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TIME & PLACE: A rediscovery of normality - by Four Renowned Filipino Contemporary Artists
by Sunjin Galleries (S) Pte Ltd
Location: Sunjin Galleries
Date: 11 Nov - 5 Dec 2010

A weathered hand stretches over to pass an anticipating boy a cone topped off with a scoop of gleaming vanilla ice cream. A portrait of two girls in child-like renditions tells you that they are looking forward to growing up, excited to be adult-like. In another image, two men, faces shielded by caps and hats that block off the harsh sunlight depicted the anonymous hands at the work of clearing fallen leaves and other things to keep the street clean. In another moment, a musician sits in solitude, thoughts elusive to the voyeur.
 
Snippets of these easily forgotten moments of the ordinary are gathered together in Time & Place, showing a group of four Filipino artists: Norlito (Norlie) Meimban, Migs Villanueva, Azor Pazcoguin and Anthony Palomo.
 
In our current state of accelerated living, the ordinary is often passed off as insignificant and therefore, quickly and easily forgotten. Since the time Robin Williams's character in the film Dead Poets Society (1989) says, "Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary", the two words Carpe diem have often been associated with doing greatness.
 
However, the meaning of ‘Carpe’ was intended to convey the idea to enjoy the moment. In Horace, the phrase is part of the longer Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero  – "Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future", and intended to mean that the future is unknowable and therefore one should scale back one's hopes to a brief future and drink (and enjoy) one's wine. In other words, to enjoy the moment.
 
When was the last time you reflected on your own excitement at the prospect of growing up and then thought about your current priorities? How long since you created something with your own hands (a small ceramic bowl maybe?) or wrote your thoughts down?

Time & Place reminds us to enjoy and even to learn to appreciate the little moments in our daily lives. Norlie Meimban, Migs Villanueva, Azor Pazcoguin and Anthony Palomo shows us that an event or a moment does not have to come with a date, time, venue and dress code indicated for it to be significant. The simplest memory can be captured at any time and in any place.

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