On video, the ice melts in fits and starts. Streaks of candy color sediment run down stretched canvases, dissolving into off-white pools. The stacks of objects soon fall into each other, and bright plastic and ripped canvas ripple as if moved by a gentle wind. Subtle and overt movements register time, belie constancy. Wood frames topple.
Elsewhere but not quite, bush fires ravage through acres of forest and wildlife. Elsewhere but not quite, chunks of ice the size of nation-states form hairline cracks.
Kitty Kaburo takes on the sensorium of abundance, which is to say, the sensorium of ruin. Excess leads inevitably to system collapse, an overheating that is at once neurological and ecological. If human history has been marked by accumulation, by the accrual of layers—of meaning and symbols, bodies and things—projected futures forebode dissolution, a wiping away. Eschewing shadowy portents, telltale signs of collapse are reflected in light and stark clarity.
Detritus of creative labor serve as material for Kaburo’s landscapes, a horizon of meaning propped by leftovers. But to invoke residuals is to reel in related significations around breakdowns and aftermaths, erosions and debris. It is to bring in the necessity of structure and ineludible decay. What will remain of the old ways? Perhaps it is time we rethink the substrate on which our worlds were built.
About the Artist
About the Artists
Kitty Kaburo (b. 1987) is a Filipino artist of Korean descent. She works with various mediums, incorporating each of their peculiar properties to simulate the transformation and effects of time, the elements and human activity on landscapes. She graduated from the University of Philippines’ College of Fine Arts in 2015, receiving an Outstanding Thesis award. Her works have been exhibited in various group shows around Metro Manila.
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About the Artists
About the Artist
Kitty Kaburo (b. 1987) is a Filipino artist of Korean descent. She works with various mediums, incorporating each of their peculiar properties to simulate the transformation and effects of time, the elements and human activity on landscapes. She graduated from the University of Philippines’ College of Fine Arts in 2015, receiving an Outstanding Thesis award. Her works have been exhibited in various group shows around Metro Manila.
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