Maraming salamat muli sa mga dumalo ng launch ng aking libro Select Publications 2015–2025 sa @cartellino.art . Salamat kay @jamesluigit at sa bumubuo ng Cartellino.
Maraming salamat din sa @artbooksph sa pagextend ng kanilang platform para ma-promote ito sa Dia del Libro 2026.
Photos courtesy of Geri Gonzales / Cartellino.
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Select Publications 2015-2025
34 x 24.5 cm, 80 pages
laserprint on acid-free paper
handmade, numbered and signed
unstitched accordion bind
published in 2026
10 copies only
*Every copy is sequenced differently. The book is enclosed in plastic envelope with fabric lining.
For inquiries, contact @cartellino.art .
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“Sa sacong namamótan na magna aqui, na magna fieles sa cahocoman nin Bicol minamáuot co an buhay, bagsic asin pagguiromdom can mahal na Pasión nin satong Paratubos..."
-Excerpt from Bicol Pasyon
Launching my book, Select Publications 2015-2025 this Saturday, April 25 at @cartellino.art .
The two-part event will begin with an open discussion on publication as a form of art production. In conversation with curator James Luigi Tana, it will draw from Kristoff J.P.’s personal practice to foreground the significance of locality in publication, with particular attention to the material implications of site within the production process.
The program will conclude with the formal launch of an anthology of the artist’s previous publications, released in limited editions and available exclusively at Cartellino.
Copies of the anthology will also be available under @artbooksph at @institutocervantesmanila Día del Libro 2026, happening at Ayala Triangle Gardens on April 25.
These events are free and open to the public.
Images 4-5 courtesy of Geri Gonzales / Cartellino
A revisit of my publications from 2015-2025. Produced in collaboration with @cartellino.art .
Laserprint on acid-free paper, 34 x 24.5 cm, 80 pages, handmade, numbered and signed. Every copy is sequenced differently. Enclosed in plastic envelope with fabric lining.
Edition of 10 only.
Tarp Studies (2016–2018) is a series of topological photographs by Czar Kristoff J.P. that document impermanent and unfinished shelters found across the provinces of Laguna, Camarines Sur, and Bohol Island in the Luzon and Visayas regions of the Philippines. First exhibited through an Instagram archive titled @LagunaDaily , the project captures the material improvisations of people living in informal settlements. Colloquially known by the derogatory term “squatters”.
Through this series, Kristoff J.P. draws a contemporary connection between the widespread use of tarpaulin in everyday shelter-making and the bahay kubo or nipa hut—a common pre-colonial housing form that remains in use today. Traditionally constructed with bamboo, rattan, and nipa palm leaves, the nipa hut is celebrated for its resilience against typhoons and its portability, often moved and rebuilt with the help of neighbours. These qualities reflect a form of collective adaptability that persists amid the pressures of displacement, rising tides, and global warming amplified in so-called developing regions like the Philippines.
In Tarp Studies, the artist documents shelters assembled from salvaged or repurposed tarpaulin. The abundance of tarpaulin as a cheap, durable, and mass-produced material makes it an accessible resource. Kristoff J.P. situates these images within the broader contexts of colonialism, capitalism, and environmental degradation. He critiques the privatisation of land and the erosion of public space in the Philippines, noting how contemporary third places—such as shopping malls—offer gathering spaces and access to essential amenities like air conditioning and Wi-Fi, but only in exchange for consumer participation. This capitalist approach to organising public space displaces traditional community life and places further strain on those excluded from access to stable housing and employment.
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Gintong Silahis, 2025
On the street windows of TENT, Czar Kristoff J.P. presents images of sunsets collected from the gay dating app Grindr. Back in 2019, he noticed that some men in the Philippines were using sunsets as their profile pictures. Out of curiosity, he began speaking with them, asking whether the photographs were their own and why they had chosen them. Most replied that the image was indeed theirs, explaining that the sunset somehow represented them. From these conversations emerged Grindr Sunsets, a growing archive that unfolds through print, video, and text. What began as an act of quiet observation has become a reflection on self-image, desire, and belonging.
Here, the sunset becomes witness to digital intimacies and our longing for connection. It reveals how desire, shame, and care circulate through networks of visibility and control, through the soft glow of dating apps. In a country where being openly gay remains fraught, the work offers a romantic and poetic reversal of what can be shown and said. It reminds us that queer love has always found its own language of beauty and resistance. A first version of this work was presented at @printroom_rtm .
As part of “Sun, Don’t Rush to be Red. Son, Don’t Rush to be Read.” Curated by @rawadbaaklini , @tentrotterdam . On view until 15 February 2026.
Documentation by Aad Hoogendoorn.
Special thanks to @wilburviola@leleleletsugas@c3n_g1z@mavseum@joshthirdee@j.snjn@jessnicolemanuel@beaugomezx@fayeolayo@jhn_herson@jefishfish@alfredmarasigan@isola.tong for the support during the production of Gintong Silahis.
Bahay/Abog/Bale/Harong/Balay, 2025, two-page publication, 20 x 30 inches, folded, digital blueprint
A collection of temporary architecture made of tarpaulin, photographed from 2016 to 2018, in the provinces of Laguna, Camarines Sur and Bohol, Philippines. Placed side by side with archival images of nipa huts, a type of precolonial architecture in the Philippines, sourced from various colonial archives via J. Tewell Flickr.
Launched last September in @bookbookfestival Seoul.
Bahay/Abog/Bale/Harong/Balay is a revisit of my publication #PartWallPartDoorPart3, published in 2020 via To Be Determined via WORKNOT!, launched in @mamarotterdam .
Bahay/Abog/Bale/Harong/Balay is available at the following locations: @limestone_books_maas NL and @new_cover_bookshop JP
Soon at @library_una PH
