Art&Culture
Sex show at Yuchengco
AS PART of the ongoing Fringe Festival Manila and National Arts Month, the Yuchengco Museum will host Deus Sex Machina, Metro Manila’s first (and only) comedic erotica live-reading ensemble. The ensemble will present Hard for Art’s Sake, eight new original pieces, on Feb. 9, 9 p.m., at the museum. The group will also present My Dad’s Imaginary Castrated Penis, a musical that tackles sex, politics, patriarchy and toxic masculinity by two-time Palanca Award-winning playwright Dustin Celestino. The performance will be on Feb. 23, 9 p.m. Tickets to the performances (P300 for Art’s
Sake and P350 for Castrated Penis) are available at the Yuchengco Museum and at TicketWorld. The museum is located at RCBC Plaza, corner Ayala and Senator Gil J. Puyat Avenues, Makati City.
Open call auditions
ATLANTIS THEATRICAL has issued an open call for auditions to fill all the roles in its upcoming production of the musical Waitress. The auditions will be held on Feb. 7, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (final registration at 4 p.m. at Opera Haus, 3656 Bautista St., Makati City. Interested parties should prepare 16 bars of a Sara Bareilles song sung in her style. Bring sheet music as a pianist will be provided. Waitress begins rehearsals on Sept. 24, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with a run from Nov. 9-Dec. 2. Those with any schedule conflicts are asked not to audition. For details, contact casting@atlantistheatrical.com.
Lecture on being a curator
THE Ateneo Art Gallery presents a lecture by Dominique Marechal called “A Curator at Work” on Feb. 13, 2 p.m.-4 p.m. at the Ben Chan ArtSuit of the Areté, Ateneo de Manila Universtiry, Katipunan Ave., Quezon City. The lecture deals with the experience and fieldwork of a curator in a major European museum, specifically that of Mr. Marechal who is a former curator at the Groeningemuseum in Bruges, Belgium. To register, visit this link
Four shows at Vinyl on Vinyl
VINYL ON VINYL will be opening four shows on Feb. 10. These are the group show Disorderly, featuring the works of Fiona Helena, Gerecho Iniel, Klarina Ulpindo, Ikea Rizalon, Neil Arvin Javier, Roshan Begum, Tiffany Lafuente, and Cenon Norial x Mav Bernardo, as curated by Dexter Sy; Game Over featuring works by Miguel Paolo Borja and Reen Barrera; and the solo shows Under the Vanilla Sky, featuring works by Rene Cuvos, and Imposing the
Truth by Aigars Bikse. The exhibits run until Feb. 27. The gallery is at 2241 Pasillo 18, La Fuerza Compound 1, Chino Roces Ave., Makati City.
BY HAND: Rediscovering the Art of Printmaking Printmaking at Benilde
will open on Feb. 15 at the 12th Floor Gallery, School of Design and Arts (SDA) Campus at De La SalleCollege of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB). With the theme “Land, Sea and the Exchange of Ideas,” the featured works will trace one of the oldest art forms to the present- day digital era. The show is curated by architect Gerry Torres, the College’s Center of Campus Arts Head. The exhibit will feature works by artists from three studios, namely Cicada Press of the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia by Michael Kempson; Chiangmai Art on Paper (CAP) Studios in Thailand by Kitikong Tilokwattanotai: and the Association of Pinoy Printmakers by Benjie T. Cabrera. Faculty and students of Benilde’s Design Foundation Program will likewise showcase their pieces. The gallery will contain an adjacent printmaking studio, where professionals will demonstrate the creation of art on paper. All items produced onsite are to be exhibited and eventually sold to interested guests, with the proceeds going to the SDA Scholarship Fund. The presentation will be open to the public until April 14. The DLS-CSB SDA Campus is located at 950 Pablo Ocampo St. ( Vito Cruz St.), Malate, Manila.