“Serendipitous” was the fitting word to describe the appearance of The BEQUEST according to my Manila-based writer friend when she texted me the moment she saw it in Brian Gorrell’s blog last week. Her fascination for Gorrell’s blog is a common a habit for internet surfers and bloggers nowadays. Since the blog’s conception last summer, people all over the world especially those in Manila got hooked in his brave expose and stories.
But behind these chaotic tales of rotten Philippine society, Gorrell’s passion to tell the beautiful side of this country captivated more and more bloggers…hitting more than 10 millions (or even more) blog viewers presently according to google.com.
Overwhelmed by Gorrell’s kind words about our artistic pursuit after we exchanged words at facebook.com, I replied with sincerity about his stance for truth, his deep concern for the Filipinos and this nation. Unexpectedly, I was surprised he posted one of my messages for him at facebook.com. It’s great to hear something sweet from today’s blog icon…
And it’s cool, at least I always write from the heart (and not just from my guts alone).
Hex
Kuris Blog Editor
Taken from www.delfindjmontano.blogspot.com
Brian,
Your blog is an icon in our modern world...I mean, so much has been said and done with your blog that changed the political, social and economic landscape of the Philippines. Your guts and goal to create change is noble, heart-moving and straightforward in our country. Thank you for sharing a piece of spotlight for us with your well-read blog. I am grateful that you are indeed filled with good intentions not only for yourself but for everyone. It's no wonder your blog is a phenomenon; you're a phenomenon since the Spice Girls in the 90s, hehe. But I wish you well. And I promise to write a very good article for you and your flight to create change. This country is going down to the dogs without great people like you. We all have our place under the sun---yours was unexpected but worth it. In your noble contribution to uplift us...I would like to write a special feature about you in our blog as our 100th post later this week (read earlier post--Kuris blog Editor). A good-hearted icon deserves a limelight, recognition for his effort not only to spill the ugly face of this country but to bring out the best...I mean, telling the whole world of the positive, beautiful side of the Philippines and its people--we are one of them. I still got teary-eyed every time I see CharicePempengco and ArnelPineda gets hailed by people around the world. Filipinos are gems soaked in the mud of poverty and corrupt system. I wish you were Rizal resurrected in a stranger's body and fighting the cause for truth---and truth alone.
God is good for you and everyone. Don't lose hope, regrets are for fools and what you are doing is about redefining life itself... telling the Filipinos that it's not too late for everything.
Your smile and laughter amid the pain you have gone through reflects how beautiful your heart really is inside.
Never give up on the good times...as the Spice Girls used to sing! ___________________ Dear Readers,
I never give up on the good times readers. Everyday poses a challenge of one sort or another. Life is grand and we must live it to the fullest. I'm excited to say I have so many wonderful things happening at the moment.
Being a volunteer is GREAT. Helping others is all I really want to do now. My boyfriend inspires me everyday to be better and to do better. Being with someone who supports you 100% is both incredibly uplifting but also re affirming. Love is a tender precious thing. And I am truly blessed to be loved so much. At times it's a bit overwhelming. My guy is tops. And I never take him or my relationship for granted. It's treasured and adored. I hope everyone of my readers is happy today.I pray that we all experience some balance in our lives.You have to fight for your place in the world. And never look back.
The excess-thoughts-tripping of Kuris Animators continues for the last time. Join the ride…
70. This coming October 19, 2008 it’s going to be our First Year Anniversary.
71. We wanted to make and declare October 19 as “Kuris Day”.
72. We don’t know yet but we might organize a special event for that day…we’ll see.
73. Speaking of reunion and getting together again, we had our summer reunion at RiversideBeach in Oton, Iloilo.
74. That was the second time that we got together for just a whole evening of fun and reminisce about the group.
75. Janelyn made the reunion possible to happen because she spent so much on the expenses.
78. But we always had daily reunion at Marx’s house in Lapaz.
79. Lyndon used to call their house our Big Brother House…
80. Marx’s home houses the Kuris guys when we were still waiting for the special project.
81. Of course, there were some evicted K-guys from the team…I’d rather not to talk about them.
82. The team keeps getting better without their half-hearted presence.
83. Last June we prepared for an exhibit that Sir Paul told us but it was cancelled due to heavy rain. But next week during the IT Week we might be joining the exhibit.
