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UP Diliman Arts and Culture Festival 2024

The Diliman Arts and Culture Festival (DACF) 2024 celebrates the 75th year of the transfer of the Oblation from Manila to Diliman, which marked the new site for UP’s flagship campus and the new beginnings of what will be a thriving community of students, teachers, staff, and long-time residents in the campus.

The DACF 2024 carries the theme “Pamamalagi at Pamamahagi”, continuing the narrative/s of placemaking (pagsasalugar) depicted in DACF 2019, which highlighted processes of habitation in Diliman as a community “settled” into its new space. As a process of placemaking, “settling” means establishing oneself securely in a place, of coming to a desired position and becoming stable or permanent. However, “settling” also involves disruption. Settling into Diliman meant the expansion of the campus and entailed the reorganization of space and environment as well as forms and relations of habitation. This was soon followed by the expansion of the frontiers of knowledge and the scope of our academic engagements.


After 75 years, we reflect on the unwavering commitments of the University as well as the forms of disruption that have transpired in this act of settling (pamamalagi). At the same time, the Festival highlights the ways by which the University has, and continues to, nurture and at the same time disrupt knowledge within and beyond the UP community—pamamahagi. 

Events and activities can highlight dominant and marginalized expressions of rootedness, exploring various constructions of local (UP) identity and expressions of selfhood for different members of the UP community. They can also feature the ways by which the University has opened itself to the public, reflecting on what has been done, and what else could be done to propel as well as to challenge dominant and normative paradigms in the sciences and the humanities, and transforming standardized modes of learning, discoursing, and placemaking, towards a more humane, just, safe, and progressive society.

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Pagdiriwang ng Pamamalagi at Pamamahagi—Seremonya ng Pagbubukas ng UP Diliman Arts and Culture Festival 2024
UGNAYAN: Mga Kuwento ng Talában sa Pamayanang UP Diliman
Mini Concerts: HIMIGSIKAN
PUSO at UPSO: A Concert Featuring UP Conductors
PasaFest2024—PANUNUMBALIK
Gardens and homesteads: Reflections on a museum’s holdings
Buwan Ang Tanglaw: An Asian Music Concert Under the Full Moon
HOM[e]AY ng Pangarap: HOMage to the UP Dreams of palAY farming families
ATMOSPHERES: UGNAYAN @ 50
Balik Yapak sa Panahon ng Paglipat
Appreciating UP Diliman’s history and culture through QR codes
Tampat Pag-addatan Sahaya: Place, Tradition and Light
Bulwagan ng Dangal 15th Anniversary Short Documentary
Digitization and Performance of Asian Music Arranged for Guitar Ensemble by Lester Demetillo
Liwanag ng Diliman
Ang/Mga Komunidad ng UP Diliman (Documentary/Ethnography)
Digitization and Performance of Asian Music Arranged for Guitar Ensemble by Lester Demetillo
“De/Centering Southeast Asia”: 5th Biennial International Conference of the Consortium of Southeast Asian Studies in Asia
IBA PANG INISYATIBA SA ILALIM NG “UP DILIMAN ARTS AND CULTURE GRANTS”

Ang mga inisyatiba ay magmumula sa mga organisasyong pang mag-aaral sa UP Diliman na lilikha ng mga proyekto na tutugon sa tema ng UPD ACF 2024 at gaganapin mula Abril hanggang Hulyo 2024.

The UP Architecture Forum—ARKWIZ 2024
UP Katilingban sa mga Anak Mindanao
(UP Kalinaw)—HANDUMANAN
UP Speech Communication Association
(UP SPECA)—Doon sa Barikada
UP Graphic Arts in Literature (UP GRAIL)—The Real Holy Grail: The Komiks We Made Along The Way
EMC² Fraternity—Slices Of Time, The Photography Journey Of Efren Ricalde (about 100 photos from 1980-present)
UP Filipiniana Dance Group—Punlâ

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Call for Project Proposals for UPD Student Organizations!

UP Diliman recognized student organizations are invited to submit project proposals for the UPD Arts and Culture Festival (DACF) 2024.

Download the Project Proposal Form here.

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Deadline for Submitting Proposals

March 8, 2024 (Fri), 6:00 PM

Period of Implementation

April – July 2024

Who can submit proposals?

