Status : Verified
| Personal Name | Lim. Lea Zoraina Sindao |
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| Resource Title | Endaw ka? (Where are you?): Locating shared histories in present society through the video retelling of the Maguindanaon folktale Datu Pat I Mata |
| Date Issued | September 2022 |
| Abstract | "Endaw ka?" is Magindanawn for "Where are you?". This work is about finding my connection as a painter with Maguindanaon roots, with the past and present members of my immediate Maguindanaon and Filipino community through an "alchemic" revivification of the now-fading Maguindanaon folktale of Datu Pat I Mata or Datu Four-Eyes to save the folktale from being forgotten. By going through a 40-day self-reflexive painting ritual, this work takes the final form of a video retelling of the folktale Datu Pat I Mata as an expression of my experiences as an artist fascinated by paint, inspired by my roots, and constrained by my present circumstance. By utilizing elements of ipat, a traditional Maguindanaon healing ritual, significant materials connected to my childhood in Maguindanao, and the surrealist artists' technique of automatic painting, I tried to access my personal and collective unconscious to remember the folktale of Datu Pat I Mata, and retell it through a video made from my 40-day painting process done during the Covid-19 pandemic. The video was first shared with my immediate family members and closest friends, regardless of location, before it was publicly exhibited. This work drew upon traditional Maguindanaon beliefs and practices, upon Virgilio Enriquez's work on Filipino Psychology, Sigmund Freud's theory of the self and of dreams, Carl Jung's idea of art and the collective unconscious, and James Elkins's work on the alchemic nature of painting. |
| Degree Course | Masters in Fine Arts |
| Language | English |
| Keyword | Datu Pat I Mata; Maguindanaon folklore; identity; collective unconscious; automatic painting; monotype printing; video retelling |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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