84. Every time we hear Bryan Adam’s song “Summer of 69”, we remember the best time we had as friends.
84. Speaking of Bryan Adams, Brynh used to lip-synched his song “Heaven” and made a video which landed in the youtube.
85. Brynh’s crazy lip-synched video clip in the old studio where we once worked for a project was our first video clip posted in youtube.
86. Right now, there were more than 10 music videos and animated clips we posted in youtube.
87. Some people told us that those video clips in youtube were nonsense, but who cares? We had lots of fun doing it.
88. When we think about the future, we think about “Lapis” our original story and upcoming animated project.
89. We don’t want to reveal everything about it because we don’t want to spoil the story and keep the mystery part of the project mysterious…hehe.
90. All we know right now is—a good Manila-based writer plans to develop the story further.
91. And a prominent Arts institution expressed their interest to support this dream.
92. It might bring Ilonggo culture to the next level and highlight our true talent.
93. Elson made a 20-page storyboard about the “Lapis” which we earlier planned to submit for our possible sponsor.
94. But since it’s quite too Anime, Bryan might enhance the storyboard and make lots of changes to look more Western-Ilonggo-influenced type of animation.
95. Clue: it might resemble similarity on The BEQUEST style of characters but only in more fictional and fantasy way.
96. Winning in the upcoming Animahenasyon is not our priority, joining and showing what Ilonggo animators can do is our real passion to prove.
97. So if we lose, we won’t feel disappointed because we need these “life-reality” to bring out the best in us and dream even bigger.
98. We are much happier now and contented than what we used to be in the past because time showed us who are the real Kurisans.
99. Now, this is official to tell--- this coming December we might organize a charity-art-workshop event for some less fortunate kids in a far province of Iloilo as a sign of gratitude to God who made every little good things possible for us.
100. ten years from now, I know Kuris as a group still exist as a legacy we left for Ilonggo arts community even if we might have our own personal priorities in life.
101. Someday, we would like to tell our kids that Kuris is indeed a great team of artistic dreamers who believed in the impossible and were not afraid to chase their dream.
102.This is it, end of this post so we’re throwing all our excess baggage to say what we want to see someday--- we hope 20 years from now Iloilo would be the next hub of animation in the Philippines.
Passion and dreams holds no boundaries as long as you have the courage to chase them. But we can’t make it out there without each other’s gifts… we are part of a small ship that sails forward. Let’s continue the journey…
43. After graduating from 2D animation, we were waiting for a lot of job promises about animation but we felt there might be some delay.
44. So, we thought of making a big project that would highlight our talents and passion for our culture…we thought about animation of Pintados de Pasi of PassiCity, Hirinugyaw of Calinog, Kahilwayan of Sta. Barabara and many others.
45. But I suggested something that would capture the real heart of the Ilonggos…that’s when the idea of Dinagyang animation came into my head.
46. Though everyone was not yet serious about it still some of us expressed interest in making that dream a reality.
47. But to start everything… we need a good story, great ideas and anything that has to do with good animated presentation.
48. So the best way for me to get a good story is to approach people from Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation in the person of Mr. Ben Jimena, the executive director.
49. Upon meeting him in his office, he instantly introduced his article about his personal interpretation of the historical validity of Dinagyang through Christianity and Sto. Nino.
48. Though the article was too long, it clearly expressed the connection of the legendary Barter of Panay in 13th century when ten Bornean datus arrived in PanayIsland and made an agreement with the local Aetas.
