+community
+ network
+ library
+ kitchen
+ shop
+platform
+ archive



98B COLLABoratory is an artist-run initiative and space in Manila, Philippines. We are a + community + network + library + kitchen + shop + platform + archive. The idea is to have a setting where artists and creative individuals from other disciplines can interact and work together while presenting art, design and creativity in different ways; be it a talk, a bazaar, a publication, a meal or a simple gathering. It is a multi-disciplinary art laboratory that seeks to establish a convergence with artists, designers, curators, writers, musicians, film makers, activists, educators, researchers, cultural workers, performers, architects and students together with the general public.



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+community
+ network
+ library
+ kitchen
+ shop
+platform
+ archive



98B COLLABoratory is an artist-run initiative and space in Manila, Philippines. We are a + community + network + library + kitchen + shop + platform + archive. The idea is to have a setting where artists and creative individuals from other disciplines can interact and work together while presenting art, design and creativity in different ways; be it a talk, a bazaar, a publication, a meal or a simple gathering. It is a multi-disciplinary art laboratory that seeks to establish a convergence with artists, designers, curators, writers, musicians, film makers, activists, educators, researchers, cultural workers, performers, architects and students together with the general public.



Let's collaborate! Shoot us an e-mail!


email us!

Mission & Vision



98B is a platform for critical discourse, experimentation, exchange, information and presentation of contemporary art in the Philippines.

98B seeks to establish convergence with creatives from diverse disciplines together with the general public.

98B aims to present local and international contemporary art through our various programs, projects, and research, outside the confines of the white cube.

98B presents art in multiple layers and perspectives to a broad and diverse audience while contributing to the contemporary art scene.

98B is stimulated with ideas, projects and explorations that ask pertinent questions, stretch boundaries and more importantly, provide unintimidating access to art and creativity.



PROJECTS



some of the things we've done over the years



ESC. PROJECTS



ESC Projects deal with spatial negotiations, transformations and interventions. It revolves around particular locations, contexts and renditions—whether as flights of the imagination or discharges of the creative spirit. ESC artists are given the freedom to conceive and visualize new landscapes. It is an experimental platform. In the beginning, ESC exhibitions were 1 day projects, a 1 day shows, a 1 day exhibitions. It was done in parallel with the Saturday X Future Market. Now, ESC exhibitions / projects can last from a week to a month, with its opening done at the same time with the Saturday X Future Market.



SCOPE



SCOPE is a project organized by 98B that compiles and screens videos and moving images from the Philippines and abroad. The projections are organized to serve as an introduction, to help promote the practice and to create a program devoted to video works. Its range takes into consideration diverse themes, geographies, issues and contexts. SCOPE aims to initiate a repository of videos in collaboration with artists, curators and art spaces within the region.



PROJECT RESIDENCY & RESEARCH PROGRAM



This is an independent residency program geared towards establishing a creative network. It endeavors to assist and collaborate with artists, gallery and art managers, cultural workers and curators in the course of their research, project, presentation or production. The program aims to build a meaningful and multi-layered cultural exchange where an individual can explore his/her practice in a different environment with an uncommon set of resources. The residency is customized to their purposes, needs and requirements.



FUTURE MARKET



It is a bazaar, garage sale, thrift shop, black market and meeting place. Artists, craft makers, designers and hoarders sell their wares: from artworks, limited edition or hand-made clothes, bags, jewelry, accessories, toys, zines, CDs, stickers, second-hand, vintage to unwanted things. It is our response to consumerism and mass-production. The Future Market aims to put the soul and spirit within the commercial exercise. Moreover, supporting this program enables creative individuals and artists to sustain their art practice.



HQ



HQ is a center for learning through experimentations with creative mediums. It comes in various forms; from skills-based workshops, readings, lectures, screenings to theoretical explorations. The programs are facilitated by artists, curators, designers, writers, scientists and other creative minds, who wish to provide a space where alternative ways of looking, thinking and taking action are mutually supported.



TALKS



98B hosts and initiates art talks and project presentations that aim to educate and involve the participants in an exchange of perspectives and experiences. Local and foreign artists, curators, urban planners, designers, and the like, share their projects and present their ideas to the local creative community. rePORTS is a mode under "TALKS" that features Filipino artist presentations regarding their trips, residencies, or conferences outside of the Philippines. It aims to provide a platform where artists who have gone overseas can impart to the local community the process they went through before, during and after these trips, and more significantly, their experiences and learnings borne out of it. Our "TALKS" are very casual and informal in order to facilitate a freewheeling dialogue between the presentors, participants and audience.



The Team



KATHERINE NUNEZ



Executive Director



Kathy was born on 1992 in Metro Manila, Philippines. She finished her Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts (Studio Arts - Painting) from the College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines, Diliman in 2013 where she graduated cum laude. Most of her works are extracted from personal everyday encounters with the demands of contemporary life. Her works venture on abstract themes such as mortality, desire, relationships and identity which she connects to the global, picnoleptic, digital and consumerist backdrop of today. She employs crafts such as sewing, crochet, and scrapbooking because she is attracted to their meditative, slow, domestic and decorative properties. She is interested in forms that are usually perceived as everyday or mundane to introduce an element of familiarity which she tries to manipulate. She has exhibited her work in Venice, Jakarta, Ratchaburi and Dubai. She currently works and lives in Manila. She recently participated in the 2018 International Craft and Design Exchange Program Taitung, Taiwan.



JUNO VIZCARRA



Team Member



(B. PHILIPPINES 1997) A Visual Artist who takes interest in isolation, familial bonds and the collective unconsciousness. Their work mainly focuses on illustrations, paintings, and moving images, fusing traditional media and digital media together. They are currently studying and doing private commissions. Juno is a member of RetrogradeFM, an artist duo who independently publishes zines and comics.



"Gatch" Gabrielle Gatchalian



International Liaison; Coordinator



Gatch is an all-around-project-instigator-and-manager, artist, writer and independent curator born, raised and based in Metro Manila, Philippines, but currently based in New York City. She draws inspiration and miniature eureka moments from a wide sundry of things such things as pop culture, nostalgia for old computer hardware, living life with illness both physical and mental; the magic and adventure in the everyday; vicarious living through worlds heard about, imagined and virtual; communities and interconnectedness through encounters both fleeting and lasting, within towns and beyond national borders. These interests marinate and then manifest in the form of paintings, installations, zines, and let’s see what else!



"Tin" CHRISTINE CAPILI



Team Member



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