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This exhibition presents a diverse selection of photographic works from an archipelago in Southeast Asia.
Explore Event: New Beginnings: Philippine Photographic ArtWhat echoes linger in the silences of historical archives? Can the sounds of our ancestors, preserved in fragile wax cylinders and fading magnetic tapes, speak truths beyond fidelity? In Pagtatahip, meLê yamomo invites audiences into an immersive sonic weaving of past and present, where the reverberations of empire and memory are brought into resonance. Rendered…
Explore Event: PagtatahipThe exhibit is inspired by anthropologist Arjun Appadurai’s conception of “Global Cultural Flow” (1990) as an intersecting transnational network of exchange between people, goods, economics, politics, and ideas.
Explore Event: Sulog: Filipino Architecture at the CrosscurrentsThe Philippine Stand Opening Ceremony warmly welcomes visitors to the heart of the Philippines at the fair. More than an opening, it is a celebration of stories, voices, and imaginations carried across seas and skies.
Explore Event: Philippine Stand Opening CeremonyHunting for Artifacts: 19th-Century German Explorers in the Luzon Cordillera revisits the expeditions of German travelers who journeyed into Northern Philippines in search of knowledge, curiosities, and cultural treasures. The discussion explores the objects they collected, the stories and encounters that marked their travels, and the legacies these left behind.
Explore Event: Hunting for Artifacts: 19th-Century German Explorers in the Luzon CordilleraThis marks a milestone for the acclaimed Filipino graphic novel as it finds new life in translation. This event celebrates the arrival of Trese in Brazil, where Filipino myth and folklore meet a new community of readers. The handover ceremony is not only a symbolic crossing of cultures but also a testament to the power…
Explore Event: Trese in Portugese: The Ceremonial Handover of the Brazilian Edition of Trese ComicsA focused gathering of Filipino and Canadian publishers, authors, and partners to exchange ideas, explore collaborations, and build lasting industry ties.
Explore Event: Coffee and Books: Breakfast with Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP) – CanadaThis showcase features the German editions of F. Sionil José’s Poon, Spider Man, and Collected Short Stories, works that reveal the struggles, hopes, and histories of Filipino life. Presented alongside Viajeros, a digital photography book of journeys across cultures and landscapes, it offers fresh ways of encountering the Philippines through story and image.
Explore Event: F. Sionil José in Translation: Stories and Journeys from the PhilippinesThis showcases three works that capture centuries of encounters: sweeping chronicles from 1521 to the present, vivid early reports from 1521–1794, and a gallery of explorers and wanderers whose journeys shaped how the Philippines was seen and remembered. Together, they reveal a rich history of travel, exchange, and discovery.
Explore Event: Impressions of an Archipelago: Spanish Travelers and Writings on the PhilippinesDialogue focuses on the Markets of Resistance Project multiverse as sites of interconnectivity, intervention and resistance to cultural norms and oppression, the mainstream art market, convergence of radical pedagogy, culture, art and heritage, and small press publishing as a means to build and sustain cultural currency and alternative forms of living.
Explore Event: Intersectional Spaces: Kapwa, Synergistic Energies, Creativity, Radical Pedagogy, Public Art, Cordillera Culture, and Heritage
