Archiving Artist-Run Spaces (AARS) is a series of talks and slideshows about six artist-run spaces in Manila, including Pinaglabanan Gallery, The Junk Shop, Third Space, Surrounded By Water, Big Sky Mind and Future Prospects. Participating artists included Gary Ross Pastrana (Future Prospects), Russ and Eng Chan (Junk Shop), Agnes Arellano (Pinaglabanan Gallery), Yason Banal (Third Space), Lena Cobangbang (Surrounded By Water) and Ringo Bunoan (Big Sky Mind).
These spaces were vital centres for Filipino contemporary art, providing a much needed arena for artists to produce and exhibit their work without the limitations of commercial galleries and traditional institutions. Not only did they nurture a significant number of artists who have made their mark in the Philippine art scene, artist-run spaces also helped define a new direction for contemporary art practice.
The AARS project is presented by Ringo Bunoan, artist, curator and founder of Big Sky Mind, as part of her ongoing research on Philippine contemporary art for the Asia Art Archive. Since April 2007, Ringo has been in the Philippines documenting contemporary art exhibitions and gathering information on key Filipino artists for AAA.
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The audience at Magnet during the AARS - Pinaglabanan Gallery presentation, November 28, 2007. |
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Invitation to the exhibition 'Other Matters' at Future Prospects, 2005.
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'18th Avenue: Art and Life'. Poster of Big Sky Mind's Closing Exhibition, 2005.
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The artists of Surrounded By Water in Angono, 1998. |
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Photograph of Romeo Lee with Ely Buendia of the Eraserheads. Installed at the Junk Shop, 1998. |
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Preview of Pinaglabanan gallery's garden with sculptures by Agnes Arellano, 1984. |
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