Manila city tour carlos celdran biography
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Carlos Celdran (–)
The Filipino artist and activist Carlos Celdran, who founded the Manila Biennale in and was prosecuted for a performance piece in which he criticized the Roman Catholic Church’s stance against a contraceptive health bill, died of natural causes in Madrid at the age of forty-six.
Celdran, born in the Philippine city of Makati, began his art career at age fourteen as a cartoonist for a Manila newspaper. He began doing performance art after enrolling at the Rhode Island School of Design in Living in New York after graduation, Celdran witnessed the toll of the AIDS epidemic, which prompted him to consider the significance of access to birth control and sexuell health resources. After returning to Manila in , he worked as an assistant director at the nonprofit Heritage Conservation kultur, started a walking-tour company called Walk this Way, and directed an exhibition space called the Living Room. Celdran presented his one-man show titled If These Walls Coul • Filipino artist, tour guide and cultural activist (–) In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Pamintuan and the surname or paternal family name is Celdran. John Charles Edward "Carlos" Pamintuan Celdran (November 10, – October 13, ) was a Filipino artist, tour guide, segment TV host and cultural activist. He was known for "Walk This Way", a guided tour of the Manila districts of Intramuros, Binondo, and Quiapo using a combination of music, visuals, and history lectures to immerse tourists into what life was like during the Spanish and American colonization periods of the Philippines.[1] He was also known for engaging in a controversial protest, known colloquially as his "Damaso stunt", in the Manila Cathedral in September , leading to his arrest for "offending religious feelings" as per Article of the Revised Penal Code.[1][2] In January , the conviction forced Celdran to go on self-exile • Carlos Celdran’s career in art began when he joined Business Day as a political cartoonist in , aged Five years later, after a brief stint at the Fine Arts Department of the University of the Philippines Diliman, he transferred to the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in the United States, where he began to explore performance art, interning with the comedic troupe Blue Man Group and the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. As an activist and artist, Celdran believes his mission is to change people’s perceptions. Whether it is how Filipinos see themselves, what a biennial should be, or what art is capable of, he is not afraid to test how people will react to controversial ideas. This attitude has landed him in hot water recently. To protest the involvement of the Catholic Church in Philippine state affairs, specifically its vocal opposition to the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Bill, Celdran
Carlos Celdran
Art in Exile: Interview with Carlos Celdran
By Chloe Chu