lb. In late summer 2024, studiyo filipino held two poetry workshops with the Swiss chapter of Halo-Halo, one in Zurich and one in Vienna. The participants had the opportunity to take time to reflect on their own life stories and thus honor their experiences as people with a transnational biography, both individually and as a collective. … Read more
lb. The Philippines is one of the Pavilions featured in the Venice Biennale. Curated by Carlos Quijon, Jr, this year’s representative exhibition of the Philippines at the Venice Art Biennale delves into the mystical energy of the famed Mt Banahaw and its town’s rich cultural heritage. studiyo filipino member and art consultant Lai del Rosario … Read more
lb. Ever since it was made public that the Philippines will be Guest of Honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2025, Annette Hug’s world has been spinning even faster. It turns out that many in the German-speaking book scene hardly know anything about the Philippines, the Philippine book market or Filipino/a authors at all. … Read more
ah. Between Zurich, Paris and Milan, train trips take only a few hours. Flights to Manila are becoming cheaper and more frequent again. But how the supply chains for printed books and the distributors for e-books work remains a mystery. In Europe, there would certainly be a market for Filipino books published in English – … Read more
ah. LIKHAAN is a journal of the «Institute of Creative Writing» at the University of the Philippines, Diliman. For the year 2020, Rolando B. Tolentino has directed a special edition with texts coming out of the present pandemic. The range is wide: From angry poems, to a a short dramolet (“frontliner”) to a critical essay … Read more
ah. Since January 2021, Philippine objects from museums all over the world can be viewed on a website called Mapping Philippine Material Culture. Most of these swords, fabrics, knifes – tools of everyday life or works of art – are usually invisible. For decades, they have been laying in the vaults of ethnographic museums. Many … Read more
ah. «Jane Ryan» and «William Saunders» were invented names used by Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos as a cover when they deposited funds on Swiss bank accounts. In 2012, the Philippine artist Pio Abad started to research and reflect on the treasures of the former presidential couple and came up with various projects. They were exhibited … Read more