Justin Talplacido Shoulder: Anito
Arts House 521 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Ancient Filipino ritual funerary gold objects were melted down by the Spanish colonisers and moulded into their crucifixes. ANITO speculates a Future Folklore where this raw material is remoulded into new forms, both sacred and profane. Miraculous ecologies emerge from a fertile and evolving landscape crafted by hands and activated…