49. The next historical event mentioned was when Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the Philippine in 1521 with his Spanish crew. They anointed the locals of Cebu in Christianity…and left the image of Sto. Nino as a gift.
50. The last historical event was when the Sto. Nino replica was brought to San JoseChurch in 1968 which started the devotion to the holy child and the next thing is…Dinagyang was started as a festival.
51. Upon receiving a copy of the article from Mr. Ben Jimena, the rest of the group held important meetings to jumpstart the project.
52. Mr. Paul Penuela, one of our animation instructors during the training volunteered to draft the story of the Dinagyang animation.
53. Since the article focused more on the historical narration, I realize that it might be boring to tell that story so I thought of something better that would give a heart to our project.
54. That’s when I thought about Sto. Nino personified as a little boy full of dreams and innocence walking among us.
55. I suggested at the beginning of the story, there should be an orphan little boy named Nino who loves watching a Dinagyang tribe practicing days before the festival at Plaza Libertad.
57. When the rain suddenly pours, he will run across the street towards San JoseChurch where he will meet the parish priest that will tell him about the origin of Dinagyang.
58. I guess the heart of the story is Nino himself… as a boy and as the young messiah who loved the world so much.
59. For one whole afternoon, our creative ideas merged…me, Dado and Sir Paul finally made the final script of The BEQUEST based in Jimena’s article.
60. Sir Paul’s hesitation to pursue the visual and artistic presentation of the project through animation might be impossible for us to finish it in time with a public showing after 60 days (third week of January).
61. The fact that we were more than 20 animators who will work for the project seemed to be an impossible task. Unlike other mega-budgeted full-length animated film, it takes hundreds and thousands of animators to finish it more than a year or more.
62. So we decided to combined both Japanese and Western standard in animation to save time and effort.
63. We even used camera panning style (or camera movements) to tell the story and focus the animated scenes in the important parts of the story.
64. When The BEQUEST was shown at SM Cinema 7 on the evening of January 25 this year, we were surprised to see more than 500 curious friends, colleagues, kids, students and lots of fellow Ilonggos who came to see our significant project.
65. Honestly speaking there was a little bit of audio problem during the presentation of the film that occurred due to wrongvolume adjustments from the laptop we used which connected to the projector and flashed in the cinema screen (such problem didn’t occurred during a trial presentation a week earlier).
66. Amid the low volume, people couldn’t help it but gave a warm applause on the film’s opening scene...they expressed their appreciation for the stunning visuals they saw even if it’s a just low-budgeted animated project.
67. The next thing we know after the film showing, people we’re coming over to congratulate us. They were telling us that we’re brave enough to create such simple project from scratch but made out of our own sweat and artistic gifts.
68. In February, we held a repeat showing of The BEQUEST for four days at WVCST Ed Tech Center as a request from various schools who wanted to see the film including Central Philippine University and IloiloNationalHigh School.
69. One of the great moments after the repeat showing was when a group of students from CPU asked us to pose for picture taking and autograph signing as remembrance for the first Ilonggo animators who made the very first animated (short) film in Western Visayas. “Wow, we we’re like celebrities”, Racil used to joked about it every time she remembers that moment.
70. Amid the sharp and straight-forward criticisms of some UP students during the Animation and Comics Convention last February at UP Iloilo, they were silenced when The BEQUEST trailer was shown at the end of the convention… I think they refrain from commenting since the convention speaker himself hailed us with the visual artistry we did with the film amid our amateur trainings in 2D or 3D animation.
Feedback… everybody’s asking about it after The BEQUEST trailer from youtube and our blog address appeared in Bryan Gorrell’s blog few days ago (August 20) from text messages to emails. Some of my close friends and new blog visitors were asking what good it did to us. Well, it’s too early to conclude anything big about it. What really matter to us is the fact that Mr. Gorrell, who’s presently on top of his blogging sensation is doing public service to the mediocre elitists and Pinoy masses with his daring expose. Somehow he appreciates our gifts and talents for animation.
