trauma, interrupted, too underway

Yes, there is going to be a second trauma, interrupted exhibition (www.trauma-interrupted.org and http://maydatuin.multiply.com/photos/album/27/photos_from_an_exhibition). But while the first one - held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines June to July 2007 - featured women artists from six countries, this one reaches out to mostly young local artists of all genders. Nicknamed "Uncommon Sense," TI2 also hopes to raise funds for the NGO that emerged from TI1 - the House of Comfort Art Network or ARTHOC (www.trauma-interrupted.org/arthoc), which holds free art workshops for traumatized and marginalized communities (for example, www.barbingpinay.multiply.com).

To be held April 2-30 2009 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines hallways, this exhibit is also dedicated to Sid Hildawa, who died March 2008, and who was one of those who supported the cash-strapped TI1.

Pictures show curatorial visits to Drawing Room and Tin-aw galleries, and to artists based in Bulacan (around 2 hours North of Manila), Marina Cruz, Rodel Tapaya and Juanito Torres.

Photos courtesy Rommel Igarta