Everything is imaginary

MANILA, Philippines - Everyone, from philosopher Albert Camus to designer Karl Lagerfeld, has been quoted on the ‘absurd’ (whether taken at face value or its core essence inspired by the post-World War II French theatrical movement). This month, Manila’s newest performing arts group, The Sandbox Collective, is launching The Imaginarium, a multi-arts festival of the absurd. Running from October 28 to 31, 2014 at the PETA Theater Center, the festival will feature performances, presentations, and collaborations of various media, including film, fashion, dance, visual arts, improv, spoken word, music, food and beverage, and theater.

With the global movement shifting towards artistic expression and experimentation, “The Imaginarium” comes at an opportune time. Across cultures, there is a growing interest in the unconventional and oftentimes bizarre. In recent years, crowds have flocked towards mercatos, trade fairs, music festivals, specialty stores, and fringe movements – looking for vitality and renewed authenticity of their own lifestyle and experiences.

It is this cross-pollination of cultures that The Sandbox Collective, with its multi-disciplinary approach to the performing arts, hopes to foster through The Imaginarium – “that we find spaces in which we can work together, instead of separately or against each other, and raise a proverbial middle finger to the establishment.” Toff ends, “It is no longer about exclusivity, rather, inclusivity.”

The Imaginarium, a multi-arts festival of the absurd, will cap off The Sandbox Collective’s 2014 season before it returns in 2015. The festival will run for four consecutive days at the PETA Theater Center, No. 5 Eymard Drive, New Manila from October 28-31, 2014.

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