Scaling the Landscape of History: Exposition

• Main Author: Falgui, Raissa Claire R.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2016
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/paha/vol6/iss2/13; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/paha/article/1205/viewcontent/PAHA_206.2_2013_20Features_20__20Falgui.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Excerpt: The nuances of our relationship with Spain and America are explored in Exposition. The exhibition takes the projects that Spain undertook to learn more about its colony as its point of entry. Curator Dorothea Garing explains that it was researcher Norman Sison’s vision to focus on the continuing relevance of Spanish; he “wanted to flesh out why we have a closer affinity to American culture as opposed to Spanish culture when, in fact, we were under the latter much longer.” Unfortunately, Sison died before he could execute it. The current staff of the museum chose to interpret his vision by focusing on items that are abundant in the museum’s collection—rare antique maps and books, plus their keynote nineteenth century artworks. The works of Cian Dayrit and Liv Vinluan are featured alongside these.