Tag: Kumu

KUMU Blue Check

To add to my experiments on online performances and to teaching performance in Zoom, I auditioned to get my Kumu account verified. I was given 1.5 minutes to perform inside this tiny box for 2255 viewers. Oooh the excitement (felt like vomitting every minute) of putting myself out there. I performed my favorite character MananangGAL GADOT.

Of course, this would not be possible without the support of my beloved community in Kumu:

Euphoria Family (special mention to Ate Glo, Jayr, and Paul who rehearsed me every week), The Chat (my Kumu mentor JV, Mark, and my favorite classmate Emman), Team Amplaya, BB Squad, Team Hubient, Lala Circle, every artist who collaborated with me and watched my performance, Carlo Pagunaling (for his wig), and Layeta (co-creator of MonoVlog).

I wanted to remind myself of and to instill in my students the value of auditions (prep to performance), the discipline we learn in theatre, the community we build in performance making, and the joy of earning your viewers through content that matters to you.

Karlito said YES and gave me my blue check (this means that I am now a featured live streamer with a bigger audience). Special pa because this was the season finale of OTS which featured women live streamers on International Women’s Month. Sulong, Babae! 

Performance in a Box

Did somebody order a performance in a box? Chika about 331 days of doing digital performances in social media.

Salamat, Eric Villanueva Dela Cruz at Bienangela Mapagu sa chikahan! Salamat din sa lahat ng dumaan Paul Liwag, Frida Britanny DelaPokipoki, at JV Can! From stories, fleet, speculative theatre, pagbuwag sa box set (kasi nga nasa bahay ka na), unboxing a digital performance, and transforming boo-boos in soc med as part of the performance.

Will devise a MonoVlog (Mananggal Acting and Pambahay Aesthetics) on Friday same time.

Maygad, gandang podcast material pala ng PERFORMANCE IN A BOX! Ready na ko. Hahaha.

8 & 12 Feb Tawid sa Harbour

Another Terrible Idea

Tawid sa Harbour in Kumu (and in podcast soon!)

I have been using Kumu as my playground in testing ideas (for class, course pack, paper, proposals, etc.) and in creating MonoVlogs. Grateful to friends, strangers, and even bots for being my fabulous collaborators.

Salamat sa aking surprise collaborators last week na sina Emmanuel Feliciano at Bienangela Mapagu! We will release our MonoVlog (or DiaVlog or Greek Chorus na ba ito?) soon. Hintay lang. Oras lang kalaban.

For National Arts Month, I have set my intentions for my research and creative work. Here are my offerings this week:

8 Feb

Pausong Performances and More (Chika-Tambay)

On digital performances, and “Ay! Hindi theatre yan!”

12 Feb

Manananggal Acting and Pambahay Aesthetics (MonoVlog)

Pasok sa KUMU. Collab tayo.

*Costume and photo by CVP; Make-up by Yette Valenzuela

Kumu: Tawid sa Harbour

I am testing my stamina in live streaming via the KUMU app starting this National Arts Month (February).

The title is a phrase often used by performance makers at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. “Tawid sa Harbour” (Head over to the harbour) subtly means “Let us head over somewhere to talk about what we just experienced.”

I hope that we continue reclaiming our collaborative spaces and creating new public spheres in the time of the global health crisis.