Abuses takes its title from a book of the same name written by the American philosopher, photographer, and world-traveler Alphonso Lingis, which chronicles numerous personal encounters, both violent and erotic, that take place across a broad range of cultural locales.
Abuses are conventionally thought to be enacted through a top-down subjugation of a weaker subject, but they can just as often be produced according to the desire of their victims (see Sade).
Call centers, now a fundamental asset to the Philippines’ rising prominence within the shifting global economic order, are not exempt from this causal perversion.
The standard practice of equipping Philippine call centers with sleeping quarters could be considered equally a humane and ominous addition to the daily work routine. The enduring mysteries of sleep must be transfigured by the demands of labor contingent on projecting oneself into American time, armed with a cheat sheet of American slang and American values, and mentally implanted with a map of Times Square New York…
Ang pamagat ng Abuses ay hango sa librong pareho ang pangalan na isinulat ng Amerikanong pilosopo, retratista, at manlalakbay ng mundo, Alphonso Lingis, na inilalahad ang iba’t-ibang mga personal na pagtatagpo, parehong marahas at sekswal, na nangyayari sa samu't-saring kultural na pook.
Madalas isipin na ang abuso ay ang pagsiil ng mga nasa taas sa mga mas mahina sa baba, subalit maaari rin silang maganap ayon sa mga pagnanais ng kanilang mga biktima (sumangguni kay Sade).
Ang call center, na ngayon ay isang haligi ng katanyagan ng Pilipinas sa kalakarang pandaigdigan, ay saklaw pa rin ng kabuktutan na ito.
Ang karaniwang gawain ng paglalagay ng mga kwartong tulugan sa mga Pilipinong call center ay parehong makatao at nagbabala na dagdag sa pang-araw-araw na gawaing trabaho. Ang walang maliw na hiwaga ng pagtulog ay dapat mabago ng demanda ng pag-gawa batay sa pagdala ng sarili sa oras ng Amerika, tangan ang kodigo ng Amerikanong salitang balbal at Amerikanong moralidad, habang iginuguhit sa isipan ang mapa ng Times Square New York…
About the Artist
About the Artists
Enzo Camacho (b. 1985, Philippines) received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and his Master’s degree in Fine Arts at the Hochschule fur bildende Kunste (HFBK) in Hamburg, Germany. He is known for collaborating with Amy Lien. In 2013, they received an Achievement Grand Award from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)/Karl H. Ditze Stiftung HFBK, Germany. Recently in 2015, they participated in a six-month residency as artists/curators at Gluck 50 in Milan, Italy. They were also granted an artist-in-residence program from NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore in November 2015.
His individual and collaborative work with Amy Lien has been included in group exhibitions at Bortolami Gallery (New York), Galerie Crone (Berlin), Mathew (Berlin), Green Papaya Art Projects (Quezon City, Philippines), Light and Space Contemporary (Quezon City, Philippines), LOST Projects (Marikina, Philippines) and the Jorge B. Vargas Museum (Quezon City, Philippines), among others. In 2011, they had solo exhibitions at 57 Canal (New York) and Republikha Art Gallery (Quezon City, Philippines), as well as a performance at the Museum of Modern Art (New York). In 2014, they had a collaborative show at 47 Canal, New York for the second time entitled Leak Light Time Heat. They also had a collaborative performance with Christian Najouks in the same year which was shown both in the Philippines and in Germany. It was entitled G-SPVK SPEAKS BITCHES ON ICE. Enzo Camacho and Amy Lien had recent collaborative exhibitions at Physics Room, New Zealand entitled Urban Aspiration and Not with nothing but. With nothing. held at Project Native Informant in London, UK. Both exhibitions were shown in 2015.
Amy Lien (b. 1987, USA) is currently living and working in New York. She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University. She also finished her MFA at Hochschule fur bildende Kunste (HFBK) in Hamburg, Germany. She is known for collaborating with Enzo Camacho. In 2013, they received an Achievement Grand Award from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)/Karl H. Ditze Stiftung HFBK, Germany. Recently in 2015, they participated in a six-month residency as artists/curators at Gluck 50 in Milan, Italy. They were also granted an artist-in-residence program from NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore in November 2015.
