12/10/2026
๐ ANDRES BOOK CLUB: DOMINIC ZINAMPAN ON WALTER BENJAMIN
What is art for, and how does it shape the way we see and understand the world?
Join us for a discussion of Walter Benjaminโs The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Mao Zedongโs Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art, and Alice Guillermoโs Mao Zedongโs Revolutionary Aesthetics and Its Influence on the Philippine Struggle.
Through these works, we will explore the intersections of art, politics, technology, and revolutionary practice. From challenging the idea of art for artโs sake to examining cinema as a defining feature of modern life, art exhibitions as social spaces, and art as a technology of vision, the discussion will also open up possibilities for new media as a means of resisting right-wing populism.
How can we understand art not merely as an object of appreciation, but as a social force capable of shaping consciousness and transforming society?
Tara, magtuon ug maghisgot ta sa gahum sa arte sa paghulma sa atong pagtan-aw sa kalibutan ug sa atong pakigbisog alang sa kausaban!
๐ Lawak Sinehan, University of the Philippines Cebu
๐๏ธ October 13, Tuesday
โฐ 1:00 - 4:00 PM
๐ ANDRES BOOK CLUB: DOMINIC ZINAMPAN ON WALTER BENJAMIN
What is art for, and how does it shape the way we see and understand the world?
Join us for a discussion of Walter Benjaminโs The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Mao Zedongโs Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art, and Alice Guillermoโs Mao Zedongโs Revolutionary Aesthetics and Its Influence on the Philippine Struggle.
Through these works, we will explore the intersections of art, politics, technology, and revolutionary practice. From challenging the idea of art for artโs sake to examining cinema as a defining feature of modern life, art exhibitions as social spaces, and art as a technology of vision, the discussion will also open up possibilities for new media as a means of resisting right-wing populism.
How can we understand art not merely as an object of appreciation, but as a social force capable of shaping consciousness and transforming society?
Tara, magtuon ug maghisgot ta sa gahum sa arte sa paghulma sa atong pagtan-aw sa kalibutan ug sa atong pakigbisog alang sa kausaban!
๐ Lawak Sinehan, University of the Philippines Cebu
๐๏ธ October 13, Tuesday
โฐ 1:00 - 4:00 PM