Philippines — Ugnayan sa Poblacion

The power of art in community development

Trailer of the Ugnayan sa Poblacion documentary, directed by Simon Dubreucq and produced by Sine de Oro.

« Ugnayan sa Poblacion » is Taverne Gutenberg’s first international art residency program, which was held in October and November 2017 in the Philippines. Launched by French-Filipina designer and project director Maïa d’Aboville and international artist Henri Lamy, international visual artists were sent from Lyon (France) to Manila, more specifically to Poblacion (Makati) where they were be offered accommodation and a working space open to the public by main sponsor Z Hostel. The artists worked together with several local partner groups involved with street children (NGOs, foundations & museums such as Project Pearls, Museo Pambata, Stairway Foundation, ACAY & Virlanie.

The artists’ mission was to promote and share art to make it accessible to Filipinos, and more specifically street children. Furthermore, this project aimed to reinforce ties between France and Philippines. From painting monumental outdoor murals, to giving out free art workshops to street-kids, creating exhibits, and working in public spaces. Due to the success of this program and thanks to the continuity of the partnership with Z Hostel, « Ugnayan sa Poblacion » has been ongoing ever since.

An important part of the project is the documentary which will be released around May 2018. It is a collaboration between French film director Simon Dubreucq & Filipino Media Production Company Sine de Oro.


We would like to express our sincerest gratitude to each one of our sponsors, partners, donators & volunteers, who are bringing this project to life. 

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Program

  • Free art workshops for street-children
  • Exhibitions
  • Open Studios
  • Murals
  • Collaborative murals
  • Artists' meet & greet (visiting local artist studios)
  • 24/7 film shooting

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WORKSHOPS, EXHIBITS and MURALS

About the artists

Four international artists
  • "iPhone Lady" d'Henri Lamy, co-fondateur de la Taverne Gutenberg
    Henri Lamy
    Henri Lamy
    Henri Lamy is a French figurative painter and capoeirista, born in 1985. Seduced by the immediacy and spontaneity of the...
  • L'enlèvement de Perséphone — Alexandre Beretta
    Alexandre Beretta
    Alexandre Beretta
    Alexandre Beretta is a 23 year-old French-Irish muralist and painter based in Lyon, France. He recently graduated with honors from...
  • Chufy x Taverne Gutenberg
    Chufy
    Chufy
  • Portrait d'Africaine — Abdoul Khadre Seck (Taverne Gutenberg)
    Abdoul Khadre Seck
    Abdoul Khadre Seck
    Abdoul Khadre Seck, born in 1974 (Dakar), is the son of the great Amadou Seck, a renown Senegalese painter and...

Ambassadors

Philippine Artists
  • Portrait of Agnes Arellano, photo by Emm Yu
    Agnes Arellano
    Agnes Arellano
    Photo by Emm Yu — Agnes Arellano received a CCP Thirteen Artists Awardee in 1988, a Freeman Fellow at the...
  • Portrait of Billie Bonnevie, photo by Renato Valenzuela Jr.
    Billy Bonnevie
    Billy Bonnevie
    Photo by R. Valenzuela Jr. — A man with many hats: guerilla marketeer, cultural insurgent, drum beater, keeper of the...
  • Portrait of Olivia d'Aboville, photo by Milo Sogueco
    Olivia d'Aboville
    Olivia d'Aboville
    Photo by Milo Sogueco — Olivia d’Aboville is a French-Filipino artist who explores the relationship between the organic and the...

Team

The volunteers behind the project
  • Henri Lamy x Taverne Gutenberg
    Henri Lamy
    Henri Lamy
    Henri Lamy (born 1985 in Lyon) is a French visual artist whose career started in 2010 when he entered the...
  • Maïa d'Aboville x Taverne Gutenberg
    Maïa d'Aboville
    Maïa d'Aboville
    Maïa d’Aboville (born 1989) is a French-Filipino art director who grew up in Manila. Passionate about the arts, she moved...
  • Simon Dubreucq x Taverne Gutenberg
    Simon Dubreucq
    Simon Dubreucq
    Simon Dubreucq lives in Paris and has been following Taverne Gutenberg's creation since day one, creating beautiful video content and...
  • Sine de Oro x Taverne Gutenberg
    Sine de Oro
    Sine de Oro
    Sine De Oro was born from the roots of partners Vic Ryan Julius Ong hailing from Mindoro (Mina De Oro),...
  • Portrait Lionel Rault x Taverne Gutenberg
    Lionel Rault
    Lionel Rault
    Lionel Rault is an active volunteer of Taverne Gutenberg in Lyon. He has been their official photographer for over a...

Philippine Artists

Meet-and-greet
  • Portrait of Leeroy New, by "Everywhere we shoot" — Taverne Gutenberg
    Leeroy New
    Leeroy New
    © Photo by Everywhere we shoot — Leeroy New (b. 1986, General Santos City) is an artist-designer whose practice overlaps...
  • Portrait of Gus Albor — Taverne Gutenberg
    Gus Albor
    Gus Albor
  • Ramon Orlina x Taverne Gutenberg
    Ramon Orlina
    Ramon Orlina
    Photo © Philippine Tatler — Ramon Orlina is the renowned pioneering glass sculptor in the country. He is internationally awarded...
  • Dindon Cordova x Taverne Gutenberg
    Emmanuel Cordova
    Emmanuel Cordova
    Emmanuel Cordova's whimsical gardenscapes are a gateway into a world of lush botanical plants, foliage, insects and birds. His works...
  • Portrait Dee Jae Paeste x Taverne Gutenberg
    Dee Jae Pa'este
    Dee Jae Pa'este
    Influenced by a wide number of sources, Dee Jae’s artwork is both personal and universal. Stylistically, Dee Jae owes quite...
  • Portrait Anina Rubio x Taverne Gutenberg
    Anina Rubio
    Anina Rubio
    Anina Rubio is a visual artist and muralist who takes inspiration from nature and her adventures. Her works focus on...

Location

— Poblacion (Makati)
— Intramuros (Manila)
— Puerto Galera (Or. Mindoro)

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Special thanks to our donators :
Annie-France Barton, Ludovic Moulin, Olivia d’Aboville & Marc Beretta