The streets of Manila are diversified dwelling for art,
people and culture. It’s panorama of different eras describes the past, present
and future of once most sophisticated place in the Philippines.
The art of graffiti resides in Manila’s walls in common with
today’s inhabitants, business and its law enforcements which are incorporated
with BATO’s pieces. His lines form blissful architectural symmetry and letters mixed
with blunt colors representing the souls meeting in the streets everyday. When
one portion is gone, the feel of Manila will never be the same.
These are the same memories present in the works of CHILL. His
personal dreamland came from the souls that he met along his journey. The faces
from film, music and popular culture are fined through Letras Y Figuras, reviving
Filipino’s unsung signature style using contour and colors of humans and
objects in creating art scripts.
This is the culture that tells the story of Manila from the eyes
of the two young artists collaborated to redefine graffiti and street art more
just vandalism and destruction. It is part of their lives and yours too. This
is a letter from Manila.
- Words by Anna Villena
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Check out CHILL X BATO's teaser video HERE .
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