The Cultural Center of the Philippines will present house|cards, an installation by Mica Cabildo and Stephanie Choi. The exhibition will run from 7 April to 22 May at the Bulwagang Carlos V. Francisco (Little Theater Lobby) of the CCP.
house|cards is a space of ambiguity: the large scale installation is constructed out of sheets of a temporary yet sturdy material. Individual panels frame expanded building units, each containing multiples and variations of images evocative of the internal turmoil accompanying an external disaster. As the viewer shifts perspective the prints appear at times orderly and still, at other times chaotic and gyrating.
In house|cards, Cabildo contemplates the typhoon—a force familiar to inhabitants of the Philippines—from afar during her residency at Akademie Schloss Solitude. Choi, meanwhile, explores the possibilities offered by the unique features of the gallery space and takes into account its historical function as a space of passage from outside into the theatre.
A house of cards is a euphemism for an unstable structure, be it buildings or governments, but also a pedagogical toy created by Charles and Ray Eames. In the words of an advertisement for a similar modular building toy, “What can you build? Unlimited creativity. Basic building units. Super city.”
house|cards was developed during a residency at Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany from January to March and November to December 2015.
Everyone is invited to the opening reception of house | cardson 7 April, Thursday, at the Bulwagang Carlos V. Francisco (Little Theater Lobby). The afternoon will begin with a talk by artists Mica Cabildo and Stephanie Choi at 4:00pm, and will culminate with the exhibit reception at 6:00pm.
Gallery viewing hours are from Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00am to 6:00pm. For more information, contact the CCP Visual Arts and Museum Division, Production and Exhibition Department, at (+632) 8321125 local 1504/1505 or (+632) 8323702, mobile (+63917) 6033809, e-mail ccp.exhibits@gmail.com, or visit www.culturalcenter.gov.ph.
