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>ASIAN ART MUSEUM
>AT HOME & ABROAD: 20 CONTEMPORARY FILIPINO ARTISTS
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>EXHIBITION-RELATED EVENTS
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>EXHIBITION
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>At Home & Abroad: 20 Contemporary Filipino Artists
>June 13 - August 30, 1998
>
>The first major traveling exhibition of contemporary Filipino art brings
>together artists working in Asia, North America, and Europe, to explore
>such issues as politics, identity, assimilation, isolation, and the
>interpretation of indigenous cultures and the colonial heritage. Over
>fifty works of art=E6painting, sculpture, and multimedia
>installations=E6showcase a new, post-martial law generation of Filipino
>artists. Organized by the Asian Art Museum and accompanied by a full color
>catalogue.
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>CONCERTS
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>FILIPINO HIP-HOP
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>The Invisbl Skratch Piklz featuring DJs Q-Bert and D-Styles
>Saturday, June 27, 2:00 PM, Trustees' Auditorium
>Free with museum admission
>
>The Invisbl Skratch Piklz return to the Asian Art Museum for another
>concert after last year's appearance at the Asian American Jazz Festival.
>For the Piklz, the turntable is an instrument. Their innovative style of
>hip-hop consists of breaking down and reconstructing beats and using some
>of the 300 scratch styles available to transform vocal tracks. Pioneers in
>their field, they offer a performance that is, writes Neva Chonin of the
>San Francisco Bay Guardian, "a dazzling display of inspired chaos and
>virtuosity." Despite their youth, members of the Piklz already hold
>numerous titles including DMC (Disco Mixing Club) USA and World
>Championships.
>
>CENTENNIAL JAZZ
>
>Robbie Kwock-Melecio Magdaluyo Quartet
>Saturday, July 11, 2:00 PM, Trustees' Auditorium
>Free with museum admission.
>
>This dynamic quartet, well-known to Bay Area audiences, performs new
>compositions at the Asian Art Museum. They have developed a following and
>respect among the listeners who have experienced the sound and feeling of
>this exciting and very original Bay Area band, they are often the group
>joined by percussionist Pete Escovedo, lending his expertise in the
>Latin-Jazz idiom. Their new release Sixth Sense, features original
>material recorded at local Bay Area jazz venues. Co-sponsored by First
>Voice.
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>DANCE
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>CENTENNIAL PROJECT
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>Alleluia Panis
>Saturday, July 25, 2:00 PM, Trustees' Auditorium
>Free with museum admission.
>
>The Centennial Project delves into the theme of resistance, power, and
>survival through kali and traditional dance forms. During the centuries of
>Spanish rule, the practice of kali, a Filipino martial arts form essential
>in fighting Spanish domination in the Philippines, was forbidden.
>Practiced primarily by women, kali forms survived underground by being
>incorporated into less threatening dance movements. Alleluia Panis's
>choreography is influenced by indigenous traditional dances in the
>Philippines, where she has conducted research and toured with her company.
>The Centennial Project brings together choreography by Alleluia Panis,
>text and a commissioned original score by Royal Hartigan, and music by
>kulintang expert Dana Nu=F1ez. It premiers in its final form in 1999.
>Co-sponsored with the Teatro ng Tanan.
>
>FAMILY EVENTS
>
>Family Days in Celebration of Philippine Independence
>Saturday, June 13 and Sunday, June 14, 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Gruhn Court
>Free with museum admission
>
>June 12, 1998 marks one hundred years of Philippine independence from more
>than 400 years of Spanish rule. A day of fun and festivities featuring
>dances >from the different regions of the Philippines and craft
>demonstrations highlights the opening festivities in conjunction with the
>exhibition At Home & Abroad: 20 Contemporary Filipino Artists. Artistic
>concerns of identity, assimilation, and indigenous cultures are reflected
>in the day's activities, offered in the spirit of pakikisama
>(good-fellowship and concern for one's friends). Additional activities for
>families include storytelling, treasure hunts, and hands-on art activities.
