PROGRAM
PROJECT SPACES
Geraldine Javier’s investigations into the wonders of the natural world inevitably relate to issues on growing environmental concerns. For A LT 2024 she presents "Catch of the Day", a pool-like installation filled with countless finely cut plastic pieces that were collected with members of her local community, from various water refilling stations.
"Seascape (Blue Hour I & II)" will also be on view.These paintings connect her ongoing garden archiving with the global threat of marine debris, suggesting that all ecosystems and species are ultimately linked.
Geraldine Javier
For the occasion of A LT 2024, Jimenez turns to a more mundane, seemingly nondescript material, large cement sacks that are repurposed by junkyards to collect objects of various materials. Taking off from a passage from the Bible, in the Book of Matthew, the installation of more than thirty giant cement sacks will be intuitively and spontaneously arranged in an installation titled "A City Set on a Hill Cannot be Hidden".
When they are lit from inside, these sacks are completely transformed from an unremarkable discard into beacons that emit an impressive power, an otherworldly illumination from the most unexpected of objects. Like lanterns in a procession.
Pete Jimenez
For the latest A LT edition, Alcazaren will be presenting a large-scale, wall-bound work, entitled "NOW" which continues his explorations on utilizing found objects, domestic ware, and daily artefacts. He arranges these objects–most of which are an assortment of black, gray, and opaque miscellany–a monochromatic collection of things appearing as shadows--to form a kind of constellation while they are lit against the wall. In full view, the word (NOW) is spelled.
Juan Alcazaren
Spanning a massive seven metres in diameter, Oca Villamiel renders an installation simply, but aptly titled "Water is Life". Drawing from personal observations of how some people treat local bodies of water, he ponders how it translates into everyday decisions and actions. East of Manila, in Atimonan, Quezon (and sadly in many more places), the practice of poisoning rivers (paglason sa ilog) for a faster and bigger yield of fish and shrimp to be sold is still more prevalent than one would hope, harming the water that eventually flows down from the mountain to the seas.
"Water is life" , countless strips of silver foil reflect our countless lives — they shift and dance, affected by our decisions. Light tiptoes on the surface, akin to that on water as it undulates. As we move, it moves.
Our small gestures create airflow that makes the slivers shift and shine. From a tiny stream to the vast oceans, the artist asks: what is right, what is wrong?
Oca Villamiel
Isabel Santos is an artist and illustrator based in Manila, Philippines. She graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University in 2012. She had three residencies in 2016: League Residency at Vyt, New York, CAMAC in Marnay Sur Seine, France, and Galerie 102 in Berlin. In 2020, she won the Uniqlo UT Grand Prix, a prize in collaboration with MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art). She has shown in the Philippines, New York, France, and Berlin.
For A LT 2024 she will be presenting a large scale mural in partnership with BOYSEN paints.
Isabel Santos
CONVERSATIONS
A platform for critical discourse and the sharing of ideas, CONVERSATIONS brings together thinkers from across the creative spectrum.The aim is to address the future of diverse art forms and their relationship to interdisciplinary practices and the contemporary world through a series of informal discussions featuring artists, gallerists, curators, musicians, critics and scholars while inviting audiences to partake in the discussions and share their own thoughts and reflections with the speakers.
The Evolving Definition
of Outsider Art
Moderated by
JONATHAN
GANDER
Feb 22,
Thursday, 2pm
Jose Tence Ruiz
Argie Bandoy
Gerardo Tan
Gabe Naguiat
Bjorn Calleja
Photography
is the Future
Moderated by
STEPHANIE
FRONDOSO
Feb 22,
Thursday, 4pm
Gio Panlilio
Enzo Razon
Veejay Villafranca
Jed Gregorio
Wawi Navarroza
Role of the Gallery
in the Art Ecosystem
Moderated by
FR. JASON DY
Feb 23,
Friday 2pm
Manny de Castro
Silvana Ancellotti-Diaz
Tina Fernandez
Sylvia Gascon
Mawen Ong
Pia Reyes
Soler Santos
Evita Sarenas
Jun Villalon
New Media:
Everything Else
is Decor
Moderated by
ERWIN
ROMULO
Feb 23,
Friday, 4pm
Derek Tumala
IC Jaucian
Tad Ermitaño
Memory Machine:
The Role of Moving Image and Video
in Philippine Contemporary Art
Moderated by
COCOY
LUMBAO
Feb 24,
Saturday, 2pm
Victor Balanon
Jim Lumbera & Joey Singh
Miguel Lorenzo Uy
Christina Lopez
Manny Montelibano
Break Down the Walls!
How Street
Art has Seeped
into the Mainstream
Moderated by
LOURD
DE VEYRA
Feb 24,
Saturday, 4pm
Dex Fernandez
Doktor Karayom
Bitto
Archie Oclos
Dennis Bato
Gaby dela Merced
Female Artists
as Risk Takers
Moderated by
NICE
BUENAVENTURA
Feb 25,
Sunday, 2pm
Lesley-Anne Cao
Celine Lee
Jao San Pedro
Kat Medina
Catalina Africa
Lena Cobangbang
Diasporic Artists:
Responding to Subcultures
Moderated by
STEPHANIE
FRONDOSO
Feb 25,
Sunday, 4pm
Kristoffer Ardeña
James Clar
Kelli Maeshiro
Clarence Chun
PERFORMANCE
Somatosonic is a multidisciplinary art unit composed
of Christina Dy, a visual artist and dancer; Tad Ermitaño, a media and sound artist; and Marco Ortiga, a sculptor and specialist in kinetic media. Somatosonic produces collaborative works that incorporate media and techniques drawn from the members' various specializations. Alongside their collaborative artworks, Somatosonic also performs with artist-made instruments, augmented by electronic textures and a sonified dance performance.
The performance will be held on:
February 22, Thursday, 6 to 7pm during A LT 2024
SMX Hall 4, Mall of Asia Complex
Somatosonic
VIDEO
A LT puts the spotlight on contemporary video practices and artists’ moving image with "Sync, Memory". A group show curated by Cocoy Lumbao, Jr that features seven contemporary artists who will show new work on the at this year's dedicated video section, a one-of-a-kind immersive experience through new media and beyond. Artists include Victor Balanon, Manny Montelibano, Christina Lopez, Miguel Lorenzo Uy, and collaborations by Jim Lumbera and Joey Singh, as well as Kiri Dalena
and Ben Brix.
"Sync, Memory" explores video, contextualised within a space for art and image-making. It implores Memory to speak–through images, sound, and motion.
Video Room
COLLABORATION
In a special collaboration with six contemporary artists, cult retail concept UNIVERS will be auctioning one-off Moreau Paris bags at A LT 2024. Throughout history, art and fashion have often intertwined. This symbiotic relationship has likewise always been a part of the UNIVERS ethos: from displaying art objects and mounting immersive installations in their stores to commissioning local artists or supporting art fair initiatives.
For the 3rd edition of A LT Philippines, UNIVERS comes on board with custom pieces that uniquely bridge art and fashion. Six multi-disciplinary artists were invited to transform Moreau Paris’ Saint Tropez totes. The artists, specially selected by the A LT gallerists for their progressive, innovative and socially relevant body of works, are Costantino Zicarelli, Jigger Cruz, Johanna Helmuth, Luis Antonio Santos, Raffy T. Napay, and Yeo Kaa. Through various treatments that include painting, sewing, printing, and laser etching, the bags will elevate from commercial luxury goods to rare and collectible functional art.
A LT X UNIVERS
