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FILIPINO-SPANISH MAGAZINE LAUNCH. PCOO Global Media Affairs Chief JV Arcena holds a copy of Perro Berde, a Filipino-Spanish magazine. Beside Arcena is Spanish Ambassador to the Philippines Jorge Moragas. (Contributed photo via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The Spanish Embassy in Manila, in partnership with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation and Instituto Cervantes de Manila, launched the eighth issue of the Filipino-Spanish cultural magazine, Perro Berde, on Thursday, March 28.<\/p>\n

Perro Berde literally translates to \u201cgreen dog\u201d in Spanish, but figuratively means something out of the ordinary — which represents ties between the Philippines and Spain, Spanish Ambassador to the Philippines Jorge Moragas said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerro Berde in Spanish is an expression to describe something special, different and unique, so all the cultural work of what we’ve been doing in the Philippines last year is reflected in this very well designed, bilingual book and we celebrated that with the writers and the cultural people of the Philippines,\u201d Moragas said in an interview with PCOO Global Media Affairs Chief JV Arcena, during the launch at the Bellas Artes Outpost in Makati City.<\/p>\n

The bilingual issue, with its appealing new design and contents, aims to further promote Filipino-Spanish cultural relations. Since 2009, Perro Berde has provided a space for artists, writers, and researchers from both the Philippines and Spain.<\/p>\n

Spanish Embassy First Secretary of Administrative and Cultural Affairs Pilar Cuadra Gasc\u00f3n, who also worked on the magazine\u2019s editorial coordination, said the latest issue of Perro Berde is \u201cone that goes beyond the paper” due to its interactive features.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this magazine, what we tried to do was to reflect on the [artistic] ties that linked the Spanish and the Filipino cultural scenes. In this double issue, we have included some QR codes where you can listen to music. There\u2019s also a video and an audio guide from a group of very young Spanish artists where you can visit any museum, or any art gallery anywhere in the world,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom a cultural point of view, I think we can promote the contact between the Spanish and Filipino artists and institutions. We just need to give them a little push in the right direction so eventually on their own, they will work more and more together,\u201d Gasc\u00f3n added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the General Consul of Spain in Manila Fernando Heredia Noguer highlighted that Perro Berde goes beyond the strong bilateral relations between the Philippines and Spain.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an effort to promote Filipino culture regardless of bilateral ties, but it\u2019s focused on really helping each other. We’re doing this for the Philippines and for the Filipino young artists. This is for Filipinos and the Filipino culture,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s cultural diplomacy at its best,\u201d former Instituto Cervantes Manila Director Carlos Madrid \u00c1lvarez-Pi\u00f1er pointed out.<\/p>\n

In the eighth issue of Perro Berde, readers will get a glimpse of the works of Spanish multidisciplinary and award-winning\u00a0 artists such as Cristina Lucas with her series of photographs that show the world is without end, or \u201cSin Fin\u201d; Fernando S\u00e1nchez Castillo with his sticker insert bearing a historical photograph on the longest labor strike in the Philippines that encourages people to stick them anywhere; and Nicol\u00e1s Combarro\u2019s photographs that highlight Manila\u2019s \u201cArchitecture of Resistance\u201d that represents structural logic mixed with cultural heritage while it defies economic, social, and political determinants.<\/p>\n

Also featured in the issue is Ateneo Art Gallery (AAG) Director and Chief Curator Maria Victoria Herrera interviewing Catalan artist Dom\u00e8nec \u2013 whose work can currently be viewed at AAG \u2013 on his conceptual art practice and public space interventions; a collaboration between Equipo Sub-21, a group of young people aged 16 to 21 years old, and CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo in Madrid, that shows an unorthodox audio-visual museum guide; and Inteligencias Colectivas\u2019 project that shows Intramuros\u2019 contemporary and historic design presented through street food stalls.<\/p>\n

Spanish band Belako and Filipino band Talahib People\u00b4s Music also contributed their entry about their song collaboration experience in the Posporos concert series in July 2018 where Spanish and Filipino bands performed.<\/p>\n

Two winners from the Ateneo Art Awards also made their debut in Perro Berde. Alec Madelene Abarro, with her article \u201cDuende, Yearning, and Mystery in Poetic Creation,\u201d used Tagalog music that tackles the work of most distinguished Spanish poet Federico Garc\u00eda Lorca; and Mary Jessel Duque, with a piece on telenovelas titled \u201cMarimar: The Many Lives of the Woman by the Sea.\u201d Spanish anthropologist Andr\u00e9s Narros Lluch also published an excerpt of his soon-to-be-published book on the history of the island of Camiguin.<\/p>\n

Readers can access the digital version of Perro Berde through its website www. perroberde. com.\u00a0(PCOO Office of the Global Media Affairs)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

(The Office of the Global Media Affairs is under the Presidential Communications Operations Office, tasked to connect Philippine government policymakers with the international media, and to promote priority policy messages through engagements with foreign audiences.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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