>
>Higantes Festival
>Teatro ng Tanan
>Saturday, August 29, 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM, Gruhn Court
>Free with museum admission.
>
>Join in the festivities of this traditional festival held in the eastern
>province of Quezon, Philippines. The Festival of the Higantes, or giants,
>usually takes place on August 19. These higantes are large puppets made of
>papier mache fixed on bamboo frames. These 14-foot-tall puppets lead a
>parade through the museum. A performance by Teatro ng Tanan (Theater for
>Everyone) follows. Additional activities for families include mask-making
>workshops, treasure hunts, and storytelling. Co-sponsored with Teatro ng
>Tanan and San Francisco State University, PACE, and San Francisco City
>College. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition At Home & Abroad:
>20 Contemporary Filipino Artists.
>
>
>
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>FILM AND VIDEO
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>VIDEO/MEET THE FILMMAKERS
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>In No One's Shadow: Filipinos in America
>Wednesday, July 1, 6:00 PM, Trustee's Auditorium
>Free.
>
>This documentary film explores the Filipino experience in America, from
>the earliest seaborne immigrants who settled on farms in Louisiana 400
>years ago to the educated professional class of Filipinos who came to the
>United States within the last 30 years. Producer Naomi de Castro and
>narrator Ray Gatchalian lead a discussion after the film. In No One's
>Shadow: Filipinos in America, 1988, 28 min. Presented in collaboration
>with the National Asian American Telecommunications Association (NAATA).
>
>THE IDENTITY QUEST: A FILM SERIES
>
>The films in the following series are presented in conjunction with the
>exhibition At Home & Abroad. These films from the Philippines and the
>United States explore the different meanings of identity and the influence
>of technology, nationalism, and consumerism on the question of one's place
>in life. The series is co-sponsored with the National Asian American
>Telecommunications Association (NAATA) and the Cinema Department, San
>Francisco State University.
>
>Back to Bataan Beach
>White Christmas
>Dreaming Filipinos
>Introduction by Michael Magnaye
>Sunday, July 12, 2:00 PM, Trustees' Auditorium
>Followed by a Roundtable discussion with Luis M. Syquia, Dr. Bill Nichols
>and Dr. Leo Paz.
>Free with museum admission.
>
>Back to Bataan Beach
>Director Ernesto Foronda uses Hollywood movie archetypes to tell a
>post-punk version of >"the search for Filipino identity." Bataan plays
>out internalized cultural questions of diasporic peoples by superimposing
>Filipinos and Philippine history onto John Wayne, Frankie Avalon and
>Annette Funicello roles. It teases our desire to laugh at ourselves,
>while resurrecting issues and problems endemic to the import/export
>"trade" of cultures, media and human services. Back to Bataan Beach,
>directed by Ernesto M. Foronda, 1995, 16mm, 10 min.
>
>White Christmas
>Using a combination of Christmas icons, rituals, and personal reflections,
>Magnaye takes a perceptive, candid look at the Philippines after living in
>the United States for five years. After "four hundred years in a convent
>and fifty years under Hollywood, " Philippine culture has become a
>spectacle of Spanish and U.S. colonial influences. White Christmas
>directed by Michael Magnaye, 1993, 24 min., 16mm, in English.
>
>
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>Dreaming Filipinos
>
>Since the Spanish American War in 1898 and the subsequent control of the
>Philippine education system by the United States, Filipinos have often
>perceived America as superior to their homeland. This satire explores
>cultural imperialism and identity by asking the colonial question, "What's
>wrong with the Filipino?" Dreaming Filipinos directed by Manny Reyes,
>1990, 52 min., 16mm, in English and Tagalog with English subtitles.
>
>The Man in Her Life
>Sunday, July 19, 2:00 PM, Trustees' Auditorium
>Free with museum admission.
