ZENSORS Philippines
Supported by the Asian Cultural Council
11-19 August 2009
The process of building on the marriage of creative energies of artists coming from various cultural backgrounds and practices continues after the successful realisation of the collaborative exchange project, ZENSORS in Berlin, Germany in May 2008. Initiated and curated by Vanini Belarmino, ZENSORS is now preparing for a journey aspiring to actively transport ideas and experiences by enabling a constant flow of exchange amongst individual artists involved in the project.
ZENSORS wishes to create layers of encounters and establish a platform where artists can find a common ground to work together regardless of their individual/artistic orientation.
ZENSORS is curated with a conscious goal of pulling together professional and established artists from Asia and Europe engaged in a variety of artistic practices. Artists chosen have demonstrated: an open-mindness for a process-oriented approach and are brave enough to engage in a performative experimental platform, which means committing to an outcome that is unknown.
It seeks to encourage artists to work outside their comfort zone and collectively develop an artistic process across different practices; all speaking from within to the outside audience.
It is ZENSORS intention to highlight the artistic strengths in both regions: match artists who hold strong creative/artistic backgrounds and have the capacity to influence the thoughts of others via their work.
Core Team
ZENSORS hopes to maintain a core team to function as a portable laboratory for professional artists. However, those involved can opt to continue and/or not continue working together depending on the given situation (i.e. availability, suitability/compatibility to the process and other participants, etc). Should an artist decide to leave the process during this period, new artists from the region will be invited to participate.
Travelling East & West
With a rotating pool of artists coming from highly diverse fields of practice — dance, music, performance art, visual arts, fashion, new media, photography, among others — ZENSORS envisions travelling to the Baguio City, Manila, Berlin, New York and Tokyo in three years. The aim is to encourage artists to brave confrontations with oneself and expose themselves to different ways of thinking and approaches triggered by shifting environments. ZENSORS wants to generate inspiration from creative instincts as the starting point for action, and be present and connected to the place and people where the project is happening.
ENCOURAGING NEW ENERGY & INSPIRATION
ZENSORS anticipates that with the change of environment, there will emerge different types of energy and fresh inspirations. The shifting roles amongst the creative collaborators as the momentary “host” and/or “visitor” depending on where the project is taking place serves as another avenue to regenerate the work process and stir new impulses. Experiences that were gathered from the implementation of ZENSORS in Berlin will be the reference point for the work in Baguio City/Manila.
MOVING FROM THE FIRST TO SECOND LEG OF ZENSORS
The inaugural project in Berlin brought together Japanese new media technology performance artists together with artists from Germany. The second leg of ZENSORS intends to bring the Japanese artists to Manila/Baguiio City to continue the exploratory process.
For Manila/Baguio City, the Japanese artists who participated in ZENSORS Berlin will be joined by a fresh set of artists from the Philippines to enrich the exchange. The results of these exchanges and collaborations will be presented to the general public.
During these meetings, programme development of a collaborative body of work, a series of public performances, installations and exhibitions.
THE QUEST FOR BALANCE
The quest for balance is one of the main challenges for ZENSORS. Balance emanating from multiple sources, different inviduals, varied expectations, perspectives and approaches geared towards a parallel direction.
Artists Involved
ZENSORS will invite these artists to conitnue working together in the Philippines:
Japanese media performance artists like Daito Manabe and Motoi Ishibashi, internationally recognised sound designers and programmers; Fuyuki Yamakawa, media performance artist known for his voice and performance installations amplifying the sound of his heartbeat with an electronic stethoscope; Japanese sound designer, Kanta Horio; Philippine National Artists for Visual Arts, Benedicto “ Bencab” Cabrera; Philippine vocal artist, Grace Nono; Filipino fimmaker/director, Aureus Solito and Filipino composer/musician, Diwa de Leon
ZENSORS aspires to host a series of sustainable exchanges and encounters, provide the opportunity for artists to meet and work together; open doors, enable people to see beyond the so called “exotic” and stereotypes. Finally, to engage and involve spectators who may not normally have exposure to these types of art forms.
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