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“For Alonzo, Among the Alfalfa” is told through the perspective of a nameless protagonist who, drifting from one town in the Philippines to another, befriends a ragtag group of men in Esperanza. A writer, he chronicles his wanderings in his “cuadrilla” while waiting for the return of his beloved Lisa who is on tour for her studies. “For Alonzo, Among the Alfalfa” was initially published in 1965 by the Ateneo de Manila University’s Philippine Studies. This is one of the three limited-edition Canticle cards crafted by Kitty Jardenil @kittyjardenil and printed in RISO by Kristian Henson of @ipo_ipo_projects . You can get your cards at the launch of Canticles for Dark Lovers this Saturday May 9! RSVP to the event here: tinyurl.com/CDLBookLaunch. Pre-orders also come with a Canticle card! Pre-order Canticles for Dark Lovers now on our website, . Free shipping!

First published in 1959 by Comment magazine, “Because Your Eyes Are Deeper Than Conches” is a short story that follows a married school teacher who grapples with an intense loneliness caused by her dissatisfaction with her present life. This is one of the three limited-edition Canticle cards crafted by Kitty Jardenil @kittyjardenil and printed in RISO by Kristian Henson of @ipo_ipo_projects . You can get your cards at the launch of Canticles for Dark Lovers this Saturday, May 9! RSVP to the event here: tinyurl.com/CDLBookLaunch. Pre-orders also come with a Canticle card! Pre-order Canticles for Dark Lovers now on our website, . Free shipping!

“Of Things Guadalupe” is the first short story featured in Canticles for Dark Lovers by Wilfrido D. Nolledo. The story follows a Filipino guerilla, an American runaway, and a Japanese soldier navigating their way to the Adriatic in a bid to escape their respective fates. Initially published in 1960 by the Philippines Free Press, the story appears to be an early version of the prologue of Nolledo’s novel, But For The Lovers (1970). This is one of the three limited-edition Canticle cards crafted by Kitty Jardenil @kittyjardenil and printed in RISO by Kristian Henson of @ipo_ipo_projects . You can get your cards at the launch of Canticles for Dark Lovers this Saturday May 9! RSVP to the event here: tinyurl.com/CDLBookLaunch. Pre-orders also come with a Canticle card! Pre-order Canticles for Dark Lovers now on our website, . Free shipping!

[SHOP] A lush archive of archipelagic flora, the new Philippine Forest Calendar 2026 by PlantVision takes you on a supergreen journey through twelve majestic Filipino forest types–from limestone, lowland, subalpine and mangrove to peat, freshwater swamp, moss, and beachside forests. 🌳🌱 Flip through monthly discoveries of a vast forest ecosystem that throbs with graduating climates, soils, forest formations, and elevations. Offering plantasia-laden images and textual info, the calendar “introduces the ecological ‘grammar’ that determines how various forms of life take root and thrive across the archipelago.” Published in the Philippines by @plantvision.world and designed by @ipo_ipo_projects , these limited-edition calendars are available at @magentahouse.redfern on Gadigal land / Sydney. 🌲🪴🌚🌙 Proceeds from the calendar support ongoing research and conservation efforts focused on Philippine forests. 🛒 Philippine Forest Calendar 2026 Ringbound / Colour / 42x30 cm / 13 pages English text with some Tagalog / includes Moon phases AUD $40 +ph or p/u at Redfern shop.magentahouse.com.au Photography by John Charles Altomonte, Yu Pin Ang, Jonathan Bailie, Julie.F. Barcelona, DENR PAMO-AMWS, Gideon Lasco, Mikee Naval, Andres Pedregosa, Pieter B. Pelser, May B. Tumarao, ZSL Philippines #FilipinoCalendar #Forest #Gubat #TabiTabiPo #MoonPhases

SUNFADED by Sab Star (@bodega.superstar ) A visual accompaniment to Sabstar's debut solo album. The book features lyrics from the 10 tracks paired with photos and stills from 35 mm and super 8 film taken from Sab's travels to Vietnam in 2024. An exploration of identity, love and letting go. 24 pages, 190 x 135 mm, staple bound with a vellum cover, bound by string Printed in green, medium blue and fluo orange 1,200 (message us if you'd like a copy) Published by ipo-ipo projects :-D

Attended out first book fair as ipo-ipo thanks to our dear friend and collaborator @unrelearning @studio.ckjp ! We had a blast at @bkkabf 2025! 🐣 Khop khun ka! 🙏📕🤍

