Events
Join us in our journey through these activities that constitute the Philippines' Guest of Honour Program
Pagtatahip
Sincerely Yours, the Philippines – Festival for Dance, Performance and Karaoke
Sincerely Yours, the Philippines is an allusion to the motto “Love the Philippines” used by the Philippine Government in Tourism advertising. Elsa Jocson continues her exploration of the connections between embodiment, labor migration, and the construction of Filipino identity.
Schedule:
September 18, Thursday
19:00 Opening / Jaya Jacobo, keynote (Mousunturm Lokal)
20:00 The Filipino Superwoman Band (Mousonturm Saal)
21:00 – 24:00 Karaoke Opening Party (Mousunturm Lokal)
September 19, Friday 18:00
Speak my language (Mousonturm Studio 2)
20:00 The Filipino Superwoman Band (Mousonturm Saal)
September 20, Saturday
13:00 Be Your Own Festival Queen (Mousontum Foyer)
14:00 Cooking as Performance Art (Mousonturm Lokal)
18:00 Speak my language (Mousonturm Studio 2)
20:00 Re-claim (Mousonturm Studio 1)
21:00 Fiesta (Mousonturm Saal)
September 21, Sunday
15:00 Reflexion und Debatte I (Mousonturm Lokal)
18:00 Re-claim (Mousonturm Studio 1)
18:00 Bibingka (Mousonturm Probebühne 1)
September 22, Monday
19:00 Reflexion und Debatte II / Aswang (Mousonturm Studio 1)
September 23, Tuesday
19:00 Macho Dance ((Mousonturm Probebühne 3)
September 25, Thursday
18:00 Reflexion und Debatte III (Mousonturm Studio 2)
20:00 The Singer (Mousonturm Saal)
21:00 Karaoke Party (Mousonturm Lokal)
September 26, Friday
20:00 The Singer (Mousonturm Saal)
September 27, Saturday
11:00 Reflexion und Debatte IV (Mousonturm Studio 2)
18:00 Home in Huyong-Huyong (Frankfurt Lab)
20:00 Brown Madonna (Mousonturm Studio 1)
21:00 Karaoke Party – The Grand Finale (Mousonturm Lokal)
September 28, Sunday
16:00 The Survival Guide: between a dog, wolf and tardigrade
(Mousonturm Saal)
18:00 Brown Madonna (Mousonturm Studio 1)
September 29, Monday
20:00 The Survival Guide: between a dog, wolf and tardigrade
(Mousonturm Saal)
Sulog: Filipino Architecture at the Crosscurrents
Exhibition Period
20 September 2025-26 January 2026
Press Conference
18 September 2025 Thursday | 11:00
Vernissage
19 September 2025 Friday 19:00
New Beginnings: Philippine Photographic Art
In light of the dynamic practice of visual culture across time in the Philippines, this exhibition presents a diverse selection of photographic works from an archipelago in Southeast Asia. The artists explore a range of concerns: personal identity, tradition, spirituality, storytelling, migrant labor, urban life, survival, memory, and the concept of home. All these shed light on both deeply personal narratives and broader social reflections.
Pieces of Life: The Philippine Collection
Pieces of Life: The Philippine Collection in Heidelberg explores the Philippine collection at the Völkerkundemuseum Heidelberg. The exhibition sheds light on the material culture of Philippine communities in conversation with contemporary art.
Mga Kwento ni Lola Basyang: Filipino Stories for Children
The exhibition surveys the history of Severino Reyes’ Mga Kwento ni Lola Basyang from his initial production to its iterations in various media: illustrated book, dance, television, and cinema.
A Philippine Season: Kidlat Tahimik and Nick Deocampo
The program presents selected from Filipino filmmakers Kidlat Tahimik and Nick Deocampo. These do not only honor the achievements of the filmmakers, they also signify important aspects of Philippines cinema from the seventies onward. They struggle to discuss the complex conditions of a Filipino subjectivity through the history of successive colonialisms and state control over the years.
Pasyon of the Philippines: History, Form, and Practice
The exhibition focuses on texts of the Passion of Christ from the Philippines. The Passion texts reveal the story of the suffering of Christ and his death that leads to salvation. These texts testify to the production of text and image in the telling of a religious narrative that became a performative tradition during the Lenten season in the Philippines.
