NEWS! 2006 Ateneo Art Awards - WINNERS / Wawi Navarroza bags first-ever ART SMART Award

The Ateneo Art Gallery

proudly announces the winners of the 2006 Ateneo Art Awards

POKLONG ANADING
"Anonymity"
18-30 August 2005
Finale Art Gallery

MIDEO CRUZ
"Banquet"
2 February - 5 March 2006
Bulwagang Fernando Amorsolo,
Cultural Center of the Philippines
13 April 2006
Substation, Singapore

MAYA MUÑOZ
"Closer"
8-30 April 2006
Hiraya Gallery

The Awards were conferred to the three young Filipino visual artists for their outstanding contribution to the definition and development of modern and contemporary Philippine art at a formal ceremony at the Rockwell Tent on 8 August 2006.
ANADING was also bestowed with the 2006 Ateneo Art Gallery Sydney Studio Residency Grant, the only program of its kind organized by a Philippine cultural institution. It provides him with roundtrip airfare, allowance, accommodation and a work studio for three weeks, as well as an invitation to exhibit at The Cross Art Projects, a leading alternative art space in the Australia.

The other artists short-listed for the Awards were Yason Banal, Lena Cobangbang, Marina Cruz, Anton del Castillo, Bembol dela Cruz, Wawi Navarroza, Rodel Tapaya, Jay Ticar and Jevijoe Vitug.

NAVARROZA took home the first ever Art Smart Texter's Choice Award for the 2006 Ateneo Art Awards for her exhibition "Polysaccharide: The Dollhouse Drama." Muñoz and del Castillo received the second and third highest number of SMS votes respectively.

The Art Smart program, an innovative service provided by the country's leading wireless telecommunications company, Smart Communications, in partnership with the premier museum of modern Philippine art, the Ateneo Art Gallery, to bring modern and contemporary Philippine art to a wider audience, allowed Smart subscribers to vote for their favorite participating artist during the the "Ateneo Art Awards 2006: Outbound" exhibition at the North Court, Power Plant Mall from 1 - 7 August 2006. The same exhibition runs at the Ateneo Art Gallery from 16 August - 21 September 2006.

"Outbound," the theme of this year's Awards exhibition, is inspired by the winning and short-listed artists' tendency to eschew conservative acceptance as they work beyond society's comfort zones - challenging the status quo, reflecting, responding and, indeed, underscoring the Filipino's experiences and reactions to the vicissitudes of the everyday.

"Ateneo Art Awards 2006: Outbound" is presented by the Ateneo Art Gallery together with Metro Society, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell Land, Smart Infinity and Y Style with the support of the Australian Embassy - Manila, Bega, Dairy Farmers, Jam 88.3, Wave 89.1 and NU 107.

NEWS! From the darkroom into your mobile phones: ART SMART makes Wawi Navarroza artwork available for download as MMS for the first time

Smart Communications and the Ateneo Art Gallery launch Art Smart, an innovative service for the 2006 Ateneo Art Awards, bringing modern and contemporary Philippine art to a wider audience.

During the exhibit run of Outbound: The 2006 Ateneo Art Awards at the North Court, Power Plant Mall from 1 - 7 August 2006, Smart subscribers may vote for the participating artist of their choice. The winner of the Art Smart Texter's Choice Award will be announced during the Awards Ceremony at Rockwell Tent, 8 August, 6:30 pm.

When a subscriber votes for an artist for the first time, he/she will get an MMS image of the artist's artwork on exhibit with accompanying text elaborating on the finer points of the work for added appreciation. The first vote will give the artist five (5) points and each succeeding SMS vote will earn the artist one (1) point. Subscribers may vote for more than one artist and vote as many times as he/she wishes.

A subscriber will be charged P15 when voting for a particular artist for the first time and P2.50 for each succeeding SMS vote. The artist receiving the vote will receive a royalty for every successful MMS download.

To vote for a particular artist, subscribers must key in ART and send to 299.

The participating artists and how to vote for them are as follows:

To vote for: Maya Muñoz, With Love and Squalor key in ART 1 and send to 299.

To vote for: Rodel Tapaya, Bayan ng Ginhaw key in ART 2 and send to 299.

To vote for: Mideo Cruz, Banquet key in ART 3 and send to 299.

To vote for: Jevijoe Vitug, Lessons from the Masters key in ART 7 and send to 299.

To vote for: Anton del Castillo, Covenant key in ART 8 and send to 299.

To vote for: Marina Cruz, Kambal key in ART 9 and send to 299.