Seoul this week :)🍃🍂 i’ll be playing an ambient set followed by an album listening of Sun Faded on Sunday 11/16 @slgm.slgm Just finished a publishing residency with @ipo_ipo_projects in Manila this past week and we produced a 24 page lyric zine to accompany the record. So excited to share more and present this work in Asia! <33 Big thank you to @kristian_henson @monicaramos___ for opening their home to produce this piece 🫶🏽 to @ga._.ta for all the help behind the scenes always. 💕Also ty @abiraymaker helping us find a spot to play in Seoul! 🎸 ~~~~ 안녕하세요, 제 이름은 Sab입니다 :) 캘리포니아주 산호세 출신의 뮤지션입니다. 제 새로운 인디 록 솔로 프로젝트는 Sab Star입니다. 2019년부터 2024년까지 작곡한 곡들을 모아 만든 데뷔 앨범 “Sunfaded”를 발매했습니다. 이번 주 서울에서 🍃🍂 11월 16일 일요일 @slgm.slgm 에서 Sunfaded 앨범을 듣고, 일렉트로닉 앰비언트 공연을 할 예정입니다. @slgm.slgm 에서는 공연 중에 음료, 맥주, 간단한 음식을 판매할 예정입니다! 지난주 마닐라에서 @ipo_ipo_projects 와 함께 진 레지던시를 마쳤고, 앨범에 수록될 24페이지 분량의 가사 잡지를 제작했습니다. 아시아에서 더 많은 작품을 공유하고 소개할 수 있어서 정말 기쁩니다! <33 이 작품을 제작하기 위해 집을 빌려준 @kristian_henson @monicaramos___ 님께 진심으로 감사드립니다. 🫶🏽 항상 응원해주는@ga._.ta 💕서울에서 공연할 장소를 찾아주신 @abiraymaker 님께도 감사드립니다! 🎸

Hi everyone - it’s been a while since our last update ! We’ve been dreaming of opening a studio space in the city and would love to hear your thoughts. Do you need a space for creative work? What would the space need? We want to know! To take the survey you can scan the QR, check our bio or comment “i just need some space” for a link in the DMs (which will be sent manually because i am an elder millennial) !

Join us tomorrow for one last Saturday get together as we close out our month at @__63.ph in @comuna.ph 🌅 🍹Refreshments by @infanta.lambanog  bar 📸Grad Pics by @arabellapaner 👻The Library (and Print Shop) Will be Open! June 21 is also Summer Solstice (in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres), the longest day of the year 🌀 Thankful for our time together 🤍 See ya !

We are wrapping up Low Pressure Summer School this week 🌪️ and reflecting on the past month 🪞 1 - the studio will be open Thurs + Friday 2 - register for @kristian_henson 's workshop at the link in bio 3 - come by on Saturday for some refreshments by @infanta.lambanog and the last day of our "offline shop" Thank you to all our collaborators, friends, new connections for your time, energy and support 😵‍💫

This is our second to the last weekend at @__63.ph ! Hope you can come by ! 🌀 Notes: June 12-13 - No registration needed 🤍 Come by! June 14 - Nature journaling workshop is sold out ! June 14 - Chat begins at 2 PM, open to all 🐸 June 15 - We are at capacity ! 🦋

(Sign ups are closed! At capacity) What if we could map our internal world like a landscape ? Can our personal histories and the fragments of our lives become become monumental? - ipo-ipo asks BECOMING A MONUMENT A workshop guided by Czar Kristoff J.P. @studio.ckjp 📅 June 15, 2025, Sunday, 2-6 PM 📍@_63.ph , @Comuna.ph , 238 Pablo Ocampo Sr. Ext., Makati REGISTRATION: bit.ly/becoming4monument Or at the link in bio ! 🦋 we are at capacity ! Monuments are generally constructed to commemorate a significant event or person. Their presence is also used to navigate a city, a town, a place. Urban monuments reflect how our ancestors used trees, mountains, and rivers as landmarks to remember their way. What would happen if monuments suddenly moved? How do you think we would identify locations or arrive at destinations? How could we become navigators without monuments? In this fourth iteration, the participants and the guide will reflect on the symbolic and material construction of monuments: how they are built, preserved, celebrated, neglected, or dismantled. Through conversations, mapping exercises, and collaborative activities, participants will look into publishing as a form of monument-making: a way to record, transmit, and navigate personal or collective histories beyond stone or steel. *The first iteration of Be(com)ing A Monument was designed for Ultradependent Public School, held at BAK basis voor actuele kunst in Spring 2023. Photo courtesy of @ynanglanis .