events etc as enero ends

 

mother democracy's smoking gun

 
as of the moment, two (2) things in the past: 1) yesterday january 22 we commemorate the 28th year of mendiola massacre, rushed the second [salungguhit] for the year, the first one being a [pakyu] about the fare hike; and 2) a discussion posted january 14 about monico atienza's kaibigan poem [up at tektstong bopis], with the comedian, as the [charlie hebdo incident] still gives me and friends some kinda heartache and headache. two (2) forthcoming things: 1) [the cabinet] [revives] itself tomorrow january 24 530pm at [bltx 6 once more with feelings], and the journal will feature our work; and 2) [contend]'s first critical pedagogy series this year "Mula sa Papa Tungo sa Masa: Pope Francis and the Politics of Religion in the Philippines" this coming january 28 at cm recto hall CAL UP Diliman, 9am to 12nn, more images after the cut

enero event exhibit

1) mula college of arts and letters, nailipat na sa college of mass comm ang condemned exhibit at matutunghayan pa rin ito ngayong linggo; 2) bltx sa parating na weekend, pero wala ako dun, pero maraming panalong publikasyong magiging available doon; at 3) kinalas na sa lucban quezon ang factsheet exhibit, at dadalhin ito sa maynila: FACTSHEET 7 | MANILA LEG / Exhibit Schedule: Jan.21-22: Street Exhibit | Mendiola / Jan.27-Feb.7: School of Fine Arts and Design (SFAD) Gallery, PWU MANILA / Jan.27: Exhibit Opening | 5-8pm / Feb.4: ART Talk & Human Rights Discussion X Artists' Walkthrough | 1-5pm / hanggang dito muna okbye

Pagtalak at Pagpapatahimik: Kuro-kuro sa "Komedya" at sa Charlie Hebdo

(May disclaimer ako sa ibaba. Nasa ibaba dahil ayokong nasa itaas dahil baka makaantala sa mambabasa. Burador ito.)

Tunay ngang sandata ng walang kapangyarihan ang satire, pero nagagamit ito minsan ng mga makapangyarihan para lalong gipitin ang mga api [1]. Bilang dibuhista, muntik na rin akong mahulog sa bitag ng mabilis na pag-husga sa karahasan pero may nabasang nakapagpakunot-noo [2]. Mali ang pumatay. Dapat ipaglaban ang karapatan ng LAHAT sa pamamahayag. Walang debate rito. Kaso, sa aktwal, ang pagpatay sa mga gitnang-uring dibuhista at ang pagkundena rito ang tanging nabibigyan ng espasyo. Pinalalampas ang pagpatay sa mabababang-uring walang trabaho--sibilyan man o ang mga walang ibang pagpipilian kundi ang mag-armas tulad ng mga Muslim sa Pransya. Pero iba at mahaba pa itong usapin.

Ang punto: kalayaan sa pamamayahag ang anumang kritisismo tulad nitong aking isinulat at ng ginawa ng Charlie Hebdo [3]. Bukod sa bakit sila pinaslang, sino nga ba ang pumaslang sa kanila? Sino ang makikinabang? Ang aping mamamayang Muslim ba talaga? Mukhang hindi, lalo at hindi rin nila ito ginusto [4].

 

ni josel nicolas

"splitting the atom" ++

from the college of fine arts, the CONDEMNED exhibit is now at hardin ng mga diwata of the college of arts and letters. if things go well, a print edition of our komix "Die Philosophen" (a slightly different version from the one that appeared in highchair 18: poetry comics issue) shall be available at BLTX VI (makiki-squat ata ako sa may bandang Cabinet). following* "Nang Mag-agaw-dilim ang mga Kabataang Mangangaso sa Majayjay" of Factsheet 6, is my contribution to Fact Sheet 7 / Down the Drain: The Wasted State of Human Rights under the Aquino Regime, "Splitting the Atom," which is about the illegal detention case of physicist, environmentalist, activist, professor Kim Gargar:

let us brace ourselves for Hagupit and bear with the crap that is the Aquino regime, so we have enough strength for vigilance and for mass action. taas kamaong solidarity sa panawagan para sa climate justice at para sa karapatang pantao!