To vote for: Wawi Navarroza, The Coercive Silver Spoon key in ART 10 and send to 299.

To vote for: Jay Ticar, Broken Table of Measures key in ART 12 and send to 299.


Art Smart MMS downloads of the artists' works will also be available during the exhibition run at the Ateneo Art Gallery from 16 August - 21 September 2006.

The 2006 Ateneo Art Awards is presented by the Ateneo Art Gallery, Smart Infinity, Rockwell Land, Power Plant Mall, Metro Society and Y Style with the support of the Australian Embassy - Manila.


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Service EXCLUSIVE for Smart subscribers only.

ON TOUR Manila-Malaysia-Netherlands: "Polysaccharide: The Dollhouse Drama" fine art photographs by Wawi Navarroza

"Polysaccharide: The Dollhouse Drama" was first shown in Manila as a solo fine art photography exhibit by Wawi Navarroza at the Blacksoup Project Artspace (Cubao X) from June 11-July 31, 2005. The work is a series of 13 hand-processed black & white silver gelatin prints taking the viewer on a trip into the interior private mind. Polysaccharide deals with the idea of familial "sheltering" head-to-head with "liberation". Fundamentally, it is an archetypal story of a young woman coming of age. The symbolic visual narrative showcases the artist's unique take on photography as the recorded image on film is challenged with deliberate chemical experimentations and hand manipulation.

Barely a year after the solo exhibition, "Polysaccharide: The Dollhouse Drama" is being recognized in the art world here and abroad. There is a recent citation for an art awards by the Ateneo Art Gallery, and on the other side of the globe, the series was handpicked for inclusion at the main exhibition for the international Noorderlicht Photography Festival in the Netherlands. Through these two separate institutions, the photographs will be available for public viewing once again.


ATENEO ART AWARDS 2006

The Ateneo Art Gallery, the country's premier museum of modern Philippine art, recently cited Wawi Navarroza as one of the 12 artists in the short-list of awardees for this year's Ateneo Art Awards for her work "Polysaccharide: The Dollhouse Drama". Other artists in the shortlist are: Poklong Anading, Yason Banal, Lena Cobangbang, Marina Cruz, Mideo Cruz, Anton del Castillo, Bembol dela Cruz, Maya Munoz, Rodel Tapaya, Jay Ticar, Jevijoe Vitug.

The twelve artists were selected by the 2006 Ateneo Art Awards Jury from over seventy nominations. Each artist, a Filipino citizen, 35 years or under on or before 31 May 2006, was nominated for a solo or group exhibition held in any public venue between 2 May 2005 and 1 May 2006.

From the short-list, the three recipients of the Awards will be announced on 8 August 2006 at a formal ceremony at the Rockwell Tent following "2006 Ateneo Art Awards: Outbound," an exhibition of the works of the short-listed artists at Power Plant Mall from 1 - 6 August 2006.

One of the 2006 Ateneo Art Awards winners will be chosen for the Ateneo Art Gallery Sydney Studio Residency Grant, which provides the selected artist with roundtrip airfare, accommodation and a work studio for three weeks, an allowance, as well as an invitation to exhibit at The Cross Art Projects, a leading alternative art space in the city. The final selection from among the three winners shall be made by the Sydney gallery, which will also be announced during the Awards ceremony.


NOORDERLICHT PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL

Noorderlicht is one of the longest-running photo galleries and the largest annual photography festival in The Netherlands (and one of the few in the world). Known internationally, it provides a platform for photographers who are in search of new visual forms and use the medium to investigate and visualise society.

For this year's photography festival and main exhibition, Noorderlicht has turned its gaze to a particular region on the rise: South and Southeast Asia. The festival organizers observe that "South and South East Asia are rapidly becoming central actors on the world stage. The economic growth there overshadows that of Europe and the United States, and new Asian capital plays an increasingly important role in Western economies. Its economic success is accompanied by serious friction between modern and traditional social structures, and the great and long-standing contrasts in the political, economic, religious and social realms are becoming sharper. These changes impact radically on everyday life - and are reflected in the turbulent growth of photography."

The main theme for the festival is entitled "Another Asia". It will showcase photographs from South and Southeast Asia as taken through the lens of 64 photographers from 21 countries all over the globe. Noorderlicht comments, "Asia is generally associated with China, South Korea and Japan. For the first time, "Another Asia" is offering a comprehensive picture of the other Asia. In over 500 photos, from portraits to landscapes, from poetic to documentary, photographers from India, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, The Philippines and other countries provide a surprising picture of this region, from the inside. They sketch the success story - and the stories that it hides."