>
>Sexual identities and their relation to family values are questioned when
>young Selya leaves her hometown to search for her macho boyfriend.
>Expecting a child and in a strange town, she finds a teaching job and
>eventually marries the educated and cultured principal of the local
>school. After a short reunion with her boyfriend, Selya must decide what
>she values in a man and as a father for her young son. The Man in Her
>Life (Ang Lalaki Sa Buhay ni Selya) directed by Carlos Siguion-Reyna,
>1997, 96 min., 35mm, color, Tagalog with English subtitles. Co-sponsored
>with Bantay Bata (Childwatch), the Children's Program of the ABS-CBN
>Foundation, U.S.
>
>The Real Life of Pacita M
>Introduced by Wilma Consul
>Sunday, July 26, 2:00 PM, Trustees' Auditorium
>Free with museum admission.
>
>Identities of class are depicted in Pacita M. (portrayed by the revered
>Nora Anor), a nightclub singer with a vivacious exterior and a chaotic
>personal life. When a stray bullet leaves her teenage daughter comatose,
>the world of Pacita M. shatters. To allow her daughter a death with
>dignity, Pacita order her to be removed from the respirator. In doing so
>she initiates a battle with her wealthy mother-in-law which eventually
>becomes a journey of self-realization for both women. The Real Life of
>Pacita M. directed by Elwood Perez, 1991, 35mm, color, 105 min.
>Co-sponsored with Bantay Bata (Childwatch), the Children's Program of the
>ABS-CBN Foundation, U.S.
>
>Turumba
>Introduction by Lilia Villanueva
>Sunday, August 2, 2:00 PM, Trustees' Auditorium
>Free with museum admission.
>
>Kidlat Tahimik artfully questions identity in Turumba, set during an
>important religious festival involving the entire village in preparations
>including creating 200 brightly painted paper-mache figures. The economic
>life changes dramatically when a new highway comes to the village. A
>German tourist buys all the paper-mache figures, with subsequent orders
>that consume the villagers to manufacture them. Turumba, directed by
>Kidlat Tahimik, 1981, 83 min., color, 16mm, in Tagalog with English
>subtitles.
>
>
>
>Geron, the Vagabond from Quiapo
>Introduction by Dr. Leo Paz and Dr. Mauro Tumbocon
>Sunday, August 9, 2:00 PM, Trustees' Auditorium
>Free with museum admission.
>
>Geron Busabos is an illiterate stevedore who, in his attempt to make an
>honest living, gets into trouble with the city's corrupt underbelly.
>Determined and unafraid to fight back, he champions the masses and becomes
>the hero of the oppressed.
>Geron, the Vagabond from Quiapo (Geron Busabos, Ant Batang Quiapo),
>directed by Cesar "Chat" Gallardo, 1964, 115 min., black and white, in
>Tagalog with English subtitles. Co-sponsored with Bantay Bata
>(Childwatch), the Children's Program of the ABS-CBN Foundation, U.S.
>
>LECTURES
>
>EXHIBITION PREVIEW
>
>At Home & Abroad: 20 Contemporary Filipino Artists
>Hal Fischer
>Wednesday, June 3, 7:00 PM, Trustees' Auditorium
>Free with museum admission.
>
>Hal Fischer, Project Director, presents a preview slide lecture on the
>exhibition At Home & Abroad: 20 Contemporary Filipino Artists which opens
>June 13. Asian Art Museum docents are especially encouraged to attend.
>
>DOCENT LECTURE
>
>At Home & Abroad: 20 Contemporary Filipino Artists
>Renee Renouf Hall
>Wednesday, July 1, 12:30 PM, Classroom
>Free after museum admission.
>
>At Home & Abroad: 20 Contemporary Filipino Artists
>Saturday, July 11, 12:30 PM, Classroom
>Renee Renouf Hall
>Free after museum admission.
