“Self-Contained”
Installation
gone Performance Art
The concept
is all about TNT’s—the unstoppable rising number of Filipinos finding their
ways into countries without legal permission. Doraemon’s door transformed to a
hallway version made out of newspaper *security guards enters the scene and
blows the whistle* (WHAT?!)
Some
students were cooperative, some were even really interested that they
approached us to ask about our work (while the guards were all kill joys and
inconsiderate.) They shared their insights about TNT, how it is not right to
continue on flying overseas without legal papers; how it endangers themselves
even more. And some shared even more. Their personal experiences, of being self
contained—of being not able to express oneself. A gay guy who locks himself up
in his room because his (or is it her) father doesn't approve of his preference.
She, who feels self-contained in the wrong body, a man’s body. Another gay guy
who felt like an intruder when he entered IARFA after spending so much time
being bound by academics since high school. A pro-active guy who seems to want
to try everything, and yet is being restrained by his parents from doing
extra-curricular activities for having low grades for a semester.
I know how
it feels like to be self-contained—to be not able to express myself.
It makes
you want to go berserk and scream for freedom.
And as for
our piece, our “mobile installation”, I
wanted to experience the same thing as he did. I wanted to volunteer. But then
again, I cannot. All of us experienced it first-hand that very day. This is how it feels to be an FEU student.
[ Claustrophobic. ]
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