Pilipinx Virtual Histories

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Panel Discussion & Screening | June 17 7-9pm PT
Exhibition | June 19 - Aug 7 Wed & Thurs 1-6pm PT, Saturdays 12-3pm

Pilipinx Virtual Histories is a collaboration between Kearny Street Workshop and Balay Kreative that explores the cultural impact of the Filipinx and Asian American arts activism community in San Francisco.

This two-part event celebrates the launch of the AR/VR project, Pilipinx Virtual Histories, and an exhibition, kalayaan (till every grass blade is afire from every other) which opens at ARC Gallery (1246 Folsom Street) on June 19.

Pilipinx Virtual Histories as part of the USAAF Festival
Supported by API Cultural Center
June 17, 2021 - 7-9PM

Join us for the launch of the Pilipinx Virtual Histories AR film vignette series with lead artists Kristian Kabuay, ClarizeYale Revadavia, and Jason Bayani, a curator’s walkthrough of kalayaan (till every grass blade is afire from every other), and a panel discussion with SF-based Artist Activists Rupert Estanislao and Joël Tan.

About the Exhibition

 
 

Pilipinx Virtual Histories: kalayaan (till every grass blade is afire from every other) responds to a recurring theme in interviews Kearny Street Workshop recorded with San Francisco Pilipinx artists of different generations: the cultural freedom that is possible in spaces beyond the bounds of mainstream society. The exhibition explores what it has meant for Pilipinx artists to work in these spaces of freedom, also known as the underground. Drawing connections between different spaces, times, & genres, kalayaan will exhibit archives of zines, photos, & ephemera documenting their histories; kiosks for independent bookstores & record labels currently circulating underground material culture; & artwork reflecting on & continuing the legacies seeded in these autonomous zones. To bring these disparate elements together, the gallery will be transformed into a multifunctional space associated with the underground known as an infoshop (often called a “cross between a radical bookstore & a movement archive”). As an active community space, the infoshop will invite people to participate as archivists, researchers, & producers of material culture.

Exhibition Artists: Anth Bongco, Charlene Tan, Claire Amable, England Hidalgo, Erina Alejo, Kaitlyn Evangelista

Participating orgs: Aklasan Records, Arkipelago Books, Brown Recluse Zine Distro, Prelinger Library.

ABOUT BALAY KREATIVE AND KEARNY STREET WORKSHOP

Balay Kreative and Kearny Street Workshop are collaborating to take an innovative approach to documenting and placemaking the rich histories of how Pilipinx Artist-Activists have impacted San Francisco. For more information about our organizations, please visit: balaykreative.com and kearnystreet.org.

@balaykreative @kearnystreetworkshop #pilipinxvirtualhistories

Jason Bayani2021, Past