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Beginnings



98B COLLABoratory was established in January 2012 by Mark Salvatus (visual artist) and Mayumi Hirano (curator and researcher) as a response to the need for alternative venues in Manila. They opened up their studio and residence in Cubao, Quezon City to respond to this dearth; 98B is their apartment’s street number address. July of 2012 provided 98B with an opportune playground to frolic in – Escolta, Manila.


Marika Constantino (visual artist and curator), Gabriel Villegas (artist and community organizer) together with 98B’s Founders, has directed the team’s various programs and activities towards creative sharing, critical discussion, and collaboration from 2012 until 2018.


2019 promises to be an immensely exciting period for us and a time for graduation and change. Since we began in 2012, it has been agreed upon by the founders, directors and founding members that 98B as a platform and initiative should be able to continue and evolve beyond its founders, personalities, directors, and the changing membership.


Founders Mark Salvatus and Mayumi Hirano have decided to be inactive and pass the baton on, due to their personal projects and exciting opportunities that will bring them to different parts of the world. The team is also excited for opportunities that have opened up for our former Executive Director and Founding Member Marika Constantino who is now undergoing her six-month New York Fellowship with the Asian Cultural Council. Upon her return to the Philippines, she will transition a big portion of her practice to Roxas City, Capiz. Gabriel Villegas is now director of programming for the HUB | Make Lab, a former 98B project which graduated into its own last 2019 and one of the widely respected creative hubs in the Philipines. The team wishes all of them immense luck and are truly thrilled with the possibilities that their future endeavors will hold. We are beyond grateful for the seven years that they have devoted to 98B and immensely appreciate their good wishes and constant support for the incoming team.


From this point on, the 98B COLLABoratory Team will be led by Katherine Nuñez, who brings her three years experience as member and program head for 98B, together with members Gabrielle Gatchalian, Juno Vizcarra and Christine Capili.


It is an exciting new chapter for 98B filled with various projects, programs, experiments, and new ways of seeing and doing. While the team may be lean, with your continued encouragement, support, and continued collaboration, we know that this evolution of 98B as an initiative and the new direction the team will take in creating and maintaining platforms for artistic exchange will be sustained.



Members over the years





2020



Kathy Nuñez

Gabrielle Gatchalian

Juno Vizcarra

Christine Capili


Interns:

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2019



Kathy Nuñez

Gabrielle Gatchalian

Juno Vizcarra


Interns:

Christine Capili

Mokka Lanoza


Transition OIC

Gabriel Villegas



2018



  • Marika Constantino
  • Mayumi Hirano
  • Miggy Inumerable
  • Katherine Nuñez
  • Mark Salvatus
  • Gabriel Villegas


Interns:

  • Gabrielle Gatchalian
  • Juno Vizcarra
  • Liam de Leon


2017



  • Marika Constantino
  • Mayumi Hirano
  • Miggy Inumerable
  • Katherine Nuñez
  • Julius Redillas
  • Issay Rodriguez
  • Mark Salvatus
  • Gabriel Villegas


2016



  • Marika Constantino
  • Mayumi Hirano
  • Miggy Inumerable
  • Katherine Nuñez
  • Julius Redillas
  • Issay Rodriguez
  • Mark Salvatus
  • Gabriel Villegas


2015



  • Marian Barro
  • Tammy Bañez
  • Anjo Bolarda
  • Marika Constantino Joseph Gabriel
  • Mayumi Hirano
  • Miggy Inumerable
  • Kulay Labitigan
  • Katherine Nuñez
  • Julius Redillas
  • Issay Rodriguez
  • Mark Salvatus
  • Gabriel Villegas
  • Joseph Yap


2014



  • Con Cabrera
  • Marika Constantino
  • Vermont Coronel
  • Camz Dagal
  • Anjo Bolarda
  • Don Dalmacio
  • Zyrael Fortes
  • Mayumi Hirano
  • Mik Laborde
  • Pau Reyes
  • Mark Salvatus
  • Gabriel Villegas

Interns:

  • Gerome Soriano
  • Joseph Yap
  • Marian Barro
  • Tammy Bañez


2013



  • Anjo Bolarda
  • Con Cabrera
  • Marika Constantino
  • Vermont Coronel
  • Camz Dagal
  • Don Dalmacio
  • Zyrael Fortes
  • Mayumi Hirano
  • Mik Laborde
  • Pau Reyes
  • Mark Salvatus
  • Gabriel Villegas


Founding Members 2012



  • Mark Salvatus
  • Mayumi Hirano
  • Con Cabrera
  • Pau Reyes
  • Gabriel Villegas
  • Mik Laborde
  • Vermont Coronel
  • Don Dalmacio
  • Marika Constantino


Our Location



Mezzanine Floor, First United Building
413 Escolta St.
Brgy 291, Binondo, Manila
1006 PHILIPPINES



We are currently located at the mezzanine floor of the First United Building (formerly known as the Perez-Samanillo Building) which is along Escolta Street in the heart of old Manila and a stone-throw away from the world’s oldest Chinatown. The elegant six-story art deco building was built in 1928 and designed by Andres Luna de San Pedro (son of Juan Luna, a world-renowned Filipino painter during the late 1800s). The area itself is considered as a business heritage district. It was the commercial hub of Manila during the early 1900s and was a witness to many “firsts” in the country: first ice cream parlor, first movie house, first electric tram among others. It is less than a kilometer in length but it is replete of magnificent post-colonial architecture designed by highly respected Filipino architects. Significant businesses, fashionable items, and imported merchandise were sourced in the street during that period. Since we moved to Escolta, its history and heritage have been part of 98B’s backdrop. We have a modest multi-functional space. Depending on the need, it can serve as a studio, office, library, shop or kitchen. The space itself can comfortably accommodate a maximum of 20 people. Through the years, we were able to slowly upgrade the facilities and equipment within it. The 98B Space is a quiet and creative respite from Manila’s din.


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