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Excited for morning to come! :) Finally, these gorgeous micro-guides to Manila are en route and will be available at Heima shops and Fully Booked stores (High Street, Rockwell).

About the guide...

Wander is about savoring the best of what cities can offer through the eyes of its locals. Celebrating popular establishments, well-loved small shops to seeking out wonderful surprises, we are on the look out for rich and unique experiences. 

We share their favorites and present a way of life. Wander features beautiful maps, interesting facts, and insightful guides for a fun journey around the city.

The Manila issue would not have been possible without the generous insights and conversations shared with 98B Collaboratory, Liza Ilarde, Markus Schmidt, Ivan Man Dy, and Wesley Valenzuela. Thank you so much for your time!

This issue was lovingly put together by design studio Inksurge, illustrator Dan Matutina, photographer Charles Buenconsejo, editor and writer Kissa Castañeda, and myself. Big hugs to Darren McDermott and Grace Bariso-Buenconsejo for their support. ;)

Hurry and grab a copy! It's free. :D

Announcement of shorlisted artists and their exhibits for the Ateneo Art Awards 2013 is out! Happiness is seeing my good friend, photographer Charles Buenconsejo on the list. His first solo show at the blanc Gallery, Reality is a Hologram, made it to the selection--and I'm so damn proud of his work!

Congratulations to all the shorlisted artists for the awards! That in itself is a major feat. Best of luck to all!

Here's an excerpt of what I wrote for his exhibit:

There is more to what we think we already know. There is a need to grow new shapes out of two-dimensional living and to breathe in more volume into it, to dedicate more pursuit to meaning. Sometimes the details paint the whole picture, you zoom out by zooming in. You find that rainbows fall on the dirty ground to save it from indifference.

It is this that he is learning to reconcile: the weight of reality firmly pinning down his desires, and yet knowing that it is only projecting what's inside.

You may read the full text here.

Catch the Ateneo Art Awards 2013 exhibit Marking Time with this schedule:

Exhibition of AAA 2013 Shortlisted Artists 2 - 12 AUG 2013 | Grand Atrium, Shangri-La Plaza

Ateneo Art Awards 10th Year Anniversary Exhibition 6 - 14 AUG 2013 | East Wing Atrium, Shangri-La Plaza

Sipat Lawin Ensemble and 98B present parallel events for ¡hola escolta! on June 15, Saturday, in Binondo, Manila.

The Sipat Lawin Ensemble (SLE) is an edge-work, site-specific, independent performance company composed of theater artists engaged in devising relevant new works. Changing the landscape of theater in the Philippines, the group aims to develop a contemporary community theater experience shared among artists and audiences inside and/or outside the four walls of the theater. As the country’s premiere experimental site-specific theater company, Sipat Lawin Players have conducted performance lectures about their innovative works, alternative mode of production and evolving theater-making process, invited as guest speakers in Ateneo de Manila University’s Company Call 3 (2011), the Philippine Educational Theater Association’s Young Artists Forum (2012), Locus Redux International Art Conference at the Yuchengco Museum (2012) and the CCP’s 13 Artists Awards Forum Series on “Collaborations and Crossing Media” (2012). An active player in the social media platform, SLE has been featured in local and international blogs, papers and programs by various networks and news agencies including GMA, Yahoo Philippines, and Reuters, among others.

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