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Movie Review: Ang Larawan: A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino

Christmas here in the Philippines is never complete without our families and friends without watching to the cinemas on December 25 for every year Metro Manila Film Festival or commony known as MMFF.

"Ang Larawan" is the official entry of  Direk Loy Arcenas to the 43rd Metro Manila Film Festival. It was internationally released as "The Portrait" and had it's premiere in Japan last October 30, 2017 as the entry for Tokyo International Film Festival.

Background of the film from it's official page

Ang Larawan is the film adaptation of Larawan, The Musical which is based on National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin’s three-act English play A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino. First published in 1952, Joaquin’s work has been depicted numerous times on stage on screen and in English and Filipino—making it one of the most pedigreed literary works of the Philippines.

In 1997, Musical Theater Philippines (now Culturtain Musicat Productions Inc. ) headed by singer Celeste Legaspi and talent manager/producer Girlie Rodis staged Larawan, the first musical rendition of Joaquin’s great play, at the CCP. The elegaic play was transformed into a musical with a libretto written by National Artist for Theater Rolando Tinio and music created by iconic original Filipino music composer Ryan Cayabyab.

This year, Culturtain with the help of supervising producer Alemberg Ang, shares Ang Larawan, The Movie with the global audience. Loy Arcenas, a multi-awarded Broadway theatrical set designer and director, was at the helm of the much-awaited film.

 Synopsis of the Movie from it's official website

This story set before World War II in Intramuros tells of the plight of sisters Candida and Paula Marasigan, daughters of high-profile painter Don Lorenzo Marasigan.

Since Don Lorenzo has not produced a single painting for a long time, the family is in financial trouble. The unmarried sisters have had to rely on their seemingly more successful brother Manolo and sister Pepang. Their siblings urge Candida and Paula to sell the house.

To have a source of income, the sisters take in a boarder, Tony Javier. Meanwhile, Don Lorenzo becomes a recluse. The painter’s self-portrait fetches a high sum as it attracts the curiosity of many individuals which include pretentious art critics, bonafide journalist and family friend Bitoy Camacho, Senator Perico who asks the sisters to donate the portrait to the government and Tony who tries to convince Candida and Paula to sell it to an American.

Larawan is an ode to the passing of the world of truth and beauty and a celebration of the tenacity of the spirit amidst the rise of materialism and consumerism.

Did you know that?.....

They began working on Larawan four and a half years ago.

The music had to be written completely and it took an entire year.

Believe it or not, the film was shot well over two years ago.

5 reasons to watch " Ang Larawan" by Rachel Alejandro 

1.Joanna Ampil deserves to win the Best Actress award.

2.  You’ll get goosebumps with Ryan Cayabyab's music, played by the ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra.

3.You will cry buckets.

4.It has never been done.

5. And lastly, Paula and Paulo's on-screen chemistry. 

Last December 27 at the Kia Theater, they bagged 7 awards as the BEST PICTURE, BEST ACTRESS- Joanna Ampil, BEST MUSICAL SCORE- Ryan Cayabyab, BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN- Gino Gonzales, GATPUNO ANTONIO VILLEGAS CULTURAL AWARD, and the POSTHUMOUS SPECIAL JURY PRIZE- National Artist Nick Joaquin at the 43rd Metro Manila Film Festival Gabi ng Parangal. After watching the trailers and reviews, the movie deserved to won that awards.The scene makes you feel you are living in a history.All the characters played their beyond their best. 

REVIEWS  from the netizens

 For me, the lesson of the story is all about women empowerment but it is also so much more.It's all about standing on your own ground, no matter what the cost, and fighting for what you believe in.

DEFY THE WORLD!

What are you waiting for folks? Go and watch it on the cinemas.

OFFICIAL TRAILER of " Ang Larawan"

Click to watch the it on Youtube

Art in Island : Largest 3D Museum in Asia

   While museums around the world strictly disallow photography, this one in particular not only allow touching of exhibits and photography, they encourage it. In fact, a trip to " Art in Island", an interactive art museum located in 15th Avenue, Cubao Quezon City, would be useless without a camera.


Last December 2014, Art in Island was founded by Yun Jae Kyoung together with a team of 18 Korean master painters who were specially flown in for the project. They all worked together and created the paintings in the museum. The museum had over 200 masterpieces, including reproduction of works of masters, animals, Egyptian ruins and others—most of them are 3D! These arts give the illusion of depth when viewed from a certain angle, and is designed to serve as a backdrop for photo opportunities.

credits to Anton Diaz

PAINTINGS IN MOTION

Their newest attraction can be found at the main hall.Paintings in Motion launches to the public last September 2017. The newest addition will not be for a limited time but will be kept as a permanent attraction at the museum.This is a 5 minute show that happens every two hours. The first show starts at 11 AM, and the last one is at 7 PM.

