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For 18 years, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts
(NCCA) has been organizing the National Arts Month (NAM) for the
month of February with a series of festivities and activities
mounted throughout the country celebrating Filipino artistry. For
2009, the annual event goes international under the name Philippine
International Arts Festival (PIAF).
With the theme “Ani ng Sining,” the PIAF has
evolved from Manila-centered activities to a truly national event
with key activities in all three major island groups, Luzon,
Visayas, Mindanao, involving hundreds of artists from different
disciplines of arts and reaching thousands of people from all walks
of life and all over the world.
The following are some of the highlights to look
forward to in the 2009 PAIF:
l The Ani ng Sining Launching. PIAF Ani ng
Sining will formally open in three venues: Launching on TV (Sunday
noontime variety program); Sining Gising of NBN 4 and Concert at the
Park with delayed telecast in NBN 4. Philippine International Arts
Festival will also simultaneously be launched in major sites in
Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
l PA(ng)LABAS. The project is a composite of a
traveling exhibition, lecture-forum, and a film showing which will
examine both the medium of film and the form and style of
architecture as they relate to the development of film media,
architecture and urban landscape. The title Pa(ng)labas is doubly
coded to encompass both the concepts of projected moving image
(palabas) and the exteriority of architecture (panglabas) to
establish a sense of place. It will happen from February 9 to13 at
Cine Adarna, Aldaba Theater, University Theater of the University of
the Philippines; from February 16 to 20 at the Cultural Center of
the Philippines; and from February 23 to 27 at the University of San
Carlos in Cebu.
l Walai-Vernacular Architecture of Mindanao.
This is an architectural drawing and photography exhibit of the
vernacular houses of Mindanao culled from the Walai Pangampong
project, complemented with a lecture series, selected ritual dances
and craft works associated with house building and construction, and
a model replica of selected indigenous structure. It is slated from
February 1 to 6.
l Sinerehiyon. This is a showcase of nascent
cinema from the regions. From the highlands in and around Baguio to
the heart of Bicolandia that is Naga City; across the thriving
Visayas cities of Cebu, Bacolod and Iloilo; and through Mindanao
between Cagayan de Oro and Davao, a new generation of artists is
telling stories of their own cultures and people in cinematic form.
This will be from February 17 to 19 at the Cultural Center of the
Philippines.
l Sayaw Pinoy. This touring dance concert brings
together different dance forms and features local dance troupes of
the host cities and municipalities performing back-to-back with the
different professional dance companies in the country. This will be
from February 6 to 9 for the Visayas and NCR regions; from February
13 to 16 for Mindanao; and February 20 to 23 for Luzon.
l Tanghal! The 3rd National University Theater
Festival. Hosted by Colegio de San Juan de Letran-Calamba, the event
will feature university-based theatre groups from Luzon, Visayas,
Mindanao and NCR in cooperation with the Lusong Luzon Arts and
Culture Network. It will happen from February 10 to 14 at the
Colegio de San Juan de Letran-Calamba.
l Taboan: Philippine Writers Festival. This will
be a celebration of the word—written, painted, sung, or
performed—and will assemble writers from all the regions and
across generations who will interact with one another and with their
audience on issues pertaining to their craft or the situation of
writing in the country, or read from their new works. This will
happen from February 11 to 13 at the UP Diliman, Ateneo de Manila
and Cubao Expo.
l Organik Muzik. This is a series of four
concerts showing the metamorphosis of elements of Philippine music
from village roots to urban manifestations, from Cordillera
traditions to Kadangyan’s world music, from Leyteño siday to
Junior Kilat’s reggae Binisaya, from GAMABA Awardee Samaon
Sulaiman’s virtuoso kutyapi-playing to the hard-driving neo-ethnic
rock of Popong Landero, from flights of Balagtasan to the acid-jazz
rants of Lourd de Veyra and Radioactive Sago. Musical innovator Joey
Ayala weaves the journey towards a coherent whole. It will happen on
February 7 at SM Baguio; February 14 at SM Cebu; February 21 at SM
Davao; and February 28, 2009 at SM Mall of Asia.
Philippine Visual Arts Festival ‘09. It will
be a convergence of selected various Filipino and International
Artists from the different regions of the country. It will feature
the talents and performances of the artists and groups in the visual
arts whose trainings, competitions and creative expressions NCCA has
invested on the past year or so.
For details, call 0928-5081057, 0918-6380412,
527-5529 or 527-2192 at locals 508, 612 to 615, email at
ncca.paio@gmail.com, public_affairs@ncca.gov.ph or visit
www.philippineartsfest.com and www.ncca.gov.ph.
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