PORK BARREL LIVE IN LUNETA
Art as it has always been since time
immemorial a venue of aspirations, convictions, beliefs and struggles
of people to mold their destiny, to recreate the world in the manner
best for humankind. Art like music drives man into a feeling of
euphoria, while dazing at the artwork, it makes him cry, it makes laugh,
it emboldens him to face insurmountable challenges and conquer the
invincible.
Art for this
sake has been closer to me now than when I was. Now, I understand that
art could be a platform to deliver my homeland from extreme poverty and
economic inequity, where government coffer thieves are well organized,
robbing their own people of means to enjoy a decent life. This is the
cause, I would want to express as I deliver my statement of purpose.
Today,
the scandal of pork barrel scam where billions of people's tax money
are siphoned out into private individuals interests through insidious
manipulations of government fund disbursement procedures. The pork,
flesh of a pig, is loaded in the barrel, thus named as pork barrel,
literally; but due to the news of organized malversation of government
monies, pandemonium of country folks against it, leaves an awakened and
vigilant populace to despise it; hence, the pig which should have been
pork had remained live on account of these expose. This is the concept
of this project.
I
gather pictures of pigs, barrels and familiar landscape from my home
land and assembled them into photoshop. Shell, since being a company
involved in the Malampaya funds mess, the barrel with Shell emblem makes
a perfect choice and Luneta, the Rizal Park is likewise outstanding
landmark, and the pig is really greasy.
I
would want to call that project as PORK BARREL LIVE IN LUNETA,
purposely intended as a message to my home folks to remain vigilant and
keep the pig live and breathing.
Paintbrush,
airbrush, eyedropper, eraser, marquee, lasso, move, magic wand, crop,
and transform commands (flip, scale, rotate) were some tools I utilized
together with the color palette, color picker and swatches palette and
applied layer masking.
I believe this project is a successful one being contemporary and socially relevant.
Thank you very much.
Antonio L. Buensuceso Jr.
The TRUTH will set you FREE.