The guide will call you and you will gather at the main hall.All lights are off so that it will give you a one of a kind experience.

Art In Island is open to public TUESDAYS-SUNDAYS and HOLIDAYS from 09:30AM to 09:30PM. The entrance fee for adults is Php. 500.00 and  Php. 400.00 for students .

HOW TO GET THERE?

• FROM SM NORTH

Ride a bus or the MRT to get to Cubao Farmers. From there, walk towards the the jeepney terminal to Rosario, which is a few meters behind Smart Araneta Coliseum and in front of Mercury Drug. Ride the jeepney going to Rosario-Citibank and tell the driver to drop you off at Art in Island along 15th Avenue.

• FROM TAFT MRT STATION

Ride the MRT to get to Cubao MRT Station. From there walk towards the  jeepney terminal to Rosario. Ride a jeepney going to Rosario-Citibank and tell the driver to drop you off at Art in Island along 15th Avenue.

• FROM SM NORTH

Ride a bus or the MRT to get to Cubao Farmers. From there, walk towards the the jeepney terminal to Rosario, which is a few meters behind Smart Araneta Coliseum and in front of Mercury Drug. Ride the jeepney going to Rosario-Citibank and tell the driver to drop you off at Art in Island along 15th Avenue.

Note:

• It's better to come with a big group so you can all take turns in taking pictures of each other.
•  The best view of the interactive show is at the 1st floor.

Visit now so you can "BE PART OF ART"!

               

             

MET Museum: ART FOR ALL

Located within the complex of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the Metropolitan Museum of Manila is the premier museum of modern and contemporary visual arts in the Philippines. Situated along Roxas Boulevard in Malate, Manila, the Met (as it’s more commonly called) houses a collection of pre-colonial, modern and contemporary Philippine art.

Established in 1976, it was known as the first Philippine art institution to offer a bilingual and pedagogical program. Partly subsidized by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the administration of the museum was entrusted to the Metropolitan Museum of Manila Foundation in 1979. 

The Met is responsible for the conservation of some of the national treasures of the country. Local and foreign tourists wishing to catch a glimpse of the country’s art and culture should include this destination in their itinerary. 

Plan Your Visit:

Admission & Rates:

Php. 100.00 for children above 3 years old,students, foreign guests & adults,while Php. 80.00 for the Senior Citizens and PWD.

If you want a guided tour (lower than 50 persons) add Php. 500.00 for the fee and for the group tours (minimum of 50 persons) Php. 90.00 for the fee.

The Museum is open from Monday to Saturday (10:00 am- 5:30 pm) and closed on Sundays and Holidays.

On Tuesdays the Museum administers FREE ADMISSIONS, and a FREE GUIDED TOUR on Saturdays at 2:00 pm.

How to get there?

• Via Bus/Jeepney

At Taft Avenue, get off at Pablo Ocampo Street,take the CCP Orange Shuttle and get off at the corner of Pablo Ocampo Street and Roxas Boulevard, and lastly walk to the right along the service road until you get to the museum.

• Via LRT

Get off at either Quirino or Vito Cruz Stations as these are the nearest ones to the museum. 

Dont worry! There is a parking available in front of the museum if you are riding a private vehicle.

When we went there last December 13, we saw the contemporary paintings of various artists and 3 exhibitions, namely the "Carpenter, Mason, Welder, and a Weightlifter", "MUHON: Traces of an Adolescent City", and "Framing the Spectacle of Space". All three are only displayed in the "MET" museum until December 29.

Posters from metmuseum.ph

The museum houses a collection of art and historical artifacts loaned by the BSP such as pre-Hispanic goldwork and pottery, religious artwork as well as some artworks by Felix Hidalgo. The rest of the museum is dedicated to Philippine contemporary featuring works of various Filipino artists.

The permanent exhibitions are Classical Philippine Goldwork & Pottery of the 8th to the 13th Century and the Philippine Contemporary: To Scale the Past and the Possible.In the Classical Philippine Goldwork,you will see items such as gold adornments, ritual pieces and barter rings. Those collections are evidence of a flourishing pre-colonial society in the Philippines that was actively engaged in local and international trade.While in Classical Philippine Pottery, you will saw the pottery used by our forefathers in Pre- Colonial times as ritual articles,household implements and burial vessels.In the Philippine Contemporary, it highlights the Met’s direction to “integrate a heightened focus on modern and contemporary art by Philippine and foreign artists.” The exhibition is curated by Dr Patrick Flores, a well-known art critic and scholar, and covers a wide range of forms such as painting, installations, visual culture and popular media (comics, photography, film and video). 

