2017 Season's Greetings from the UP President (English)

“Mulat” 2017 Lantern Installation by Toym Imao Oblation Plaza, University of the Philippines Diliman Mulat is an installation meant to absorb light and radiate it back to illuminate. This is achieved through the use of black light that defines the shapes and lines of the installation.

The Oblation is set amidst a representation of a giant eye, woven with colorful threads representing a diversity of visions and ways of seeing. The eye watches over a playing field where outlines of children at play dot the Oblation Plaza. The figures are both present and absent, their forms as visual metaphors of children who exist in memories, those who are no longer with us, young people caught in the crossfires of senseless “wars” and conflict.

Excerpt from the installation’s description