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Alamat ng PinyaDecolonial Minimalism Founding Work - Filipino LegendsSize: 1400 x 1400 pixelsMedium: Digital ArtArtist: IJWBAAYear: 2025
“Paningin” artwork reinterprets the Alamat ng Pinya through a rhythmic pattern of hexagons and stars, evoking the pineapple’s textured skin and the legend’s central motif—vision. The repeating forms suggest both the fruit’s surface and the many eyes that emerged from a mother’s wish, transforming a tale of frustration into one of remembrance and growth.
In the original folklore, a girl named Pinang, often too lazy to look for things herself, is cursed—then transformed—by her mother’s exasperated wish: “Sana’y magkaroon ka ng maraming mata.” Days later, a strange plant appears, bearing fruit shaped like a head, covered in eyes. Thus, the pineapple was born—not just as a fruit, but as a symbol of consequence, care, and the power of words.
This visual abstraction resists literal storytelling, instead channeling the emotional undercurrents of the myth. The artwork’s symmetry and repetition mirror the cyclical nature of memory and the way stories are passed down—layered, reshaped, but never forgotten. It reclaims the tale from moralistic overtones and reframes it as a meditation on attention, transformation, and the quiet magic of everyday life.
In the original folklore, a girl named Pinang, often too lazy to look for things herself, is cursed—then transformed—by her mother’s exasperated wish: “Sana’y magkaroon ka ng maraming mata.” Days later, a strange plant appears, bearing fruit shaped like a head, covered in eyes. Thus, the pineapple was born—not just as a fruit, but as a symbol of consequence, care, and the power of words.
This visual abstraction resists literal storytelling, instead channeling the emotional undercurrents of the myth. The artwork’s symmetry and repetition mirror the cyclical nature of memory and the way stories are passed down—layered, reshaped, but never forgotten. It reclaims the tale from moralistic overtones and reframes it as a meditation on attention, transformation, and the quiet magic of everyday life.
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Exhibitions:IJWBAA. Filipino Folklore and Identity: What Makes a Filipino? The Wrong Biennale – 7th Edition, Open Pavilion, 1 Nov. 2025 – 31 Mar. 2026, LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/ijwbaa-eej-wah.
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