Anthem of the Millennials
Tagaytay Art Beat 2 spurs the passion of a generation for music and art
Tagaytay Art Beat 2 spurs the passion of a generation for music and art
Millennials may always be glued to their gadgets and are more present on social media than in real life, but when they are passionate with something, they show the world how much they love it, and at the Tagaytay Art Beat, with lights on their phones, this passion for art and music poured out.
It was a night of pure fun—enjoying the cool breeze of Tagaytay at the Museo Orlina, grooving to music, and appreciating art. Organized by Museo Orlina and Docdef Productions, TagaytayArt Beat 2 presented great visual art from young emerging artists, including Airell Segovia, Allison Tan, Anna Orlina, Dans Bermejo, Dee Jae Paesta, Erica Ng, Jess De Leon, John Paul Duray, Julia Tabor, Kara Pangilinan, Karen de la Fuente, Ku Rumillo, Lee Caces, Miguel Alberto Antonio, Valerie Harley, and Vincent Kristan Quilop. There were even live murals by Dee Jae Paeste and Tyang Karyel.
These artworks definitely stirred some serious feelings from the hugot of Pangilinan’s Obstruction, an abstract painting with a hidden message saying “I’m sorry I make things way too complicated.” Millennials’ favorite wizard Harry Potter came to life in Tan’s canvas shoes called Fantastic Kicks And Where To Find Them. Duray’s Saging Lang ang May Puso made its viewers laugh despite themselves. The artworks are beautiful expressions of the artists’ feelings, what makes them sad and what makes them laugh.
“We have mixed media, painting, sculpture, pho- tography, calligraphy, and live muralists, and 3-D printvery ing so it’s hip and madhugot. aming The artists were also selling their merchandises so it was a good way for them to promote their creations physically,” says Ning Ning Orlina, organizer of the event.
At the sculpture garden were indie musicians who had made significant contributions to the music community here and abroad, such as Farewell Fair
Weather, the country’s representative in Music Matters 2015 in Singapore,
She’s Only Sixteen in Baybeats 2015, also in Singapore, and the two-time Awit awardees Conscious and the Goodness who played at the Singapore Jazz Festival. Other acts who have also done projects overseas were Ransom Collective, singer-songwriter Reese Lansangan, and Tom’s Story.
“We wanted to boast about our artists who represented the country. We also collaborated with other acts that were part of the indie scene and the electronic producers on the hip-hop side. We had 22 bands lined up. That’s why we started at 1 p.m. Some artists even did collaborations with other bands on the spot. Our goal for this event was to make Tagaytay Art Beat the annual festival of Tagaytay,” says JB Balaquit of DocDef Productions.
Event favorites, among the most popular and in-demand acts today, were also there, such as Autotelic, Bullet Dumas, SUD, and Jensen and the Flips. Adding groove and dance vibes to the cool night were Motherbasss, Tandem’s ’91, CRWN, Ninno, and Dante X Amigo. The band Mayonnaise was also there to serenade the crowd. The music fest started at 1 p.m. and ended at 3 a.m. the next day. For 14 hours, the sculpture garden was full of teenagers craving for the music of their generation, singing and dancing to their favorite songs with beer in their hands and their warm coats on. There were no drugs or any illegal acts, just pure love for art and music. “We wanted to bring art and music and we thought this was a good way to tap the Millennials and all the young people to come here as a way to inspire the youth to be creative and use their talents and passion into a career and really pursue what they are good at. Having it set in a museum in Tagaytay, the ambiance was very inspiring, plus the music. We wanted to create something really memorable. It’s a living proof that you can really make something out of yourself, through music, through art,” says Ning Ning. Facebook/tagaytayartbeat; Museo Orlina is located on Hollywood St., Hollywood Subdivision, Tolentino East, Tagaytay City, near the Sta. Rosa-Tagaytay Road crossing.
The music fest started at 1 p.m. and ended at 3 a.m. the next day. For 14 hours, the sculpture garden was full of teenagers craving for the music of their generation, singing and dancing to their favorite songs.