ART IN QUARANTINE
Students were given a free hand to create works inspired by the current community quarantine due to Covid19. They used available materials. They worked around the limitations and were able to produce expressive and meaningful output.
Angie Marchetti, Italian, 2004In Light of a PandemicWatercolour, Colour pencils21.0 x 29.7cm My artwork represents the bright-side to the current Coronavirus Pandemic that is occuring, it has forced me to find new ways of keeping myself entertained as well as that, I have acknowledged and begun to appreciate new things. An example of this being my garden, I never spent too much time in it due to its concrete floor and my seeming ‘lack of time’. It is now one of my favourite places to sunbathe, work or just catch some fresh air. I chose to watercolor an angle of the garden to show how quarantine is not all bad, a simple area of my house that I would never visit has now become a staple throughout my daily routine. I would like my artwork to appear almost as a tribute to this magical place that has kept my physical and mental health stable.
Alexa Dominique Gonzaga, Filipino, b. 2004 "Panic! at the DiscoVID-19"Watercolour15X10cmMy work is called Panic! at the DiscoVID-19. It's after the emo punk rock band Panic! at the Disco which was founded in 2005. I combined the band's name with "COVID-19" making it a perfect combination. I added Panic! at the Disco to my work, because it's my favorite band and it's been around for 15 years meaning, the audience I'm looking for would be aged 15-30-year-old since 30-year-olds were around 13 when Panic! at the Disco arrived and they're active till now which creates a new generation of listeners who are 15 now. In my work, frontman Brendon Urie does his iconic pose during the "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" music video. This action can be seen as covering your mouth from the coronavirus which balances the purpose of the coronavirus. Lastly, the background has 19 exclamation marks, which symbolizes the year when the virus started which was 2019.
Minji Kim, Korean, 2004 "Hope in Rock Bottom"Acryllic painting23cm X 30cm In this activity, I created a painting of a Covid 19 survivor and her successfully moving out of the hospital. I wanted to draw this scene because it’s relevant to the world today, and I think it’s an accurate representation of the word “hope”. There are many factors that symbolize this theme. For one, the subject is holding a bouquet of flowers while the doctors and nurses congratulate her return to normal lifestyle. The flowers especially emphasizes my theme because flowers are representatives of peace so it symbolizes hope and joy. Moreover, I added a cheerful background with blue sky and trees to communicate my theme which is “there’s still hope for humanity”. I wanted to emphasize that though we are in a situation where our economy crashed and patients are dying, there is hope somewhere. There’s hope in nature, there’s hope in doctors, and there’s hope in patients.
Anika Kim, Korea, 2003On the BedDigital 26.5x18.2 cm (1000x687 px)My work is to express my dominating emotions; bored, tired, and lethargic. This is mainly because of the everlasting quarantine due to pandemic around the world. I used down tone colours and a person’s face to create the dreary mood of the painting and placed objects relating to quarantine.
Anna Cruz, Filipino, b.2004Out of Stock, 2020Acrylic on Multimedia Paper27 X 37 cmPasig City The empty shelves and the dark figure beside the empty cart shows the emptiness of the supermarket, the lack of goods as a result of misinformed panic buying and greed. Just like the streets, the shelves are empty as well, and it represents the hardship and scarcities faced not only by people who can afford to go to the grocery, but those who can't afford to panic buy, or even buy at all. This painting is meant to show how situations like this pandemic can bring out the greed of mankind and it's consequences to other individuals in society.
Isabel Reichert, Filipino, b. 2004“The Distance Between Us”Digital8.7 x 6.5cm Living in the time of COVID-19 means distancing ourselves from the world outside our homes, which can affect us on a daily basis. This work reflects a feeling of longing despite the knowledge that separation means safety. The split complementary color scheme represents the small distance between the two hands caused by the germs. Even with the convenience of social media, our physical separation from the world can cause loneliness. Thus, the two hands continue to reach for each other, looking forward to the day their distance can be safely crossed.
Nataliya Thorp, British-Filipino, b. 2004Graduation 2020Digital Media17.64x17.64cmThis work represents how the batch of 2020 is unable to have traditional graduation, and how something that seems so simple such as having physical graduation can easily be taken away. They’re forced to view their classmates online, and will never experience what high school graduation feels like. The photo has a dark tone as they're the only batch who won't have the privilege of experiencing graduation throughout the world and can only experience it through an online call.