>
>At Home & Abroad: 20 Contemporary Filipino Artists
>Mary Ann Petro
>Wednesday, August 5, 12:30 PM, Classroom
>Free after museum admission.
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>At Home & Abroad: 20 Contemporary Filipino Artists
>Mary Ann Petro
>Wednesday, August 19, 12:30 PM, Classroom, Free after museum admission
>
>
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>EVENING LECTURE
>
>Contemporary Asian Art and the Philippines
>Reena Jana
>Wednesday, August 5, 7:00 PM, Trustee's Auditorium
>Free
>
>Reena Jana will explore trends in contemporary Asian art and how Filipino
>artists contribute to the global picture of today's art world. Ms. Jana is
>a Contributing Editor at Hong Kong's Asian Art News and World Sculpture
>News magazines, a columnist on contemporary Asian art for Milan, Italy's
>Flash Art International magazine, and a "Hot List" columnist for Artforum
>magazine. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times Magazine,
>Wired, and the San Francisco Chronicle, among other publications. She
>teaches at the University of San Francisco and UC Berkeley Extension.
>
>LITERARY ARTS
>
>BOOKREADING
>
>Readings >from the Anthology
>FLIPPIN': Filipinos on America
>edited by Luis H. Francia and Eric Gamalinda
>Participating authors: J. Eugene Gloria, Luis H. Francia, and Marianne
>Villanueva
>Saturday, June 20, 2:00 PM, Trustees' Auditorium
>Free with museum admission.
>
>The only former American colony in Asia, the Philippines remains enigmatic
>to most Americans. Filipino and Filipino American writers challenge the
>preconceptions of both American and the Filipino audiences. This reading
>will feature three writers from the anthology who explore the "Flip side"
>of the American coin. Some works deal with the Philippines' shared history
>with America; other works deal with topics universal to all people:
>family, relationships, nostalgia, survival, home, faith, loss, joy.
>
>Luis H. Francia is a poet and critic who has published two books of
>poetry. He edited the seminal Brown River, White Ocean, an anthology of
>Philippine literature in English. He writes for The Village Voice, A.
>Magazine, and Asiaweek, and teaches Asian American literature at Sarah
>Lawrence College. The poet J. Eugene Gloria's work has appeared in
>Mid-American Review, Parnassus, Quarry West, The Asian Pacific American
>Journal, and in the anthology The Open Boat. He currently teaches at
>Holyoke College, Massachusetts. Marianne Villanueve is the author of
>Ginseng and Other Tales from Manila and recently completed a second
>collection of short fiction, Bad Thing. Currently she teaches Creative
>Writing at Chabot College. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition
>At Home & Abroad: 20 Contemporary Filipino Artists. Co-sponsored with A
>Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books.
>
>
>POETRY READING
>
>Heaven Is Just Another Country
>Jaime Jacinto
>Saturday, August 8, 2:00 PM, Trustees' Auditorium
>Free with museum admission.
>
>Manila-born Jaime Jacinto reads from his first collection of poems, Heaven
>Is Just Another Country, which was nominated for the 1998 Bay Area Book
>Reviewers Award. His work is described as lyrical and poignant. Jacinto is
>part of a group of West Coast poets known as the Bay Area Filipino
>American Writers. He is also closely associated with the Kearny Street
>Workshop and co-edited a pioneering anthology of Filipino writings,
>Without Names: Poems by Bay Area Filipino American Writers. Co-sponsored
>with A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books
>
>
>SPECIAL EVENTS
>
>
>MEET THE ARTISTS
>
>At Home and Abroad: 20 Contemporary Filipino Artists
>Wednesday, June 10, 6:30 PM
>Trustee's Auditorium
>Free
>
>Stephanie Syjuco, Paul Pfeiffer, Gaston Damag, and Pacita Abad, Filipino
>artists resident in San Francisco, New York, Paris, and Jakarta, discuss
>their work in At Home and Abroad with Philippine cultural historian Mel
>Orpilla and curator Dana Friis-Hansen.
