AweeArt: S.I.G.A. / Soundshift

Friday, October 17, 2014

S.I.G.A. / Soundshift

S.I.G.A. is the newest group of young, talented
Filipino contemporary visual artists to grace the Philippine art scene. A brainchild of Cevio Art Haus gallery owner, Atty. Cecilio Tobillo, he envisions the group to be the most promising and likely the next future stars of the art world. Composed of Jessie Mondares, Xavier Abelador, Odoi Villalon, Keith Paras, Michael Velasco, Ronante Maratas, Siefred Guilaran and Rodel Jacintos, they were carefully screened and selected based on their talent and their potential.

“Siga” in its vernacular Filipino term translates to “make a fire” or in its colloquial form “no fear to show off”. By carrying this moniker, the group aims to make a fire in the Philippine art scene by showing off their works without any fear or hesitation.

In this inaugural exhibit entitled Sound Shift, each participating artist was assigned a genre of music for him to interpret it in his own artistic style. With this particular exhibit, the group wanted to showcase works of art that are not only pleasing to see but soothing to hear as well. For they believe that the eyes are used to look at the painting but needs to hear and feel it with your heart to understand its meaning.

Here are my entries to the exhibit.