If Trees
Could Talk is presented to you by CANVAS, in partnership
with Project Bakawan, featuring the works of twenty-seven of the Philippines' most promising and admired young artists.
Development
There is a fundamental relationship between humans and nature that seems to be lost or forgotten as we work towards what we call “development.”
Still Standing (2014 - 2014) by Erwin LeańoCenter for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development (CANVAS)
Woodland (2014 - 2014) by Joven MansitCenter for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development (CANVAS)
Handle with Care (2014 - 2014) by Dante LermaCenter for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development (CANVAS)
In fact, in practice, it seems that any progress or development...
...leads us further and further away from nature, as if the two were polar opposites.
Punla (2014 - 2014) by Manny GaribayCenter for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development (CANVAS)
Humans and Nature
If Trees
Could Talk explores this tension-fraught relationship between humans and
nature.
The Tree Whisperer (2014 - 2014) by Marcel AntonioCenter for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development (CANVAS)
If trees could talk (and we could listen)...
...they would have quite a few things to say.
Tree Huggers (2014 - 2014) by Elmer BorlonganCenter for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development (CANVAS)
Hold (2014 - 2014) by Ferdinand MontemayorCenter for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development (CANVAS)
We are not separate from nature.
Perhaps, they could remind us, just as Albert
Einstein does, that we are part of
nature, not separate from it.
Kalong (2014 - 2014) by Daniel TayonaCenter for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development (CANVAS)
Gaia (2014 - 2014) by Anthony PalomoCenter for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development (CANVAS)
A message from Albert Einstein:
A human being is a part of the whole called by us ‘universe’, a part limited in time and space.
Forgotten Conversation (2014 - 2014) by Ninel ConstantinoCenter for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development (CANVAS)
Anima (2014 - 2014) by Alee GaribayCenter for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development (CANVAS)
He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest...
Crescamus (2014 - 2014) by Brendale TadeoCenter for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development (CANVAS)
...a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
Family 3 (2014 - 2014) by F.R. DoctoleroCenter for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development (CANVAS)
This delusion is a kind of prison for us...
What a Leaf Told Me (2014 - 2014) by Demetrio dela CruzCenter for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development (CANVAS)
...restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.
Tuktok (2014 - 2014) by Rommel JosonCenter for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development (CANVAS)
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison...
Dapo (2014 - 2014) by Japs AntidoCenter for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development (CANVAS)
by widening our circle of compassion...
Prey (2014 - 2014) by Jim OrencioCenter for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development (CANVAS)
...to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
If Trees Could Talk is part of Project Bakawan's campaign for the environment.
Participating artists include:
Leonard Aguinaldo
John Paul Antido
Marcel Antonio
Elmer Borlongan
Ruel Caasi
Ninel Constantino
Anton del Castillo
Daniel dela Cruz
Demetrio dela Cruz
Ferdinand Doctolero
Alee Garibay
Emmanuel Garibay
Rommel Joson
Erwin Leaño
Dante Lerma
Joven Mansit
Ferdinand Montemayor
Jim Orencio
J Pacena II
Anthony Palomo
Jerson Samson
Brendale Tadeo
Tammy Tan
Palma Tayona
Jomike Tejido
Roderick Tijing
Wire Tuason
For more information, visit www.canvas.ph.
