National Digital Arts Award 2018: Full List of Winners

The NDAA has announced the winners of the 2018 National Digital Arts Awards, honoring the works of talented digital artists in the professionals and student categories.

Power Mac Center & Galileo offer Digital Summer Camp 2017 for Kids

What better way for kids to spend summer is by attending workshops to learn new things and develop or enhance hidden talents and skills. 

Data Jam: International Open Data Day | February 21, 2015

In celebration of the International Open Data Day, Bantay.ph is hosting Data Jam: Open Data Day on February 21, 2015 at 1-5 pm. This will be held at the Metro Pacific Room, 3/F AIM Conference Center in Makati City. #ODD2015

Please send RSVP via info@bantay.ph.

Pinterest's new messaging feature

When I first discovered Pinterest in 2012, I got so interested in this platform because of the many possibilities with regard to sharing and learning by "pinning" or "repinning." The platform coined its word from the words "pin" (like pinning or tacking something on a corkboard or whiteboard) and "interest." 

Hundai POP: Digital Art Contest

Hyundai Philippines calls for entries to its Hyundai POP (Pride of the Philippines), a digital art contest. Submission of entries will be from September 24 to October 14, 2012. For the complete contest mechanics, visit Hyundai Philippines Page on Facebook.

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Greenwich Pizza and Team Manila celebrate Pinoy pride

Greenwich Pizza collaborates with Team Manila in their Level Up Pinoy campaign. Team Manila has created three limited-edition tees featuring Filipino cultural icons and symbols that truly makes us proud as a nation.

Sining Ugnayan: The NCR Visual Artists Directory

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“Sining Ugnayan: Creating the NCR Visual Artists’ Directory” is a project that will identify, locate, and record in writing and document in photographs the existing visual artists and artists’ groups all over Metro Manila. There are 16 cities and 1 municipality that make up the geographical basis for the project’s methodology. National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila is composed of 16 cities and 1 municipality (the cities of Manila, Quezon City, Pasay, Caloocan, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Paranaque, Valenzuela, Makati, Pasig, Muntinlupa, Taguig, San Juan, Navotas and Las Piñas and The Municipality of Pateros).

Qualifications (any of the following):

1. Professional Visual Artists working in Metro Manila

2. Practicing Visual Artists who are residents of Metro Manila

3. Art Groups/ Organizations established in Metro Manila

Visual arts genres or professions:

Painting (Traditional Media/ Mixed-Media)/ Illustration/ Graphic /Digital Design/ Sculpture/ Installation Art/ Photography/ Animation/ Printmaking/ Art Educators/ Art Groups/ Organizations (and other related visual arts field)

Register online: Sining Ugnayan (NCR) database.

Registration is extended till 31 May 2010.

Flow magazine 5.2 launches a themed issue on Space

October Eighty Publications has launched Flow 5.2 at Three Sixty bar in A. Venue Mall  in Makati City on April 14, 2010. Flow 5.2 is the magazine's 6th issue, that culminates the second part of the issue on Space from its Flow 5.1. Flow is a groundbreaking bi-monthly magazine on art, design & culture, and a recipient of Editorial Merit Award by HOW Magazine's 2010 International Design Awards (April 2010 issue).

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Flow 5.2 Editorial Board: Joey Yupangco (Curator), Patrick Apacible (Executive Editor), Miguel Rosales (Editor), Marie Laurice Lupoy (Managing Editor), Lizza Gutierrez & Daniel Dennis Lim (Graphic Designers), Heinz Ngo (Media & Marketing Director), Ian Belleza (Assistant Media Director), Mario Alaman & Paelo Pedrajas (Media Managers).

When I first heard about Flow magazine's issue on Space, I really got intrigued of it because I also love exploring the concept of Space. Space is a very interesting subject, not only in the visual arts, but also in literature and psychology. In 2002, I wrote a creative non-fiction piece, entitled "Ang Espasyo sa Tula" that tackles the functions of space in poetry (whether literal or figurative, physical or imaginary). 

