Opening
Saturday, September 12, 2020
Space Encounters Gallery
Unit 7D, 7th Floor, Padilla Building, F. Ortigas Jr. Road, Ortigas Centre, 1605 Pasig
The Gallery gathers artists known for their unique vision and street-smart style for We Hope You Are Safe. The group exhibition shows different perspectives on the pandemic and the people we have become as a result.
Jappy Agoncillo imagines a post-apocalyptic world where we choose avatars to represent ourselves, which is quite prophetic considering the latest Facebook trend. Inspired by the words from The Little Prince, “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential, is invisible to the eye,”
Irish Galon wants to show the range of essential emotions that we, especially women, keep hidden in fear of judgment. She asks, What are the things that grow within?
Nikko Pelaez chronicles a day in a life in a series of three paintings titled, The Sunrise, The Sunset, and The Midnight. He wants to illustrate how the time of day affects our moods while emphasizing that a day is as important as any other day.
As SYN, Jade Suayan created an episode that highlighted different personalities: the bizarre, the revolutionary, the crude part of “your side you tryna hide.” Neon Demon is one of those episodes and is the first one on the list. Jade says that “Neon represents the bright and strong desire of an individual for something. Demon is characterized as the intense way of how far an individual could go to fulfill that desire.”
