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Philippines’ Expo 2020 pavilion to highlight art media

DUBAI, May 2, 2021

The Philippines ‘Bangkóta’ Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai will display a cross-generational collaboration of select finest Filipino talents in a variety of artistic facets – visual and performing arts, digital media and other forms of new media.

Led by the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (PDTI), the Philippines marks its participation to the Expo with a range of creative sectors. An original production entitled: “Our Gift to the World” is among the artistic expressions in the Bangkóta Pavilion’s interior spaces projected on a180-degree immersive surface.

The five-minute multi-media narrative articulates the fusion of the 65,000-year human interaction in the Philippine archipelago and the 4,000years of water-oriented culture that shaped the Filipino identity of hyperconnectivity.

The task of creating the five-minute film was given to multi-awarded Filipino creative agency BBDO Guerrero, also known for the “It’s more fun in the Philippines” tourism campaign, after a competitive pitch.  The creative team, led by its chairman David Guerrero, worked remotely across continents with a carefully selected ensemble of performing, visual and digital artists to mount the display.

Another set of Filipino performing artists will take centerstage during the Philippine National Day at the Expo 2020 Dubai on February 11, 2022 – a full festivity of Philippine dance and music.

Nestor Jardin, former President and Artistic Director of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, guided the conceptualisation of the programme by Silang Communications, headed by renowned actor and stage director Bart Guingona. The programme “reflects the soul” of Filipinos—a re-imagination of corals, forests, fauna, and movement—through a cultural show interpreted for a global audience.

Production, technical, and graphics design for the programme will be crafted by visual artist Leeroy New, graphic artist Steven Tansiongco, and technical director Meliton Roxas Jr. Meanwhile, musical composition and direction will be a collaboration among sounds engineer Rards Corpus, composer Ejay Yatco, and vocal director Krina Cayabyab, with the choreographic supervision of JM Cabling.

The PDTI also commissioned Filipino talents in other creative industries, spanning from architecture, design and crafts, visual arts and performing arts, to film, animation and software development, including gastronomy, media and publication, to represent the Philippines at the Expo 2020 Dubai.

The Expo 2020 Dubai will open from October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. – TradeArabia News Service




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