This month’s ongoing exhibitions reveal intriguing sentiments leaning toward the more childlike cousin of Nihilism: Absurdism. While the former incites a feeling of dejection in many of its disciples through the belief that life is utterly devoid of meaning, Absurdism raises its fist and shouts, “Hell, yeah!”—reveling in the freedom this principle lends to our own meaning-making. And that’s what hits differently in the skies of July (besides the apparent shift in weather from dry to wet season). Artists, even amid the torrent of politics and geopolitical tragedies arriving one after another are now turning their practices toward uncovering purpose. Now, this is power. The power to write your own myths of the world through the lens of Tibetan Buddhist teachings, your future self, or even through future ethnomusicology. The sky’s the limit—make it high and wide! Notes for Exaltation | Silverlens Manila Chati Coronel’s ninth exhibition with Silverlens Manila..
