2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati City, Philippines
(632) 8160044
gallery hours: M-F 10-7 pm, Sat 1-6 pm

SILVERLENS GALLERY Saturdays: art talks, film screenings, lectures, slide shows. All on photography and new media. Open to the Public.

Call the gallery at (632)816-0044 for details. EMAIL us at broadcast@silverlensphoto.com to be included in the mailing list

Marc Lathuillière, the French lensman behind "France Face Lost," will hold a free workshop from 10am to 3pm at Silverlens Gallery on January 30 and February 6 sponsored by Alliance Française, followed by an artist’s talk at Silverlens on February 6 at 6pm to introduce his work and artistic approach.

Dealing with French identity and observing France after an extended stay in Asia, Lathuillière questions the stereotypes on which we build our identities with his use of masks. From Provence to Normandy, and from Bordeaux to Metz, more than four hundred people have already let him take their "de-faced" portraits.

THE WORKSHOP

Day 1, 10am-3pm (5 hrs): From Psychological to Masked Portrait

Participants are invited to bring national costumes (Maria Clara, terno, barong, malong, etc.) and examples of their photographic works, either printed or on a USB flash drive.  This session will be spent mostly in the studio.

Day 2, 10am-3pm (5 hrs): From Masked to Contextual Portrait

This second session will be spent mostly outdoors. Participants are invited to bring their own mask. It would be helpful if those who have their own laptops could bring them to the session.

Feb 06, Saturday, 6pm: Artist Talk

“How is it possible to take pictures of the other, whether as a local or a foreigner?  What can photography tell us about identity construction? Here are the questions I intend to raise with this Unmasking.”

- Marc Lathuillière

APPLICATION PROCESS

Participants to the workshop must first apply for a slot by submitting a portfolio of their works in PDF form along with a CV to Leonore Casuga at manage@silverlensphoto.com.  Applicants may also send a cd to Silverlens Gallery, 2nd Floor YMC Building, 2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati City, 1231. Applicants may include their website address in their CV as a supplement, but still need to submit a portfolio in PDF form.

The portfolio should be submitted by December 31. The list of accepted participants will be announced on January 16, 2010.

Marc Lathuillière’s exhibition of photographs “France Face Lost” opens at the Alliance Française Total Gallery on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, with cocktails at 6:30 pm. It will be on exhibit until February 25, 2010.

For inquiries, contact Silverlens Gallery at 2/F YMC Bldg. II, 2320 Pasong Tamo Ext., Makati, 816-0044, 0917-5874011, or manage@silverlensphoto.com. Gallery hours are Monday to Friday 10am–7pm and Saturdays 1–6pm. www.silverlensphoto.com / slab.silverlensphoto.com.

Image: Marc Lathuillièr, The Quality Meat, 2008

Marc Lathuilliere's exhibition entitled "France Face Lost" deals with French identity. It is the questioning of a visual artist looking at his homeland as if it wasn't. As if he was a tourist from fast moving Asia discovering the clichés and strangeness of a sleeping beauty named France.

Marc Lathuilliere first experienced this swing in perception in 2004, after extended stays in Asia, mostly in Thailand and South Korea. Coming back home, he realized how deeply French identity is anchored in the past, and the tremendous efforts French People devote to the preservation of its heritage. Through his "asianized" eyes, France now seemed estranged: he started to observe it with both wonder and worry.

To express these mixed feelings, he asked the French he met all over the country to wear a mask, always the same one, and then he took a portrait of them. An interactive game that froze them, shedding a new and doubtful light on their daily surroundings-architecture, sceneries, furniture… - , questioning the stereotypes on which we build our identities.

In five years, from Provence to Normandy, and from Bordeaux to Metz, more than four hundred people have already let him take their "de-faced" portrait.

Marc Lathuillière’s exhibition of photographs ‘’France Face Lost’’ opens at the Alliance Française Total Gallery on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, with cocktails at 6:30 pm. It will be on exhibit until February 25, 2010. 

Gallery days and hours:
Monday to Thursday, 9am to 6pm; Friday, 9am to 2pm; Saturday, 9am to 5pm; 
Closed on Sundays and Holidays.

Marc Lathuillière will hold a workshop at Silverlens Gallery on January 30 and February 6 followed by an artist’s talk to introduce his work and artistic approach. For more information about the workshop and the artist talk please contact Silverlens Gallery at 816 0044 or email Leonore Casuga at manage@silverlensphoto.com.

