Tropical Climate Forensics draws inspiration from Derek Tumala’s residency at the Manila Observatory, one of the oldest meteorological observatories in South-east Asia, built by Jesuit fathers in 1865. Tumala’s research into the meteorological and seismographic archives, current data and future forecasts sheds light on shifting patterns of weather and climate in the Philippines and…
MCAD Commons is an exhibition programme of the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Manila conceptualised as a programmed space removed from the museum’s main gallery space. Conceived as a project to continue the expanding activities of the museum, MCAD Commons takes MCAD’s singular programming to a larger audience allowing for creative…
Exhibition run: 23 June – 15 September 2021 The Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD), in collaboration with Independent Curators International (ICI) New York, launched do it (MCAD Manila) online last 13 May 2021, an exhibition where written instructions by artists are interpreted anew. How this project reimagines the exhibition format as flexible…
Exhibition run15 October 2020 to 31 March 2021—Exhibition OpeningOnline Event | General PublicThursday, 15 October 2020 | 5PM [GMT +8] MCAD’s exhibition, Haegue Yang: The Cone of Concern is the first solo exhibition in the Philippines of celebrated Korean artist Haegue Yang (b. 1971, Seoul, South Korea), who lives and works between the…
Constructions of Truths asks us to reflect on the truths of images which populate our everyday lives and how these affect how we view the world. Artists included in the show present work using the projected image as a metaphor for how images are projected on us as viewers and how artists, through formal, aesthetic and narrative spaces, question these constructions.
Exhibition run 5th September – 1st December 2019 The exhibition explores spaces that seem unknowable: speculative and alluring spaces that summon nature, science, and the human psyche. Constructed through contemporary installations of works that question notions of perception, intuition, and empirical knowledge, What Lies Within: Center of the Center, encapsulate the unique practices of the…
The Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) Manila, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Office of Senator Loren Legarda cordially invite you to the Manila homecoming of the Philippine Pavilion exhibition from the 57th Biennale di Venezia, “The Spectre of Comparison,” opening this 23 May 2019. #TheSpectreofComparison
Exhibition Run 7th March – 5 May 2019 The exhibition is a response to the zeitgeist of the contemporary moment, much like WB Yeats’ when he wrote his poem in the early 20th century. By inviting artists whose works speak to contemporary inflexions of power, and whose practices advocate for spaces that can effectively critique…
Shirin Neshat: Tooba Exhibition run6th November – 8th December 2018123 Pioneer St.Mandaluyong MCAD Commons, Shirin Neshat: Tooba is proudly presented in partnership with The Hans Nefkens Foundation, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Bwayatelier, and artbooks.ph. About Tooba “Tooba” (2002) is a poetic two-channel video installation that seeks to explore Iranian identity and is based on the…
Exhibition run21st September – 18th November 2018 The Extra Extra Ordinary proposes a new sensory processor to attend our contemporary everyday life with add-ons movements and sensitivities. The title suggests an abstraction of affects shared among the human and the non-human; their correlation and disjoints as informed by contemporary objects, technology and culture. The exhibition also…
