ang bayan kong payapa (2007)

Originally presented as a 2-channel video installation for a group exhibition at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, this film is a protest piece where five anonymous people represent the Filipino nation, spanning five government regimes (from the dictatorial regime of President Ferdinand Marcos to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo), and their experiences (echoing problems of rampant corruption, extreme poverty, social injustice among others). The numbness and, ironically, the voices of the suffering silent majority are all summed up into this quiet video as the current state of the Filipino nation.