“Talks”: Patrick Morarescu & Irene Pascual

Saturday, June 27
at 3:00pm

98B
Manila, Philippines

98B “Talks” Featuring: Patrick Morarescu and Irene Pascual from Berlin!

They will present their their projects which will hopefully lead into an open conversation/discussion. Who knows… maybe this can result into something more performative.

June 27, 2015 | Saturday | 3PM | 98B COLLABoratory
Escolta, Manila, Philipiines

Patrick Morarescu (1973) was born in Munich and studied at the Academy for Photography in Munich.

Although his main technique is Photography, his projects also combine several formats such as collage, performance or installation, depending on the demand of each project.

Patrick Morarescu showed his works in Germany, UK, Spain, the Netherlands, Island, Estonia, Switzerland, Poland, Finland, Australia, Cameroon, Morocco and Taiwan including museum Fluxus+/Potsdam [GER], Pori Art Museum [FIN], Museu Arts Santa Monica/ Barcelona [ESP], Noorderlicht Photography Festival, Groningen [NL], Ballarat International Foto Bienale/ Victoria [AUS], Wiesbadener Photography Festival and Die Färberei/Munich.

He was granted by the EU Commission, Kulturreferat München, the Goethe Institutes of Amman, Sofia, Rabat and Yaoundé and participated in artist in residence programs at Makan [JO], Raumars [FIN], Hotel Mariakapel [NL] and Howl Space [TAW].

Irene Pascual, (Spain, 1976) lives and works in Berlin since 2004. She is graduated both in Art History and Set Design.

Pascual’siresmall artistic interest focuses in the crossing of boundaries between artistic languages; being her main techniques painting-drawing and performance. Her paintings often reflect on presence in time and space and her performances in colour, plasticity and texture.

In her last performances she has shifted her practice towards participation and the mechanisms of putting the public in the centre of the artistic process, in order to give them tools to interact and find their own creative drive.

In the series “Walky Leaks”, which started in 2012, she uses the form of the guided tour to connect space, time, history and fiction. In 2007 she co-founded the performance research group Invalid Address and since then has presented both, solo and group performances in Bulgaria, England, Estonia, Germany, Poland, Cameroun, Spain and Sweden.

Irene Pascual’s drawings and paintings, imbued with strong gesture, colours and forms, are resulting from a sort of “vomiting” impulse of subconscious, provocation and playfulness. Her very unique style touches naivety, pop and expressionism. She exhibited her works in England, Luxembourg, Taiwan, and multiple towns in Germany, Mexico and Spain.

Besides her artistic practice she has worked as curator and art manager organizing exhibitions, performance and video art festivals and coordinated several research projects. During 7 years, she was the director of the Artist in Residence Program GlogauAIR in Berlin and now is involved with the management of the “Minako Seki Creative Dojo Project”, which holistically combines artistic expression and performance with health, meditation and nature.