UP Diliman recognized Student Organizations

For inquiries, please contact Ms. Malou Arandia through email at grants_oica.upd@up.edu.ph.



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PUSO at UPSO: A Concert Featuring UP Conductors

23 Pebrero 2024 (Pebrero) | 6:00 PM
UP Theater

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Join UPSO as they celebrate love and the arts in PUSO AT UPSO: a concert featuring UP conductors! Save your seat at http://bit.ly/upsofeb23reg !

Hear works of Kabalevsky, Strauss, Beethoven, Cayabyab, and Tchaikovsky under the batons of Noemi Binag, Peter Chaves, Prof. Rodney Ambat, Toma Cayabyab, and Prof. Josefino Chino Toledo.

You will also have the chance to meet and greet the conductors before the concert in Tanong at Kwentuhan at the UP Theater Lobby at 5 p.m.

Puso at UPSO is on Friday, 23 February 2024, 6pm, at the UP Theater. Concert is FREE! Pre-registration is not required but highly encouraged. Save your seat at http://bit.ly/upsofeb23reg.

Puso at UPSO is produced by the orchestra in collaboration with the Office of the UP President and the Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA) as part of their Arts Month lineup of events.


Slices Of Time, The Photography Journey Of Efren Ricalde

EMC² Fraternity

30 June - 11 July 2024 | Ignacio B. Gimenez Gallery

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Showcasing photos from 1980-present, the project aims to share the most compelling images of Filipinos in their aspiration and fight for human rights and democracy; display fleeting moments of human activities in street photography, protest marches and programs, concerts, plays; display documentary photographs spanning 4 decades; and to actively promote sharing of socially relevant photos, promote social documentary photography, and share insights in creating decisive moment photos.


Punlâ
UP Filipiniana Dance Group

13 July 2024 (Saturday)
Ignacio B. Gimenez Gallery

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Isang konsiyerto ng mga katutubo at pambayang sayaw at awitin mula sa UP Filipiniana Dance Group. Kabibilangan ito ng mga pyesa na binuo mula sa pananaliksik ng mga nanguna sa grupo, simula kay Prop. Francisca Reyes-Aquino (Pambansang Alagad ng Sining) hanggang sa kasalukuyang pamumuno ni G. Peter Alcedo Jr. Aktwal na sasaliwan ng rondalla at iba pang mga musiko ang mga sayaw na hinango mula sa mga libro ni Prop. Aquino, na nagbahagi ng mga katutubong sayaw mula sa lahat ng dako ng bansa, hanggang sa mga sayaw at awitin na natutunan ng grupo mula sa mga katutubo ng Batanes, Cordillera, at Rehiyon ng Cagayan. Sasaliminin ng palabas ang mga kultura ng Pilipino mula Batanes, Visayas, hanggang sa Mindanao. Isasama din sa palabas ang iilang numerong nagpapakita ng kagalingan ng grupo sa larangan ng Jazz at Kontemporayong sayaw na nagbigay pugay at karangalan sa pamantasan sa mga nagdaang mga taon.


The Real Holy Grail: The Komiks We Made Along The Way —The Komikinang Faire
UP Graphic Arts in Literature (UP GRAIL)

6-7 July 2024 | G.T. Toyota, UP Asian Center
UP CFA Parola Arts Gallery (Plenary Hall and Gallery One) and Online

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The Real Holy Grail: The Komiks We Made Along the Way is a series of events to celebrate the craft and history of komiks through educating, nurturing, and cultivating a community of aspiring komikeros at the University of the Philippines Diliman, a commitment UP GRAIL has dedicated itself to for the past 25 years.

The Komikinang Faire is a two (2) day komiks convention, a lively gathering for budding komikeros from Quezon City and will be held at GT-Toyota, University of the Philippines Diliman. Surrounded by fellow creatives, it is a chance to sell their trades, wares, and komiks whilst celebrating and immersing themselves in the rich art and culture of the Philippines. This is an avenue for fledging komikeros to experience the komik convention scene.

The Ballad of a Komikero is a series of talks with select komikeros. For three (3) Saturdays of April, their talks will revolve around the creation and history of komiks represented through the themes of the different eras of komiks: THE PAST - komik’s history (April 13, 2024), THE PRESENT - ideation and process of komik creation (April 20, 2024), and
THE FUTURE - how to publish one’s komiks (April 27, 2024).


