Silip Art That Matters is a long-form documentary series that dwells with artists and artistic lives shaped by time rather than urgency.

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The series resists spectacle and immediacy, choosing instead to stay with practices that continue quietly—often beyond visibility, productivity, or institutional cycles. Each film is built on presence and restraint, allowing meaning to emerge through duration rather than explanation.

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Gunita

 

Gunita is a strand within Silip centered on posthumous remembrance.

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Derived from gunitâ—to recall, to remember—this strand reflects on artistic lives through what remains: works, gestures, recollections, and influence. Often posthumous in nature, the episodes are shaped around absence, constructing an artistic life through traces rather than biography or closure.

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Lunan

 

Lunan focuses on curators, cultural stewards, and the sites that hold contemporary art.

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Derived from lu-nán—referring to a place, a dwelling, or where one resides—Lunan examines how contemporary art is held, situated, and sustained. These films look at curatorial practice, institutional memory, and the quiet labor of those who shape contexts rather than objects.

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Through conversations and observation, Lunan frames museums, galleries, and cultural networks as lived spaces—sites where thought, responsibility, and long-term commitment converge.

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The project is grounded in the Philippines and engages with artists and cultural practitioners across the region.

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