TUTOK: 2Talk Creative Convergence 01

Be there and get connected! This is TutoK's call to artists and art lovers as it presents 2Talk: creative convergence, a 4-day art festival this February.

The art festival kicks off on February 26, 6:30pm with the opening of TutoK KARGADO, a group exhibit of "charged" new and existing works curated by Jose Tence Ruiz, at the Ateneo Art Gallery, Rizal Library, Ateneo de Manila University in Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City.



2Talk: creative convergence will open in Sambalikhaan on February 27, with BULL SESSION from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm in the afternoon. This is a round table talk facilitated by Eileen Legaspi Ramirez, to discuss aesthetics of globalization with visiting artists from Singapore , Malaysia , Canada and other countries together with participating local artists from Manila and other regions.



February 27 will also open for viewing four converging visual arts projects happening throughout the Sambalikhaan grounds:

* ENVIRON.MENTAL STATE - site-specific installations on mind/environmental states curated by Buen Calubayan.
* COMMON SPOT -- collaborative grafitti art curated by Mark Ramsel Salvatus III.
* VISUAL POLLUTION - video art installations curated by J Pacena II.
* SURFACING - a traveling photo exhibit essaying our desaparecidos curated by Niño Tagaro and Jes Aznar.

Amongst these activities is SURFPLUS SHOP where you can buy and sell your art, books, food, and other knickknacks.



The festival continues the next day, February 28 with AUTHORIZE EXTREMIST, a series of live art actions by various local and foreign artists from 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm curated by Racquel de Loyola.



2Talk's closing day on February 29 will commence from 3:000 to 6:00 pm with IMPROMPTUS, an open mike invitation for all sorts of spontaneous performances curated by Jef Carnay. By 7:00 to 9:00 in the evening, the creative convergence takes a bow with PASAKALYE, an acoustic concert by musicians paying homage to other artists convened by JL Burgos.



All projects will feature various local and foreign artists and will be open to the public from February 27-29 from 3:00 to 10:00 pm at the Sambalikhaan grounds. Sambalikhaan is part of Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music (AILM), 275 E. Rodriguez Avenue , Quezon City and can be accessed from Trinity College near St. Luke's Hospital.



2Talk is presented by TutoK, an initiative of visual artists led by Emmanuel Garibay. The Creative Convergence is directed by Mideo M. Cruz, and is made possible with the cooperation and contributions of artists, collectors, galleries and TutoK's partner organizations, most notably ArtPetron.

Video Edited by J.Pacena II
Graphic Design by Wesley Valenzuela
Music Performed by SYKE Dolero
(Participant of Visual Pollution and Pasakalye)

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[jpheart]

how much will be the registration fee? any other expenses to pay?

[orangersey]

its a 3 day art festival happening i Sambalikhaan. Please read the about the video for more details. thanks!

[jpheart]

i was just wondering what this event is all about? i'm a video editor.