Dagaya
(Myriad)
Marrz Capanang is a multidisciplinary artist and visionary from Iloilo. His art is centered on intuition, philosophy, society, land, and animism.
Marrz is the founder and community organizer of creative social impact project – Kikik Kollektive . Through these projects he is able to work closely with local communities, fellow artists, and social innovators. Recently, Kikik Kollektive is one of the collectives/ artists highlighted in The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art in Brisbane, Australia. In 2019, Marrz was chosen by British Council Philippines to represent the country in Wild Conference by Slunglow in Leeds, UK and to spend some time for an exchange artist residency at Haarlem Artspace in Wirksworth, UK.
Kikik Kollektive is a collective of artists, social innovators, and unconventional
movers inspired by the dream of bringing engaging collaborative art to the
heart of communities and unlikely locations. We design unconventional programs
and public art by co-mingling cultures of the city and the barrio.
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Luyung Kabig | bas relief
A deity found in the Panay pantheon of deities, Luyong Kabig (Kabig means tight embrace or draw/pull to oneself). She is known in mythology as a guardian goddess in Idadalmun (Underworld). Naturally, she is seen by ancient Visayans of Panay as a goddess of snakes, reptiles that the ancient ancestors both revere and fear.
She is also considered as a fertility and sex goddess due to the ability of snakes in coupling for a long period of time and prolificity giving birth/laying eggs and is invoked by pregnant mothers of some tribes for an easy delivery of her baby.
A mural project commissioned by Baking Studio by Theo's located in North Grove Molo
Iloilo City, Philippines
