Inspiration can come in different forms, and that’s the beauty of being an artist – they are not boxed by rules when they execute their work to bring life to an idea; they have the license to display their creativity and panache. 

PALANUBLION SANG KAHAPON, PANAAD SANG PALAABUTON

Maayong aga! This theme invites reflection. Perhaps, there are those among us who will ask if this is not, in fact, contradictory. We cannot embrace the past and the future at the same time. Or can we?

The COVID-19 virus was initially reported to the WHO on December 21, 2019. On January 30, 2020, WHO declared it as an outbreak and on March 11, 2020, declared it as a global pandemic. 

UPV’s Bamboo Initiatives 

Fast-growing, renewable, and versatile are just some of the adjectives used to describe bamboo. It can be turned into furniture, used to create structures, or serve as ornaments. While it’s gaining traction as an alternative to wood, it still has some ways to go before it hits its full potential, which is why the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) is promoting bamboo and the industry through its initiatives.

Chancellor Clement C. Camposano shared his views on remote learning in the June – July 2021 issue of The ASEAN. Entitled “The Shape of Things to Come,” Chancellor Camposano expounded on how the COVID-19 pandemic magnified, in one way or the other, the role of technology in higher education.

ERK productions and Taytay Productions, in collaboration with the University of the Philippines Visayas’ much awaited film project “Sa Pagpula sang Lawod” written and directed by Kenneth Dela Cruz with Creative Direction by Kevin Pison Piamonte renders the plight of the fisherfolk amidst internal and external maelstroms. The film slowly builds its narrative by incorporating poetic interludes, montages of the sea, and deep silences that highlight its melancholic imagery. In the middle of this black and white world stands a family of three: Mila, Lito, and Mayla, whose interconnected struggles reveal the undying discourse of “the personal is always political.”The film unfurls from three different points of view as the characters navigate their lives and ponder on their struggles, while trapped in the crossroads of poverty and the looming threat of Chinese-Filipino maritime conflict. 

MAKING HISTORY

Two years since the pandemic shut down theatres and rendered many cultural productions floating in limbo, the UPV Cinematheque opens its doors for the grand three-day screening and awarding of Kevin Pison Piamonte's FAMAS-winning masterpiece "SOLO". 

Education, Inequality, and Indigeneity

Members of the Board of Regents, President Danilo L. Concepcion and the other officers of the U.P. System, the chancellors of the different constituent units of the U.P. System, members of the U.P. Visayas administration, the faculty, staff, and students, members of the graduating classes of 2019 and 2020, the alumni and friends of the University… a pleasant afternoon!

The conversation continues as we learn more about what UPV Chancellor Dr. Clement Camposano has in store for the community and where UPV is heading.