A World of Islands
On Palms, Storms & Coconuts
Curated by Ligaya Salazar, #AWorldOfIslands brings together artistic perspectives and research on the Philippine archipelago, her climate, her people and their movement over seas and oceans. It locates the ‘tropics’ as both a mythological and real place with shared colonial and ecological trauma, and aims to unpick some of the clichés and relocate agency in the ‘tropical’ narrative.
First exhibited at The Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University London, the project began as an exploration of the movement of indigenous knowledge, practices, materials and people, along with historical and current fabrications of tropical utopia and dystopia.
This second iteration expands these themes and features works by Nice Buenaventura, Kim Sacay Chin, Stephanie Comilang, Ronyel Compra, Carol Anne McChrystal, Alex Quicho, Joar Songcuya, and Derek Tumala.
The exhibition runs from 1 February 2026, Sunday until 24 May 2026, Sunday at the 3F galleries (Fredesvinda Almeda Consunji Gallery, Ambeth R Ocampo Gallery, Elizabeth Gokongwei Gallery, and Alicia P Lorenzo Gallery).
“A World of Islands” was developed as part of the Stanley Picker Fellowship and commissioned by Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University London.
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