Doon Sa Barikada
UP Speech Communication Association (UP SPECA)

31 May 2024 (Friday) | UP Fine Arts Gallery Atrium

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“Doon sa Barikada” is a musical play that emphasizes UP as a shared space and a site of intersection for various social groups that weave a patchwork of individual yet interconnected stories that, in turn, enables the emergence of a strong sense of community.

This play demonstrates how the process of placemaking is placed in crisis. Areas of settlement are anything but “stable and permanent’’ given the disruption posed by the impending demolition.


HANDUMANAN
UP Katilingban sa mga Anak Mindanao (UP Kalinaw)

27-29 May 2024 | Palma Hall Lobby

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The UP Kalinaw Student Summit is an annual event that aims to gather high school students to promote Mindanaoan history, heritage, and culture, engage in discourse about Mindanao’s current social milieu, and provide opportunities for the youth to be architects for social change.

A key component of the Student Summit is the Handumanan, a three-day art exhibition that is open and free to the general public. This exhibition is an opportunity to explore various constructions of local (UP) identity and expressions of selfhood for different members of the UP community, as well as to challenge dominant and normative paradigms in the sciences and humanities. Through the Handumanan, UP Kalinaw hopes to transform standardized modes of learning, discoursing, and placemaking towards a more humane, just, safe, and progressive society.


ARKWIZ 2024
The Architecture Forum

18 May 2024 (Saturday) | 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
UP College of Architecture Building 1 and Auditorium

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ARKWIZ is the biggest inter-school architectural quiz competition organized annually by The UP Architecture Forum (AF), joined by participants from architecture schools and universities nationwide.

Now on its 40th year, ARKWIZ 2024 shall revolve around Community Architecture which shall highlight the involvement of different inter-related disciplines and professions, including local community and governing bodies, in shaping our built spaces.


“De/Centering Southeast Asia”: 5th Biennial International Conference of the Consortium of Southeast Asian Studies in Asia
Center for International Studies, UP Diliman

July 18 - 20, 2024
Asian Center and School of Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman

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“De/Centering Southeast Asia”: the 5th Biennial Conference of the Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies in Asia (SEASIA), set for 18-20 July 2024 in Manila, aims to provide a platform for scholars, policy experts, and practitioners in the region and beyond to share their research, experiences, and concerns toward promoting community-building and a deeper sense of shared future in the midst of the rapidly changing geopolitical and economic architecture at the regional and global levels. The theme interrogates the dominant narratives and perspectives historically centered in the “West” and highlights the diverse and complex experiences, histories, and cultures of the region, as told by Southeast Asians themselves.

Contact information for audience inquiries:
Conference Secretariat: seasia2024.upd@up.edu.ph ; +63 962-3771709 (available on WhatsApp, Viber, Kakao Talk, and LINE)


International Federation for Theatre Research Annual Conference 2024: Our States of Emergency: Theatres and Performances of Tragedy
Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts, UP Diliman

15 – 19 July 2024
Melchor Hall, KAL-IBG Theater, Film Center in UP Diliman; Metropolitan Theater of Manila

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Through an IFTR conference dedicated to Our States of Emergency, the University of the Philippines initiates a collective gathering where artists, practitioners, academics, researchers, and scholars of theatre and performance can discuss the circumstances and consequences of past, present, and prospective tragedies that we have been variously suffering and living with. This conference invites a re-imagination of tragedy as a social experience and an aesthetic encounter that relates to but importantly exceeds classical, Aristotelian legacies. It welcomes revaluations of theatrical and performative forms—intercultural performances, melodramas, musicals and mega-musicals, avant-garde practices, and post-dramatic productions, to name a few—that depict the broad spectrum of human suffering. It offers an opportunity to reexamine how tragic moments constitute and, in turn, are constituted by the fields of theatre and performance studies. It seeks to encourage discussions on how tragedies come about on the stage, in artistic and social communities, in history and society, in cultural industries and organizations. It intends to bring together those who confront assorted tragedies in everyday life and those who make sense of the depths of the darkness where we may find ourselves situated, albeit to different, varying degrees. All in all, it hopes to locate the intersecting modes of survival and resistance, the creative means to imagine the world anew, as well as the sympathetic and sensitive modes of sharing, structuring, and saving the world from planetary destruction.


