How would you describe the energy in Manila this year?
I was in Manila from March to May 2022 to do the show “Fear of Freedom Makes Us See Ghosts” (4/19–8/6) at Ateneo Art Gallery. Coming back for the first time since 2018 was a bit of a shock because during my absence so many things have been upended: former president Rodrigo Duterte had launched a full-scale attack on public discourse, from shutting down the media company ABS-CBN to arresting the journalist Maria Ressa along with other various voices of dissent.
It was a bit of a rollercoaster before the