For high resolution images of the artworks and more details about the exhibit, kindly contact Mr. Stéphane Doutrelant (AFM Director) or Ms Sabrina Durand (Cultural Officer) at 895 7441 / 895 7585 or email sabrina@alliance.ph.  You may visit the AFM website at www.alliance.ph or the artist’s site at www.lathuilliere.com.

This exhibition is organized with the support of the Embassy of France to the Philippines and Silverlens Gallery.

Silverlens Gallery is located at 2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati City. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 7pm.  For further information, please contact Cathy Paras-Lara at 816 0044 or communications@silverlensphoto.com, or visit www.silverlensphoto.com.

Silverlens Gallery invites you to Isa Lorenzo's artist talk, 'QUIET,' this Saturday, November 21 at 3PM. 'QUIET' is a related gallery event of Lorenzo's exhibit, 'RELEASE,' at SLab Gallery's 20Square, made possible by the Japan Foundation and produced during Lorenzo's tenure as Creator-in-Residence at Tokyo Wondersite.

Lorenzo's talk, 'QUIET' will be a slide show of Japan pictures and a talk on immersing oneself in frenetic but controlled energy.

The artist reflects on her time in Japan with an observation on her dwellings:

My room has a window, a window in a block of office buildings. I cannot open it. The window building creaks and my air-conditioning hums constantly.

I can't shut if off.

'QUIET' is free of charge but reservations are required. Please contact Leonore Casuga at 816-0044 or email us at manage@silverlensphoto.com. 

Isa Lorenzo's RELEASE will run from November 18 to December 05 at SLab's 20Square and will be shown alongside Rachel Rillo's 'GRAIN' at the Silverlens Gallery across the bridge.

 Image: Isa Lorenzo, (left) White, 2009, (right) Black, 2009

Entering its fifth season, PULSE Contemporary Art Fair will move to Miami's Ice Palace this December with an expanded presentation of international galleries and programming. After a successful run at PULSE NY in the Spring, this Fall, the Philippines will be represented at PULSE Miami by Silverlens Gallery’s artists, Gary-Ross Pastrana, Hanna Pettyjohn, Rachel Rillo, and Steve Tirona. 

Pastrana will be showing his acrylic on paper collage series 'Set V GAME,' as well as the last paper collage set, the first of which are currently on show at the Singapore Art Museum’s Philippine show 'Thrice Upon a Time.' Rillo has her 'Houses,' photographs that bounce between meaning and material. Joining the group is Pettyjohn’s large-scale paintings of a time of alienation and self-discovery in 'The American Sweet.' Rounding the stellar selection are Steve Tirona’s 'Imelda Collection,' which have shown famously in Manila, Hong Kong, New York, and are making their debut in Miami at PULSE.

A highlight of the new PULSE venue is its enhanced platform for their signature programming series, including the launch of a new performance program featuring daily outdoor concerts. PULSE Miami will be held on Thursday, December 3 through Sunday, December 6, 2009.  The fair will run concurrently with Art Basel Miami Beach.

The Miami debut of PULSE Performance will feature daily performances and concerts by young emerging artists such as Maria Jose Arjona, whose performances will be among the highlights of the new programming. The Vivian Girls, The Blow, and Exene Cervenka are some of the more notable musical talents in the outdoor concert and performance series.

Additionally, PULSE will present its signature program of large-scale sculptures and installations throughout the fair's exhibition halls and lawn, as well as the PULSE Play> video lounge curated by João Ribas.

Each year, one artist featured in IMPULSE, the section of the fair dedicated to solo artist presentations, is awarded a $2,500 cash prize. This year's PULSE Prize will be awarded in honor of Adriaan van der Have, Founder and Director of Torch Gallery, who was an inspiring force in the art world for his dedication to the promotion of emerging artists. The winner will be announced Friday, December 4, 2009 during the PULSE Party at PLUNGE at the Gansevoort South.

