Artistic interpretations of disasters at Benilde exhibit

MANILA, Philippines - An exhibit that features artistic interpretations of disasters and risky situations is being displayed at the De La Salle-College of St. Benilde (CSB) in Manila. Dubbed “Safe Place in the Future (?) Dystopia Now Utopia Never,” was opened to the public last July 25 and will run until Nov. 23.“The exhibit focuses on the circumstance that put the world at risk and brings about dangerous conditions, both natural and man-made. The response towards these risks and situations is reexamined and reinterpreted in various forms,” said Mary Ann Josette Pernia of the CSB Museum of Contemporary Art and Design. The exhibit features the works of artists from Denmark, Thailand, Malaysia, the Netherlands and the Philippines. The exhibit is a collaboration between the CSB Museum of Contemporary Art and Design and the Jim Thompson Art Center.