Bahay Tsinoy: Museum of Chinese in Filipino Life

HOW TO GET THERE?

You can ride LRT-1 (yellow line) from north stations namely Roosevelt, Balintawak, Monumento and other station. Get off at Carriedo Station then ride jeepney infront of Santa Cruz Church bound to Pier and get off at Bahay Tsinoy. You can also get off at Central Terminal Metro Station, the nearest station toward the museum and walk about 1.5km to reach the place (1.5km).

The Bahay Tsinoy (bahay=house, Tsinoy or Chinoy=a Filipino of Chinese ancestry) is a museum located in the Intramuros (Old Walled City) section of Manila. Housed within the Kaisa-Angelo King Heritage Center building, the museum documents the history, lives and contributions of the Chinese in the Philippine life and history.

The museum was designed by Eva Penamora in collaboration with the late architect Honrado Fernandez in 1996, and completed and inaugurated in 1999. Kaisa Para sa Kaunlaran, Inc., a non-profit organization co-founded by Teresita Ang-See, envisioned the project to provide another venue for advocating patriotism to the Philippines and promoting cultural identity and understanding between the local Chinese and Filipino communities, after the acclaimed bi-lingual children's educational television program Pinpin in the early 90's.

 Chinese museum with a touch of Filipino heritage, Bahay Tsinoy shows the relation of Chinese and Filipino during the early times from their first visit up to World War II.There are lifelike dioramas featuring Chinese and mestizo (mixed Spanish-Filipino) life in the parian (ghettos), old coins and porcelain, and an excellent collection of photos.

As a merchants or "Sangley"

The Bahay Tsinoy was open from Tuesday to Sunday (1:00 pm-5:00 pm).The entrance fee for the adult is Php 100.00 and Php. 60.00 for the students and chilldren.

MOWELFund Museum: Country's First-ever National Film Museum

Movie Workers Welfare Foundation Inc. also known as Mowelfund Museum, is an organization founded in 1974 by San Juan Mayor  Joseph  Ejercito Estrada, the President of Philippine Motion Picture Procedures Association (PMPPA).They  aim to aid those who work in the motion picture industry. The indigent and underemployed movie workers who work on a per picture  basis such as stuntmen, bit players,technicians, checkers, make- up artists,cameramen, props men and other film crew members who do not have private insurance coverages. They  also aims to help the industry as a whole by providing workshops and helping in the documentation of the history of Philippine cinema.It is located at the heart of Quezon City which is in Cubao.

This is the country's first-ever national film museum encompassing 100 years of cinema.It exhibits a wide array  of film and film- related artifacts.It's current President is Mrs. Boots Anson Roa. Sadly, we didn't get the chance to meet her but despite of that she extend her deepest gratitude towards us.

Vintage Movie Cameras

We saw a room full of posters and tarpaulins full of information and timeline how cinema started and influenced Philippine Cinema and some first newspapers and other stuffs that were used before.

This is some of the memorabilias found in the 1950's 

Gowns of Pilita Corales, Gloria Romeros and Charito Solis that was donated.

We are amazed when we saw the costumes, props, editing machine that were used back then.Those things will always be part of the good history of Philippine Cinema.The horror room features the monster and aliens that were present in different movies and they're so creepy.

If you like to take a glimpse of the good history of Philippine Cinema visit Mowelfund Museum!

Baliuag University SHS Educational Tour 2017: A trip to some of the Museums in the Philippines

Last December 13,2017 BU Grade11 students held an Educational Tour.The main objective of the tour is to make the students be aware about what career paths they will take in relation on their chosen strands,and at the same time to engage every students visiting museums to gain more knowledege and be aware of the beauty and culture behind the Philippine Museums.


The Educational Tour iterinaries are:

1. Movie Workers Welfare Foundation (MOWELFund) Museum

2. Metropolitan Museum

3. Bahay Tsinoy

4. Art  in Island: Interactive 3D Museum


For the full video of the Baliuag University Educational Tour 2017 ft. Mowelfund Museum,MET Museum, Bahay Tsinoy & Art in Island vlog,click the link below:

Click to watch vlog on Youtube