This Modern Lab

31/10/2024

31/10/2024

24/10/2024

Our photos for Atua Midtown got featured in Esquire Philippines.
Congrats Sir Allen Tan and the hardworking team behind Atua!

Atua Midtown aims to foster artistic creativity and collaboration. https://bit.ly/4dWlFSF

07/10/2024

Are you excited for Sugar Hiccup? The Pre-sale rate for The Sugar Hiccup 30 Reunion Tour - Cebu Leg is at 450PHP and regular walk-in rate is at 550PHP. To purchase pre-sale tickets/slots for the event follow the steps below. Due to the venue capacity we are limiting pre-sale slots to 150pax. So score your tickets/slots now!⁣
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1. Access the Purchase Form(Google Form) through the link below or by scanning the QR code found in the image below.⁣
https://forms.gle/KJ2E8dxYtWNUeYro9
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2. Fill up the details required and pay the corresponding amount for the number of tickets(450PHP per ticket) you'll be purchasing either via GCash or BPI bank transfer. Just scan your chosen payment QR code found inside the Purchase Form. Submit the form once payment has been made and all details have been inputted.⁣
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3. After your Google form submission we will then confirm your purchase via SMS. You will also receive an email copy of your Google form response after submission.⁣
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4. You can present the SMS confirmation at the venue on the day of the event(10/26/2024) to avail of your ticket purchase.⁣
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Send us a message if you have any other concerns. Thank you!⁣
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The Sugar Hiccup 30 Reunion Tour - Cebu Leg happening on October 26, 2024 at Unity Coffee & Vinyl
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This event is brought to you by John Bottles, Counterflow Productions, PAWN, Melt Records and Lila Events PH in cooperation with our official venue partner Unity Coffee & Vinyl Different Class, Baihaus Retaso Media, This Modern Lab, Kinaham ni Masyong and Backyard Project Studios and Cafe

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04/10/2024

04/10/2024

There's a story behind every texture.

Whether it's Sir Kenneth Cobonpue's Yoda Chair or Noy Saturnino's "bukag" from Barili, Cebuano's history of craftsmanship weaves us together as a community of makers.

We were invited by The Kabilin Center to do a visual projection on this century-old Carroza ni San Juan for "Handurawang Kinamot: Cebuano Design and Heritage." A carroza (or karo in Bisaya) is a centerpiece in any festive occasion by the Catholic faithful. However, the beauty of this hand-made karo is marred by a tragic past.

This karo is a remnant of a now erased San Juan Bautista Church. Once regarded as the most opulent church in Cebu, this Cebu-Chinese community Parish Church of St. John the Baptist whose "altars were covered with stone slabs with money and gold inlaid," and church bells so loud you could hear it as far as Talisay was the victim of a religious and political game in the 1800s.

With its proximity being so close to the supposed more superior Cathedral, this Church brewed jealousy in its Spanish counterpart. In 1832, the Bishop of Cebu with the support of the provincial governor ordered its closure but not without its parishioners' protests. The church was demolished brick by every coral brick with some of it going to the construction of the local jail. One of the two "very loud" bells which became a distinct icon for the church would be obtained - or seized - by the Cathedral, while the other one made it all the way to a parish in Calape, Bohol.

During this demolition, with pieces of the church being torn apart and given away in all directions, the carroza was hid in Casa Gorordo. Fast forward to today, the church has been reduced to a tiny chapel next to the Parian fire station. And yet every 24th of June, the locals still celebrate the Pista ni San Juan 400 years on - with this same original karo at its midst and all the brass floral details still in intact.

The items currently in exhibit -- from a humble bukag, or bamboo basket, to a highly acclaimed designer chair -- is a testament to Cebuano's heritage of design. While manufacturing processes have advanced by a hundred or a thousand fold, one can still connect the linkages of geometric consistencies in the solihiya of the bukag and a Peacock chair, the distinct weaving on a "bakat" from Sogod to Dedon's tropical Nestrest, and the use of seashells from Bantayan's Suga-suga to Bon-Ace's Mother of Pearl coffee table.

In this projection, we magnified details in the textures that are often overlooked as one appreciates the entirety of an object. While Gestalt argues that the "sum is greater than its parts," it's usually these parts that make the sum great. As they say, "the devil is in the details."

This carroza and the projection is a play on what has been and what's to come - of past heritage and future possibilities. How will Cebuano design adapt to changing climates? How will current tech affect the way we manufacture? How will political conditions foster a ground for creatives? Will the current trajectory of Filipino education breed a new strain of designers that will disrupt this sacred heritage?

One is left to wonder.

09/09/2024

Some projection mapping work for Gazing into the Abyss 2

09/09/2024

amazing photos Bordz Patak
what a night PAWN Coney Reyes on Camera

09/09/2024

Congrats Crocsss

20/08/2024

TEAM 7 Love Story by Elder Emo

A song inspired by Team 7 of Naruto.

20/08/2024

An anthem to our younger days by Elder Emo.

20/08/2024

Here's Elder Emo for another Dashboard Confessional cover.

17/08/2024

Jericho Streegan does a cover of Vincent Eco's Fire.

Live at Handuraw for Rocksilog Fridays16 AUG 2024

17/08/2024

It's Pepang with the gang for Pat the pig

Live at Handuraw for Rocksilog Fridays

17/08/2024

It's a thunderstorm out there with Hollywood Folk Hogan

Live at Handuraw for Rocksilog Fridays17 AUG 2024

17/08/2024

Tito Mic Mic in a surprise ode to elder emos.

A Dashboard Confessionals Cover