Telepathic Visions: On Alvin Yapan’s An Kubo sa Kawayanan (2015)

• Main Author: Benitez, Christian Jil R
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: Philippine contemporary (eco)cinema; Alvin Yapan; vibrant matter; telepathy; spectatorship; Creative Writing; Film and Media Studies; Modern Languages; Modern Literature; South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/filipino-faculty-pubs/82; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1081&context=filipino-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This article considers the practice of encouraged gazing in Alvin Yapan's An Kubo sa Kawayanan (“The Hut in the Bamboo Grove”) (2015) as a possible exercise on revering things. As such, it is wagered to be instructive towards a reunderstanding of vision as a form of material encounter with thin...