ANINO Shadowplay Collective

A company like ANINO, constantly dealing and coping with such stark contrasts as light and shadow or dark, tradition and innovation, fortune and misfortune, success and failure is expected by many to be more committed in its politics and its art.  And many end up frustrated with it.  Arms akimbo, they demand, “What is ANINO about anyway?”  With this art collective’s now classic answer of “nothing, anything and everything”,
they end up either loving or hating the collective and its work.

Perhaps, for ANINO, the problem lies in that its chosen art form drives it towards the world of dreams and yet the harsh realities of its milieu claim its attention.  And, rather than taking one and forsaking the other, the collective attempts to marry the two.  If hindered, it opts for the middle ground – the grey area.

PENUMBRA opens on August 14, 2010 at 6pm at Blanc Compound Mandaluyong. Exhibition runs until September 04.