Liwanag ng Diliman
UP Diliman College of Mass Communication Department of Broadcast Communication - DZUP

1-5 July 2024 – broadcast/ live streaming of episodes
8-31 July 2024 – Release of video release and website articles on DZUP digital platforms


Liwanag ng Diliman is a DZUP multimedia project that aims to encapsulate the spirit of “Pamamalagi at Pamamahagi”, bridging the University’s deep-seated historical roots with the dynamic sharing of knowledge. It will be produced not just for radio broadcast, but also for distribution on DZUP’s digital platforms, including the publication of website articles and vertically formatted video reels designed for a wider online audience engagement. The project will delve into key themes reflective of UP Diliman’s essence and contributions – UP and the Diliman Commune, UP as an Environmental Oasis in the Metro, and UP as an Artistic Space.

Link to online platforms:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dzup1602am
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DZUP1602am
Website: https://dzup.org/

Contact information:
Email: dzup@up.edu.ph
Facebook messenger: https://www.facebook.com/dzup1602am


Bulwagan ng Dangal 15th Anniversary Short Documentary
Bulwagan ng Dangal University Heritage Museum, UP Theater Complex, UP Diliman

18 June 2024 | Virtual

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In its fifteenth anniversary, the Bulwagan ng Dangal University Heritage Museum will release a video that will trace its history from its beginnings as a Centennial project to what it is today as a dynamic platform for various modes of display and discourse. This sketches the museum’s shift from being a space that reared a more institutional notion of “heritage,” towards being a more participative venue for identity construction and presentation, and alternative historicization of its communities. It also highlights how the concept of “heritage” is mediated by the nature of the university as an academic institution, and the vision for UP as the state university.

Streaming platforms: Bulwagan ng Dangal University Heritage Museum Facebook
Contact information for audience inquiries: bulwaganngdangal.upd@up.edu.ph


Tampat Pag-addatan Sahaya: Place, Tradition and Light
Asian Center, UP Diliman

6 June 2024, 1-4 PM - Lecture Demonstration and Exhibit Launch
6 June - 31 July 2024 - Exhibit is officially open to the public
GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium & Lobby, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center


The Asian Center presents “Tampat Pag-addatan Sahaya: Place, Tradition and Light,” a series of lectures, performances, and photo exhibit highlighting the role of UP Diliman as a space for indigenous and marginalized cultures to be expressed.

Building on its history with the Pesta Igal series which celebrates Sama Bajau music and dance, the Asian Center aspires to share experiences, insights, and narratives, and to advocate for the enduring presence of diverse identities and expressions in the University. As a culmination to this project, the Asian Center opens a free photo exhibit on pansak dance movements of the Sama Bangingi.


Balik Yapak sa Panahon ng Paglipat
Asian Institute of Tourism, UP Diliman

May-June 2024
UP Diliman Campus


The Lakad Gunita Walking Tours 2019 is the inspiration of this project. Balik-Yapak is the revitalized version combining the former #lingon focusing on the appreciation of the twin buildings Malcolm Hall and Benitez Hall, Melchor and Palma Halls and other buildings that were first in existence during the transfer from Padre Faura to Diliman, around the UP Academic Oval.

As we walk to these historical edifices, earlier art forms—paintings, installations, sculptures, etc. which were featured in #hanga will be incorporated in the narratives.

All Mondays of April to May 2024 will be set as tentative Balik-Yapak days. Morning tours are preferred. This is to take advantage of the cooler hours of the day. Select AIT Students will be trained and designated as TOUR ESCORTS and GUIDES.

A revitalized brochure will be printed and distributed to participants who will avail of the free walking tours. Publicity materials will be shared on different platforms and sites to promote the walking tours to the public, especially the alumni of the university who appreciated the 2019 Lakad Gunita the most.


