Ten

Last Friday (on February 27), in the late afternoon when the sun wasn't as harsh, Brisa and I worked at the field at the same time. Friends Alee and Romina came by.

It was our tenth day of work there and it was supposed to be our last but we weren't quite satisfied with what we had done so far so we decided to work a few days more.

Prior to this day, I had worked at the field for two non-consecutive days and was unable to take photographic documentation as I had no camera and no photographer friends were able to make it. This made me really consider the importance of documentation in performative projects and how one sees and values working and work when "the audience" might not see them in person or in photographs and even on social media.

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.