Her individual and collaborative work with Enzo Camacho has been included in group exhibitions at Bortolami Gallery (New York), Galerie Crone (Berlin), Mathew (Berlin), Green Papaya Art Projects (Quezon City, Philippines), Light and Space Contemporary (Quezon City, Philippines), LOST Projects (Marikina, Philippines) and the Jorge B. Vargas Museum (Quezon City, Philippines), among others. In 2011, they had solo exhibitions at 57 Canal (New York) and Republikha Art Gallery (Quezon City, Philippines), as well as a performance at the Museum of Modern Art (New York). In 2014, they had a collaborative show at 47 Canal, New York, and a collaborative performance with Christian Najouks which was shown both in the Philippines and in Germany. In 2015, they had collaborative exhibitions at Physics Room, New Zealand and Project Native Informant in London, UK.
Related Exhibitions
About the Artists
About the Artist
Enzo Camacho (b. 1985, Philippines) received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and his Master’s degree in Fine Arts at the Hochschule fur bildende Kunste (HFBK) in Hamburg, Germany. He is known for collaborating with Amy Lien. In 2013, they received an Achievement Grand Award from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)/Karl H. Ditze Stiftung HFBK, Germany. Recently in 2015, they participated in a six-month residency as artists/curators at Gluck 50 in Milan, Italy. They were also granted an artist-in-residence program from NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore in November 2015.
His individual and collaborative work with Amy Lien has been included in group exhibitions at Bortolami Gallery (New York), Galerie Crone (Berlin), Mathew (Berlin), Green Papaya Art Projects (Quezon City, Philippines), Light and Space Contemporary (Quezon City, Philippines), LOST Projects (Marikina, Philippines) and the Jorge B. Vargas Museum (Quezon City, Philippines), among others. In 2011, they had solo exhibitions at 57 Canal (New York) and Republikha Art Gallery (Quezon City, Philippines), as well as a performance at the Museum of Modern Art (New York). In 2014, they had a collaborative show at 47 Canal, New York for the second time entitled Leak Light Time Heat. They also had a collaborative performance with Christian Najouks in the same year which was shown both in the Philippines and in Germany. It was entitled G-SPVK SPEAKS BITCHES ON ICE. Enzo Camacho and Amy Lien had recent collaborative exhibitions at Physics Room, New Zealand entitled Urban Aspiration and Not with nothing but. With nothing. held at Project Native Informant in London, UK. Both exhibitions were shown in 2015.
Amy Lien (b. 1987, USA) is currently living and working in New York. She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University. She also finished her MFA at Hochschule fur bildende Kunste (HFBK) in Hamburg, Germany. She is known for collaborating with Enzo Camacho. In 2013, they received an Achievement Grand Award from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)/Karl H. Ditze Stiftung HFBK, Germany. Recently in 2015, they participated in a six-month residency as artists/curators at Gluck 50 in Milan, Italy. They were also granted an artist-in-residence program from NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore in November 2015.
Her individual and collaborative work with Enzo Camacho has been included in group exhibitions at Bortolami Gallery (New York), Galerie Crone (Berlin), Mathew (Berlin), Green Papaya Art Projects (Quezon City, Philippines), Light and Space Contemporary (Quezon City, Philippines), LOST Projects (Marikina, Philippines) and the Jorge B. Vargas Museum (Quezon City, Philippines), among others. In 2011, they had solo exhibitions at 57 Canal (New York) and Republikha Art Gallery (Quezon City, Philippines), as well as a performance at the Museum of Modern Art (New York). In 2014, they had a collaborative show at 47 Canal, New York, and a collaborative performance with Christian Najouks which was shown both in the Philippines and in Germany. In 2015, they had collaborative exhibitions at Physics Room, New Zealand and Project Native Informant in London, UK.
Related Exhibitions
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