On November 8, 2013, super typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan –the strongest storm in recorded history– ravaged through the Visayan islands in the Philippines. Join us for a commemorative gathering to care for our dead, and persist with the living. This artistic collaboration explores the inner state of “walang-wala”, of total emptiness, of nothingness, of point zero. Continue reading
KAPWA is a Filipino word describing “the core value of Filipino personhood. This idea of a “shared self” opens up the heart-doors of the I to include the Other. It bridges the deepest individual recess of a person with anyone outside him or herself, even total strangers. Straight.com: “Kapwa brings Philippine indigenous arts festival to UBC” … Continue reading
KAPWA is a Filipino word describing “the core value of Filipino personhood. This idea of a “shared self” opens up the heart-doors of the I to include the Other. It bridges the deepest individual recess of a person with anyone outside him or herself, even total strangers. PROGRAMME: 4:00 – 7:00 PM @ UBC Institute of … Continue reading
This Fall, UBC Philippine Studies Series explores the storying of loss, despair, and compassion through historical and scientific inquiry combined with literature and performance. Can we find a creative-critical empathy to address the social, climate, and geopolitical changes of our times?
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Taking Nanay: a testimonial play to the Philippines In 2007 we began to turn interview transcripts with Filipino domestic workers and their families, as well as Canadian employers, into a testimonial or verbatim theatre play, which premiered at Vancouver’s 2009 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and then toured to Berlin. The play is a site-specific … Continue reading
