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Contemporary Philippine
Arts from the Regions
Quarter 1 – Module 4:
Bits and Pieces of Contemporary Arts

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Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions – Grade 12

Quarter 1 – Bits and Pieces of Contemporary Arts

Republic Act 8293, section 176 states that: No copyright shall subsist in any work
of the Government of the Philippines. However, prior approval of the government agency
or office wherein the work is created shall be necessary for exploitation of such work for
profit. Such agency or office may, among other things, impose as a condition the payment
of royalties.

Borrowed materials (i.e., songs, stories, poems, pictures, photos, brand names,
trademarks, etc.) included in this book are owned by their respective copyright holders.
Every effort has been exerted to locate and seek permission to use these materials from
their respective copyright owners. The publisher and authors do not represent nor claim
ownership over them.

Regional Director: Gilbert T. Sadsad

Assistant Regional Director: Jessie L. Amin

Development Team of the Module

Writers: Reymond Alfred Q. Buñag

Editors: Al Bambino Camino, MT1

Reviewers: Nelson Gomez, EPS / Darcy Guy Mañebo, EPS

Illustrator: Reymond Alfred Q. Buñag

Layout Artist: Reymond Alfred Q. Buñag

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 I. Introduction
The term "contemporary art" refers to art made and produced by artists living today.
Today's artists work in and respond to a global environment that is culturally diverse,
technologically advancing, and multifaceted. Working in a wide range of mediums,
contemporary artists often reflect and comment on modern-day society.

Source:http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/classroom_resources/curricula/contemporary_art/ba
ckground1.html

II. Objectives

Evaluates contemporary art forms based on the elements and principles

(CAR11/12CAP-0c -e-6)

At the end of this module, the learners are expected to:

 Identify the different elements or principles of contemporary art forms.
 Determine the elements and principles of contemporary art forms.
 Evaluate the contemporary art forms based on the elements and principles.

III.Vocabulary List

Art –  The used skills and imagination production of things of beauty

(Source: The Merriam Webster Dictionary, International Edition, Merriam-Webster Incorporated
Springfield, Massachusetts, 2014)
Drawing – a form of visual art in which a person uses various drawing instruments to
mark paper or another two-dimensional medium.
(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drawing)
Painting – a creative expression using pigment or color on a surface for aesthetic
value. (Source: The Merriam Webster Dictionary, International Edition, Merriam-Webster
Incorporated Springfield, Massachusetts, 2014)
Sculpture – uses carving, modeling from metals, ceramics, wood or stone.
(Source: The Merriam Webster Dictionary, International Edition, Merriam-Webster Incorporated
Springfield, Massachusetts, 2014)
Video – is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting,
and display of moving visual media. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video)
Miniature – a small-scale reproduction, or a small version.
(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature)
Dance – An expression represented by a set series of body movements
(Source: The Merriam Webster Dictionary, International Edition, Merriam-Webster Incorporated
Springfield, Massachusetts, 2014)
Youtube – a video sharing service where users can create their own profile, upload
videos, watch, like and comment on other videos
(Source: https://www.webwise.ie/parents/what-is-youtube/)
MTV - an American cable channel, launched on August 1, 1981
(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV)

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Flash Mob -  a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform
for a brief time, then quickly disperse, often for the purposes of entertainment, satire,
and artistic expression. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_mob)

IV. Pre-Test

Identification. Identify the contemporary art element and principle referred to in

each item. Write your answer on your notebook.

1. ______________ It refers to an art form that is performed and positioned in a

public place.
2. ______________ It refers to a usage of unconventional materials to produce
an artwork.
3. ______________ It refers to the art that combines past from the present.
4. Coffee for painting is an example of _____________ artwork.
5. Flash mobs is an example of _____________ artwork

V. Learning Activities

Identify the components of the pictures below. Write your answers on your notebook.

1. 2. 3. 4.

Sources: http://curated.stampede-design.com/2015/03/amazing-coffee-painting-by-maria-a-aristidou/
https://the84.org/may-activity-of-the-month-flash-mob/
http://curated.stampede-design.com/2015/03/amazing-coffee-painting-by-maria-a-aristidou/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bonifacio_Shrine_(Padre_Burgos,_Manila;_11-23-2019).jpg

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 The Elements and Principles of Contemporary Arts

Appropriation

Appropriation is when an artist creates a

new work of art by taking preexisting
images from other sources and modifies
and/or incorporates those images with new
ones.

