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
Category Archives: Art Exhibits and Performances
Photos: “KAPWA – Sensing Ourselves in One Another”
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: Sensing Ourselves in One Another
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
Fall 2013 Calendar of Events
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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Jan 30: The First of the Green College Thematic Series
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