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Dr. Elena Rivera-Mirano and Ms. Liya Dioquino, the conductors, wearing their custom Filipiniana inspired ensembles. Ga...
22/10/2023

Dr. Elena Rivera-Mirano and Ms. Liya Dioquino, the conductors, wearing their custom Filipiniana inspired ensembles. Gandang Pinay💗

The U.P. Cherubim and Seraphim , the official Children’s chorale group of the University of the Philippines, in their c...
22/10/2023

The U.P. Cherubim and Seraphim , the official Children’s chorale group of the University of the Philippines, in their custom concert gala ensemble during yesterdays Madrigal et.al. concert 🩷

The U.P. Cherubim and Seraphim , the official Children’s chorale group of the University of the Philippines, in their c...
22/10/2023

The U.P. Cherubim and Seraphim , the official Children’s chorale group of the University of the Philippines, in their custom concert gala ensemble during yesterdays Madrigal et.al. concert 🩷

Final fabric selection for the U.P. Cherubim and Seraphim girl’s gala uniform inner dress. Floral printed cotton dress ...
23/09/2023

Final fabric selection for the U.P. Cherubim and Seraphim girl’s gala uniform inner dress. Floral printed cotton dress with fuchsia floral accents to compliment their fuchsia Filipiniana inspired top❤️ A more dramatic looking ensemble on stage👍🏽

The U.P Cherubim and Seraphim children’s choir girl’s final 2 piece gala uniform for their upcoming performances. A flo...
23/09/2023

The U.P Cherubim and Seraphim children’s choir girl’s final 2 piece gala uniform for their upcoming performances. A floral printed cotton inner dress with ruffled hem, Filipiniana inspired top in fuchsia bubble organdy with lining and an optional black and white polka dot cotton tapis. The look is topped off with a fuchsia headband for the pop of colour on stage. We cant wait to hear their angelic voices in this fun Filipiniana inspired look ❤️

For the boys of the U.P Cherubim and Seraphim, a 2 piece set of a graphic printed full button down long-sleeved camisa c...
24/08/2023

For the boys of the U.P Cherubim and Seraphim, a 2 piece set of a graphic printed full button down long-sleeved camisa chino with an accent bubble organdy front pocket panel and oversized pin striped cotton drawstring pants. Added a graphic printed neckerchief to complete the look 😊

Full look for the Filipiniana inspired gala concert uniform if the U.P. Cherubim and Seraphim Children’s choir. Over blo...
24/08/2023

Full look for the Filipiniana inspired gala concert uniform if the U.P. Cherubim and Seraphim Children’s choir. Over blouse with bell sleeves in fucsia bubble organza with pink lining, floral printed cotton inner maxi dress with ruffled hem, polka dot printed cotton removable tapis with accent ribbon and a cute head band in the same floral printed cotton fabric 🫶🏽

Inner dress in floral printed cotton fabric or linen for the U.P. Cherubim and Seraphim children’s choir gala uniform. T...
24/08/2023

Inner dress in floral printed cotton fabric or linen for the U.P. Cherubim and Seraphim children’s choir gala uniform. To debut on stage for their upcoming October concert ❤️

“The title of JJ Aquino’s work—(m)Oda Kay/Ni Marites—has multiple meanings: it is both a lyric poem (oda) for and by—and...
17/04/2023

“The title of JJ Aquino’s work—(m)Oda Kay/Ni Marites—has multiple meanings: it is both a lyric poem (oda) for and by—and in the style (moda) of—Marites, a character from Filipino contemporary folklore referring to a woman (usually wearing a house dress or daster) who is always updated on the latest gossip through informal channels of information. The multiplicity of meanings Aquino plays with is further embodied in the reimagined half-terno/half-daster silhouette seen in the work. Who, ultimately, is more powerful: The Terno-wearing individuals who have the machinery and billions to fund widespread propaganda and disinformation for their own private gain? Or your everyday Marites who operates through whisper networks that, although informal, are quite extensive and carry potential to create a groundswell of public pressure to call out and hold accountable those who abuse positions of authority?”

-Franchesca Casauay, 2023

“Does fashion have as much power to perpetuate past realities as it does to evolve with its time? Aquino explores this through an installation that processes an unsettling reality he encountered before taking up the residency at UPOU: the image of the Philippine Terno being co-opted as both a symbol of national identity, and a vehicle for propaganda. In the wake of the 2022 elections and his mother’s experience of martial law, this matter resurfaced his personal convictions about art and activism. The installation presents a dress combining diverging symbols, designed to act as a container for multimedia. Held together only by their common A-line silhouette and neckline, the terno and daster ensemble represents both the everyday and the ‘imeldific’, and questions fashion’s role in democracy today. This silhouette is purposefully plain to mirror its environment: music and imagery, engineered in collaboration with brother Jose Ezekiel Aquino, is sampled from 1970s propaganda and embodies the current crisis of disinformation.”

- Adrienne Santos, 2023mari

Excerpt from the exhibition write up: “Wearable Futures invites us to consider the complex and interconnected relationsh...
17/04/2023

Excerpt from the exhibition write up:

“Wearable Futures invites us to consider the complex and interconnected relationship between technology, politics, and clothing through two bodies of work. The first is the collection of undergraduate student outputs from the MMS 198 Special Topics course in Multimedia Studies from AY 2022-2023 First Trimester. Structured as a hybrid learning experience, the course focused on wearable technology, e-textiles, speculative design, and futures literacy, and was collaboratively created with and for undergraduate students. Wearable technology design education is widely accessible to our context, not only because it requires materials and tools that cost less than many other forms of engineering innovation, but also because it generates outputs and ideas that can be embodied and, thus, appreciated.”

– Diego Maranan, Franchesca Casauay

WEARABLE FUTURES: The Technopolitics of our ClothesApril 18-29 2023U.P. Collegeof Fine Arts, U.P. Diliman Multipurpose H...
17/04/2023

WEARABLE FUTURES: The Technopolitics of our Clothes

April 18-29 2023
U.P. Collegeof Fine Arts, U.P. Diliman
Multipurpose Hall

Opening: April 18, 2023 2-5pm
Regular Schedule: April 18-29, 10am to 5pm, closed on Sunday and Monday

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UP Diliman, College Of Fine Arts, Bartlett Hall
Quezon City

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