A program by publishing and curatorial platform Comma and independent bookstore Kwago, Salamin is a performance and exhibit that responds to the ongoing literary exhibition A Curated Shelf by Ani Almario at Kwago book bar. It will be held on August 18, 5pm at Kwago book bar.
As a response to Ani Rosa Almario's curated shelf at Kwago book bar, we invited a dancer, sound artist, and four visual artists for a performance and exhibit on August 25 at Kwago book bar. We chose to focus on one book in particular found in the collection: “Mirror” by Suzy Lee. In this wordless children’s book, we see a girl interact with a mirror and her reflection in it. Seeing her reflection in the mirror takes the protagonist on a psychological and emotional roller coaster: self-awareness, loneliness, joy, ecstasy, confusion and anger. She ends up breaking the mirror into tiny little pieces in the end. The journey to self-knowledge and realization is painful. It’s filled with solitude, delusion and self-doubt. Who am I? Who will I become? Who should I become? Am I predetermined? Am I an illusion? A simulation, a copy of an original? Change is inevitable, what choices do I have? Do I have the choice to subvert and say ‘no’? This book is definitely for both kids and adults.
- Czyka Tumaliuan & Roy Voragen
PROGRAM:
5pm: exhibit opening
630pm - 8pm: performances
8pm - 10pm: socials
Unlimited ice cream if you sign up here before Aug 25.
door charge: PAY WHAT YOU WANT
For any questions, shoot us an email at
acuratedshelf@gmail.com