Source: maisonmagloyuan.blogspot.com/2015/11/juanito-
torres-at-galerie-joaquin.html

Existing artworks are appropriated to

produce another artwork.

Source: https://flopmee.com/top-10-most-parodied-artworks-
in-art-history/

Usage of prints, images, and icons to produce

another art form.

Combines past from the present. Revives

interests to existing forms of art.

https://www.canopycanopycanopy.com/contents/tropico-
vernacular/#title-page

Source: https://artofed-uploads.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/2015/12/The-Contemporary-Elements.pdf

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 https://www.slideshare.net/JoemMagante/contemporary-art-elements-and-principles
Performance

Performance refers to artwork created by or

presented to an audience. Performance as an
element can also include the processes used by
the artist to create the work. This takes place
when the process used to create the artwork is
more important than the finished work itself.

https://walkerart.org/magazine/radical-presence-black-
performance

Interpreting various human

activities such as ordinary activities
such as chores, routines and
rituals, to socially relevant themes
such as poverty, commercialism
and war.

Pina Bausch, Vollmond, 2006, performance documentation, Schauspielhaus

Wuppertal. Courtesy: © Laurent Philippe 

https://frieze.com/article/two-books-survey-and-situate-last-decade-
performance-art

Source:

https://artofed-uploads.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/2015/12/The-
Contemporary-Elements.pdf

https://www.slideshare.net/JoemMagante/contemporary-art-elements-and-
principles

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 Space

Space in contemporary art refers to

when an artist works with the real space
surrounding the artwork itself. It can
play a role in the way the viewer looks
at the artwork or even the way the work
is perceived.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-shadows-align-at-
rosslyns-dark-star-park/2015/08/01/43f3acb2-37c3-11e5-b673-
1df005a0fb28_story.html

Arts transforming space.

For example, flash mobs, art

installations in malls and parks.

https://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art513214-a-walk-in-the-park-art-
fund-launches-art-miles-to-raise-funds-for-under-pressure-museums

https://jozhane.wordpress.com/2014/06/13/flash-mob-the-trendy-
way-to-boost-your-brand/
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 Site specific art forms – art form that is performed
and positioned in a specific space such as public
places.

Source:

https://artofed-uploads.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/2015/12/The-
Contemporary-Elements.pdf

https://www.slideshare.net/JoemMagante/contemporary-art-
elements-and-principles

Hybridity

Artists use hybridity in their

work through the blending
of new or unusual materials
with traditional mediums.
The incorporation of these
materials, such as recycled
or industrial materials, plays
an important role in the
meaning of the artwork.
Source: https://www.spot.ph/arts-culture/arts-culture-
peopleparties/72259/unusual-art-pinoys-a1806-20171207-lfrm3

Usage of unconventional materials,

mixing of unlikely materials to produce
an artwork.
Adelaida Paterno
Medium: Human hair

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 Source: https://www.spot.ph/arts-culture/arts-culture-
peopleparties/72259/unusual-art-pinoys-a1806-20171207-lfrm3

http://curated.stampede- https://www.slideshare.net/JoemMagante/contemporary-art-
design.com/2015/03/amazing- elements-and-principles
coffee-painting-by-maria-a-aristidou/

Coffee for painting Miniature sculptures using

crayons.

Technology
Technology is a reality in the present-
day world, and contemporary artist
have used technology in the creation
and dissemination of works of art.
When MTV first went into the
airwaves in 1981, video became part
of the human interaction. The video
phenomenon was further pushed by
debut Youtube that allowed everyone
with Internet connection to post and
share videos. Contemporary Artists
have used video and Internet as a
way of propagating art.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bonifacio_Shrine_(Padre_
Burgos,_Manila;_11-23-2019).jpg
Source: https://prezi.com/i100l-
cayijm/contemporary-arts-in-the-philippines/

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 VS
https://havecamerawilltravel.com/photographer/youtu
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy- be-image-size/
editorial-mtv-radically-reinvented-
four-decades

Source: https://www.slideshare.net/JoemMagante/contemporary-art-elements-and-principles

VI. Practice Task: In a long bond paper, answer the

following
practice task below.

Practice Task No. 1: Answer the following questions.

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 1. What are the five elements or principles of contemporary arts?
2. What is performance art?
3. How does Space is become an art? Give example.