CONDEMNED installation

list of participating artists
[SOS statement of CONTEND-UP]
 [save our schools page link]

 poster, channeling david mazzucchelli

 detail of "blackout / video home studies"

and of "whiteout / bandage solutions"

by yours truly

w artworx from jose ardivilla / mitzi reyes / romanlito austria / ninel constantino / rita gudiño / ruben de jesus /  marc san valentin / leonilo doloricon / cesar hernando / jamel obnamia / manolo sicat / tilde acuña / august patacsil / brisa dominguez / mich barcenas / kean barrameda / deo cuerdo / patricia non / nat dagmang / janine dimaranan, exhibit runs until november 28

laki sa layaw ng luisita

 
nasa salungguhit espasyo ng bulatlat ang [spoiled brat of luisita]. nasa manilatoday ang [tampalasan]g unang nanalasa [rito]. nasa pwesto pa rin si noynoy at nasa pamilya niya pa rin ang luisita. nasa proseso pa rin ang maraming bagay, tulad ng nappipintong exhibit ng contend sa parating na linggo. abangan. nasaan ka na? nasa hellhole pa rin ako dahil baon sa utang na trabaho, gawain, atbp kaya kbye

marca demonio martial law

imao's installation captured by de leon's photograph grayscaled by ~, sourced from [gmanetwork]. in line with this, contend-up released a martial law commemoration statement, its filipino translation, and another statement issued supporting the "hooligans" aka "enemies of the university" as labeled by certain student "leaders" and "teachers" from the up school of economics.

die philosophen ++

after the cut are shameless plugs, reaping to keep up w samhain

testdrive: daang mataba

i'll update this entry once the colored version is published somewhere.*update* [http://ow.ly/nSois]; meanwhile, thank you napoles, senators, congressmen, conspirators, and of course, [president] and [the like], please come again and fatten yourselves and explode come the new year or whatever time you deem appropriate

silip sa "ihip: kumperensya..."

 

"ihip: kumperensya ng mga ibon," forthcoming sa folio

ng [pedantic pedestrians], ilulunsad sa buwan ng augusto

mid-term, three-year LOL

 

three years of [strength through loyalty

loyalty through faith]. PH PREVAILS.

a six-year taxabbatical

 

youre welcome, thanks, come again, 

maynilad, manila water, in cooperation w mwss

calvino's chuang-tzu's crab

the illustration is an approximation, or perhaps a rip-off, of the most perfect crab, as created by calvino's story's Chuang-tzu with one stroke. after the cut, dennis, hani and i tried to break the crab, the artist who created the crab and the writer who created the artist who created the crab, etc etc (btw, i have a similar issue to address, but i'd rather have it addressed visually, since the issue that bothered me for a couple of weeks lies in the visual realm).

"Among Chuang-tzu's many skills, he was an expert draftsman. The king asked him to draw a crab. Chuang-tzu replied that he needed five years, a country house, and twelve servants. Five years later the drawing was still not begun. 'I need another five years,' said Chuang-tzu. The king granted them. At the end of these ten years, Chuang-tzu took up his brush and, in an instant, with a single stroke, he drew a crab, the most perfect crab ever seen." —Italo Calvino on "Quickness," from Six Memos for the Next Millennium

hiatus? hiatus. wail.

this is a notice of hiatus. from blogging. from social media. though i've done this fvck of a declaration a number of times. at least a month. i'll try to shut the fvck up for at least a month, and shut myself inside my head of a room and get things over w. if the gods are w me, i will pull this off at the end of 2013:

meanwhile, give me a month or two (or less? i hope) and i shall release two things: the [second pseud] and the [gastro zine]. that is all. i thank you. that's not all. there's more. btw, you are there in the image. that is where i am, too. that is where we all are, unless we are that holy bull, or coopted into that fvck. belated, ginsberg. i think that's it is all for now. sem starts. life ends. for the nth time.

scale souvenir: a parting gift

watched tarantino's django unchained, and this parting isn't like that of dr. king schultz's farewell to calvin candie that went "normally i would say 'auf wiedersehen,' but since what 'auf wiedersehen' actually means is ''till I see you again,' and since I never wish to see you again, to you, sir, I say goodbye." signing off w his fifth (but probably not the final) croc annote [JEWELER], dennis discussed how simoun failed and how paths might once again cross as another cayman lurks in Noli.

and like a proud mother i sign off with the postscript of the conceived child, as prophesied in JEWELER. i will show you a glimpse of a fraction of its limb so pardon this shameless plug that immediately follows yesterday's [shameless plug], and let me tell you that [pseudocuments volume two: files & facts & figures] is in the works, the semifinal stages of editing, and shall probably be available come june. among its contents is "from the common origin of chainsaws and crocodiles, and other life-and-death matters" with the first section "how to escape the buzzgator death roll: a gift." i leave you w a b.s. of a p.s., a sneek peak of that gift, and i hope you stay safe and away from whatever devil crocs you would rather not face because they are y/our sins.

