After eleven months of pursuing his creative practice in
Hope University, Liverpool, UK, Filipino artist Jason Dy, SJ presents his MA
Degree Show entitled Paglakaw sa Ngitngit sa Walog sa Kamatayon (Walking
through the Valley of the Shadow of Death) on September 11th, 5:30 PM at
Studio Cor 013, Cornerstone Building, The Creative Campus, Hope University.
This exhibition is a conclusion of and reminiscent of Dy’s
several previous local installations and 2013 major solo exhibition at the
Cultural Center of the Philippines entitledTestimony of What Remains.
Instead of exploring the notion of “mortal remains and
eternal realities” gathered from others—pilgrims, parishioners, and the public,
Dy turns inwards as he grieves the loss of his father.
Like Bill Viola who confronted his mother’s death through
video installation or Tracy Emin who enshrined memories of dead relatives
through framed memorabilia installations, Dy collates video, photographs, and
other objects taken from his journey home to Medina, Misamis Oriental, where
his father was waked and buried earlier this year. These objects are installed
in a dimly lit studio punctuated with strips of LED lights or suspended globe
bulbs suggesting either the trail of shadow left by reality of death or the hint
of light by the drive to live.
As the title suggests, viewers are invited to embrace the
walk through the valley of the shadow of death and importantly, not avoid
bearing witness as bystander to important emotional realities that challenge us
all in our lifetime.
Walking through the Valley of the Shadow of Death is
a documented journey that attempts to reconcile the reality and mystery of
death and grief in everyday life. Dy’s journey has become an allegory in
harnessing the potential experience of art and of death to apprehend the absence
of a presence, of the deceased through personal and social
rituals of mourning the dead in contemporary times.
The exhibition runs from Friday, September 12th until 21st,
2014, 10:00 AM to 4.30 PM daily. All are welcome.
Studio Cor 013
Cornerstone Building
The Creative Campus, Hope University
17 Shaw St., Liverpool L6 1HP
+44 151 291 3000
Special Thanks to:
The British and Philippine Provinces of the Society of
Jesus, Liverpool Hope University Fine and Applied Arts Department, Parishioners
and Friends of St. Francis Xavier’s Church, Sacred Heart Parish-Cebu City,
Circuit Studio, Art in Liverpool, Poto Studios, C3 Imaging, Independents
Liverpool Biennial 2014, Filipino Communities of Whiston, Liverpool, Blackpool,
Ipswich and Norwich
Fr. Dermot Preston, SJ, Fr. Antonio Moreno, SJ, Fr. Chris
Boles, SJ, Fr. William Abbott, SJ, Fr. Adrian Howell, SJ, Fr. Matthew Power,
SJ, Bro. Stephen Power, Fr. Cesar Marin, SJ, Fr. Arnel Aquino, SJ, Fr. Rene
Javellana, SJ, Fr. Johnny Go, SJ, Professor Gerald Pillay, Keith Paterson,
Nicholas Rees, Janice Egerton, Richard Hooper, Lin Holland, Tony Smith, Michael
Doyle, Jason Jones, Roozbeh Rajaie, Fiona Ward, Alan Whittaker, Sioux McGee,
Michael Boyle, Jade Crompton, David Lewis, MA in Creative Practice Colleagues
2013-14, David Backhouse, Simon Yorke, Sinead Nunes, Ruel Capucao, Dy-Uyguangco
Family, Dy-Marte Family, Dy-Balaquit Family, Spencer Seth Cammayo, Rafael and
Algeniza Cammayo, Jaydon and Edna Panambo, Lecenia Tadlip, DUDY Staff, Tony and
Lerma Naylor, Robert and Cathy Garcia, Kit and Michelle Kimpo, Debbie Reynolds;
Anne Flanagan; Edward Quinn; Kath Matchett; Judith Callaghan; Pat Smith, Staff
of Cornerstone Café
