Clarissa Chikiamco challenges Tatong Recheta Torres' "shift" from painting and extricates the seemingly complex system of the software interface in which Tatong has currently chosen to superimpose his practice in. We find out that there is no discrepancy among Tatong's movement between media, and that the 3D environment of Second Life is a dream landscape for an artist who always explores formal limitation and disciplines.
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Aside from being the Mecca of Printmaking, Paris enthralled Ambie Abaño completely from May - August 2011. She shares the process she undertook preparing for the AFM-PARP grant proposal, the residency programme of Cité Internationale des Arts, the sights and people that captivated her and how she continues to bring the collaborative practice of printmaking wherever she goes.
David Medalla takes time to answer questions in between his travels to Cumbria (where he did a homage to Kurt Schwitters), his home in Bracknell, and a future trip to New York.
Maria Cruz has been living and working in Australia, Manila and Berlin. She discusses her navigation among these places and highlights their artistic climate in terms of education, production and the community's involvement. The painterly practice that informs even her video and installative works is likewise addressed in this correspondence. Through the other questions, Maria expresses a kinship between artists with whom she shares a mutual respect to.
Gary-Ross Pastrana narrates a facet of his experience in Bangkok University Gallery through a residency program from November 2010 to January 2011 under the curatorial direction of Ark Fongsmut. He likewise discusses the integration of being situated in a ‘new’ place into his work and the progression of which his works take shape in every residency.
In this Q&A made in 2012, Don Salubayba talks about project-oriented work, artist-residencies including collaborative experience with international artists and art communities.
To add to his trove of laurels, Rodel Tapaya won the Signature Art Prize last year. In a condensed version of series of correspondences, he discloses to Jun Cristobal what the award means to him and how it is like to settle into an occupation as a painter.
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