Sure Filipinos are very talented, gifted and passionate with almost anything…from music, science, movies, literature, arts and a lot more you can think of. I think his important message for us is not to give up if we know we have beautiful intentions, great ideas and passion to create change. Though he’s a victim of harsh reality, this guy is one big tough soul who fought for what is right, worthy and real.
But since we’re already on the 102 post of this blog, the best way to appreciate life is to post our 102 thoughts, ideas and dreams. We hope to share pieces of our soul and the best things that happened to us along the way. Are you ready?
1.The Adventures of TASI is our very-first animated team project, a 10-minute animation that features TASI (reverse of ISAT, the old name of WVCST, our training school).
2.TASI is the statue of a man in WVCST holding a hammer that symbolizes “labor is honor” who became a little boy through a thunderstorm and had an adventure inside the school.
3.His adventures took only a day and when the sun sets, he transform back as a statue.
4.We were a bit disorganized when the time we made TASI so we didn’t follow the model sheet of TASI that’s why he had different kinds of looks.
5.This flaw is called “off model” in the standards of 2D animation.
6.But somehow people like it when we showed it in the IT Week event at Marymart Mall last September.
7.TASI became the official school mascot of WVCST.
8.It took us more than two months to finish TASI.
9.We started our training in 2D animation last April 2008 through TESDA’s PGMA-TWSP program.
10.The program was supposed to be 2 months but it took us more than five months to finally finish the course.
11.Our graduation took place at SM City Iloilo last October 19, 2007.
12.It was the first-ever graduation held at SM City Iloilo according to the mall management.
13.There were supposed to be 40 scholars in our batch but only 29 2D animators graduated.
14.We are the second batch of trainees/scholars in 2D animation.
15.Two weeks before our graduation, we were looking for a name of our group. Dado suggested that it would be cool if it’s going to be an Ilonggo word.
16.Elson suggested “Kuris”, an Ilonggo term which means “a scribbled line”.
17.But Bryan wanted to name the group “Eyemage” (coined words for eye and image).
18.During the election of our officers and votation for the group name, “Kuris” won just one point ahead of “Eyemage”.
19.Bryan was a bit frustrated coz’ having an Ilonggo name for the group sounds low profile. But time goes by and he learned to like our group name.
20.In Ilonggo dialect, “kuris-kuris” has negative connotation which represent an idea about false promises or anything to do with nonsense talk. But “Kuris” truly defines artistic stroke, idea s of art or a starting point of drawing/sketching so we will try our best to change that wrong impression and prove that we have talents.
21.Our first get-together party was weeks before our graduation at Villa Beach in Iloilo City. We enjoyed an afternoon of eating“talaba” and some drinks.
22.In the party, it was the first time that Dado suggested that we should take our group and bonding seriously to pursue our passion not only for animation but create an event management team.
23.Since then Dado and his dog Sultan became our favorite companion whenever the group attends events.
24.Before our graduation, we were asked to create original animated characters each and animate it as our individual project to pass the course.
25.There were different kinds of animated characters that we created from Western type to Japanese anime.
26.But our goal is to create our own style that would make more original Ilonggo animated characters.
27.We need to make a compiled presentation of characters for the graduation.
28.But personally, I didn’t like the music they used and the way our individual characters was complied at first. So I change it, put some bits of poetic ideas and text to make it look funky.
29.We finally called it “Kuris Universe” since it represents various personalities of the group through our characters like Marvel or DC Universe.
30.We revived S and M, the former mascots of SM Department store through a 30-seconds animated clip and showed it during our graduation.
31.Kuris Universe expanded with the addition of S and M, Nino of the Bequest, TASI and the lead character of our future project “Lapis”—Lauricio.
32.Marx’s character “Kadulom” (Darkness) is also included in the final poster as a spin-off character.