Flow 5.2 presents a man who is recognized for his design work, which is known for its imaginative solutions and thoroughly contemporary vision. Here, Joey Yupangco tackles a concept that is prevalent in his profession: Space. For someone who constantly deals with space in a 3-D manner, doing a magazine with its 2-D reality was an interesting challenge that could not be ignored.  What has resulted is a fantastic collaboration with over twenty six contributors from around the world, who in their various disciplines, rose to the occasion and presented us with their own exploration of 'space' and its possibilities. From engineers who have built some of the worlds most groundbreaking and iconic structures, to a designer whose work was showcased on a top rated reality show, and to photographers that explore the space between two people, this double issue expounds on the concept and offers the reader outstanding individual insights. 

Get a copy of Flow magazine and be amazed of its layout, design and essays. It's a visual treat that will arouse your artistic sensibilities.

Follow Flow Magazine in Facebook Fan Page and Twitter. 

Adventures of the film "Alice in Wonderland" since 1903

The storybook, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was written by the English writer & mathematician, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), who is also known as Lewis Carroll. The first ever edition was published in 1865 by Macmillan and Co. in London. The title was also popularly known as Alice in Wonderland - a story about a girl named Alice who follows the rabbit until she falls down into a big hole beneath a broken, old big tree and finds herself in a fantasy world that, according to her, only appears in her dream. There she sees various animals and bizarre creatures that talk just like humans. She faces quite an ardous task of fighting the monster and bringing the glory back to the White Queen, a mission she doesn't have a choice to decline.

Lewis Carroll: The Autism Connection

"Lewis Carroll" was the pseudonym that the writer created for himself by translating his first and middle names into Latin, reversing their order, and translating the words back into English. That must have been difficult to think over, don't you think? He decided to use this pseudonym in 1856 when he had begun writing humorous texts and stories to distinguish from his formal, scholarly writings in the field of Mathematics, which he published under his real name.

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson unexpectedly died of pneumonia in January 1898.

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

It's amazing to know that this adventure story has been rewritten, adapted, restaged and made into films in many different approaches. The story was translated into 125 languages and has been one of the favourite children's stories ever published. I remember that I have watched an animated film version on a Betamax tape way back in the early 1980's.

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Watching the premiere night of Alice in Wonderland in Disney Digital 3D format at  SM Megamall Cinema 1 (Ortigas, Pasig City) on March 3, 2010 was a joy to behold. I rarely able to watch movies in 3D that is why it's a precious treat for my discriminate eyes on films. It's another achievement being added on Tim Burton's career as a filmmaker and visionary director. His other magnificent films were: Edward Scissorhands, Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetle Juice, The Sleepy Hollow, and Sweeney Todd.

Alice in Wonderland (Silent film; Pre-Disney, 1903)

Johnny Depp plays the role of the Mad Hatter and Mia Wasikowska as Alice. The other important characters are: Red Queen, White Queen, White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, etc. This film has excellent, brilliant graphics; colors are very vibrant! Both children and adults will surely adore this breathtaking masterpiece!

Alice in Wonderland (1933)

I love adventure stories but Alice going to the Wonderland seems abrupt in the story. The film must have also revealed the time she spent in Wonderland (like in the Harry Potter series) equivalent to the time in the real world. When she came back to reality, yes, the family & friends asked her what happened, but never wondered really what took her so long to return.

Watch Alice in Wonderland in Philippine theaters nationwide beginning March 5, 2010.

 

Alice in Wonderland (TV-movie, 1985)

The 3rd Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards

Philippine team wins at the Inaugural Autodesk Panorama 2009 Asia Pacific Animation Challenge

RP team bags Best Team Work Award with their creation Maskara

Ateneo de Naga University team members Albert Brisenio, James Jerome Rañeses, 

and Alejandro Karlo Zapanta with Autodesk Asia Pacific Education Marketing Manager Jenny Wah. 

Manila, Philippines, 15 January 2010 — After days of intense competition among 11 student teams, the three-person team from the Ateneo de Naga University showcased Philippines’ talent for animation and won Best Teamwork Award at the inaugural Autodesk PANORAMA Asia Pacific Animation Challenge and Animation Bootcamp 2009. The team is comprised of Alejandro Karlo Zapanta, Albert B. Brisenio and James Jerome Raneses.

