Punk-U
January 11 – 25, 2020
Opening Reception
Saturday, January 11, 2020 | 6 PM
Terminal 240 Art Space
#240 Aguirre Avenue, BF Homes, 1720 Parañaque
ABOUT ARTIST
Futurist Surrealist Artist Jesus Genotiva, aka PUNK-U born on December 25, 1978 Philippines. A multi awarded artist also known as Punkalawakan or Punk-U as Punk Universe. A Filipino visual artist, performer sound artist, sculptor, printmaker, installation, photography, filmmaker, multi-media, poet, inventor, visionary and genius as one of the modern artist of his time. He also formulated the “PINTULA” a fusion of surrealist paintings and poems, the invention of expressionist surrealist symbolism. His work focus on reflection of the surroundings about food, health, environment, government, behavior, and human conditions.
SIPAF Member Solidarity in Performance Art Festival started 2017 up to present.
“LAMAN-LOOB”, category: a visial poetry book Published by the author through a grant from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.
Highlighted by numerous awards solo shows and group exhibit in the gallery and museum here and abroad and winners in the past art contest Shell, PLDT-DPC, Metrobank, Petron, PONY, Nokia Art Awards Asia Pacific for modern art @ Silpakorn University Bangkok, Thailand 13TH & 15TH VSC freeman Asian fellowship @ Vermont studio center in Vermont U.S.A.
He is currently working on a project, to be proposed in municipality of Manila. The GINTONG ARAW PROJECT 2019 is the public infrastructure symbol in the heart of manila. The design is to unite the people through nationalism. Redevelop the old city for new build Manila Art Museum {MAM}. New attraction of the city’s unique qualities is to create a network better places and connection to people an age and eco-friendly city. The museum will be feature a different type of gallery, to inspire the people of Manila and tourists.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
PUNK-U, in his latest 8th solo art exhibit entitled “COSMIC COMA 11”. the artist tell his dead dreams after his mother died in year 2008 in his last solo exhibition @ the Cultural center of the Philippines. comeback as new chapter of his art and life as Punk-U After 11 years of coma. Inspired by his mentor sound artist Lirio Salvador and Mel Araneta, because for the love of creating sound. After a multitude research, experiments, he develop the process of sound and discover the expression symbols of sound art in a new art form.
The first interactive exhibition in the Philippine art as modern art in the new media of circuit bending in science and art. The idea of exhibition is a fusion of painting and poetry. A collection of artist’s poem, drawing symbols and his vision that never seen by the public before, that combines sounds and lights that he called “Paintronica”.
Paintronica is electronic compose of light, sound, art and poem. Also been commonly associated with noise and lights. The act of circuit bending is a science of electronic art, an instrument in creating audio circuiting represent a force of exploding new experimental musical forms forward at a velocity previously unknown. His intention focus on circuit bending an experimental electronic music and art of the future. A process of taking apart of low voltage battery powered toys or DIY invented machine for a new sounds the circuit bending is like Frankensteining an old things to create new instruments. His vision is to represent a bridge between circuit bending and art for the experimental creations. His solo exhibition is one of a kind interactive noise sound art in the wall not just 2D painting, but to progress what is all about in the modern of Philippine art.
In his work he said “everyone’s connected to everyone”. And all of us has its own circuit either negative and positive ways to power and connect for social change. As an artist we have those inner voice and starlight to inspire those in the cosmic dark space, because only in darkness you can see the stars.
ABOUT HIS WORKS
Punk-U’s recent work define as “NOIR MYSTERY” the invention of future surrealism as symbol of skull and hole. He is the founder of PINTULA a surrealist painting and poems and he also created the movement “SKULLISM” a symbol to fight the disease of the society symbol of his art + faith it’s like a process of pain dedicated to the memory of her mother.
Punk-U’s began his evolution career as sound artist performer since 2016. When he met sound artist Mel Araneta and Mark Rambo, at Viva Excon in Iloilo city. The influence of his life’s work and then the rest is history. For the artist his new stage name Punk-U is only the beginning of his career, return as full time artist after 11 years of coma after her mother died in 2008. Since then the artist dark times stop painting and never show in the public again.
Those experience in life and hardship lead him to path and quest toward self-discovery which began to study circuit bending to fusion art and technology as future art in his time in this digital world. The surrealistic symbol of his futuristic expressed vision, the artist method in mind filled with his paintings and drawings of circuit connection, hole, dreams of stars, poems, lights and noise sound and time as reflection of process, progress and change. The influence of his work like master painter Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro and Reed Ghazala an experimental instrument builder as the “father of circuit bending”.
Symbolism and style development of origin of Punk-U.
For the artist learning to move on is facing memories head first, most especially painful ones. That like a sharp blade can hurt while piercing the heart deep within when vividly recalled. As life would have it, memories of loss still retain their sting amidst the time passed yet these painful moments were also inspiring times for this growing artist where he recalls visiting his mother’s grave in order to keep her company in silence while expressing his sorrow through art, sound and poems and surrealistic emotions within as his forte.
Punk with a cause the artist dislikes politics and influence of system it does the artist aim to promote their work with much freedom. This like noble freedom fighters of the colonial period that carried skulls as symbols of their break away, Punk – U does the same though silent strokes of the brush alongside poetry which speaks loudly directed.
About the Exhibition
Terminal 240 lGallery is pleased to announce PUNK-U, in his latest 8th solo art exhibit entitled “COSMIC COMA 11”. a exhibit the artist tell his dead dreams after his mother died in year 2008 in his last solo exhibition @ the Cultural center of the Philippines. comeback as new chapter of his art and life as Punk-U After 11 years of coma. Inspired by his mentor sound artist Lirio Salvador and Mel Araneta, because for the love of creating sound. His personal research for experimenting and develop the process of sound he discover the expression symbols of sound art in the new art form.
The first interactive exhibition in the Philippine art as modern art in the new media of circuit bending in Science and art. The idea of exhibition is a fusion of painting and poetry. a collection artist poem, drawing symbols and his vision that never seen by the public before, that combines sounds and lights that he called “Paintronica” .
Paintronica is electronic compose of light, sound, art and poet for his art. He also been commonly associated with noise and lights. the act of circuit bending is a science of electronic art which implement creative audio circuiting represent a force of exploding new experimental musical forms forward at a velocity previously unknown. His intention focus on circuit bending an experimental electronic music and art of the future.
A process of taking apart of low voltage battery powered toys or DIY invented machine for a new sounds the circuit bending is like Frankensteining an old things to create new instrument. His vision is to represent a bridge between circuit bending and art for the experimental creations. His solo exhibition is one of a kind interactive noise sound art in the wall not just 2D painting. but to progress what is all about in the modern of Philippine art?
In his work he said “everyone’s connected to everyone”. And all of us has its own circuit either negative and positive ways to power and connect for social change. And as an artist we have those inner voice and starlight to inspire those in the cosmic dark space, because only in darkness can you see the stars.
