Opening:
Saturday, 13 January 2018
Exhibition Data:
13 January to 10 February 2018
Tuesdays to Saturdays, 10am – 6pm
1335Mabini
C1B Karrivin Plaza, 2316 Chino Roces Extn Ave. 1630 Makati PH
T: +63 (2) 818 0013 M: +63 9177042962 E: info@1335mabini.com
Mark Salvatus is an intermedia artist at the forefront of critical discourse on the subject of urbanization and the socio-economic underpinnings that are made manifest in densely-populated areas. The urban landscape serves as both repository and stage for Salvatus’ works that deal with familiar objects, chance encounters, and everyday politics.
Significantly influenced by the Internet, advertising, and pop culture, his oeuvre spans a varied range of media, from a series of defaced city maps (“Codes”, 2007- today), sculptural installations (“Model Unit”, 2012), to multi-channel video work (“Notes from the New World”, 2015). Salvatus also conducts public participatory interventions, i.e. “Wrapped: Traces” – a continuing artistic project that has been conducted in several cities that he has visited since 2007, engaging and collaborating with random bystanders by asking them to trace the outlines of objects or personal belongings on a communal wall.
The artist’s persistent preoccupation on urban culture is most evident in his video works such as “Model City Series” (2012-today), “Current Affair$” (2014), “Mountains” (2015), “We Used to Roam the World” (2015), and “Sketch” (2015), through which Salvatus conveys his clever commentary on the incongruities that plague Metro Manila, the Philippine capital region deemed to be the land of opportunities.
In 2006, Salvatus cofounded “Pilipinas Street Plan”, a Manila-based network of individuals focused in saturating metropolitan interstitial spaces with ephemeral activity, e.g. street art and happenings. Furthermore, in 2012 he cofounded “98B COLLABoratory”, an artist-run, multidisciplinary site and convergence zone for creative sharing, discussion, and collaboration.
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