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Read MoreInside CLUTCH: Graffiti
Written by CLUTCH vol. 8 Participant: Hannah Guanlao
When I was younger, the words street art and graffiti did not exist in my vocabulary, only vandalism did. I always wondered how the nameless, faceless entities were able to get their pieces onto hard-to-reach surfaces, only to disappear anyway after a few days, hastily whitewashed away with uneven paint. It was a constant battle between Manila taggers and the local government’s interest in “beautifying” city. At any rate, in my juvenile mind, I thought that expending resources and energy on top of risking police trouble for such a transitory piece was, well, futile.
Read MoreARTIST CALL OUT for 11th Annual KULTURA Arts Festival Installation
As part of Toronto Artscape Inc.’s Outdoor Arts Program, Toronto-based Filipino artists, Julius Poncelet Manupul, Kristina Guison, and Tim Manalo collaborated with Regent Park, Cabbagetown and the surrounding neighbourhoods to lead in Bayanihan: An Interactive Art Installation at Daniels Spectrum for the 8th Annual KULTURA Filipino Arts Festival in 2013.
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