Pelikulambo

The title is a portmanteau, derived from the Filipino words pelikula (film) and kulambo (mosquito net). In English, the title is translated as CiNet (cinema inside net). A site-specific multimedia installation features a video of silhouettes of people in transit projected onto the kulambo wall-screen, accompanied by fog effects. In some cultures, the mosquito net symbolizes protection for better sleep, serving as a threshold and liminal space between the conscious and unconscious states of being. Due to the transparent nature of the fabric, participants can view the outside from the inside, and outsiders can view the inside from the outside. At the same time, the silhouettes of the digital projection mix with the shadows of the live viewers inside, thus producing three layers of figure: 1) the figure of the participants, 2) the participant’s shadow, and 3) the recorded shadow following the path where the fabric procure. It is a framed liminal space within a space, a weaver between the realms of inside and outside, virtual and reality, the physical and the mental, the inclusion and exclusion. The fog metaphors an uncertain situation that can obscure our vision. As a portable immersive cinema, Pelikulambo is Lot’s MFA degree artwork exhibited at the UPFI Film Center- an interactive element that offers a participatory site that invites individual-collectives to construct the storytelling.