Navarroza joins the main exhibition together with other Asian photographers with a selection of works from her series "Polysaccharide: The Dollhouse Drama." She is the only Filipino in the show.

The exhibit will be housed at the Fries Museum in Leuwarden, Netherlands. It will open on September 9, 2006 and will run until October 29, 2006.


Back home in Manila, not related to the festival, selected pieces from "Polysaccharide: The Dollhouse Drama" will be simultaneously on exhibit at the Ateneo Art Gallery for Ateneo Art Awards 2006: Outbound, a group exhibit featuring the works of the final 12 selected artists. It will be on show from August 16 - September 21, 2006.

As of press time, Navarroza is headed to Malaysia for an artist visit to the Universiti Sains Malaysia School of Arts where she is scheduled to give a talk and workshop for their Central Pillar Arts Development Program.

Presently, she is also busy at work on a new extensive fine art photography project that promises to "tell the tales of the Moon".


For more information:
Noorderlicht Photography Festival: http://www.noorderlicht.com/eng/newfest/index.html
Ateneo Art Gallery: http://gallery.ateneo.edu

Wawi Navarroza writes song "Vespers" for VS. Project: Design & Music Collide

VS.
Design And Music Collide

A DESIGN EXHIBIT FEATURING:

ELECTROLYCHEE VS. HELEN
GUADAKOMEDA + PLANET UMEBOSHI VS. ISHA
TEAM MANILA VS. SAMURAI
INKSURGE VS. WAWI NAVARROZA of THE LATE ISABEL with FRANCIS DE VEYRA of RADIOACTIVE SAGO PROJECT
SUPERSTEADY + DOOFUSDRAWS VS. SOUND
EVERYWHERE WE SHOOT VS. ANG BANDANG SHIRLEY
KYLEPROJECTS VS. UP dHARMA DOWN
27+20 VS. SUN VALLEY CREW
COLLISION THEORY VS. P.G. with CALIPH8

WITH MUSIC FROM:

SOUND
ISHA
UP dHARMA DOWN
HELEN
THE LATE ISABEL
ANG BANDANG SHIRLEY
SUN VALLEY CREW
P.G. with CALIPH8

6PM ONWARDS
TUESDAY JUNE 13, 2006
THEO GALLERY / SAGUIJO
7612 GUIJO ST. SAN ANTONIO VILLAGE MAKATI CITY


What Is Versus?

On June13, forward-thinking design studios composed of Team Manila, Inksurge, Electrolychee, Supersteady+ Doofusdraws, Guadakomeda + Planet Umeboshi, EverywhereWeShoot, Collision Theory, 2720, and Kyleprojects will launch the very first graphic design exhibition in the Philippines, immaculately forging art with graphic design, and even music.

Graphic design in the Philippines was simply viewed as a tool of the advertising and multimedia trade a few years back. Now that impressively stylized works, urbane web portfolios and even graphic merchandise have been invading local culture, the collaborators feel that the advent of graphic design as a pure form of visual _expression has finally taken off in our country, and we're celebrating it with VS. Design And Music Collide .

Project Versus is a seminal collaboration; for this year's pioneering exhibit, the designers have paired up into nine teams who will be interpreting nine diverse musicians and bands' original songs—such as the lyrical musings of Jamir from Slapshock, rising stars Up Dharma Down, The Late Isabel vocalist Wawi Navarroza with Radioactive Sago Project's Francis de Veyra, MC P.G. with beatmaster Caliph8, hip-hop heads Sun Valley Crew, acid jazz favorites Sound, singer-songwriter Isha, drum-and-bass quartet Helen, and pop rockers Ang Bandang Shirley. It's artists versus musicians; a creative mash-up that will result in nine unique art spaces viewers are invited to see, hear and initially feel at the Theo Gallery in Guijo St., Makati. Soon after, Project Versus will also be traveling to other galleries and commercial spaces in the metro. Besides the exhibition, Project Versus is also producing limited edition designer kits. These will contain a CD of the featured songs and stellar merchandise from graphic design's best.

Inksurge VS. Wawi Navarroza

NEWS! The ATENEO ART AWARDS 2006 cites Wawi Navarroza in its Short List of Awardees

The Ateneo Art Gallery, the country's premier museum of modern Philippine art, together with Smart Infinity, Metro Society, Y Style, Rockwell Land and Power Plant Mall, are proud to announce the twelve artists short-listed for the 2006 Ateneo Art Awards. They are:

RONALD ANADING for "Anonymity," Finale Art Gallery, 18 - 30 August 2005.

