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Streets of Diwata
October 25, 2020
Bonifacio Street and Lapu Lapu Street,
San Francisco Ephemeral street art of Mga Diwatas/Deities of Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, and Transcendence will be on view at Bonifacio Street and Lapu Lapu Street starting October 25 until it all fades away. Cece Carpio, Nikila Badua, Deejae Paeste, Paolo Salazar, and Mel Vera Cruz are the artists who will design and paint each of the diwatas. ___________________ Mandala Creation
by Joseph Gabriel
London, United Kingdom
www.josephgabriel.co.uk “I couldn’t think of a more appropriate medium for my mandala than rice grains. Aside from it being almost always present in my kitchen, I am drawn to its subtle sound when they are dropping collectively and also to its tactile sensation. I find a connection between rice grains, rainy season and being back home in the Philippines. Being in London where I am based now, I associate the rain with something more disruptive than calming. “I created my rice grain mandala as a way to connect to a particular memory of one rainy season back home while being conscious of the meditative aspect of making a tangible work. The initial process I used for my work was to deliberately create patterns and linear elements inside the main circle while trying to arrange the grains outlining the work. As I go through the process, there was a constant making and remaking, trying to balance control and chance. The ephemeral arrangement of the grains and its sensitivity to movement gave me a chance to work intuitively by allowing the loose composition to reveal itself in the end.”
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