John Torres + Shireen Seno – Cloudy that have an opportunity for coconuts – within PortikusExhibition:

Excerpt out-of ‘A young child Becomes deceased, a young child Plays, a female Flow from: a lady Becomes deceased, a good Bird Appear, a good Bird Flies Of: A launch Journal for a job-In-Progress’ by the Shireen SenoPublished in Non-FICTION: A log away from Open Area Documentary Event Procedure 02-System

A child dies, children takes on, a female arrives, a woman becomes deceased, an excellent bird will come, an excellent bird flies from (Arcade 4walls version)2020, 18 min, color, HDAsia Retail complex Mass media Wall structure, China People Center, Gwangju, Southern area Korea

Delivered having support away from ACC Theatre FundSpecial as a result of Adrian Constantino, Birding Philippines, Jelaine Gan, Carmela P

Over the past 24 months, I have been dealing with a series of training of one’s migration away from wild birds in and out of the Philippines, an excellent kindred investment in order to a feature-length motion picture I am writing titled “The Insane Duck”, passionate by the memories out of my personal dad’s migration for the You during the early 2000s. Your panels will deal with migration in lots of forms and times. Birds, and you can ducks specifically, are like part habits to have humans-they get a hold of ways to survive because of the some function all over ranged surface. I’m hoping to bring together a combination of varieties, migrating across the more generations of moving picture news.

The project started in 2018 and has started different forms, from multi-station videos installation so you’re able to experimental outside tests and you may theatrical tests. Your panels remains constant while i end up being there can be an immediate have to build the exact distance and extent of the functions. The task yet has been in parallel to your birth out of my child, thus i was simply for footage I happened to be capable capture in two locations a few hours because of the vehicles out of Manila. We still have my limitations because a moms and dad throughout the a country-greater quarantine. So this go out, I would like to work with most other bird fans to incorporate discover footage regarding wild birds acquired from all around the fresh Philippines. Inside my look, We made household members with quite a few bird professionals and you may birdwatchers, and i realized that they each possess a wealth of video footage from their individual birdwatching.

The newest really works (Arcade 4Walls release) was created particularly for the fresh Arcade 4Walls mass media screen in Gwangju. Simultaneously when individuals is actually compelled to concern the way out-of lifestyle, wild birds could possibly offer much to learn of. They are really citizens worldwide, belonging to numerous towns meanwhile.

Medial Wall Program is actually a trip exhibition presenting societal artwork strategies developed by half dozen music artists and you may passionate because of the some layouts plus Gwangju, the fresh Fourth Industrial Revolution, and you will people and you will character from the point in time out-of environment changes.

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Portikus is actually proud presenting Overcast which have an opportunity for Coconuts, a collaborative installations from the Filipino movie and you will mass media musicians Shireen Seno (*1983) and you will John Torres (*1975).

Regarding System: News Wall Program Arcade 4WALLS The newest Media Wall structure is actually good 75m?16m display apparent in the Asia Plaza and also the Tree away from Light

As well as their own performs, Seno and you may Torres is actually founders of Los Otros collective inside Manila, a research and white men Ceuta women platform for the production and you may support regarding comparison to your program anywhere between flick and art. Seno and you can Torres are also in the middle of some other curatorial effort, known as the Kalampag Tracking Agencies, that’s intent on service and dissemination of option and you may fresh methods inside Philippine movie design. Both systems are described as replace and you can an openness for other disciplines, artists, and you may a liberty throughout the well-known movie industry.