The Constantino Murals were created ten years ago in collaboration with TutoK, an artists’ group that, before disbanding, explored the language of dissent in the visual realm. Commissioned to commemorate the execution of heroes Macario Sakay and Lean Alejandro, the Constantino Foundation requested TutoK to paint the heroes not as extraordinary beings towering above their people but […]
From its institution in the Philippines, the discipline of anthropology participated in shaping colonial policy and engaged the public specifically in the conceptualization of the ‘peoples of the Philippines’, shaping the way we define ourselves (the nation, distinct ethnicities) and ‘others’. The proposed exhibit presents a timeline of 100 years of Philippine anthropology, and also […]