Tuesday, February 24, 2015

DAY 8 : Exactly a week and a day!











It was a festal Sunday. Families were having a picnic near our installation, the reason why Les Lee’s landscape was slightly ruined by the visitors around. Luckily, A Japanese kid was guided by his Mother to repair Les Lee’s line and finish it straightaway.  He was so cute and cuddly!

Also, my good friend Joash visited the site and helped me document all the progress of my work. While talking to him I noticed that some part of my formation was imbalanced to the landscape I was creating. I removed it and focused on the tiled rocks arrangements instead.  

Joash and I spent the afternoon taking photos of each other. We finished the day with a kiss!


Sunday, February 22, 2015

Day 6 & 7 : A Monument of Sala, Bedroom and Toilet







First, I observed all the rocks we collected. I immediately had an interest with the cement and tile rubbles. In two days, I sort and form all according to familiar areas at home. It was fun!

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Day 5: a monday, a line


First day at the open field: drawing (on) the landscape!

Monday, February 16, 2015

Day 4, From the Stud Farm to the Open Field

 
 

The rocks are on-site!

Brisa and I (with the help of Kuya Reggie, Kuya Chris, and this huge payloader) spent the afternoon transporting everything we had gathered at the Stud Farm last week onto the open field by the College of Mass Communication (a.k.a. "Hippie Hill"). We start work there tomorrow!

Friday, February 13, 2015

Day 3, Old Stud Farm


This afternoon, a group of kids from the area came by and decided they also wanted to collect rocks and play with our hair.

Brisa and I spent the day collecting more rocks and debris; we have several piles of material set aside to be transported to the installation site on Monday!

(Photo documentation by Les Lee)

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Day 2, Old Stud Farm


We continue to gather rocks and other debris at the Old Stud Farm to be transferred to the open field by the College of Mass Communication (visible from the Academic Oval) later in the week. Once we have these materials onsite, we will proceed with the project of creating structures and forms there on a daily basis with the two of us working on alternate days until the end of February.

(Photo documentation by Marian Adela Ramirez)

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Day 1, Old Stud Farm


 

(Photo documentation by Marian Adela Ramirez)

About RAPT

Rapt /rapt/ adj.
: showing complete interest in something
1 : lifted up and carried away
2 : transported with emotion : enraptured
3 : wholly absorbed : engrossed

RAPT is a performative open installation wherein the artists “rearrange the landscape” by continuously creating arbitrary structures and arrangements on site using only rocks and debris, coming from demolitions or discards, and collected from their immediate environment: the UP Diliman Campus and its surrounding communities. Working on what is readily available, Rapt recreates the landscape from and within itself.

The artists’ full involvement in the creation of the work recalls the mental, spiritual and bodily involvement of ancient builders and workers, of entire communities undertaking the construction of monuments and monoliths to honor and worship an unseen force that presides over their lives. Here, nature is art and art is nature, its inspiration and maker both divine. In this respect, the willfulness to involve and immerse oneself body, heart, and soul into creating is an expression of complete investment: a gesture of affection for the space and for those who will see and interact with the work.

Brisa Amir and Les Lee​'s performative open installation is located at the "Hippie Hill" beside the College of Mass Communication in front of Quezon Hall.

Work starts on Feb 9 and continues till Feb 28. The artists will work onsite daily on alternate days.