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2Talk Creative Convergence happens this February National Arts Month 2008.

Music, poetry, live art, impromptus, installations, grafitti, and video– all happening at Sambalikhaan from February  27 to 29.

Sambalikhaan is part of Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music (AILM), 275 E. Rodriguez Avenue, Quezon City and can be accessed from Trinity College near St. Luke’s Hospital.

The prelude to 2Talk is BULONG on February 16, a night of poetry, music and other performances at the rooftop of Metropolitan Tower 1746 Mabini Street in Malate from 8:00pm to 12:00 midnight.

Also preceding 2talk on February 26 is TutoK KARGADO,  a group exhibit of charged works curated by Jose Tence Ruiz will open at the Ateneo Art Gallery at the Rizal Library of Ateneo de Manila University in Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City.

2Talk Creative Convergence will open in Sambalikhaan on February 27, 3:00 to 6:00 in the afternoon with BULL SESSION, a round table talk facilitated by Eileen Legaspi Ramirez, to discuss aesthetics of globalization with visiting artists from Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, Canada and other countries and participating local artists from Manila and other regions.

February 27 will also open for viewing four converging visual arts projects happening throughout the Sambalikhaan grounds:

ENVIRON.MENTAL STATE is a mapping of site-specific installations curated by Buen Calubayan.

COMMON SPOT is a continuous flow of grafitti art curated by Mark Ramsel Salvatus III.

VISUAL POLLUTION is a bombardment of video art installations curated by J Pacena II.  

SURFACING, a traveling photo exhibit of decaparecidos and their loved ones will also be on display curated by Nino Tagaro and Jes Aznar.

Amongst these activities, buy and sell your art, books, food, and other knickknacks with SURFPLUS SHOP.

All projects will feature various local and foreign artists and will be open to the public from February 27-29 at 3:00 to 10:00 pm.

2Talk continues the next day, February 28 with AUTHORIZE EXTREMIST, a series of live art actions by varioul local and foreign artists from 3:00 to 9:00 pm curated by Racquel de Loyola.

2Talk’s closing day on February 29 will commence from 3:00 TO 6:00pm  with IMPROMPTUS, an open mike invitation for all sorts of live and impulsive performances curated by JEF CARNAY.

By 7:00 to 9:00 in the evening,  the creative convergence takes a bow with PASAKALYE, an acoustic concert by musicians paying homage to other artists convened by JL Burgos.

2Talk is presented by TutoK, an initiative of visual artists led by Manny Garibay.  The Creative Convergence is directed by Mideo Cruz, and is made possible by the cooperation and contributions of artists, collectors, galleries and TutoK’s partner organizations.
 
2Talk Creative Convergence. Be there and  let art connect us.