33.Unexpectedly, his friendship with the group made him decide to join us for good.
34.Marx with the help of Brynh were responsible in designing Nino, the main character of The BEQUEST with inspiration from The Avatar.
35.Some of the characters made by former members are still part of the final poster but we refuse to remove them since it’s our group legacy and they first entrusted us their intellectual property for these characters.
36.Yes, it’s true. Some of our members are not active anymore and we respect their decision to move on with their lives.
Half-truth about the reasons why they (or even us) lost confidence with our passion is the fact that the course we completed and the chances for employment promised to us before we were granted the scholarship was not fulfilled.
Until now, we are still waiting for that precious promise of a good animation job after we finish the training. But it seems we’re going nowhere.
So we decided to form a team of animators/artists that can be marketed in creating various kinds of projects related to animation, graphic designs or just anything about arts.
Building up the name of the group seems to be the hardest challenged we ever face since we are still bothered by the fact that our funding was non-existent, no good facilities to use and Iloilo is still far from embracing the trend of animation.
Honestly speaking (after finishing the course), we only have two laptops (my own laptop and Marx’s), one lightbox and not even a single scanner to scan our drawings.
The rest of the facilities we used in the past to make our projects were all borrowed from generous friends and sponsors including WVCST who helped us in finishing The BEQUEST.
We might be sticking around with the “one-word-title-blog-post-policy” for a while। We might be losing creativity these days because of the project pressures। So, we’re taking the straight-forward, weird-structured blog splash। Stick around you might get something you haven’t read about us…(roll the dice!)
5 points: Jay Lord got it… He did an awesome job in making 3D clips for the LIVE EARTH video concert and Coronation Night of Bo. Obrero Fiesta Queen (get the date—Aug. 11, 15, respectively) shown in both multi-media widescreen presentation during the plaza event. Kuris are really well-known in that place, believe me. Jay: “Ti musta my budget to ang 3D nga ginobra ko gamit ang bago nga software ni Bryan?” Me: “may ara eh… next week lang a!” 4 points: Tatang is in… Aladin a.k.a Tatang via text: “Nel, sano mo liwat dal-on laptop mo kay tapuson ko to ang 3D nga ginaanimate ko last time…baskog to di bla?” Hex textback: “Bwas lang Tang, busy-busy gid ko diri sa assignment ginhatag ni Sir R…OK ah ayos kana mga 3D” Now, our shy-looking “Samuragi” guy is trying his luck with 3D courtesy of Bryan’s encouragement. Soon this humble guy is gonna blow our mind with his talent-expansion… and still continues doing good graphics with the project. 3 points: Bryan goes whack! Bryan: “Baskog….baskog gid ya pre ang ________ (multiple choice: a> 3D Studio Max, b> Cinema 4D c>Anim8or 2008) nga 3D software nga gindownload ko sa internet kagabi, damo-damo features” Hex: “na, palak ka naman eh kag gamiton sa BEQUEST…hay damo ka gid ya nabal-an!” Correct answer--- “b”. This stuff is really awesome. It can go beyond the usual 3D cinematics that’s why it is called 4D for a reason that only Bryan knows best. 2 points: Lyndon gets strict. Lyndon: “dapat sa biyernes tapos mo a tanan nga ginassign ko nga graphics ha… tamaran ko maghulat” Me talking to myself: “hay kahinay sa akon mag-obra a…sige lang try and try, I won’t die” 5:20am. Scenario: everybody’s snoring, swimming in dreamland, shutdown, slumbering---translation: tulog!...except for Lyndon. He’s much more worried of the deadline and I’m dead if I can’t finish the assigned graphics. There he goes working hard 24/7. 1 point: Elson interlude. Friendster on the loose, YM guy, yahoo kid…well, he’s the luckiest one to have his PC online with wi-fi internet 24/7 while the rest of us don’t have. Elson: “mapuhuway-huway ko anay, ti sin-o mainternet? All-together: “AKO!” Life is tough these days, hehe… 0 points: Marx is zero. Marx: “dali-a na tapusa nato napaobra sa imo ay…” Hex: “takan ko a, ka bantayero!” This guy deserves an employee-of-the-week medal for his blabbing. He’s gonna be the filthiest-rich kid when the pay comes soon. No comment, hehe. Postscript: so what do you think we’re doing in those pictures we posted above? Wala lang gadinungol kag pawala sa sobra nga kapoy (lantaw internet kag hampay tekken eh!). Did you ever think we are seriously devoted to the big P?...maybe sometimes.
