When The Typhoon Ends
This lecture performance will explore what ‘After Rain’ means in the context of the Philippines— a country that is often the eye of many catastrophic typhoons. Typhoon signal warnings have become a usual announcement in the evening news, and yet the country’s infrastructure don’t reflect this knowledge — resulting in casualties and damages that happen like deja vu. ‘After Rain’ is not regeneration nor renewal — but disaster and calamity.
Through a mix of poetry, storytelling, and immersive visuals, curator and cultural producer Anna Bernice delos Reyes and artist Augustine Paredes will take the audience through post-typhoon Philippines, which often happens in cycles, also highlighting how Filipinos embody wit and humor to wade through moments of despair.
Presented By
Sa Tahanan Co.
Sa Tahanan Co. began in the UAE as an arts collective that exists to be a home for Filipino creatives across the Gulf and the globe. Co-founded by curator Anna Bernice delos Reyes and artist Augustine Paredes, the collective focuses on arts practice as a way to shape-shift the perception of the Filipino identity across the diaspora. Sa Tahanan Co. launched in December 2020 at Alserkal Avenue in Dubai with 3 days of art, poetry readings, and film screenings from the Filipino diaspora.
Through art exhibits, art sales, and creative collaborations, they make space for Filipinos in the contemporary art scene. The collective has grown to also become an active WhatsApp community of Filipino creatives from around the world — not only finding collaborators in each other but also sharing resources for artist and curator grants and other creative opportunities.
Anna Bernice delos Reyes
Anna Bernice delos Reyes is a curator, writer, and communications strategy specialist based in Dubai and Berlin. She co-founded Sa Tahanan Co., a grassroots arts collective platforming Filipino creatives in the Gulf and beyond. She has also worked with museums, galleries, artists, architects, and other cultural organizations on communications, research, and public relations. Her most recent curatorial projects include Yearning the Sun to Fall (fffreidrich/Städelschule), Faces of Machine (Send/Receive), Tsuyoshi Hisakado: Polite Existence (Jameel Art Centre), In Response to Solastalgia (Maisan15), and most recently writes for Vice, Global Art Daily, Dubai Collection, and The National, amongst other publications. Originally from Manila, Anna Bernice studied sociology, performance and contemporary art at New York University Abu Dhabi.
Augustine Paredes
Augustine Paredes, a multi-disciplinary artist from the Philippines, explores themes of desire, migration, and identity through photography, painting, poetry, and installations. He gained international recognition with exhibitions in various countries and authored several art books. Co-founder of Sa Tahanan Collective, Paredes has collaborated with prestigious organizations and is represented by Seeing Things, a Dubai-based agency.