Photos: Francisco Cabuena and Orly Daquipil
There’s a calming installation at the CCP’s Small Gallery, located on the fourth floor of the main building. The room has been painted all-white and dry leaves cover the ground. Scattered among them are large-size seeds made of fiber glass and painted in many colors, with the first signs of growth sticking out of their small holes. In the background, you can hear sounds from the forest. If you walk around the room, as you are encouraged to do, you can also smell the leaves and listen to them crackling under your feet.
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This work, by Pampanga-based artist Norman Tiotuico, 47, is a nursery for our kapaniualan, or belief system. Two weeks before the opening, he met with people and asked them what their life principles were and what values they wanted to pass on to the next generation. He then gave them his seeds, and asked them to adorn these with their beliefs. The result is a colorful array of sculptures. Think of them as time capsules, in a very abstract form.
Kapaniualan runs till Oct 20 at CCP Small Gallery (Bulwagang Fernando Amorsolo), 4/L Cultural Center of the Philippines, Roxas Blvd, Pasay City; +63 2 832 1125. Daily 8am-8pm. Free.
