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Marvin Dalisay, fire and smoke are natural elements for art creation.
Marvin Dalisay
kíngke (kerosene lamp) to paintings. Once Marvin lights the
kíngke, the
asó (smoke) from the flames touching the white canvass marvelously transforms a rather dark and dull natural element into recognizable images.
Marvin’s ingenuity is not as an attempt to impress. Venturing into painting with fire and smoke is finding an alternative paint source without having to shell out money on oil or acrylic.
“
Kón pigádo ka, mangítà ka guid iban nga pama-ági. Ka mahál sang oil. Indì ko masarangan (If you’re poor, you will find a way. Oil paint is expensive. I cannot afford it),” Marvin explains.
Published December 31, 2020, 11:41 AM
Photos by Arnold Almacen
The year is coming to a close and no community was spared by coronavirus disease (COVID-19), but artists in Iloilo City have managed to transform collective experience with street art.
Across SM City Iloilo, artists collectively known as Baysulangpu (an anagram for the Hiligaynon word of pula nga subay or red ants) painted a 100-meter mural to look back at the year that was.
The creation of the mural with lead artist
Edmar Colmo represents the weeklong challenges and new discoveries in daily life.
“It’s our life from Monday to Sunday as Covid-19 refuses to disappear,” says Arnold Almacen, one of the other artists and also a photojournalist.