PULSE Miami 2009 Exhibitor List

55, Shanghai; Angell Gallery, Toronto; Angles Gallery, Santa Monica; Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City; Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York; Baró Cruz, São Paulo; Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt; Bitforms Gallery NYC, New York; Brancolini Grimaldi Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Florence; Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco; BravinLee Programs, New York; Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco; Conner Contemporary Art, Washington; Conrads, Duesseldorf; Davidson Contemporary, New York; DCKT Contemporary, New York; Dean Project, New York; EDS Galeria, Mexico City; Espacio Contemporary, New York; Dean Project, New York; EDS Galeria, Mexico City; Espacio Liquido, Gijon; Lukas Feichtner Galerie, Vienna; Rosamund Felsen, Santa Monica; Fred, London; FTC. Berlin, Berlin; Caren Golden Fine Art, New York; Guidi & Schoen Arte Contemporanea, Genova; Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London; Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica; Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, New York; Pippy Houldsworth, London; Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus; La Industria, San Juan; Gallery Joe, Philadelphia; Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong; Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY; GalerieKleindienst, Leipzig; Kopeikin Gallery, West Hollywood; Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland; Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque; Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami; Lyons Wier Gallery, New York; M+B, Los Angeles; Maior Pollença, Mallorca, Palma de Mallorca; Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco; MasART Galería, Barcelona; Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York; Nina Menocal, Mexico City; Mkgalerie Rotterdam; Berlin; Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Mixed Greens, New York; Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica; Morgan Lehman, New York; Nieves Fernández, Madrid; One and J. Gallery, Seoul; Open Gallery, London; Pierre François Ouellette Art Contemporain Inc., Montréal; P·P·O·W Gallery, New York; PDX Contemporary Art, Portland; Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padua; Galeria Raquel Ponce, Madrid; Emmanuel Post, Leipzig; Postmasters, New York; Max Protetch, New York; Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin; Galerie Jean Luc & Takako Richard, Paris; Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York; Galerie Roemerapotheke, Zurich; Galerie Stefan Roepke, Cologne, Madrid; Julie Saul Gallery, New York; Schroeder Romero, New York; Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago; Galeria SENDA - Espai 2NOU2, Barcelona; Siemens_artLab, Vienna; Sienese Shredder Editions, New York; Silverlens Gallery, Manila; Charlie Smith London, London; Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco; Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul; Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York; Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg; Torch, Amsterdam; Virgil de Voldere Gallery, New York; Von Lintel Gallery, New York; Rick Wester Fine Art, New York; Winkleman Gallery, New York; Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam, New York; Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York; Galerie Nordine Zidoun, Luxembourg, Paris; Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York; Zürcher, New York, Paris.

For more information on PULSE Miami, please visit http://www.pulse-art.com.

Image: Steve Tirona, Imelda Collection 5, 2006

Drawn to breaking things down, cutting things in half and splitting things in two, Pastrana’s latest work extends itself beyond a mere division of objects to its material origins and its source.  ‘Indivisibilis’ is more a reflection on a material’s transformative phases and an investigation into what is borne out of a sudden space that was once whole.

“In each process, there is a certain loss.  Some parts of the whole will no longer be there even if the source objects are rebuilt,” says Pastrana.  In his latest work, the artist attempts to address this transformative loss by using material (sawdust) from “Stream” and turning it into a disc record in “Record.”

‘Indivisibilis’ examines how a material’s function and meaning are altered after each process: a boat becomes pieces of scrap wood; sawdust from the wood is made into a disc record; gold rings are melted into the shape of a sword and used as a cutting instrument – completely changing its original function – only to be returned to their original form.

"Turning the sawdust from one of the works into a disc record allows the sawdust to act as some kind of a document, a record of something that has happened."

‘Indivisibilis’ examines relationships between meaning and material, object and image, names and words, definitions and translations, and the countless intersections in between.

Gary Ross Pastrana’s ‘Indivisibilis’ opens at 6 pm in Slab Gallery on December 2, Wednesday and runs until January 9, Saturday.

‘Indivisibilis’ is shown alongside ‘Grain’ by Rachel Rillo at Silverlens Gallery and ‘Release’ by Isa Lorenzo in 20Square, SLab Gallery.

For inquiries, contact Silverlens Gallery at 2/F YMC Bldg. II, 2320 Pasong Tamo Ext., Makati, 816-0044, 0917-5874011, or manage@silverlensphoto.com. Gallery hours are Monday to Friday 10am–7pm and Saturdays 1–6pm. www.silverlensphoto.com / slab.silverlensphoto.com.

Image: Gary-Ross Pastrana, Stream, 2008

Photographer, Jake Verzosa represents the Philippines in Photoquai in Paris, joining 50 photographers from 32 countries.

"Silverlens Gallery presented a range of Philippine photographers' portfolios and curator Tadashi Ono chose Jake," says Isa Lorenzo, co-owner of Silverlens, of the selection process.  Verzosa was then flown to Paris for the opening so he could see for himself how his work was exhibited along the Seine riverbanks, alongside the Musee du Quai Branly, from September 22 to November 22, 2009.

