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UGNAYAN is a Pilipino word which means inter-relation or connection. The root word is "Ugnay" (verb, to relate or to connect). UGNAYAN is also an acronym for UGali NAtin YAN which means: Our (own) way of doing things.

Ugnayan05, is a-five-day-performance-art-event with 3 components. The 1st component is the live art performances. The 2nd component is the EDUCATIONAL Component where participating local and international artists visit selected Art Schools in Metro Manila. The objective is to gather as much as 30 students / visual artists, open and / or partial to the practice of performance art as a valid form of art expression. Evoke from the participants concepts and ideas they an no longer express in two dimensional or three dimensional forms and through action be able to articulate their new visual language. And the 3rd and last component is the FORUM (Art Talk / Art Discussion). Engaging the Public Sphere The forum will focus on how government art institutions and alternative / artists-run spaces address their oudience in contemporary art scene keeping in mind the context of shifting Asian identities in contemporary art. The collaborations between and among art institutions and artists collective, as well as the Support system in place in terms of propagation, promotion, research and development of contemporary art practice would be discussed. Live Art as Cultural Strategy will be the other topic for discussion: its practice, its 斗iveness and its many parameters; plus selected performances by International and local performance art practitioners. UGNAYAN05, the 4th PIPAF was conceived, as an "event" for artists, to reconstruct through their performative actions the "invisible in the visible". As a "venue-for-exchange", a "meeting point" between and among national and international performance artists, UGNAYAN05 bolsters that urgent desire to reintegrate art and life and reaffirm and re-identify with own cultural roots. As a "platform" for artists, it is to redefine contemporary, theoretical and conceptual art making processes - to reclaim lost values and denigrated methods and codes that re-create new cultural systems. With a very basic premise that Art痴 intrinsic value in uplifting consciousness through artworks that transcend boundaries, define identities and challenge established notions of reality (this remains an impetus in every creative undertaking of worth), PIPAF we believe must again be brought forth. So also with other cultural initiatives that seek to bridge the gap between apathy and appreciation, convention and invention as well as passivity and action Kanlungan ng Sining, the home of the Art Association of the Philippines at the Rizal Park and the Cultural Center of the Philippines will be the venues for the live performances. The Ateneo de Manila Gallery will the venue for the forum and University of the Philippines (U.P.) in Diliman, Far Eastern University (F.E.U.) in Manila and the University of the East (U.E.) in Caloocan City will be the art schools to be visited by the international and local artists participating in the festival. The forum will be hosted by the Ateneo Art Gallery (Ateneo de Manila University Loyola Heights, Quezon City through its curator Mr. Ramon Lerma). As a performance art event, art students and established as well as emerging artists will have the opportunity to perform new works alongside one another in a public space in Manila (Rizal Park), free and open to the public. This event could strengthen the performance art community and foster awareness and understanding of an often-misunderstood medium.

“Ugnayan’05”, is a-five-day-performance-art-event with 3 components.
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1st Component - LIVE ART
Venues:��������� Kanlungan ng Sining, Rizal Park, Manila
Dance Forum Space
Rajah Sulayman Park, Malate, Manila
Kuquada Art Gallery, Marikina Shoe Expo, Cubao, Q.C.
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2nd Component - ART DIALOGUE
Venues:����������� University of the East (U.E.) in Caloocan City
Monday, September 19, 2005, 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Far Eastern University (F.E.U.) in Manila
Wednesday, September 21, 2005, 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM
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3rd Component - ARTFORUM
Venue:������������� Ateneo Art Gallery, Ateneo de Manila University
Tuesday, September 20, 2005.
“Engaging the Public Sphere” (9:00AM − 12:00N)
Live Art Performances (1:00PM to 4:00PM)
����������� ����������� “Live Art as Cultural Strategy” (1:00PM − 6:00PM)
15 Thursday
22:00_We arrive in Manila.
16 Friday
10:00_morning
11:00_CCP.
16:30_come back to Hotel.
17 Saturday
00:00_Look for some object.
17:00_18:00_
18:00_Gallery
18 Sanday
14:00_
15:00_17:00_
18:00_Opening. Kanlungan ng Sining, Rizal Park, Manila
19 Monday
18:00_21:00_Dance Forum Space
20 Tuesday
90:00–12:00_“Engaging the Public Sphere”
13:00–16:00_ATENEO ART GALLERY
21 Wednesday
00:00_Far Eastern University_ www.feu.edu.ph
18:00_23:00_Kuquada Art Gallery, Marikina Shoe Expo, Cubao, Q.C.
22 Thursday
10:00_City Hall
13:00_University
18:00_out side
23 Friday
07:00_I come back to Japan.