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Monday, February 26, 2007 |
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E r o s for
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By Rome Jorge
Raids on
hawkers of pirated DVDs, confiscation of shipments of fake designer
label bags, debates on online file sharing networks and plagiarism
of sampled songs all come to mind when you say intellectual property
rights. But an art space for bleeding edge painters, sculptors,
photographers, performance artists and writers? You bet’cha. No to
none-payment by clients and rip-offs by copycats. Artists, know your
rights!
Last February
23, Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IP Philippines)
unveiled the Alab [Flame] art space at its Makati office with its
exhibit Eros, but one show in an ongoing commitment to empower
artists on their creative rights. The exhibit, timed for month of
Valentine’s, also is part of this year’s National Arts Month.
The exhibit runs until April 30.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Designing the
Pinoy Zippo
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Million
of years ago man discovered fire by accident. But useful as it is,
there was hardly anything fashionable about lighting up until the
year 1932, when another man named George G. Blaisdell introduced the
Zippo lighter...
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Malang the
cartoonist
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Mauro Malang
Santos, more popularly known as “Malang,” is recognized for his
trademark paintings depicting such favorite subjects as women
vendors and cityscapes.
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Shots of
‘Hope’
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When they’re
not covering a war in the Middle East or capturing still images of
underwater wildlife or painting the next Filipino masterpiece,
they’re involved in an equally monumental task of advocating clean
drinking water...
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Bencab leads
artists in visual celebration of Macau
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Four top
Filipino artists unveil their distinctive perspectives of Macau in
an art exhibit titled Macau Magic, which opened under the auspices
of the Macau Government Tourist Office-Philippines (MGTO-Phils.)
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CULTURE
VULTURE
By Rome Jorge
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They just don’t
get it
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I’ve
recently come from a tour of the Middle East that included not only
visits to Petra in Jordan and Pyramids, the Sphinx, Abu Simbel,
Luxor and the Cairo Museum in Egypt but also a pilgrimage to
Biblical sites in Palestine...
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GLOBAL
VILLAGE
By Manny
Baldemor
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The medieval
islands of Paris
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If one is
familiar with the French-based comic characters of Rene Goscinny and
Albert Uderzo, particularly the adventures of Asterix the Gaul, one
would be quite familiar with the ancient Gallic community known as
Lutece...
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PEOPLE
By Bob Garon
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Using drugs to fit
in
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The most
common reason why young people use drugs is acceptance. Most drug
taking begins during the teen years, a time when the acceptance of
peers is highest on the list of priorities.
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