ARTMAKING

XAVIERY BRENT D. GALIMA

Social Sciences and Philosophy Department
School of Teacher Education and Humanities
Part I. SOULMAKING
 SOULMAKING

…art making, crafting images, crafting

identities, crafting ownership and crafting
culture.

…creation of stories and even transformation of

some moments into images and symbols.
 Actual
process

Artist in
perceiving visualizing
a Person
rec
i ng o llec
e fl ect tin
r g
I. CRAFTING IMAGES

instrument Cataloguing
…imaging in
playing of words
any form…
sculpting dancing
note taking storytelling
composing drawing
poetry painting
This artwork was made after I was
doing my activity in our class. I
challenged myself to draw using my
non-dominant hand which is my right
hand, rather than what is commonly
used. And the outcome of the state of
being uncomfortable in that activity is
what is shown in the drawing, the
image of a stressful person. In life,
when I am pushing myself to reach
something beyond my capabilities or
areas, I feel so much frustrated and
anxious to continue. But I have to take
risks, of time and energy, just to make
an outcome like those when I use my
dominant left hand.
-Anthony Ligue
 u t h i n k
t d o y o
W h a o r y a t
th e s t
w a s r i k a ’ s
c k o f E
t he ba s h e
w h e n
mind g t h i s
d o i n
was e ?
im a g
II. CRAFTING STORIES

Documenting Borrowing Commentaries

moments experiences to events

can be presented in any form: image,

words, objects and musical
composition
 Together
This was a poem written
differently now. It’s an
appreciation. I wrote this
when we were having the
drills in our PSEP class.
This was dedicated to a
dear friend whom I was
sitting beside with that
time. As I have been
staring at her, this comes
as my realization. She
happened to be a good
friend to me since College
had started.

-Kisserie Aguinaldo
 III. CRAFTING INSTRUMENTS
…transforming a found object into a
musical instrument…

…to discover harmony and balance to produce a sound

mystical and magical enough to transcend souls…

finding the right harmony, organization and vibration

tests the patience and creativity of the person
A portable set of percussion instruments made of used
cooking pots, frying pan, etc
Noy Narciso, Davao, 2015
Two-stringed guitar made of old ukulele and an old pot,
Noy Narciso, Davao City, 2015
IV. CRAFTING TECHNIQUES

Photographic Puppets and Masks

Studies

Constructions Notepad Studies

Photographic Studies
I captured this image when
we were practicing for the
ground demonstration
because of boredom. I was
holding my phone and I
tried to capture every angle
that I can and used warm
filter on Snapseed editor to
add some details and make
this picture more beautiful.

-Luisa Mae S. Castro

Walking home, I noticed
this scenery which
caught my attention and
immediately took a
picture of it at around
4PM. A beautiful sunset.

-Keith Allie Kingay

Notepad Studies

-Vienna Dinamaan
Constructions
Puppets and Masks
V. CRAFTING MOVEMENTS

premised on “everything we do in
life is performance”

flowing lyrical

chaos stillness

staccato
 ROAD SIGNS
Sudden turns through sharp curves, sudden signs in vision
as the car comes to pass. Each time I get the chance to get
home, I find travels to be sudden passes that allow one of
brief peeks. How I wish that I too can speed up and not
stay long at points in life when everything seems to be
unsurmountable. However, I realized that a car as well
slows down when it comes across rough roads. Maybe there
really are no shortcuts in life but surely there are signs
that gives us a hint of how we could handle things most
especially when we are clueless.

-Helen Genevieve T. Daguio

 Seven da Vincian Principles

Curiosita
:built upon the natural impulse to learn
more
Dimostrazione
:built upon experience

Sensazione
:refers to senses of sight, sound, touch,
taste, and smell
 Sfumato
:keeping one’s mind open; key to
openness
Arte/Scienza
:development of balance between
science and art, logic and imagination
Corporalita
:cultivation of grace, ambidexterity,
fitness, and pose
Connessione
:recognition of and appreciation for the
interconnectedness of all things
Part II. APPROPRIATION
APPROPRIATION
:borrowing pieces and ideas from the works of
others and includes these into his own work
Object
Appropriation
:when the possession of a tangible work of art
is transferred from the members of one culture
to members of another culture

:transfer of a Native North American totem

pole to a European museum
 Content
Appropriation
:when there is a significant reuse of an idea
that was first used or expressed in the work of
an artist from another culture

:Robert Bringhurst’s version of Haida Mythsa

and Akira Kurosawa (from Shakespeare’s plays)
 Style
Appropriation
:when an artist does not reproduce works
produced by another culture, but still take
something from that culture

:musicians who are not part of African-

American culture, but compose original jazz or
blues
 Motif
Appropriation
:when an artist is influenced by the art of a
culture other than their own without creating
works in the same style

:Picasso appropriated ideas from African

carving in Les Demoiselles d’Avigon, but the
painting is not African in style.
 Subject
Appropriation
:when an artist (or outsiders) represent in their
artworks individuals or institutions from
another culture.

:Kipling’s Kim (1901); Kipling was born in India,

but none of the Indian cultures that he
represented was his own
Appropriation Wanderer
of the original Above the Sea
painting of Fog
Appropriation
Appropriation

Original
Original
Part III. IMPROVISATION
 Improvisation
:spontaneous, unplanned or otherwise free-
ranging creativity

:a kind of product creativity that leads to art objects such

as paintings, sculptures literary art and musical scores

:not different from other field minded human endeavor,

whether it conversation, science, ethics or any other
spontaneous, creative activity
 Contact
Improvisation
:spontaneous physical dialogue that range
from stillness to highly energetic exchanges

:when a person allows the human body to learn to release

excess muscular tension and abandon a certain quality of
willfulness to experience the natural flow of movement

:rolling, falling, being upside down, following a physical

point of contact, supporting, and giving weight to a
partner
Sound Improvisation

:musical improvisation or extemporization

:free performance of a musical passage, usually in a manner

conforming to a certain stylistic norms but unfettered by
the prescriptive features of a specific musical text

Johann Sebastian Bach, W.A. Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn

and Frederic Chopin were masters of sound improvisation
 Mess with the
melody and rhythm
Don’t’ judge
yourself at the
Learn music moment
theory
Keep learning
Imitate what
you hear
Play along with
a new music
Improvise in
small groups
Learn a favorite
solo by ear
 Theater
Improvisation
:a period of rehearse that usually begins
with trial and error

:discoveries made during rehearsals are often incorporated

into published plays

:a practice through which actors seek to develop trust in

themselves and one another in order that they may
conduct unscripted dramas without fear.