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.