"BRIGADA KULTURA"
and the showcase of the artistically-inclined antinorms
and the showcase of the artistically-inclined antinorms
It was yesterday, last night when this writer attended a concert made by the Silangan Artist Collective and Perigdana Productions in Freedom Bar, Quezon City.
The said event, known as Brigada Kultura, is one of the first projects undertaken by the by said collective from its foundation last May.
Featuring bands and musicians from the progressive and alternative music scenes, "Brigada Kultura" is a showcase of music that is, made based from and for the aspirations of the people.
As according to the organizers from the Silangan Artist Collective, the said event was made for the benefit of the residents of Welfareville village and its surrounding villages in Mandaluyong City, the said village, once a home for juvenile delinquents and urban poor settlers, was said to be threatened by demolition in pursuit of developers seeking the said property.
And aside from music featured by the bands, the said event also had a showcase of visual art, especially paintings coming from artists using Agitprop and Social Realism. Obviously, others may tend to call it as subversive and yet it mirrors the social realities and counterculture expressed into art.
The said event is successful though despite having started a bit late due to the artists as well as the audience's attendance in Freedom bar, as well as quite enjoyable especially with Axel Pinpin and the Propaganda machine unleashed his AgitPop forte same as other bands.
Supposedly this writer ought to participate in a poetry recital on that event but sadly, he had to go home since he's newly recovered from fever as well as tomorrow's work.
Here are the pictures shot during that said event. Some were quite dark though, as this writer used a digital camera.
The Artworks featured:
And here are the pictures from the Silangan Artist Collective (feat. Axel Pinpin):
Admittingly speaking, this writer preferred gigs than going to parties in supperclubs the way he loves going outside, taking pictures for a hobby and making writeups and critiques for a time. The said event in Freedom Bar was in fact also supported by this writer despite focusing entirely in his writing job as well as his work in the cooperative, thinking that will there be people trying to appreciate these bands like those in the 90s?
Unless the supperclubs paved way to moshpits.