Through The Surface of The World

Film and Architecture are two predominant forms of contemporary art. We see them in out everyday lives as we pass by different edifices and facades or as we simply open a our youtube channel. So putting these two elements together in an exhibition is very interesting and unique.

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCAD)'s new exhibition Surface of the World focuses on the moving image and architecture. This showcases different videos that feature architecture as its protagonist and how those around it affect it. Curated by Clare Carolin, it features 13 international artists.

Exhibition Entrance

As you enter the exhibition space realize the huge transformation of MCAD from the bare white walls to dark walls dividing it into section where visitors can view the different films, sitting on comfortable seats in enclosed or standing in open spaces. The different artworks are projected using various mediums and presented in a different manner such as projectors, televisions and a vintage projector which was used for Tacita Dean's Palast.

Exhibition Space

Entering the individual rooms that encased individual works, gave its own unique atmosphere the viewer sat down to watch, it engaged them and brought them to the exact setting of the film. The sound and images makes them feel as if they are a specter in the actual place and gave the same ambiance as it would in reality. Each piece entrances with its different elements.

Interloper by Saskia Olde Wolbers

Palast by Tacita Dean

Index (Elevated Train) by Cocoy Lumbao

Stunned Man (Trilogy of Failure II) by Isaan Julien

A Letter to Uncle Bonmmee by Apichatpong Weerasethakul

At the House of Mr. X by Elizabeth Price

This exhibition is the first of its kind in the Philippines and exposes Filipinos to more forms of Contemporary Art. Don't miss this unique and exciting show the will surely awaken your senses.