YASON BANAL for "18 Stations to Death and Dementia," Silver Lens Gallery, 23 August - 14 September 2005.

LENA COBANGBANG for "All that Heaven Allows," Finale Art Gallery, 4 - 16 August 2005.

MARINA CRUZ for "Kambal," Boston Gallery, 27 May - June 2005.

MIDEO CRUZ for "Banquet," Bulwagang Fernando Amorsolo, Cultural Center of the Philippines, 2 February - April 2006.

ANTON DEL CASTILLO for "Under One Roof," Bulwagang Fernando Amorsolo, Cultural Center of the Philippines, 17 November - 31 December 2005.

BEMBOL DELA CRUZ for "The History of Things," Mag:Net ABS-CBN, 4 - 30 April 2006.

MAYA MUÑOZ for "Closer," Hiraya Gallery, 8 - 30 April 2006.

WAWI NAVARROZA for "Polysaccharide: The Dollhouse Drama," Blacksoup Project Artspace, 11 June - 31 July 2005.

RODEL TAPAYA for "Lunan," Boston Gallery, 23 July - 17 August 2005.

JAY TICAR for "Pressure Points," Mag:Net ABS-CBN, 26 July - 13 August 2005.

JEVIJOE VITUG for "Lessons from the Masters," Bulwagang Fernando Amorsolo, Cultural Center of the Philippines, 22 September - 6 November 2005.

The twelve artists were selected by the 2006 Ateneo Art Awards Jury from over seventy nominations. Each artist, a Filipino citizen, 35 years or under on or before 31 May 2006, was nominated for a solo or group exhibition held in any public venue between 2 May 2005 and 1 May 2006.

From the short-list, the Jury will deliberate on 21 June 2006 to determine the three recipients of the Awards. The winners will then be announced on 8 August 2006 at a formal ceremony at the Rockwell Tent following "2006 Ateneo Art Awards: Outbound," an exhibition of the works of the short-listed artists at Power Plant Mall from 1 - 6 August 2006.

One of the 2006 Ateneo Art Awards winners will be chosen for the Ateneo Art Gallery Sydney Studio Residency Grant, which provides the selected artist with roundtrip airfare, accommodation and a work studio for three weeks, an allowance, as well as an invitation to exhibit at The Cross Art Projects, a leading alternative art space in the city. The final selection from among the three winners shall be made by the Sydney gallery, which will also be announced during the Awards ceremony.

To view images of the works of the short-listed artists, the short-listing guidelines, and the names of the members of this year's Jury, please direct your browser to the Ateneo Art Gallery website:

http://gallery.ateneo.edu

The Ateneo Art Gallery expresses its profound appreciation to all of those who submitted nominations this year.

For further information on the Ateneo Art Awards, please contact Clarissa Chikiamco, 2006 Ateneo Art Awards Project Coordinator, at 426-6488 or at cchikiamco@ateneo.edu.

NEWS! Wawi Navarroza wins 1st Prize at the Apple Macintosh "Apple of My I" photo contest

Apple Macintosh distributor Microwarehouse Philippines awarded the much-coveted FIRST PRIZE to Wawi Navarroza for her photograph By Darklight, I Write featuring the poet/vocalist Lourd de Veyra for the APPLE OF MY I photo contest.

Her other photographs "The Dreamer" and "Malaya!" also made it to the TOP 100 selection for exhibition online and at the Powerplant.

The contest was capped in an exhibit and awards night at Powerplant Mall from May 6-7, 2006.

"By Darklight, I Write"
© 2006 Wawi Navarroza

"TAKOD" novel by DAVID HONTIVEROS featuring book cover design and photography by WAWI NAVARROZA *OUT NOW*

"After reading this (Takod), you may want to pack an extra flashlight, holy water, crosses, garlic, amulets, oracions, power objects and tools for protection spells on your next road trip. Oh, and you'll want to make sure there is nothing wrong with the ignition on your car."

-Karen Kunawicz, from her afterword

TAKOD
Horror/Fiction
by DAVID HONTIVEROS

published by VISUAL PRINT ENTERPRISES, Penumbra Series
cover art by WAWI NAVARROZA

available at National Bookstore, Powerbooks, etc. PhP120 (more or less)

WAWI NAVARROZA Latest Work: fashion photography for PULP magazine, December-January 2006 issue *OUT NOW*

A 10-page fashion editorial in color and monochrome.