>
>OPENING GALA
>
>At Home & Abroad: 20 Contemporary Filipino Artists
>Friday, June 12, 6:00 PM
>
>On Friday, June 12 the Asian Art Museum will hold an Opening Gala for At
>Home & Abroad: 20 Contemporary Filipino Artists. This event marks the West
>Coast celebration of the Philippine Centennial and provides attendees a
>preview of this unique exhibit. Beginning at 6:00 PM, guests will enjoy a
>festive cocktail reception, thematically designed dinner by Dan McCall,
>and lively Filipino entertainment. Tickets are $175 per person. Call Mary
>Casey, Manager of Development Events, at (415) 557-6988 for more
>information.
>
>COLLEGE NIGHT
>
>An Evening Viewing of At Home & Abroad: 20 Contemporary Filipino Artists
>Friday, June 19, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
>Free with museum admission.
>
>Join other young artists and students in this special evening to view the
>exhibit. The evening also includes live musical entertainment and
>refreshments. Please RSVP to the Education Department at (415) 379-8895.
>
>LECTURE AND FILM SCREENING
>
>Writers of the Night: Filipino-American Spray-Can Artists
>Saturday, July 18, Trustees' Auditorium
>12:00 PM Style Wars
>2:00 PM Lecture by James Prigoff
>Free with museum admission.
>
>Contemporary art addresses issues such as identity and ownership, themes
>readily apparent in graffiti art. James Prigoff, an acknowledged authority
>on spray can or graffiti art, introduces a screening of the documentary,
>Style Wars. Prigoff's subsequent slide lecture details the evolution of
>graffiti art on the West coast. A roundtable discussion with local
>Filipino-American graffiti artists follows. Presented in conjunction with
>the exhibition At Home & Abroad: 20 Contemporary Filipino Artists.
>
>SYMPOSIUM
>
>Contemporary Filipino Identity at Home and Abroad
>August 29, Trustee's Auditorium
>Session I: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
>Session II: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
>Free after museum admission.
>
>Artists, academics, and writers present short talks on issues affecting
>contemporary Filipino identity in the Philippines and abroad. The
>symposium is offered in conjunction with the exhibition, At Home & Abroad:
>20 Contemporary Filipino Artists, on exhibit at the Asian Art Museum of
>San Francisco, June 13-August 30, 1998. Co-sponsored by the Philippine
>Studies Department, City College of San Francisco.
>
>
>
>ASIAN ART MUSEUM
>GENERAL VISITOR INFORMATION:
>The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is one of the largest museums in the
>Western world devoted exclusively to Asian art. Opened in 1966 as a
>result of a gift to the City of San Francisco by industrialist Avery
>Brundage, the Museum's holdings include more that 12,000 art objects
>representing more than 40 nations throughout Asia. As a result of a bond
>measure overwhelmingly passed by San Francisco voters in 1994, the Museum
>is scheduled to relocate from its current location in Golden Gate Park to
>the Old Main Library building at Civic Center in 2001.
>
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with
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>FREE for children under the age of 12 and Asian Art Museum members.
>Complimentary guided docent tours are offered at regularly scheduled
>times throughout the day. Admission is free to all members of the public
>on the first Wednesday of each month.
>
>ACCESSIBILITY: Galleries in the Asian Art Museum are accessible and
>limited numbers of wheelchairs are available without charge at the Museum
>entrance. Restrooms in the adjacent de Young Museum are wheelchair
>accessible. Sign language interpretation will be provided on 72 hours
>notice by calling (415) 752-2635. Assistive listening devices are
>available for both the Trustees' Auditorium events and docent tours - no
>reservations required.
>
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>and the MUNI line N-Judah. Designated parking is located in the lot east
>of the Museum (entrance from Kennedy Drive at 10th Avenue) and at both
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>379-8812; TDD: (415) 752-2635.
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Nico Tuason
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