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Teach Yourself Macho Dance Manual

The work invites a person to teach macho dancing based on his/her understanding of the manual.

ARTIST PROFILE

Eisa Jocson

Eisa Jocson is a contemporary choreographer and dancer from the Philippines. From pole to macho dancing, Eisa investigates the labour and representations of the dancing body in the service industry, and exposes gender formation, seduction politics, and Filipino social mobility. Her next work will uncover the world of ‘Japayuki’ – the foreign entertainers hired from the Philippines to perform for the pleasure of ‘salary-men’ in clubs throughout Japan.

* Photos, poster, details, and artist profile from Karnabal Festival 2015 Facebook page and website

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Experienced mentalism with the one and only 'The Mental Assassin' Justin Piñon, together with this crowd filled with artists from around the globe! #ohlife #unexpected #mentallyassassinated #inthenameofart #karnabal2015 #outatsmallhours

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INNER VOICES FORBIDDEN SPEECHES GHOSTS OF THE MOUTH Tell me what it is that you can’t say out loud. If you’ll let me, I will give it a voice.

ARTIST PROFILE

Russ Ligtas

Russ is a visual artist exploring alternative possibilities in performance. A transplant from Cebu, he has continued his intermedia art practice in Manila since 2013. During performances, Russ oftentimes deploys his various alter egos—aspects of his psyche with specialized roles to confront and process specific realities. He situates his alte egos in various conditions, allowing them to exist and evolve as their own distinct personalities, while simultaneously mapping out their histories, and when elucidated, their narratives are transcribed into performances that communicate their origins, preoccupations, and ultimately their fates. At present, Russ contains seven alter egos, however he also performs as personages other than these that have yet to be named or identified.

* Photo, posters, details, and artist profile from Karnabal Festival 2015 Facebook page and website

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This Too Shall Past

A contemplation on the concept of ephemerality experienced through framed sounds in a performance structure.

ARTIST PROFILE

Teresa Barrozo

Teresa is a Filipino composer and sound artist with a wide range of work for film, theater and dance. Her compositions have been featured in the Asian Composers League Festivals in Japan and Thailand, and in the Asia-Pacific Weeks in Germany. Her film music works have been part of major international film festivals in Cannes, Venice, Toronto, Locarno and Berlin, to name a few. Barrozo recently returned from a fellowship in the U.S. from the Asian Cultural Council, focusing on composition, sound design, sound art, and contemporary sonic practices in deep listening, neuromusic, acoustic ecology, field recording, and electronic and computer music.

* Photo, poster, details, and artist profile from Karnabal Festival 2015 Facebook page and website

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Karnabal Festival 2015 is a pioneering contemporary and alternative creative laboratory for performance and social innovations in the Philippines.

Karnabal Festival 2015 will be a two-week multi-site festival in Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila, engaging more than 200 artists and around 3,000 audiences through different platforms for performances and exhibitions, training, dialogue and idea-presentations. Since September 2014, a series of workshops, discussions, and brainstorming gatherings among invited artists and speakers have been held in preparation for the Festival. KARNABAL 2015 will be from May 6 to 17.

* Posters and details from Karnabal Festival 2015 Facebook page and website

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Nang makapasok ako sa kanilang mga kulungan... (part one)

Well, how do I start with this one? Good thing I remembered that it was Words Anonymous’ Closets today and on Thursday for Karnabal Festival. Nagdadalawang-isip pa ako kung sa Thursday nalang ako pupunta, pero hindi. May dahilan kung bakit ngayon ko naalala ang mga bagay-bagay.

After eating for lunch at Jollibee Philcoa, I started to walk, heading to 64 Mapagkawanggawa street. Inaasahan ko nang magiging mahaba ang paglalakad ko pero hindi ko inasahan na sobrang magiging mahaba. Literal na nag-long cut ako. Ang hirap ng walang alam sa mga lugar. Pero may baon naman akong PR skills at doon ko na-realize na hindi masamang magtanong kapag wala ka na talagang alam. I talked to different kinds of people, including vendors, tambay/chess players, tricycle drivers and civilians. Ang bait pa rin talaga ng mga Pilipino. Nakakatawa yung isa kong pagtatanong sa mga tricycle driver. Tinanong ko kung malapit na ba ako sa Mapagkawanggawa, ang sabi nila, “Mula dito, diretsuhin mo lang tapos sa unang kanto, kumaliwa ka. Pagkatapos kapag may nakita ka ulit na unang kanto, kumanan ka. Diretsuhin mo lang tapos yung una mong makikitang kanto, kumaliwa ka ulit. Tapos pagkadiretso mo, may makikita ka ulit na unang kanto, kumanan ka. Mapagkawanggawa na ‘yun.” Hindi ko alam kung maniniwala ako sa kanila o sadyang tinadhana lang talaga na ‘yun ‘yung lokasyon nung venue. Nagtiwala ako sa instruction nila Manong at voila! Nakita ko na rin ang Mapagkawanggawa! Achievement! Kaso, may problema. Hindi ko alam kung kakaliwa o kakanan ako. I took a risk. I went to the right side (lol but not figuratively) at nakita yung number ng bahay. 34... 47C... 47B... hindi ko alam bakit ganun pero sinundan ko nalang hanggang sa na-realize ko na dapat sa kabilang side ako dumiretso. At ayun, bumalik ako pakaliwa. Pero decreasing pa rin yung mga numero! Pasuko na ako nang may makitang #63 at isang house association security. Kaso wala namang tao. Uupo na sana ako upang magpahinga nang mapatingin ako sa katapat na establisyimento at makita ang Amelia Lapena-Bonifacio Teatro Papet Museo. NAGTAGUMPAY AKO! WE DID IT, BOOTS! (Naka-flats pala ako nun.)