Ode to the Past
Gerry Joquico
January 8 to 31, 2022
“And so it is with our past. It is a labor in vain to attempt to recapture it: all the efforts of our intellect must prove futile. The past is hidden somewhere outside the realm, beyond the reach of intellect…” -Marcel Proust, Remembrance of things past
What is past but events that have gone long before now, and which remains hidden to the present eyes? Gerry Joquico Jr.’s Ode to the Past represents a plethora of anecdotes aiming to bring for the certain scenarios he deemed important and mysterious. And in this self-inquiry and probing of the artist he was able to showcase and have his audience witness a world during Jose Rizal’s time – the fear brought by Spanish inquisition, Rizal’s lamentation and encounter with Juan aand Antonio Luna, and their romantic entanglements.
-Karen Tesalona