G_r_ASP 01

G(r)asp 01
Oil Pastel on Paper
24 cm x 32 cm

For Gawad Eden Marcellana. A token for the performers
bobby balingit, cynthia alexander, bayang barrios and susan fernandez.

I made 2 artworks and i believe Buen Calubayan also made 2 artworks for them. Its our contribution to Artist Arrest Movement, concerned artists of the Philippines. Wil be given at St. Scholastica. December 11, 2007.

Gawad Eden Marcellana is named in honor of the martyred secretary general of Alliance for the Advancement of Human Rights Southern Tagalog (KARAPATAN-ST), Eden Mercado Marcellana. She was abducted, tortured and killed by suspected elements of the 204th IB PA in Mindoro Oriental last April 21, 2003. Peasant leader Eddie Gumanoy of Katipunan ng Samahang Magbubukid sa Timog Katagalugan (KASAMA-TK) was tortured and killed along with Eden Marcellana.

"grasping the truth or gasping for truth."

-J.Pacena.2007