[0:19]The Philippines is known to be rich in natural resources. Thus, it is no surprise that Filipinos use their creativity to use these resources to meet the needs of the community as well as to express their ideas, knowledge, feelings, and ways of life. Artists of today use different available materials such as plastic straw, bottles, old newspaper, and other recyclable materials, which seem not to be valued unless transformed into meaningful arts. These locally available materials are evident in the creation of traditional arts. An art is always created with a technique. A technique is the way the artist uses and manipulates the materials to express an idea or feeling through an art. This lesson will discuss the traditional art techniques, their descriptions, and applications to contemporary arts. This lesson will guide you, to easily identify the evident techniques used in the contemporary artwork. Here are some the techniques in Contemporary arts, application of traditional techniques to contemporary arts. The table shows how traditional techniques are applied to contemporary arts in these examples you will see how the techniques are modified to create another artwork. Traditional Arts, Puni from bulacan,Singkaban from Malolos Bulacan, Saniculas from Pampanga Pabalat from San Miguel Bulacan, Taka Paete Laguna, Pagbuburda from Taal Batangas, Lumban Laguna Puni This is a popular Bulakenyo's way of decorating using leaf fronds folding which has a Malayan origin.
[2:40]Singkaban (Malolos, Bulacan) It is a decorated bamboo arch to welcome signage of a town, city or village in the country
[3:05]Saniculas (Pampanga) Saniculas cookies made with imprint of San Nicolas de Tolentino,the miracle healer according to Pampanga's local legend.
[3:30]Pabalat (San Miguel, Bulacan) The art of making the pabalat or pastillas wrappers has transformed in recent years from being a local, folk tradition into a popular art. Taka (Paete, Laguna) Taka refers to the paper maché using carved wooded sculpture used as a mold. Pagbuburda (Taal, Batangas and Lumban, Laguna) Taal embroideries are characterized by fine design with delicate, embossed, durable and colorful patterns.
[4:13]Straw Folding. In this art, the straws are folded by rolling elongated sheets of wax coated paper into cylindrical, hollow tubes.
[4:33]Origami is from Ori means folding and gami means paper. Origami is the art of paper folding that is associated to Japanese culture.
[4:58]Bamboo Art. To use bamboo for decorations, it must undergo some processes such as cleaning and cutting, peeling, splitting, stripping or weaving it.
[5:13]For more detailed designs, artists use incising, burning, carving, and dyeing.
[5:23]Polvoron Molder. This kitchen tool can help you mold the powder for polvoron into perfectly oval or round shapes (biscuit molder, doughnut molder).
[5:43]Packaging. The packaging design can be simple and straight forward, or colorful and complex (decorated packaging).
[6:00]Paper Maché. Using molds, paper pieces or pulp are put together with a glue or other adhesives.
[6:17]Stitching. Stitches are the basic elements of sewing, knitting or embroidery whether by hand or machine. Loom Bands. These are also called as rainbow looms which are a plastic tool used to weave colorful rubber and plastic bands into decorative items such as bracelets and charms.
[6:51]Nylon Bracelets. A tough light weight elastic synthetic polymer ornament band hoop or chain worn on the wrist
[7:07]Minimalism. This is an artistic movement that seeks to take away unnecessary and leaving only the essential. The artworks that usually use this technique use a well selected material that is indispensable in art production. Found Objects. This means taking something that people seem to find useless and use it in a unique way in order to make an artwork. When people seem to think that something must be thrown away as junk, it is used to tell a story and create a diverse perspective that we are looking for. Large-Scale Art. This is an art that accounts for the creation of something huge to express diverse perspectives in artwork.
[8:08]This art is created for public view. Medium used in Contemporary arts forms. Often, artists will most likely use materials available to them. This means that the resources their locality have is important for their art. The local can refer to material that is easily available in the community. It can be any materials such as woods, materials, paper that are easily produced and available in the community. The local can also refer to wherever the artist finds himself or herself. In discussing the use of materials, it is important to discuss medium. A medium is defined as the material or substance used to create an artwork. Using these materials, the artists express his feelings or thoughts. The medium used in each artwork varies based on the artists and their art forms.
[9:22]Classification of art forms according to medium.
[9:51]In musical, descriptions are use of rhythms, sounds, instrument, human voice. Art Form music, poetry, song, dance, theatre artist. In mediums, musical instruments, traditional musical instruments made by local materials, body and movements, integration of stage, design, performance elements and script. Practical descriptions are art with immediate use in daily life. Art Form designs, architect, sculptor. Medium cement, paper, bamboo, wood, brick, stone, concrete, metal, wood, stone, clay, glass. Environmental description, an art that occupies space. Art Form installation, public art. Medium wires, junk, recycled materials.
[11:51]Pictorial Works uses shapes, pictures, graphics.
[12:00]Art Form painting, drawing, design, photography. Medium camera, celluloids/negatives, processing chemicals prints. Narrative descriptions, it's based on story. Art Form drama, novel, music and dance. Medium is language. Contemporary techniques and materials in contemporary arts. Mark Salvatus' Secret Garden 2 This art was created for a small room at the Vargas Museum to show a site-specific work.
[12:49]Being able to accommodate the audience and experience the "garden" makes the art interactive. It is also important to note that this secret garden was created with inmates who used plastic spoons, forks and other materials. minimalism, found objects
[13:15]Interactive games by Ikoy Ricio This artwork is composed of set of trump card with images of Philippine car wrecks, its body parts and details of accident. These cards are installed on the table with chairs for the players, found objects
[13:44]Untitled (Mirrors) by Maria Taniguchi This artwork used traditional medium of acrylic on canvas and traditional modern style of abstraction. Instead of typical painting, the artist used diligent brushwork that the painting encourages meditations apart from viewing. large - scale Art, minimalism
[14:16]Felix Bacolor's Waiting (2012) This space in Museum of Contemporary art and design is a simulation of a waiting room with real digital clocks and metallic immovable chairs. large - scale art, minimalism
[14:40]Anonymous Animals in Mariyah Gallery in Dumaguete 2013
[14:48]The excavated animals were presented with specific and scientific names and other important details for a real animal. Invented stories by curator make the animals seem to exist with embedded journalist/photographer. large- scale art, found objects
[15:15]So my dear classmates, we hope that you all learn from this module and help you proceed to the next module. Thank you and good luck.
