In this episode of Artists Talk, Jed Gregorio speaks to Alfred Marasigan about Marasigan’s recent body of work Insurrection, shown at Altro Mondo.
: “I want to contribute alternative narratives to what we have. That’s what I liked about studying abroad, that somehow you can make that yourself. They don’t know everything about the Philippines, so it’s also a chance for you to reimagine who you could be if you’re not tied down to national or historical trauma.”: “I think my role as an artist is to make people ask better questions. Because the world is burning! And all traditional ways of thinking, they don’t seem to work.
“Shaped by the volcano’s strongest eruption in 1754, classified by colonial powers in the 19th century, and ultimately encountered by the artist in the anachronistic virtual realm, a particular Taal sea snake specimen’s story has become intertwined with Marasigan’s as well. “Initially in the form of email art and site-specific performance, Insurrection is the first gallery incarnation of Marasigan’s Taal sea snake project. As a homecoming show, it tackles his rekindled relationships with art and his newfound worldviews from studying in the arctic.
“Inspired by Norwegian slow tv, Marasigan employs livestreaming as a medium to reimagine our ties with time, space, imagery, and objecthood. How can we conjure narratives of history, gender, and self by convoluting time? Can art as storytelling, as alchemy, and as journey tame the wild present?” —
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