Sihyeon "Lois" Beom, 2003"Before You Come Home"Photography6x9cm on phone
The artwork is about people in a major dilemma during the Corona: whether they should leave where they live to come back to their families. Two dolls, a bunny and a teddy bear stare out the window holding plane tickets and a family photo, thinking whether they should return to their families.
I replaced the people with dolls and ships and airplanes with origami to emphasise how small we feel in this world during the pandemic and that whether someone decides to return to their homes or not, their intensions are good, just like the friendly stuffed animals and little origami creations. For the color scheme, I initially planned on using filters, but I didn't have to: the unedited version had a color triad of blue, green, and yellow (beige). With no filter, I believe I was able to make the work feel more real, personal, and contemporary than using monochromatic (pink or sepia), or achromatic like I originally intended,.
The artwork is about people in a major dilemma during the Corona: whether they should leave where they live to come back to their families. Two dolls, a bunny and a teddy bear stare out the window holding plane tickets and a family photo, thinking whether they should return to their families.
I replaced the people with dolls and ships and airplanes with origami to emphasise how small we feel in this world during the pandemic and that whether someone decides to return to their homes or not, their intensions are good, just like the friendly stuffed animals and little origami creations. For the color scheme, I initially planned on using filters, but I didn't have to: the unedited version had a color triad of blue, green, and yellow (beige). With no filter, I believe I was able to make the work feel more real, personal, and contemporary than using monochromatic (pink or sepia), or achromatic like I originally intended,.
Joshua Clark, Filipino-British, b.2004Locked Down ReflectionPhotography and Digital Collage1980x1322px/52x35cmThis collage brings the word "Lockdown" into a literal term, therefore, placing the subject in jail. The lockdown we're experiencing for Covid-19 is quite similar to having a term in jail in where all we could do is to remain at our current location until told otherwise counting the days till this catastrophe might end (expressed through the chalk tallies seen on the walls.) The word "Reflection" also somewhat translates into a literal meaning whilst still using its figure of speech. The young boy in the collage reflects on what he misses and what he took for granted before all of this began, this is what's inside him, he misses various activities and locations such as shopping, going to the cinema, and travelling. Even if the boy is currently in a dark and saddening place, light could be seen through the cell window, meaning, in the end, it will all go well, not just for the boy but for all of us.
Joanna Go, Filipino Chinese, 2002“Seizing Beyond Chaos”Digital Illustration48 cm * 36 cm So as to emphasize the concept of hope, I subdivided the overall artwork into two sides which included extreme ideas of darkness and brightness applying the complementary color schemes. I then utilized several symbolisms that clearly represent the dystopian side by involving skeletons, bats, withered trees, and terrifying smoke which reveals serious threat, fear, death, and life uncertainties which basically threaten the life of the girl. The mere fact that the girl continued to float above shows the girl’s vulnerability amidst a depressing and dreadful state. On the other hand, the beam of light accentuating the clouds and shining towards the girl had created the dramatic twist of the picture story as the girl ceased to grab the light, redeeming and overcoming every obstacle which seems to hinder the girl’s hope realizations.
Jamie Ko, FIlipino-American, B. 2004Hope Is Just Around The CornerPhotoshop 39.6 cm x 39.6 cmPhotos of different outdoor scenery are stitched together to remind us of the beauty of nature even if we cannot go outside. Positive headlines from the pandemic are displayed to uplift us, while hope- in helium balloons- is displayed in the center to show how uplifting hope can be despite the dark times
Tatiana Ong, Filipino, B. 2004GiveWatercolour on paper215 x 280 cmThe work shows us how appreciated and important it is to give to the less fortunate. As a bowl of food is given to the three, a light brightens up their blue (sad/gloomy) surroundings, bringing hope and smiles to their faces. Through this, I wanted to encourage people to give, because, especially in a time like this, many people are getting worried and desperate because they're running out of food to eat. The simple meals you give would be really mean a lot to them.
Tyra Parker, British-Filipino,2004The Colours We Miss Acrylic and Watercolour on paper32cm x 23cm This work is meant to reveal the colours of travel that you may not be able to see from one’s own home. Where in the past we considered travel and the opportunity to go outside to be a given, yet with the commencement of a pandemic, the public was told to stay in their homes. Now, the chance for travel and the colours that come with it are not able to be seen. Each individual watercolour has it’s own colour scheme, for example, the watercolour painting on the bottom left has an analogous colour scheme, and the watercolour painting on the top left also has an analogous colour scheme. This was done in contract with the background painting, filled with colours that seem dull and ununified. The smaller painting also covers the larger one, as it tells of the smaller moments of life many people took for granted.
