JERRY OLEA
Sa wakas, naipaliwanag kung bakit naging pink ang red threads sa art installation na KAINGIN sa Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City.
Read: CCP walang kinalaman sa pagbabagong-kulay ng ribbon sa Kaingin art installation
Noong Abril 30, 2022, nag-umpisa sa CCP Front Lawn ang KAINGIN: An Earth Month Art Installation by Jinggoy Buensuceso, curated by Junyee as a continuation of Angud Installation (2007). Hanggang Mayo 30 ang nasabing exhibit.
Ang paliwanag tungkol sa pulang laso: "The red thread of fate is tied around the world, and it’s a tie that binds us.
"This is a prayer for a revolution, and each one of us is the revolution."
Kapagkuwan ay naging pink ang thread, at ang artist na si Jinggoy L. Buensuceso ay nag-post sa Facebook nitong Mayo 7, Sabado ng umaga, "Tao Tao Kasama Kaba Sa Isang Libo? KAINGIN Forest Bloomed in Pink."
Sabado ng gabi, inihayag ng CCP sa FB na unathorized daw ang nasabing palit-ribbon, at iyon ay "blatant and brazen violation of election rules."
Agad kaming nag-message kay G. Jinggoy L. Buensuceso via Messenger noong Sunday night, May 7, upang linawin ang usaping ito. Wala kaming natanggap na tugon.
Mayo 8, Linggo ng umaga, nagsadya kami sa CCP at nakita naming wala na ang pink thread.
Mayo 9, Araw ng Halalan, Lunes ng bandang 10:00 a.m. ipinaliwanag ng CCP Visual Arts and Museum Division (VAMD) sa Facebook ang nangyari.
Ayon sa VAMD ng CCP, "This is to address the statement released by the Cultural Center of the Philippines Office of the President at the official Facebook page of the Center regarding the 'unauthorized action taken by a few personnel to deck the front lawn of the CCP with ribbons donning the color associated with one of the presidential candidates . . . a blatant and brazen violation of election rules.'
"The ribbons form part of an installation at the CCP Front Lawn called ‘Kaingin’ by artist Jinggoy Buensuceso which, when launched last 30 April 2022, used red ribbons to connect one thousand sculptural bulul’s or anthropomorphic figures, as part of the Earth Month celebration.
"The artist submitted a proposal to modify the installation by using pink ribbons to signify the '…flame of renewal, hope, and love for Motherland.' (‘Kaingin Forest Blooms in Pink, Tao-Tao Kasama Ka Ba sa Isang Libo?’ artist statement).
"The proposal was submitted to the Office of the Artistic Director and approved cognizant of artistic processes that usually accompany such interactive installations and without prejudice to any election related activity.
"It is within the artist’s right to freedom of expression to create, present and evolve his/her artistic work.
"It is the responsibility of curators and arts administrators, as ourselves working in the government center for the arts, to defend these rights and ensure a safe space for artistic creation, development and appreciation.
"There was no intended ‘breach of electoral laws’ nor ‘betrayal of public trust’ in allowing this artistic exercise that seeks to call attention to ‘the most serious environmental and human struggles.’
"At best, the art installation seeks to generate a healthy conversation with the community in looking for more intentional solutions that sustain our humanity."
Ang paglilinaw ng VAMD ay mula kay Chris Millado na Vice-President and Artistic Director, katuwang sina Ariel Yonzon (Associate Artistic Director ng Production and Exhibition Department) at Rica Estrada (Officer-in-Charge ng VAMD).
Agad ni-repost ng CCP sa Facebook page nito ang clarification ng VAMD.
NOEL FERRER
May kalayaan tayo sa sining. At kung anumang kulay iyan ay bukas sa kahit na anong interpretasyon.
Basta with the way things are unfolding, the best art is created during challenging times.
Kaya here’s to the best works of art by Filipinos in the coming days!!!
GORGY RULA
Kahapon ko lang tiningnan nang mabuti ang KAINGIN art installation sa tapat ng CCP na malapit lang sa aming tanggapan.
Doon ko lang nakita nang mabuti na mga bulul pala yun at maganda ang pagkakagawa. Mas nagustuhan ko kung walang ribbon na nakatali.
Pero kalayaan na ng artist yun kung ano gusto sa obra niya. Pero nasa atin na rin kung ano ang interpretasyon sa kanyang obra.
Huwag na sigurong lagyan ng isyu kung kinakailangan pa bang ibalik ang nakataling ribbon.
Ang curious na lang ako, kung papalitan ba at kung sino ang susunod na mamumuno sa CCP, pati sa NCCA?