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FIGHT NIGHT @ 1:AM GALLERY!

1:AM — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:09:24 +0000

There was a fight at 1:AM gallery on Saturday night. Even a little bit of blood was spilled.

Fine, fine, it wasn’t a “real” fight but there was blood shed. Last Saturday (December 12th), we held the closing reception for “Tabi Tabi Po”. Part of the closing ceremony included a Filipino martial arts demonstration by ESKABO Daan, led by Grand Master Robert Castro (what a name! Imagine people calling you Grand Master all the time). Him, 4 students and 2 teachers showed us Panantukan (empty handed fighting), Eskrima (stick fighting), locking, and Kazi (knife fighting). And they were sparring with real blades! We didn’t know that until Grand Master had blood streaming down his hand. Talk about whoa! If you guys ever have a chance to watch or visit ESKABO Daan, do it! They displayed such a variey of techniques and Grand Master was cracking jokes left and right.

TAKEDOWN!

In addition to ESKABO Daan, we had a musical performance by “Baliktad”, Mike Boo and Pu22le. They treated our ears with mash ups of hip hop, scratching, break beats. noises that I have never heard before… a little bit of everything. The crowd enjoyed their musical score.

"Baliktad" - Mike Boo and Pu22le

The support!

At first, I thought that we would not have a good turnout, the weather was crappy (pouring cats and dogs on and off throughout the night), so many events were going on, holiday parties, etc but a lot of people came out to support “Tabi Tabi Po” for the amazing artwork, the cause, the concept and as a tribute to the Filipino culture. And of course, the party bus celebrating someone’s 50th birthday that was holding 75 people also helped fill the gallery.

Anna running around trying to accomodate the party bus! (Marlon's iPhone)

Audience

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED, VISITED, AND ASKED LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT TABI TABI PO AND THE STORY BEHIND IT!

More pictures of closing reception on our flickr. Sad to see it go but the show must go on…

SALAMAT JAMES FOR “TABI TABI PO”

1:AM — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:18:27 +0000

We want to say farewell to “Tabi Tabi Po” in style. Join us this Saturday, December 12th, for this incredible show’s closing reception from 6-9pm. Baliktad, a two man team made up of Pu22le (aka Alex Abalos) and Mike Boo (a turntablist not only known in the Bay but around the world), will be filling the gallery with their music. They will be spinning and playing sounds incorporating break beats, traditional Filipino instruments and city noises.

Visit our previous post, “Animating Tabi Tabi Po“, for a sampling of their music.

Pu22le and Mike Boo making the sounds come alive in the gallery!

Salamat (thank you) James for making this happen! It is a truly enjoyable show where people get to experience the richness of Filipino culture and the amazing talents of all the artists that participated.

TABI TABI PO CLOSING RECEPTION THIS SATURDAY FROM 6 – 9PM!

ANIMATING TABI TABI PO

1:AM — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:58:37 +0000

In one of my tweets, I said that there is a lot of heart and soul going into our next exhibition “Tabi Tabi Po”. And here is an example of that, a great collaboration between different artists paricipating:

This is the introduction of the documentary we are showing throughout the month about Filipino folklore at 1:AM gallery.

Music and sound by: Baliktad, Alex, and Puzzle (Stateside)

Artwork by: Krayolaeater (Philippines)

Animation by: Dino Ignacio (Philippines)