Outpost, Makati

Leyla Cardenas (Artist, Colombia)

May 2019 at BAP Outpost, Makati

 
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INDIGENEITIES AND CONTEMPORARY ART

Addressing forms in which indigenous and aboriginal traditions, knowledge, and cultural milieu manifest within contemporary art making and have been throughout art history.

Past seminars:

Candice Hopkins (Curator, Canada)

January 2020 at UP Center for Ethnomusicology, Quezon City

 
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ASIA PACIFIC: VISUAL HISTORIES OF WAR AND POSTWAR

Artists and art historians will respectively analyse narratives of war time (WWII and Vietnam War) in the Asia Pacific region. From addressing racist atrocities by Japanese forces, sharing transformative art practices that followed the aftershock of the Pacific Ocean Theatre during World War II, and looking into disobedient artistic attitudes across Asia within contexts of authoritarian rule during the Vietnam War and Cold War period.

Past seminars:

Lesley Ma (Curator, Taiwan/Hong Kong)

September 2019 at BAP Outpost, Makati

David Teh (Art Historian/Curator, Singapore)

September 2019 at Areté Ateneo, Quezon City

Greg Dvorak (Scholar, USA/Japan)

August 2019 at BAP Outpost, Makati

James T. Hong (Taiwan/USA)

June 2019 at BAP Outpost, Makati

Tuan Andrew Nguyen (Vietnam/USA)

June 2019 at BAP Outpost, Makati