The first word that comes to mind when I think about the myth of Icarus is “eleutheromania” or “eleutherophilia”, “a mania or frantic zeal for freedom”, more like intoxication. You may have heard of it. The Greek myth of Daedalus and Icarus talks about a father and son who were…

The past couple of months as defined by the Muse’s vengeance on my hypersomnia. The title, if you haven’t guessed, is from Metallica’s song “Enter Sandman”. I wanted to make an artwork about sleep, inspired by the art, mythology, and psychology produced on that subject matter, instead I made an…

I once joked to a friend that maybe the reason people back in the day came up with the manananggal was because of excruciating period pain, considering how they probably didn’t have readily accessible medicine for quick relief. In some stories, the manananggal or aswang is said to feed on…

Babayi, Bayani is a group show by Bloom, a group of women artists. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to help the families of drug war victims. The exhibit is at Stall 9 Gallery, 2nd flr, Silingan Cafe, Cubao X Araneta Center, Cubao. The exhibit runs from March…

“Why shouldn’t I be proud to be a woman? My father, that enthusiastic apostle of humanity, many times reiterated to me that woman’s mission…

Like many of us, Arno Salvador was one of the kids who grew up with comic books and cartoons. Yet there is something to be said for his affinity with superheroes, particularly when his paintings resemble grunge and graffiti as opposed to portraying them in their usual dignified stance. In…

In the late 18th century, France was on the brink of bankruptcy due to their involvement in the American revolution as well as King Louis XVI’s extravagant spending which, on July 14, 1789 (known as Bastille Day), led to the start of France’s own revolution. Inspired by both real and…

Journal Entry 6.11.22 — Whenever I’m in serious danger of taking life too seriously, I remember all the poets and myths who came before me saying “We called it didn’t we?” Maybe I’m just pleasure-mongering about fear-mongering. I wish this were just another recitation to get that go signal from my mentors and curators…

Journal Entry 12.19.22 — The Alunsina Network turns the pursuit of love into: “a conquest of the world through pictures of prospective partners” — Mele Yamomo I wanted to tell the long story — a metanarrative of sorts, a tale as old as primordial soup, albeit from the perspective of an unreliable narrator. How…