Unhabitat: A Transient Glitch in The System
Video Mapping on Cardboard Sculptures, Water & Mirrors
2014
Presented at
"White Noise" curated by Con Cabrera for "Forces at Work," a 2014 Curatorial Workshop Exhibition by the Japan Foundation Manila and UP Vargas Museum
The complex shapes and structures echo slum architecture – an unsystematic built environment cramped into a small parcel of land. Complexity gives way to abstraction, consisting of polyhedra made of used cartons, rocks, mirrors, foil and water, upon which Tumala mapped video projections, transfiguring and animating his irregularly shaped objects. Found footage (such as the contaminated water of the creek, scrap materials, and images of its people) was turned into visual glitches to represent the problem of informal settlement as a result of a long-standing inter-island diaspora. Reflective materials, such as mirrors, are used to project selective views onto the walls, representing the restricted view of the higher classes on the issues tackled by Unhabitat.
Video Mapping on Cardboard Sculptures, Water & Mirrors
2014
Presented at
"White Noise" curated by Con Cabrera for "Forces at Work," a 2014 Curatorial Workshop Exhibition by the Japan Foundation Manila and UP Vargas Museum
The complex shapes and structures echo slum architecture – an unsystematic built environment cramped into a small parcel of land. Complexity gives way to abstraction, consisting of polyhedra made of used cartons, rocks, mirrors, foil and water, upon which Tumala mapped video projections, transfiguring and animating his irregularly shaped objects. Found footage (such as the contaminated water of the creek, scrap materials, and images of its people) was turned into visual glitches to represent the problem of informal settlement as a result of a long-standing inter-island diaspora. Reflective materials, such as mirrors, are used to project selective views onto the walls, representing the restricted view of the higher classes on the issues tackled by Unhabitat.