"Raya Simpao, Filipino, 2003 - Present“Day 120603”, 2020Gouache on Mixed Media Paper19 x 15.2
My piece aims to capture a wide variety of conflicted , messy , complicated emotions from a student, in response to COVID-19. No one is mentally prepared for a pandemic therefore a lot of us are very unsure of what to feel. The three main overarching emotions that come to mind are frustration, sadness, and hope. Frustration and sadness comes from this feeling of having no power over the situation. We are so small in the grand scheme of things, and the least we can do is stay home and wait for things to pass. However at the end of the day day, students like myself are still very blessed to be in our place. We can continue our education, sleep with a roof over our heads, and buy groceries. In other words, staying at home is a privilege. I firmly believe that other people’s sadness shouldn’t take away from your own however it’s still crucial to keep in mind that people’s lives are being threatened. I titled the piece “Day 120603” because it feels like it’s already been that amount of days since quarantine has started. The title is definitely an exaggeration, however I think it truly captures the frustration of how slow time is passing.Lastly and most importantly, I wanted to subtly hint the feeling of hope. I do firmly believe that this pandemic will pass , whether it be within the next month or year/s. I think it’s important to remain patient and positive. Without hope, we’d have no better vision for the future nor any desire to improve and move forward.
My piece aims to capture a wide variety of conflicted , messy , complicated emotions from a student, in response to COVID-19. No one is mentally prepared for a pandemic therefore a lot of us are very unsure of what to feel. The three main overarching emotions that come to mind are frustration, sadness, and hope. Frustration and sadness comes from this feeling of having no power over the situation. We are so small in the grand scheme of things, and the least we can do is stay home and wait for things to pass. However at the end of the day day, students like myself are still very blessed to be in our place. We can continue our education, sleep with a roof over our heads, and buy groceries. In other words, staying at home is a privilege. I firmly believe that other people’s sadness shouldn’t take away from your own however it’s still crucial to keep in mind that people’s lives are being threatened. I titled the piece “Day 120603” because it feels like it’s already been that amount of days since quarantine has started. The title is definitely an exaggeration, however I think it truly captures the frustration of how slow time is passing.Lastly and most importantly, I wanted to subtly hint the feeling of hope. I do firmly believe that this pandemic will pass , whether it be within the next month or year/s. I think it’s important to remain patient and positive. Without hope, we’d have no better vision for the future nor any desire to improve and move forward.
Gavin Sitones, Filipino, B 2004 “Corona de la tierra” (Crown of the Earth), 2020Mix media on paper30x20cmManilaThis artwork refers to the situation of the world right now. All areas of the world are infected with the virus Covid19, my idea was to represent that through art. Corona is latin for crown therefore, I placed a crown on the planet. This also shows that not only one country is infected with Covid but also the whole planet. To show awareness that the planet has corona, I also added a collage for the countries/land portion of the land. I did this so by only sticking red papers, i thought the red colour expressed that these areas are infected and that it should not be visited. In the background you can see there are hints of green and that is there to show bacteria looking particles to express the meaning of CoronaVirus even more.
Paolo Padilla, Filipino, 2003IsolationPencil and Paper21x29.7cm My work was supposed to represent the current pandemic that we are facing right now. In my work I tried to show how we are all chained down and stuck in quarantine and that the thing keeping us chained is the Corona Virus which can be seen in the literal representation in my work. I tried conveying Isolation by shading the corners making the piece focused on the center as well as making it seem like that all there is to it.
Yusei Takashima, Japanese/Filipino, 2003“Seagull’s Meal” Paper sculpture, Water glue, Toilet paper, Acrylic Paint, Plastic bits, 25cm x 35cm x 5cm Plastic being washed up on the seashores being a problem, I’ve made an artwork that shows a message about the plastic problem the world face. In order to show how serious this problem is, I’ve portrayed the plastic problem by simply stuffing plastic bits in a seagull’s stomach. Which shows that they eat plastic bits that were washed up on the seashore. I’ve first sculped a seagull with clay, then paste tissue paper with water glue soaked. In the end, I colored the seagull with aclyric so that it will have a seagull look.