Appreciating UP Diliman’s history and culture through QR codes
Asian Institute of Tourism, UP Diliman

May-June 2024
UP Academic Oval


Signages with QR codes will be installed in front of the buildings and artworks around the Academic Oval. There will be two QR codes in each signage: one QR code in text format for the description of the buildings (e.g., history, architecture, purpose, etc.) and another QR code in audio format. These signages will enable the public to gain information about the buildings using the QR code scanners in their mobile devices and do a self-guided tour. The QR codes in audio format will allow the visually impaired individuals to appreciate the buildings, thus promoting inclusivity (under Goal 10 of the Sustainable Development Goals). Overall, the project aims to contribute to SDG 11 (Making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable) through the promotion of history and culture.


Ang/Mga Komunidad ng UP Diliman (Documentary/Ethnography)

5 Hulyo 2024 (Biyernes) | Onsite (HIMIGSIKAN sa UP Diliman)
Viewing of documentary and launch of calendar


This project continues the work that was started in the field research component of Diliman Arts and Culture Festival 2019 Lupang Hinirang Project, which focused on the process of ‘placemaking’ in UP Diliman. It will develop further themes that emerged from the ethnographic research in 2019 (which mainly focused on the growth of academic community in UP Campus), by building on existing research material, including those relating to nonacademic communities in the campus. This project is intended to illuminate the people, spaces and places in the campus margins whose histories and social lives have been obscured by dominant narratives about “UP”.

The output of this project is a 30-minute documentary and a calendar series which will feature stories of life outside of academics inside the University.

Poster by Cyp Damot

HIMIGSIKAN - Mini Concerts

Dates and Venues:
29 Abril 2024 (Lunes) | 5:00 PM | UP Manila College of Arts and Sciences Little Theater
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9 Mayo 2024 (Huwebes) | 4:00 PM | Risen Garden, Quezon City Hall

5 Hulyo 2024 (Biyernes) | 5:00 PM | TBD, UP Diliman


‘Himigsikan’ has been a staple of the Diliman Arts and Culture Festival since 2010. It is intended to give a platform for the university-based performing groups to exhibit their artistic virtuosity to the general public. In observance of the 75th year of the transfer of the Oblation from the UP Manila campus to Diliman, there will be three Himigsikan events, somewhat tracing the path of the Oblation to its new home in Diliman. The first will be held in UP Manila and will feature local performing groups from the UP Manila campus.

The third Himigsikan will be held at UP Diliman, and as the last UPD-OICA-initiated activity for the Festival, this event will have two parts. The first part will be the viewing of the 30-minute documentary and the launching of the calendars with some performances from performing groups within UP Campus. The second part is the open-mic show featuring performances from UP alumni. To build momentum for this event, publicity materials will be generated for various social media platforms.

Poster by Ruth Siringan

Digitization and Performance of Asian Music Arranged for Guitar Ensemble by Lester Demetillo
UP College of Music, UP Diliman

27 Hunyo 2024 (Huwebes)
UP College of Music Mini Hall


Project Abstract
This project aims to digitize the works of Maestro Lester Demetillo, a distinguished Filipino guitarist and pedagogue who transcribed and arranged countless works for the classical guitar ensemble from both local and foreign music, greatly contributing to the history and practice of classical guitar in the Philippines. His hand-written works will be encoded in batches of 10 – 15 pieces and each batch will be performed in a dedicated guitar ensemble concert as a means of promoting Filipino classical guitar music while honoring the legacy of Lester Demetillo, who rose to prominence when he founded the UP Guitar Ensemble in 1982.

Event writeup
The project Digitization and Performance of Asian Music Arranged for Guitar Ensemble by Lester Demetillo will conclude with a concert featuring the first batch of encoded works transcribed by Maestro Lester Demetillo consisting of eight Filipino works and five traditional works from our neighboring Asian countries, namely Indonesia, Japan, Korea, China, and Thailand. These works will be performed by the project team, the UP Guitar Ensemble, heading this initiative who were all former students of Maestro Demetillo in the University of the Philippines. The concert will be held in the UP College of Music Mini Hall on 27 June 2024.


ATMOSPHERES: UGNAYAN @ 50
UP Center for Ethnomusicology in collaboration with Department of Music Education, College of Music, UP Diliman

TALK: 3 Mayo 2024 (Biyernes) | 1:30-4:30PM
UP Center for Ethnomusicology Library

PERFORMANCE: 5 Mayo 2024 (Linggo) | 4:15-7:00PM
UP College of Music Front Lawn


This is a restaging of Jose Maceda’s composition for radio airwaves, known as Ugnayan, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of its premiere. The work is composed of 20 music tracks that will be played from participants’ mobile phones from an online channel. The whole composition could then be heard by listening to various tunings during the restaging day.