Brian’s popularity formed “TeamBrian”, a union of his devoted fans and readers all across the globe (talking about blog icon, he's
the one right now).
Art
Brian Gorrell spilled his heart in his every post. And when he featured us, Kuris Animators and our project The BEQUEST in his blog—he instantly talks about the value of art for the struggling Filipinos in the midst of poverty, economic turmoil and political corruption. He pinpoints the unrecognized talents and gifts of Filipino artists particularly the local animators that exuded passion and confidence for their chosen craft.
So I won’t discuss further about anything else, let his blog post speaks about how important art could inspire Filipinos to come out of the present social dilemma and why his beautiful insights helped us gained more confidence to dream for more. And yes, we also included some sensible comments from his avid readers…
Dear Readers,
I love story telling animation so when I found this fantastic Pinoy project in the works, I got really revved up . I reckon the creators of this movie are trail blazers in the Filipino animation community. Their funding is virtually non existent, so it's an obvious labor of love. The Philippines arts community is amazing considering there is little or no money around for artistic frivolity which usually drives any significant movement, large or small. Although fashion is indeed art, it's not the only kind in Manila. People seem to be obsessed with fashion. Just one pair of P100,000 shoes should and could fund an entire short film for a struggling animator/dreamer/devote/genius? You never know. Without proper consistent funding for the arts, it's the masses who are most effected over time. Not the idiots with Picasso on their walls..... Celine. The rich simply do not understand and do not care enough about artists. They only care about the value and prestige of the end result. Telling history is important. Telling it through the arts is crucial. Buying art for the right reason is not hard. You only have to put your heart before your pocketbook. Art is perfect energy so it's a great trade off. Win win for everyone. And artists need more win/win and less win/lose. Love equals energy. Art equals love. Please support the arts if you can. There are so many ways to help the wonderful artistic sub culture move forward faster in the Philippines without spending money. But those who can should. Because the art of ones nation is what underpins its spirit and relevancy in the bigger world. And the poor Philippines is already struggling for that. And by support, I do NOT mean spending eight million pesos to have a Deeta Von Teese perform at your over the top party... Vicky. By simply acknowledging an artist and considering their effort is enough for many. Commenting is the next step. And the learning comes naturally from the exchange. Just take the time to look at some art. All forms of art including theater and dance. And always remember that behind every creation, there is a Filipino, trying to do good with the gifts that God gave them.
Thank you very much B.
By the way, I belong to a group of amateur animators from Iloilo City, Philippines. We made the first animated short film in our city which is about the origin of Dinagyang festival entitled “The BEQUEST: Origin of Dinagyang”...it tells how Dinagyang festival started and validated by Philippine history...that includes a fusion of 3 historical events in the Philippines-- the Barter of Panay (10 bornean datus who came to Panay island in 13th century), the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan/Spaniards in 1521 and the gifting of Sto. Nino image to the San Jose church in Iloilo in 1968...these gave birth to Dinagynag festival, the most famous festival in this country. We hope to gain more attention someday with our dream to revolutionize animation in the Philippines. Our group name is "Kuris Animation Unlimited". Kuris means "scribbled line” or a line drawn by a pencil, it’s an Ilonggo word. You can check our blog at
thanks for this post. it's true there are so many struggling artists here. geniuses who are not given a break because they don't have the money or the right name...sponsors flocking towards those people you're speaking against when they can very much fund themselves....there's more hope for this country if truly inspired artists get more support for they contribute "big time" in defining a nation's identity...the Philippines has been shaped by the wrong people for too long..please keep on making a call regarding this subject..thanks so much brian!
art is nice and good, but then how could one think about art when you are starving? that is the sad reality of the philippines - POVERTY
i read that there is a ninoy foundation, and they want to push for a "i am ninoy" logo, to espouse nationality. but the truth is, there are more HANCOCKS and you see them in the airport by the thousands daily.
