larawan of filipiniana-americana

while living in london in the 60s, national philippine artist, bencab nurtured a nostalgia for his native land, sifting through colonial photographic artifacts which documented filipinas of yesteryear. in this bridging of past and present, with the distance to his motherland, he articulated the derivative complexity of filipino culture in modern form.

we pay homage to his larawan series, with these portraits of the filipina-american: comedy troupe “granny cart gangstas”, navigating the same nostalgia + reconciliation of then and now, authentic and performed, dito and doon.

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(but maybe “emotional labor”)

granny cart gangsta, alexis dayers
textile on pixels
2023

untitled
(but maybe “no judgement, but judgement, in serramonte mall... it's a layered situation”)

granny cart gangsta, aura san miguel + nic feliciano
textile on pixels
2023

untitled
(but maybe “something up her colonized sleeve... it's hella sus, might be catholic trauma")

granny cart gangsta, lynie abadilla
textile on pixels
2023