The project hopes to unburden the piece of the shadows of 1970s Marcos propaganda that strains most art produced during that era; and refocus on fostering the idea of community in performance —musicking as a communal activity that shapes the people, which is methodologically congruent with Maceda’s composition practice, and to respond to his provocation to think of how we will respond to music if it is aided by superintelligent computers (1988).

Online platform: https://www.facebook.com/upethnom ; https://www.facebook.com/upcmu.mued
Contact info for audience inquiries: Roan May Opiso or Jon-Philip Noveras
rdopiso@up.edu.ph / atmospheres.ugnayan50@gmail.com | (02) 8981-8500 loc 2626


HOM[e]AY ng Pangarap: HOMage to the UP Dreams of palAY farming families
UP College of Architecture, UP Diliman

26 Abril 2024 (Biyernes) | 4:30-7:00 PM
UP College of Architecture Library and Atrium, Building 2

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The UP College of Architecture (UPCA), in its participation in the UP Diliman Arts and Culture Festival 2024, proposes to implement the “HOM[e]AY ng Pangarap: HOMage to the UP Dreams of palAY farming families”installation. This aims to highlight the parallelism between UP’s flagship campus and Oblation’s journey, transitioning from its roots in Manila to its present domicile in Diliman, and the profound narratives of students from families of migrant rice farmworkers who have marched its hallways and avenues. The installation explores the relentless struggles of farmworkers to send their children to the state university and their sacrifices that are traced with blood, sweat, and tears amidst challenges of marginalization, globalization, and societal apathy.

Set against the UPCA Atrium, the exhibition features an immersive land art installation. Inspired by the mosaic of rice fields, intersected by a path leading towards the UP dream, the installation aspires to be a visual testament to the intertwined aspirations and sacrifices of the institution and the families it serves.


Buwan Ang Tanglaw: An Asian Music Concert Under the Full Moon
UP College of Music Department of Musicology, UP Diliman

23 Abril 2024 (Martes) | 7:00 PM
National Science Complex Amphitheater


Inspired by the moon-viewing ceremonies practiced in Japan and other parts of Asia, the UP College of Music Department of Musicology intends to organize an open-air concert with the objective of nourishing a sense of returning to safe outdoor concerts while incorporating traditional and organic elements. Moreover, as the performing arm of the Musicology Department, the UP Tugtugang Musika Asyatika (UP TUGMA) aims to instill and develop a deeper understanding and interest in Asian musical traditions among its audience base and to raise the banner of Philippine music in the international community.


Gardens and homesteads: Reflections on a museum’s holdings
UP Vargas Museum

Pebrero-Hulyo 2024
UP Jorge B. Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Center (UP Vargas Museum) and surrounding grounds
Launch event: 26 Marso 2024 (Martes) | 2:00 PM

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Raket sa Vargas


Gardens and homesteads: Reflections on a museum’s holdings charts the journey of the Vargas Museum collection from Jorge B. Vargas’s family compound in Mandaluyong to its subsequent relocation to a museum inside the University of the Philippines Diliman campus. This public program will take place from February to July 2024 with workshops and collaborative components with cultural workers and food justice advocates, artists, the museum staff, and those from other UP Diliman units, non-government organizations and neighborhoods inside the Diliman campus. These activities aim to widen the breadth and reach of the UP Vargas Museum’s public programs through community initiatives and contribute to approaches to more sustainable and equitable food production and distribution in an urban context.

Contact information: vargasmuseum@up.edu.ph or message their Facebook


UGNAYAN: Mga Kuwento ng Talában sa Pamayanang UP Diliman
Eksibisyon para sa ika-75 na anibersaryo ng paglipat ng Oblasyon mula Ermita patungong Diliman

UP Bulwagan ng Dangal University Heritage Museum and UP Diliman Office for Initiatives for Culture and the Arts

12-22 Marso 2024
Lobby ng Bulwagang Palma
UP Academic Oval
Lobby ng Bulwagang Benitez
Pagbubukas: 12 Marso 2024 (Martes) | 2:00 PM


14-28 Mayo 2024 | Quezon City Hall
Pagbubukas: 14 Mayo 2024 (Martes) | 2PM

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Feature Article

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Ang paglipat ng Oblasyon mula sa Ermita patungong Diliman pitumpu’t-limang taon na ang nakararaan ay nagsisilbing hudyat ng simula ng pamamalagi ng pamayanang bumubuo sa pamantasan sa bago nitong tahanan habang ipinagpapatuloy ang orihinal nitong mithiing mamahagi at makibahagi sa bayan.