Hancock - yes, I am referring to the Will Smith Hero movie. Hancock was afflicted with amnesia, he has superpowers, and in the end he has one big dilemma - he can choose to be with someone and be human, or leave, be far away and both of them live. These is basically the same dilemma faced by most Filipinos. You stay in the Philippines, together with your love ones, but the chances of survival, the decent living, the basic necessities are so difficult. Filipinos are highly skilled, they have special abilities like Hancock. So, most Filipinos choose to leave the country, be away from his family, be lonely with the consolation that the one he left behind has a happier life. Hancock chose that life, so the one he loves would live, be happy.
Ninoy chose to return to the Philippines, he risk his life, and ended up giving his life. He is a hero, but still - it hurts losing someone. I read that Cory joked to Erap and another political leader, that although they were imprisoned by the powers that be - both are still alive. Ninoy is dead.
ooops... is my head wandering? sorry for bubbling... i guess its the loneliness and solitude being half way away from my family. sure, I can go home and we would all be lining up for rice, stressing where to get our next meal. I chose to be away so we all could live decently .... funny thing, hancocks or overseas filipinos are also considered heroes ...
I know its a hard one. Poverty vs Art.
What about creating art that clearly shows the hard issues that the country deals with daily. I won't list them all here because it would take too long. I know of a dance production which has dealt with this beautifully.
The people who attend these productions are the exact people who need to be reminded. And if we can capture their attention for long enough with a ballet, dance, opera or art exhibition... it's a start. Because they're currently attending LAVISH birthday parties for each other with NO charity attached to the events.
Just a bunch of greedy pigs who care not for their fellow man in the street.
Or the gutter for that matter.
YES, all that money going towards the launch of a 230 dollar hair conditioner could be spent on human beings who have no food. But it's not.
I want to scream when I see the greed and consumption by some.
But we must never forget about art though.
It's not nearly as important as poverty, but there is a place for it in the Philippines.
A nations sense of pride is directly linked to it's history.
And art becomes history. So art that tells a story is good.
Art was created on caves thousands of years ago. We examine it now for clues to the past.
What art will Filipinos be looking at in five hundred years.What will we have on display?
Still dresses and shoes? Imelds'a perhaps. od only knows SHE will still be alive in 500 years. UHG!
we filipinos have "breathed, touched, smelled, seen, heard.." poverty for too long. We have to look beyond it and realize there's a great amount of wealth, of passion and talent, deeply hidden in so many of us...if cultivated, encouraged and realized might just bring us all out from our miseries...
Iloilo City, Western Visayas Region VI, Philippines
The second batch of Ilonggo animators named their group as “KURIS”, a Hiligaynon term that means “a scribbled line" reflecting their passion for animation which all started in raw scribble of pencils to form animated characters or figures with the help of a lightbox and animation papers. Similarly, they wanted to establish an Ilonggo name for their group to propagate cultural pride and interest in animation among their fellow Ilonggo artists. Under the laudable project of PGMA-training for work scholarship program, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in partnership with Western Visayas College of Science and Technology (WVCST) and Animation Council of the Philippines, Inc. (ACPI), the optimistic 27 graduates of Professional 2D Assistant Animators Training course are well-equipped with knowledge in animation especially in inbetween (IB) and cleanup (CU), both part of only one out of 10 departments in the animation studio.
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