VISUAL artist Gerardo Tan visited a weaving house in Miag-ao, Iloilo in 2016. While there, he was captivated by the sounds of the pedal looms as the weavers were working.
The Philippine Pavilion at the Venice Biennale combines the modern with the traditional
Andi taku e sana, Amung taku di sana by Mr. Tan, ethnomusicologist Felicidad A. Prudente, and Ifugao weaver Sammy N. Buhle. It is curated by Yael Buencamino Borromeo and Arvin Flores. The resulting textiles do not use traditional weaving patterns, but are “woven sound transcriptions,” exhibition co-curator Ms. Buencamino Borromeo said in her speech at the Philippine Pavilion launch on April 21 which was streamed on Facebook.
Mr. Buhle, who comes from a family of traditional weavers said that he “needed to transform my way of technique” for the project.
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