Rubric
4 3 2 1
You restated the You restated most You restated some You did not
questions in an parts of the part of the restates the
original way. questions. questions. questions.
You answers all You answers most You answers You did not
the questions of the questions some of the answer the
correctly correctly questions correctly questions correctly

Practice Task No. 2: Evaluate contemporary art forms below based on the elements
and principles. Explain your answers.
 Dance (Flash mobs)
 Theater (opera)
 Visual arts (soap sculpture)
 Architecture (Bonifacio Monument)
 Cinema (Indie Films)

Practice Task No. 3: Think of how you can represent a contemporary art form
based on the elements and principles. You may:
a. Create a drawing/painting/soft sculpture (using commercial clay, textiles, and
cotton, paper, etc.);
b. Make an avatar using a computer program or application (app); or
c. Create a scripts, poems, lyrics, etc.

Rubric
Excellent (10) Good (8) Satisfactory (5) Needs
Improvement (3)
Creativity/ You used your You use your You use your You did not use
Application own ideas and own ideas and own ideas and your own ideas
imagination to imagination in imagination in and imagination
represent a most parts of the some parts of the to represent an
contemporary art activity. activity. ideal artist
form based on
the elements and
principles
Effort You used your You worked hard You showed less You did not show
time and worked for most of the effort into the any effort and did
hard in preparing time. activity now work hard.
the activity

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 VII. Post Test: Write your answer on ¼ sheet of paper.

For Number 1-5, True or False: Read each statement below carefully. Write T if you
think a statement is TRUE and F if you think the statement is FALSE.

1. A drawing of Mona Lisa with face mask is an example of appropriation art.

2. Blood for painting is an example of hybridity art.
3. Flash mobs is an example of performing art.
4. Hybridity is a usage of unconventional materials to produce an artwork.
5. Appropriation is an art form that is performed and positioned in a public place.

For Number 6-10, Evaluate contemporary art form based on the elements and
principles.

6. A shirt that features William Shakespeare, who is considered by many to be

the greatest writer in the English language and written by like this, “SO LIT.”
7. Group of students performing a flash mob and forming a star to celebrate their
institution’s centenary.
8. Crayons are engraved meticulously to create sculptures with different
designs.
9. The use of video and Internet for livestreaming, video posting, sharing and
even recording performance.
10. An International Filipino playing a dead person at the Philippine International
Art Festival.

Source: Sandagan, Luzviminda D.and Sayseng, Ayesha H., Contemporary

Philippine Art from the Regions, JFS Publishing Services,Manila.,

VIII. Assignment/Additional Activities: Visit the link below

and Identify the different media used by the artists in hybridity
arts. Write your answers on your notebook.

https://www.spot.ph/arts-culture/arts-culture-peopleparties/72259/unusual-art-
pinoys-a1806-20171207-lfrm3

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 IX. Answer Key
Post Test
Pre Test
1. T
1. Space
2. T
2. Hybridity
3. F
3. Appropriation
4. T
4. Hybridity
5. F
5. Space
6. Appropriation
7. Space
8. Hybridity
9. Technology
10. Performance

Practice Task No. 1 Practice Task No. 2

1. Space
Hybridity
Appropriation  Space
Performance
Technology  Performance
2. Performance art is interpreting
various human activities, form  Hybridity
ordinary activities such as chores
routines and rituals, to social
 Space
relevant themes. (Students’
answers may vary)
 Technology
3. How art transform a space is now
an occupation of contemporary
artists. Examples: Flash mob and
sculpture installations in mall and
parks. (Students’ answers may
vary)

Assignment:
Human Hair Human blood
Butterfly Wings The human body
Print-ad tear sheets Shells
Matchsticks Coffee
Invisible Paint, Light Ballpoint pen
Dried leaves from various plants Dirty water pigments
Pasta, ketchup
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 webwise.ie , https://www.webwise.ie/parents/what-is-youtube/
 Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV
 Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_mob
 Jason's blog, Mona Lisa remakes,
https://ja5onlee.wordpress.com/2012/08/26/mona-lisa-remakes/
 Dahlia Ahad, Amazing Coffee Painting by Maria A. Aristidou,
http://curated.stampede-design.com/2015/03/amazing-coffee-painting-by-
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2015

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 Josephine Omunyidde Zhane, Zhane's Stories, “Flash Mob” the trendy way to
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