The stupid stupid salesman at Radio Shack, who sold it to me, told me it downloaded to Mac. It doesn't download to Mac. So I'll have to wait until I get home to download the stupid thing to my PC at work, and then transfer somehow to my Mac, and then edit.
Anyhoo, at some point, I'll be able to share images of art and artists along with sound clips of them essplaining their art! Woo hoo! I'll also have sound clips from Carlos Celdran's Intramuros tour/performance/history lesson (which is hands down the best tour and the best history lesson I've ever gotten, and the best way to kick off a stay in Manila), and from the artist talk Carlos is hosting tonight, which will close down the Galleon Trade festivities week, and send the artists packing.
That's right: tonight is the last event, at Carlos' Living Room salon, so if you're in Manila, check it out.
The story so far:
- Tuesday was the opening at Mag:net The Fort cafe, with Rick Godinez and Enrique Chagoya (both absent) each contributing two pieces to a single wall in a Makati district mall cafe. There was also a sound performance involving nine artists each playing for nine minutes, each starting three minutes apart, and playing for a total of ninety minutes. It was about as coherent as you'd expect.
- Wednesday afternoon was an artist's panel at the University of Santo Tomas, their venerable old institution. Galleon Trade organizer Jenifer Wofford, academics Lucy Burns (of US) and Lito Zulueta of and May Datuin (of PI), and artists Jaime Cortez and Megan Wilson all showed work and/or spoke, and there was a brief Q & A afterwards, followed by a reception.
- Thursday was the opening at Green Papaya art projects, with Megan Wilson, Stephanie Syjuco, Michael Arcega, Reanne Estrada, Christine Wong Yap. It was a straightforward art opening, and apparently everyone went out afterwards (I went to bed).
- Friday was another afternoon artists panel at Ateneo De Manila University, where Jenifer Wofford, academic Eric Reyes, Green Papaya curator Norberto Roldan, and artists Johanna Poethig and Stephanie Syjuco spoke. I missed this one.
- Saturday (last night) was the final opening at Mag:net Katipunan with Rick Godinez (again), Julio Cesar Morales, Jaime Cortez, Johanna Poethig, and Eliza Barrios. A fun night. We broke open one of the two bottles of Patron and then went afterwards to the Shoe Expo art and commercial complex.
- Sunday, tonight, will be the final event, with all of the remaining artists (Jaime left on Thursday) being grilled by Carlos.
Yes, I will be picking these apart in the coming days/weeks. But I'm not going to post on all of them. Like the Ship Launch auction and fundraiser party back in Oakland a few weeks ago, many of these events were fun to go to, but not to read about.
But if you want the event blow-by-blow, and pics to boot, check out Wofford's offeeshul Galleon Trade News blog.
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