“We are thankful for the opportunity that was given to us by joining PANORAMA 2009 Asia Pacific Animation Challenge,” says Alejandro Karlo Zapanta of the Philippine Team. “We were given the arena to demonstrate our talent in digital animation and also represent the Philippines in this competition,” he added. With Autodesk software solutions such as Autodesk Maya which enabled them to bring their ideas and concepts to life, Ateneo de Naga University came up with their digital animation entry entitled Maskara.

"We were very impressed by the high standard of the audition submissions for PANORAMA across the region, and by how the 11 student finalist teams were able to deliver winning animated productions under the mentorship of industry professionals and Autodesk customers,” said Teddy D. Tiu, Country Manager, Autodesk Philippines, “With this competition, we have achieved our objectives of inspiring and grooming young digital artists, and providing them with opportunities to acquire the skills and industry exposure they need to excel.”

The Autodesk PANORAMA Animation Challenge received 57 entries across seven countries in Asia – Hong Kong,China, Australia, India, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore. 11 student teams were shortlisted to compete at the Autodesk PANORAMA Animation Bootcamp held at the Hong Kong Cyberport from 11 to 14 December 2009. There, they were trained under the mentorship of industry professionals and Autodesk customers from Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, Imagi Studio, Rhythm & Hues Studio and Rising Sun Pictures, who shared their invaluable knowledge on how to leverage Autodesk software to fine-tune the animated projects that teams submitted during the qualifying stages of the competition.

The seven (7) winning teams were judged on their creativity and originality, motion, technical excellence and overall design:

1.     PANORAMA CHAMPION AWARD

Country               : Hong Kong – Team 1

Film Title             : Tancho

Institute               : City University of Hong Kong

Participants          : Oscar Sheikh / Sin Yu Tsang

2.     1st RUNNER UP AWARD

Country                : Malaysia – Team 1

Film Title              : My Territory

Institute                : The One Academy

Participants          : Chin Kuan Win / Julian Chai / Yow Han Chong

3.     2nd RUNNER UP AWARD

Country                : Malaysia – Team 2

Film Title              : Nature’s Roar

Institute                : The One Academy

Participants           : Loh Yong Kang / Tan Guo Xiang / The Beng Eu

4.     THE BEST ROOKIE AWARD

Country                 : Singapore Team

Film Title               :  Alice

       Institute                : Singapore Polytechnic

Participant             : Grace Ng Siew Mei / Owen Lim / Bavani Naidu

5.     THE ANIMAX EXTRAORDINARY AWARD

Country                 : India – Team 2

Film Title               : The Moon

Institute                 : National Institute of Design, Paldi, Ahmedabad

Participants           : Pratik Ghosh / Nikhil Bajpai

6.     THE BEST TEAM WORK AWARD

Country                 : Philippines Team

Film Title               : Maskara

Institute                 : Ateneo de Naga University

Participant             : Alejandro Karlo Zapanta / Albert B. Brisenio / James Jerome Raneses

7.     THE BEST V-BLOG AWARD

Country                 : Australia – Team 1

Film Title               : Tweet Revenge

       Institute                 : Swinburne University of Technology

Participants           : Richard Osellame / Danny Masalkovski / Steven Donnet

Benjamin Huber from Lucasfilm Animation said: "One of the hardest things for studios globally, particularly in this region, where the industry is still relatively young is finding talent that can immediately be productive without too much additional training. I applaud Autodesk for organizing PANORAMA, as it contributes significantly towards raising the design skills of students and their awareness of industry standards and requirements."

“The positive feedback that we have received from educational institutions and industry professionals across Asia has been overwhelming and Autodesk looks forward to creating more of such opportunities for youth in Asia to showcase their creativity and spirit of innovation,” said Tiu.

In addition to providing the finalist teams with regional exposure, their original animated productions were also aired as vignettes on Animax during Christmas.

The event was jointly organized with the Mayan Hong Kong User Group, and sponsored by Cyberport IncuTrain Centre, Hong Kong Cyberport, Malaysia’s Multimedia Development Corporation and Animax.

For additional information about Autodesk PANORAMA Animation Challenge and Animation Bootcamp, please visit www.apac-panorama.com.

"Into the Tube" by Mhery-Ann Andes at Whitewall Gallery