Thursday, January 22, 2009

"cool dive"

twinpop-y and i went to a "cool dive" (love her term - haha!) last night. it was "wednesday nights at green papaya" - at their new spot in kamuning....

cool dive nga! here's a view from the outside seating....


inside out view....

(and they serve beer too!)

we arrived a bit late and just caught the tail end of Veejay Villafranca's talk about his photojournalistic work on BASECO (pristine white sand property that was supposed to be turned into a resort but ended up a slum area, a natural juxtaposition ikanga). was really intrigued by it so i checked out his site when i got home... very moving photos! loved his other work too.

after that and a beer break, there was a discusssion on deck art- quite interesting as a lot of my friends are now into skateboards and longboards.




loved this alien ice cream one...


then there was a video art presentation - which made me realize i don't really know what video art is... i don't really quite "get" most of the videos. hehe.

other stuff around the gallery...



cordero drawings...


creepy, "dead-like" photos bound and waxed together...



discovered another cool dive across the street on our way out... a kitschy "kafebaresto" with all red interiors, chandelier and midget paper mache santas...



kewl? :)

4 comments:

flower said...

super cool! i've been to baseco several times before for a project there. i would have appreciated it more had i known the history behind it!

carlosceldran said...

Love green papaya.

Anonymous said...

is it weird that I want those white stone-y outdoor seats for my room? twinpop-y and belly, take me to your underground world of Finds!

belly said...

those seats were really nice :) we should all go there one of these wednesdays :)