Verzosa will be part of the second edition of Photoquai, which features the work of 50 contemporary photographers from around the world, unknown photographic talents in European terms, who come from the major geographical areas represented in the collections of the Musee du quai Branly: South America and Latin America, North America, Asia, Oceania, Africa and the Near and Middle East.
The goal of the project is to exhibit non-western photography, unveil other current views on the world, and give an account of the diversity of ways in which the non-western world is perceived today by artists who are actually living within the geographic landscape that they’ve chosen to capture. Happening every two years, the exhibition on the quai Branly is an international event known for its quality, originality and timely relevance.

About the Photoquai
Created in 2007 by the musée du quai Branly and dedicated to non-western photography, Photoquai, the Biennial exhibition of world images, takes place from September 22 to November 22 on the quai Branly, opposite the museum and in partnership with several cultural institutions.

This year, Photoquai continues to pursue its fundamental mission: to highlight artists whose work is previously unexhibited or little known in Europe, to foster exchanges and the exchanging of views on the world. The 2009 edition is committed to ensuring continuity between the exhibitions on the riverbanks at the musee du quai Branly and the temporary exhibitions present inside the musee du quai Branly and at the Pavillon des Sessions - its annexe at the Louvre - as well as in partner establishments.

Image: Jake Verzosa, Hmong Sapa, Viet Nam, 2006

On December 11 to January 9, select works from the Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF) 2008 will travel to Manila for a month-long exhibition.

SIPF satellite partner, Silverlens Gallery, hosts the visual feast for the Filipino community, providing extended exposure for the select SIPF 2008 photographers.

The SIPF is a biennial gathering of minds from around the world with the common pursuit of advancing the art and appreciation of photography. The 2008 SIPF hosted juried exhibitions, workshops, and portfolio reviews.  Isa Lorenzo, Silverlens Creative Director was one of the panelists of SIPF 2008, participating in the portfolio critiques, as well as giving a talk on Collecting Photography. “This exhibition at Silverlens is a selection of work from the juried shows. We are happy to be part of this network that shows interesting and powerful photography," Lorenzo says. On a broader scale, SIPF presents a key platform to discover, nurture and propel Southeast Asian photographers onto the international stage.

"Among the many objects that surround us, a small photograph could be the most amazing object. It carries you away, it touches you, teleporting you in time, through memory and imagination," says Terence Yeung, Curator of SIPF 2008.

www.sipf.com.sg

The SIPF exhibition at Silverlens Gallery opens on Friday, December 11, and runs until Saturday, January 9. For more information and inquiries, please contact 816-0044
manage@silverlensphoto.com or visit the gallery’s website at www.silverlensphoto.com / www.silverlensphoto.com/slab.

Exhibiting Artists:

Amdadul Huq, Bangladesh;
Chae Kyung, South Korea; 
Corinne Vionnet, Switzerland;
Ho Hui May, Singapore; 
Joel Yuen, Singapore;
Khairul Azril Ismail, Malaysia; 
Luis González Palma, Argentina;
Paul Kohl, USA; 
Vee Speers, Australia;
Zhao Renhui, Singapore.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Cathy Paras-Lara
Communications Manager, Silverlens Gallery
T: 816-0044
E: communications@silverlensphoto.com

Image: Vee Speers, (left) Untitled 1, (right) Untitled 3, from The Birthday Party Series

A discussion on what the Classic Camera was, before it had become another computer peripheral.

An in-depth course on how the Camera works, its parts, and its application.

A lot of Photography Courses now claim to be not equipment centered. Celebrating the equipment seems to have become a "shameful" aspect now- but at the same time many of these courses rely on the fact that Photography has become easier to teach when the cameras used both provide do-it-all automation and instant gratification.... Rangefinder Filipinas believe that the first step towards making meaningful and relevant photography is through mastery of the main tool first.

And the emphasis is on the CLASSIC. The celebration and use of the tools from simpler times.

About RANGEFINDER FILIPINAS

Rangefinder Filipinas, started in 2006, is a community of classic film photography enthusiasts whose main tool is the rangefinder camera. The group is open to everyone who has a passion for classic photography and learning more about the tools, processes, and understanding how light is used to make a timeless photograph.

2 sessions ,starting November 14 and 21, 2009, Saturdays, 10am to 4pm
Limited Slots Available
fee: Php 3000
The first 10 (ten) Rangefinder Filipinas members to sign up can avail of a 50% discount.

Call Leonore at 8160044 or 09052650873, email manage@silverlensphoto.com
50% Reservation Fee required. Balance due on the first day of classes.

All classes are held at Silverlens gallery, 2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati City