“I treat my materials as living agents. Therefore, even though we recognize the residue of those identities, such as seashells or animal bones in these structures…my interest is to remove the definition of who they are, in a way.” —Yasue Maetake

In this video, Silverlens director Isa Lorenzo gives detail into the artistic practices and backgrounds of the three women artists: Emily Cheng, Geraldine Javier, and Citra Sasmita.

In July, artist Corinne De San Jose wrapped her latest solo exhibition, Everyday is Like Sunday, at Silverlens Galleries Manila. The series of work revolved around the question of silence’s presence, as something many people don’t realize pervades everything, treating it as an absence of sound, rather than something in and of itself.

Through a resourceful approach to materials, Pacquing constructs entire physical and imaginative landscapes of meaning, beginning with the detritus of civilization—collected from the streets and transformed into open narratives on canvas and intricate installations.