The Charismatic Renewal, a global religious movement which has influenced Catholicism in the Philippines, has motivated the creation of many religious organizations following its distinct spirituality and worship practices. Missionary Families of Christ, formerly known as Couples for Christ, a popular organization within the movement, has…[Read more]

Several thinkers have pointed out the separation of art from the world and everyday life, posing challenges for the engagement of the arts in ecological issues with the larger public. Drawing from Deweyan aesthetics, this paper seeks to expand the scope of inquiry of art education and recover the continuities of the aesthetic with everyday life.…[Read more]

Students have been experiencing extreme loneliness, isolation and alienation, brought about (in part) by our current culture, exacerbated by the pandemic and lockdowns, all under the spectre of authoritarianism and unjust social structures. In this context, I sought to navigate designing my ARTS 1 classes around establishing communities of…[Read more]

This study investigates the ritual and musical practices in the gawain of a local chapter of
El Shaddai in St. Paul of the Cross Parish, in Marikina City. Using data collected from textual sources, interviews, and participant observation in the gawain, the thesis examines the different transformations brought about through the perfomance of the…[Read more]

Syllabus for Critical Perspectives in the Arts, Second Semester AY 2021-2022

A Haunting of Haunts is a collection of media kits that allow artists to reenact or create new networked performance art based on landmark performances. It provides media in image and 3D formats that can be employed within a number of networked environments.

This article discusses a selection from a series of performances created between 2008 and 2019 that as practice as research (PaR) explore ideas of identity, representation and place as they relate to the intersection of what are termed ‘virtual’ and ‘real’ spaces. These include I’m Garrett Lynch (IRL) (2010), I’m not Garrett Lynch (IRL) – Ident…[Read more]

Since the introduction of the World Wide Web in 1991, it has had a significant impact on contemporary art. As a consequence, however, networks are almost exclusively considered as technologically determined, art produced is digital, refers to the internet and is more often than not specifically web-based. This research redefines the role of…[Read more]