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News There is a distinct information gap in terms of communicating and accessing the story and realities of ethnic minorities in the UK. This has exacerbated further during the pandemic, an extremely difficult time when people that are already in the margins have been left with even less resources and opportunities. Through this light-hearted *salo-salo shared with Filipino food, please sit down with us and hear the micro-narratives from within our community. This will be a whole day of experiencing Filipino culture and cuisine with Yvet Mercado as the head cook. She will entice our taste buds with her expertise in preparing Filipino food whilst sharing her stories and struggles as a single mother and a Filipino migrant, along with several leaders and members of the community. Tara, kain tayo! *Salo-salo is an alternate spelling of the Tagalog word sálu-salo meaning a banquet; reception; feast; gathering and eating together; party. Salo/salu can also mean to catch or to have someone’s back. Poster and graphics by Nyel Camilon COVID-19 Precaution: Spaces are limited to 6 people per slot. The main people involved have either been vaccinated with full or single dose and/or do regular tests for work purposes. There will be extra precaution to make sure we keep it safe as much as we can like sanitisers and wiping everything properly after each batch. We are also providing a rapid antigen test for all attendees. Click here for the event link. a-n Members in View, Spotlight May 2021 Click here for more information UNLIMITED R&D Funding Grant supported by Bagri Foundation Click here for more information Kalibutan: The World in Mind VIVA ExCon Bienalle 2020-2021 Bacolod, Philippines Head Curator: Patrick Flores The exhibition component of VIVA ExCon 2020 takes inspiration from the Visayan word kalibutan, which refers to both the world and consciousness. It is a dense and intricate term because it brings together world-making and worldview. The world is embodied, on the one hand, and the body is enworlded, on the other. It is rare for a word to register simultaneously cosmos and cognition. This is the prompt for our curatorial work on the Visayas: to create conditions for expressive material that responds to the range of stimuli of an active ecology to play out in space for Viva. This expressive material may be translated in many ways: object, sound, performance, image, moving image, text, and so on. The choices should not be confined to default expectations of contemporary art or to projects that end up in exhibitions. The subsidiary title pertains to the state of being in the world, thinking through the world, and finally looking after it with care as well as with anxiety, affection, or even obsession. Mindfulness of the world acknowledges complicity in its production as well as the indeterminacy of its vastness. Click here for more information |
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