In line with Karl Castro's Homecoming Exhibition ドリーム・アフター・ドリーム (Dream after Dream), we are  inviting you to Juxtaposing Art, Politics, and Nation (J.A.P.A.N.) Artist Talk by Karl Castro happening on March 2, 2024 (Saturday, 9AM - 12NN) in Videotheque of UPFI Film Center. 

Exhibit Title:
ドリーム・アフター・ドリーム (Dream after Dream)
Date and Venue: Ishmael Bernal Gallery | Feb 22 - March 2, 2024 

Brief notes for the exhibit: 

Filipino artist Karl Castro presents works produced through research, fieldwork and material collection during his three-month artist-in-residence program in Osaka, Japan. “Dream after Dream” is an allegory for the recurrence of events or ambitions. In this exhibition, Castro critically explores major global spectacles like expositions, and events which mobilize dreams on a large scale. In particular, he focuses on the Philippine Pavilion and the 1970 World Expo (EXPO ‘70), placing them in the broader context of social realities in the Philippines and Japan. Through the lens and practice of exhibition-making, he surfaces tensions, disjunctures, and counter-narratives.

Castro’s work straddles different media, including painting, photo-media, sculpture, and installation. He connects historical events and figures with his own experiences and current society, encouraging different perspectives on the future.  –Shotaro Ikeda, curator

This event is organized by with The Japan Foundation Manila and TRA-TRAVEL. Supported by UPFI Film Center, City of Osaka, Hosen Cultural Foundation, in partnership with Chishima Foundation for Creative Osaka with special thanks to Osaka Prefecture.