Isa Lorenzo, 001 at the silverlens gallery

Silverlens gallery invites the public to the opening of their newest exhibit Isa Lorenzo, 001 on August 7, 2007 at 6pm. The exhibit is made up of one-of-a-kind collaged darkroom photographs of the old Malate, Manila house Isa Lorenzo grew up in.

“I got to thinking about my mother’s house, how it is a repository of installations: the height markings on the edge of a bedroom door, tableaus of decorative trinkets, walls and walls of photographs—and I thought to photograph these installations, these collections of objects left behind by the generations of the house’s occupants. After a couple of times shooting, I realized that more than the objects, it was the house itself.  The wooden floors in various patterns, the steps in the hallways, the grills on the windows and doors, the doorstops, the clocks and the banisters—these are most vivid. So I shot those and I shot the installations and in the darkroom, started the process of laying down memories to print in a way not unlike remembering—in layers, selectively, with images that come forward and some that recede, depending on the memories and their meanings.“

silverlens will be having Saturday Gallery Events for Isa Lorenzo, 001 that are open to the public. On August 18, there will be a talk on Architecture and Heritage from 3pm-5pm. On August 25, Isa Lorenzo will be giving an Artist Talk from 3pm-5pm. On the closing day of the show, September 1, members of the String Section of the Manila Symphony Orchestra will be performing the same pieces in solo at different parts of the gallery from 3pm-5pm. The audience is invited to complete the performance by walking through the show and experiencing different soundscapes. silverlens gallery is located at 2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Warehouse 2, Yupangco Building. Gallery hours are 10 to 7pm, Mondays to Fridays and 1 to 6pm on Saturdays. For more information, call 8160044 or email manage@silverlensphoto.com.