DUNIAKU YANG KECIL / AKING MUNTING MUNDO
"nothing to be done"
referencing the theater of the absurd:
Waiting for Godot (1953) Samuel Beckett
"oh, a rhinocerus!"
referencing the theater of the absurd:
Rhinocerus (1959) Eugène Ionesco
@corecontemporaryart@artfairph
An introvert in a teaching context is a set-up for likely disaster...this is why it still amazes me I've survived this long. Really thankful for good days. Appreciating you @_ladygay ... your transparency opened up rich thinking that we will continue to tend to over the days ahead.
The Necessary Collapse by Jef Carnay
"The Tower", the tarrot card of rupture, transformation and change, illustrated across folded pages of japanese handmade paper, capturing the moment of collapse: bricks falling, tower burning, thunderclouds, and the artist’s own self-portrait in descent.
Redemption: is allowing the fall, the break, the burn, the gloom, the fear.
situated between the tensions of ruins and renewals.
The "Necessary Collapse" is not an ending, but a becoming.
2025
The Necessary Collapse by Jef Carnay
"The Tower", the tarrot card of rupture, transformation and change, illustrated across folded pages of japanese handmade paper, capturing the moment of collapse:
bricks falling, tower burning, thunderclouds, and the artist’s own self-portrait in descent.
Redemption: is allowing the fall, the break, the burn, the gloom, the fear. Situated between the tensions of ruins and renewals.
The "Necessary Collapse" is not an ending, but a becoming.
2025
Hapag - Filipino word for dining table, is an exhibit that serves a collection of proof such as photos, videos, and art pieces of experimental art and performance art in the Philippines.
Curated by @sabaytones Nerisa Guevara, Camille Cabitingan, and @jefcarnay , Hapag is presented by Why Not? and features works by @mideo_m_cruz Racquel De Loyola @eatempire Jef Carnay, Jun Sabayton, Nerisa Guevara, Lourd De Veyra and more.
You can still catch the show, the exhibit will run until Mar 8 in 4th Floor Karrivin Studios, Chino Roces Ave., Makati. Closing performances by Rox Lee and Akita Liwanag.