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| Personal Name | Batomalaque, Lora Kate A. |
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| Resource Title | Adapting Bontoc textile motifs to scenic design for a new production of Habi |
| Date Issued | 4 June 2025 |
| Abstract | This study investigated the question, How can adapting Bontoc textile motifs operate in the scenic design for a new production of “Habi?" This came about the personal need as a half-Bontok migrant from Baguio City for more representation of indigenous narratives in Metro Manila, compounded by my dismay of past productions within the department’s treatment of materials that speak about Igorot culture. Further intentions were the promotion of Bontok culture and knowledge systems manifested in textile weaving. A scenic design was created for Habi, an adaptation of Ilang-Ilang Quijano's documentary Daughters of Cordillera (2014) following activist Piya Malayao and her revisiting of a difficult conversation with her grandmother, Petra Macliing, a Bontok woman who led the Bontok struggles against so-called development projects in the 1970's. I found design solutions using ethnographic and practice as research methodologies, pinning three main objectives to accomplish in answering the said question: (1) to identify Bontoc textile motifs, their meanings, significance; (2) to provide drawings and iterations, and execute the scenic design, and; (3) to evaluate the resulting scenic design concept and execution through its presentation to an audience. The question was answered essentially as: Bontoc textile motifs can retain their iconographic representations at the same time transforming their meanings that complement the logic of the narrative and the directorial concept. The audience reception was generally positive with some constructive criticism. Recommendations not only with the treatment of motifs but also on the staging were discussed. Most certainly, other scenic designers will read Habi differently from mine, which makes theatre thrilling as designers push possibilities and conventions in technical theatre further while continuing the conversation on the dramatic and performative text. |
| Degree Course | Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts : Technical Theatre and Design |
| Language | English; Filipino |
| Keyword | Bontoc; Scenic Design; Textile fabrics, Filipino; Habi; Technical Theatre and Design; Textile Motifs; Textile design -- Philippines -- Cordillera Region; Weaving -- Philippines |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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