The promotional poster for 'Panit Bukog' Exhibit Year 4, slated on Nov. 7-9, 2019 in Cagayan de Oro City.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The "Panit Bukog" Exhibit is returning to this city for the month of November.
Organized by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ (NCCA) National Committee on Visual Arts, and National Union for the Restoration of the Environment (Nature, Inc.), the exhibit is set to showcase Mindanaoan realities through the artists’ craft.
Main events with guests will be on November 7 to 9, but viewing will be until November 30.
Exhibits will open at Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan’s Museo de Oro (November 7), Capitol University’s Museum of Three Cultures (November 8), and SM Downtown Premier (November 9).
Already on its fourth year, the exhibit will display a variety of works -- from wall-mounted pieces, sculptures, installations, performances to videos, animation, digital images, and multi-media art forms.
Taking its name from the Visayan term for skin (panit), and bone (bukog), the exhibit will center on the "essential and unique Mindanaoan realities lived and immersed in by participating artists," organizers said.
Through curatorial visits and conversations with artists right in their milieu, the curators selected artworks that reflect the initiative to pursue peace and preserve the environment in Mindanao.
The curatorial team includes University of the Philippines assistant professor of Art Studies Tessa Maria Guazon, visual artist Errol Balcos, and UN-
Habitat country program manager Cris Rollo.
Guazon curated the Philippine Pavilion at the 58th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale.
Balcos is the current Northern Mindanao coordinator of NCCA’s National Committee on Visual Arts, while Rollo is former head of the National Committee for Visual Arts and co-founder of the Panit Bukog art exhibit.
This year’s artists are from Cagayan de Oro City, Davao City, Iligan City, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga City, General Santos City, Pagadian City, and Bukidnon.
Aside from the exhibit, Panit Bukog 4 will also hold art talks where artists share their passion and process, and workshops to hone artistic talents of interested participants.
Panit Bukog is designed as a travelling exhibit since it began in 2000, moving from Cagayan de Oro to Iligan in 2001, and Davao in 2002. The fourth installment looks forward to advancing the artistic advocacy for Mindanao’s peace and environment. (Angelo Lorenzo/PNA)
