Kawayan de guia biography of mahatma
The stories in this book, including the emerging story of the itself, took me back in time, not simply back to the and the Bernard van Leer Foundation.
At once beautiful and menacing, Kawayan De Guia's Bomba () references the bombing of Manila in World War II, but evokes the horrors of more.!
This interview was taken while Kawayan de Guia and Nona Garcia were touring me in Baguio in their van, from Ben Cab Museum, Tam-Awan to Katipunan Restaurant, where we shared drinks and had a karaoke session.
(December 7, in Baguio City, Philippines, interviewer: Mayumi Hirano)
So now we are in Tam-Awan Village.
Yeah, Tam-Awan was started by BenCab and developed by other artists.
I think it started in mid 90s, around 95, It started very casual. Many of the art spaces start very organic. You know thats how many artist run spaces grew.
CLARETIAN PUBLICATIONS is a pastoral endeavor of the Claretian Missionaries that brings the word of God to people from all walks of life.It develops out of conversations among the guys hanging out together. When the space is more and more developed, you get new headaches. You have to find a way to survive by renting the space, organizing the program, managing people etc.
You also run some spaces.
Vocas is one of them.
He also inspired artists like Alwin Reamillo, Arnell Agawin, Perry Mamaril,and Kawayan de Guia to become "cultural drifters" like him.
Are you also suffering the headaches from managing the space?
I dont run it any more. The space opened about 5 years ago. It also started very