Magtatanghal ang eksibisyon ng mga imahe at naratibo ukol sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Diliman na naglalarawan dito bilang isang dinamiko at nagbabagong pamayanan—isang pamayanan na nagtataglay ng balon ng kaalaman at tradisyong patuloy na humuhubog sa kultura at sistema ng pagpapahalaga at pagkakakilanlan nito. Palalalimin sa eksibisyon ang ideya na ang UP Diliman ay isang pook ng mga damayan, talaban, at tunggalian ng iba’t iba pang mga pamayanan na bumubuo dito, na nauna nang inihapag sa eksibisyong “Lupang Hinirang: Mga Kuwento ng Pagsasalugar sa UP Diliman” noong 2019.

Idinidiin rin ng eksibisyon na sa pamayanang ito, ang relasyon sa mas malawak na lipunan ay isang mahalaga, kung hindi sentrong, aspeto nito, na patuloy nitong isinasabuhay sa paglipas ng mapagbago at mapaghamong panahon. Binibigyan nito ng puwang ang pagsusuri sa mga kaganapan sa kasaysayan ng institusyon na nakahabi sa mga kaganapan sa kapaligiran nito.

Bilang ang pamayanan na ito ay tinaguriang “University for the Filipinos,” batid ng eksibisyon ang nakaatang na responsibilidad sa pamantasan na maghulma ng mga mamamayan na nakikibahagi sa pagharaya at pagbuo ng mas mabuting kinabukasan para sa bayan.

Ang roving exhibit ay isang pagkakataon para sa pamantasan na ipakilala ang pamayanan nito sa madla na marahil ay hindi pa lubusang nakakikilala dito. Bilang bahagi ng Pagdiriwang ng Kultura at mga Sining sa taong 2024, itatayo ang eksibisyon sa dalawang lokasyon sa durasyon ng pagdiriwang: sa loob ng campus at sa isang yunit ng lokal na pamahalaan.


PasaFest 2024 - PANUNUMBALIK

2 Marso 2024 (Sabado) | 3:00 PM
Ipil & Yakal Residence Halls (Narra Ruins)

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Pasalubong is a cherished Filipino tradition of gifting souvenirs upon returning from a journey. Originating in Kalayaan Residence Hall in 1999, Pasalubong Festival (PasaFest) evolved from a simple table of shared gifts to a vibrant cultural exchange organized by freshman residents. Initially food-centric, PasaFest now showcases diverse regional treasures, fostering cultural understanding and an inclusive dorm community. The 2024 theme, “Panunumbalik,” signifies the festival’s revival post-pandemic hiatus since 2020. It aims to reconnect with its roots and honor the authentic spirit that birthed this celebration while commemorating PasaFest’s evolution and significance to the University dormitory community.


Pagdiriwang ng Pamamalagi at Pamamahagi: Seremonya ng Pagbubukas ng UP Diliman Arts and Culture Festival 2024

29 Pebrero 2024 (Huwebes) | 5PM
UPD Carillon Plaza

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The Opening Program launches the Diliman Arts and Culture Festival 2024 through presentations / performances that depict the development of UP Diliman, 75 years into its settlement (pamamalagi) in Diliman and into its role as a transformative force in Philippine society–disrupting and innovating by challenging norms, dominant paradigms and tendencies towards complacency.

The venue of the Opening Program is a nod to the University’s service to the nation. During the Martial Law years, it was used as a watch tower, alerting the UP community of the arrival of police forces through the ringing of the bells. By holding the Opening Program in this space, we celebrate and reiterate UP Diliman’s commitment to keeping the memory of the dark days of the country under Martial Law alive, thwarting any attempts at erasing its significance in the social and political history of the country.