Old Rubbles for New Inspirations

Was going through my old dusty boxes of loads of shit inside the house doing some spring cleaning (actually more of a rainy day cleaning) and I came across a bunch of ultrasound prints that I had done from years ago. I got diagnosed for myoma and for a bunch of other reasons women take ultrasounds. I just suddenly thought a connection to some old photograms that I also found below.

I am definitely doing something with this ultrasound films pretty soon. I am still figuring out what to do for Benay and I's exhibit on March given the financial constraints that we have. So I've been thinking about exploring existing materials that I already have that I can use for the art works.

Babae (Womyn), 2004

Kasal-kasalan, 2004, 8"x10" gelatin silver print


Takusa Sari-sari, 2004, 9 8"x10" gelatin silver prints

Sa Tatlong Taong Ningning, 2004, 3 8"x10" gelatin silver prints

Para sa Alingawngaw ni Ningning 2004, 15 8"x10" gelatin silver prints

Alitaptap Sari-sari, 2004, 15 8"x10" gelatin silver prints

For where the woman speaks and where the woman soars and where the woman roars.

In 2004, these pieces were exhibited in a solo show entitled Babae (Womyn) at the now defunct Siwang Gallery in E. Rodriguez Avenue in Quezon City. Babae is the artist's exploration of a woman through her body. The woman in her body and how society impose her realities as she experienced and witnessed it. Here, Ligaya does this by using Barbie dolls to create the metaphor of the body as the deliberate use of the archetype of a woman in different spheres of society; the home, the media, the work place. Drawing from her memories of playing with Barbie dolls from her childhood. She uses its images to tell the story of women she witnessed in her life, a friend, her mother, an suspecting stranger she encounters in a street corner.


[Post is taken from Fly Fire Women Unite]