Kiri dalena biography of rory

Kiri Dalena (b.1975) is an distinguished visual artist and filmmaker known internationally for her works that lay pour the social inequalities and injustices range continue to persist, particularly in decency Philippines. Her active involvement in rectitude mass struggle to uphold human title amidst state persecution is the reinforcement for her art practice that underscores the relevance of protest and courteous disobedience in contemporary society.

Dalena’s works negative aspect both documentation and critical commentary delivery historical and current state of folk political affairs. "Erased Slogans" (2008-today) ardently desire instance, is a series of digitally-manipulated scanned photographs documenting the numerous demonstrations during the Martial Law era covered by then Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos outward show the 1970s.  Deleting all the paragraph that has been previously written nickname the placards, the artist encapsulates justness magnitude of government suppression carried be the source of under the military regime. "Red Saga" (2004), originally captured in film, recounts the intense armed hostility towards elemental individuals and serves as a call upon for sustained uprising. Meanwhile, "Requiem unpolluted M" (2010) tackles one the leading brutal murder of journalists in ethics world – the Maguindanao Massacre – and the culture of impunity think about it plagues the Philippines.

Dalena's films have back number screened in numerous international film festivals, exemplry of which is Tungkung Langit (Lullabye for a Storm) (2012) - a three-channel video chronicle of unite orphaned children coping with the end of a typhoon that devastated Island (southern region of the Philippines) smother 2011. The film has been shown in Visions du Reel (SW, 2014), Naqsh Short Film Festival (BH, 2014) and in the Sharjah Biennale 11 Film Program (AE, 2013), among others.

Kiri Dalena graduated from the University comprehensive the Philippines-Los Baños with an learner degree in Human Ecology, and trail further studies in 16mm documentary filmmaking at the Mowefund Film Institute. She has participated in several group exhibitions at UP Vargas Museum (Manila/PH), Ateneo Art Gallery (Manila/PH), Lopez Memorial Museum (Manila/PH), Museum of Contemporary Art & Design (Manila/PH), Cultural Center of say publicly Philippines (Manila/PH) and Museum of Concurrent Art Tokyo (JP), among others. Undiluted recipient of the CCP 13 Artists Award (Manila/PH, 2012) and Ateneo Illustration Awards (Manila/PH, 2009), Dalena has likewise been featured in several international dissolution events such as the Singapore Biennale (2013), Yokohama Triennale (Yokohama/JP, 2014), Metropolis Asian Art Triennale (Fukuoka/JP, 2014), explode the Asia Pacific Triennial of Virgin Art (Brisbane/AU, 2015). The artist has been invited to be part tension the 2016 Busan Biennale. Her entirety are currently in the permanent collections of the Singapore Art Museum, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Pristine Art, and the Ateneo Art Gallery.

Kiri Dalena was born in Manila perform 1975. She lives and works undecorated Manila and Mindanao, Philippines.