gator as guilt incarnate

in the latest annote [A HIDDEN WORSHIP] at tekstong bopis, dennis mentioned the possibility of the crocodile being "the unconverted native, the wild and disobedient," something "re-purposed by the dominant power as an emblem of terror." this is something i'll try to explore, but first, a short komix:

the mother of crocodiles

re-read, re-view: [OPEN SEASON] recaps the first four chapters of El Fili, showing us the waters where crocs move about; [crocs across, beyond pages] follows, pulling us perhaps to and fro our arkham asylums; [GROUNDS FOR SPORT] opens the table for competition among stories, story tellers and the involved hocus-pcos (this entry was posted while the ritual, wherein people cast their blessings to democracy, takes place; reptilian fvckers olympics, w the usual 'every vote counts' as punchline; their game, their rules; we are but mere spectators so the democratic practice maintains whatever legitimacy it claims to have, w the assumed mandate blessed by the populace; indeed, "The larger the crocodile, the greater the glory of St. Nicholas."); [WORD MAGICKS] probes into the probable sources of power of fr. salvi: story and stone, hence the inquiry: "What are the implications of turning the devil itself into stone?" story and stone. let me hit my head w the latter.

obliterate something of value, and you make a name for, even a legend of, yourself, the hero. titles, like "dragonslayer," for instance. now, once you own something of value, that is another, well, story. more of an honorific than a title, "mother of dragons,"  imho, has a better ring to it than "dragonslayer." to obliterate or to own a crocodile is the question. fr. salvi opted for both, as expounded in WORD MAGICKS; but let me focus on owning:

3 salita + ika-3 salin

gusto ko sana munang magbahagi ng mahaba-habang pagmumuni-muni hinggil sa pagsasalin, pero baka sa susunod na lamang. tatangkaing magkomento, magtanong hinggil sa interaksyong nagaganap dito. kahit papaano, ang relasyon ng awtor at ng tagasalin, marahil masasabing parang relasyon ng manunulat at ng dibuhista sa kolaboratib na mga komix; may ganito ring engagement, sa aba kong palagay, kapag nagcocover ng kanta ang mga banda (mga huling trip na cover version: puscifer binanatan ang "bohemian rhapsody" ng queen, rage against the machine naman tinira "clampdown" ng the clash at gregorian inawit ang "engel" ng rammstein, tas syempre, yung a perfect circle, iba rin, mash-up, "diary/diarrhea of a madman" ng black sabbath at ng the cure, at may mash-up din ako, lateralobZen, meshuggah at tool, anyway). may nagaganap sa pagitan ng kinocover at ng nagcocover. may bagong nabubuo mula sa luma. ang solb lang. ganito ang mga trip ko nitong nakaraan. mas gusto kong mag-engage sa ibang tao sa pamamagitan ng kolaborasyon, kaysa gumawa nang mag-isa. ang kolaborasyon, pagsasalin, at mga katulad na interaksyon sa patay man o sa buhay--ganito ang trip kong paglikha nitong huling mga araw. ayokong mag-soloflight. malungkot. pag sumemplang, ikaw lang yun. pag umubra, ikaw lang yun. the more the manier. gusto ko sana munang magbahagi ng mahaba-habang pagmumuni-muni, at mukhang hindi rin nakapagpigil at nagawa rin ang ginusto at sa ihinaba nito, eto, naririto na ang burador ng ikatlong lipat-wika, salin, anuman, ng tula ng paboritong polish poet:

Ang Tatlong Pinaka-kakatwang mga Salita
malayang salin ni Tilde Acuña ng salin
ni Baranczak at Cavanagh ng tula ni
Wislawa Szymborska

Kapag binibigkas ko ang salitang Hinaharap,
umaanib na kaagad ang unang pantig sa nakaraan.

Kapag binibigkas ko ang salitang Katahimikan,
nawawasak ko ito.

Kapag binibigkas ko ang salitang Wala,
nakakagawa ako ng hindi matatanganan ng sinumang walang-katauhan.

Usigin, Basagin yang Mabuting Mamamayan

taos pusong paumanhin at pasintabi kay brecht. mas sober ang ["Pag-iimbestaga sa Mabuting Pilipino"] na unang ipinost noong 2011. ang imahe ay lumabas sa [under the storm] antho, at mga kasama naman nitong pyesa sa seryeng "eraserase" ay maiispatan sa [words get in the way] antho.

Usigin, Basagin yang Mabuting Mamamayan

crocs across, beyond pages

[note: i think this entry is more about the process of coming up w the image herein rather than engaging the narrative, so please bear w me if i refer to previous works and processes and stuff that i have been trying to sort in order to write this entry in as comprehensible a manner as possible. if you're fine w that, let the chaos of rizal's el fili x morrison's batman x crocodiles x upcoming elections x etc begin. if you're not interested, postpone reading this and begin w omaca-an wanderings.]

two days prior the elections; thus this second installment to this series. the first being [OPEN SEASON: The Crocodiles of El Fili] up at the tekstong bopis blog, where a backgrounder of this attempt to dive deeper into the rivers, actually and figuratively maybe, of rizal's El Filibusterismo is provided by dennis. he discussed how simoun the jeweler "traverses the strata" of the upper (chapter 1) and the lower (chapter 2) deck of steamship tabo. indeed, "excesses from above result in suffering below, acquiescence or struggle from below stabilizes or destabilizes the powers above."