{"id":2750,"date":"2015-06-09T13:04:54","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T05:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/staff-blog\/?p=2750"},"modified":"2015-12-28T17:15:31","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T09:15:31","slug":"exclusive-interview-meet-two-artists-of-artbgc-thenextact-one-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2015\/06\/09\/exclusive-interview-meet-two-artists-of-artbgc-thenextact-one-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Interview: Meet Two Artists of ArtBGC TheNextAct ONE Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet two of the talented international artists who contributed to the art scene of Bonifacio Global City: Nate Frizzell and AKA Corleone.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Since the kick-off of the festival last May 23<\/a>, The ArtBGC TheNextAct ONE Festival has been nothing but awe-inspiring. Watching the artists themselves paint the blank concrete walls of BGC to life is such a sight to behold, and one would just be wowed with the talent and passion they see from the artists while doing their work. Philippine Primer was able to meet two of these artists and learn more about their respective works around BGC and their pursuit of creativity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A graduate of Los Angeles\u2019 Otis College of Art and Design, Nate has drawn international acclaim for his work, showcasing his works in Spain, London, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Miami for the annual Art Basel festival. Since 2009, he has held five solo shows. Now, he is in the Philippines for the first time for the ArtBGC TheNextAct ONE Festival to share his kind of art through one-of-a-kind graphic wall paintings that will surely make pedestrians stop and stare.<\/span><\/p>\n

In his interview with Philippine Primer, Nate Frizzell talked about his style of painting. \u201cMy version of a mural on the wall is a kid with naive paintings of tigers, and I just did birds today and I finished it and I\u2019m starting a bear,\u201d he chuckled. \u201cSo, there\u2019s a tiger on (a wall outside of) Fully Booked. There\u2019s a boy perched up with birds and a little crow on the corner next to Timezone, and then I\u2019m starting the bear over at R.O.X.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nate also shared that no one told them (the participating artists) on what to specifically do so every participating artist is doing what they normally do. \u201cExcept for Faile\u2019s wall. A little thing to do with communication,\u201d he remembered.<\/span><\/p>\n

When asked if it\u2019s his decision to paint walls, he said that he has never painted walls before. \u201cI\u2019m really more on canvas, the gallery painter kind of artist. I use a lot of animals and masks, symbols and metaphors in the work. Some people can make a connection like to certain emotions. I think people personify animals in all cultures.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Admitting that he doesn\u2019t really like to push his view on anyone, Nate told Philippine Primer<\/em> that it\u2019s up to whoever is seeing his works. \u201cWhat does the tiger represent? What’s up with the boy\u2019s expression? Those are the questions on everyone\u2019s mind. Each thing does represent some kind of emotion. It\u2019s all up to interpretation\u201d, he said. \u201cThe intention of the paintings is to make other people see them and put themselves or find themselves in the painting and make their own connection and tell their own stories.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

After a gasp, he thanked Philippine Primer<\/em> for reminding him something he must do: delete his old blog. \u201cBecause it\u2019s 8 or 9 years old or something and people keep going to it to reference the work and the work is embarrassing. Now, I have a more updated gallery on Instagram.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

To see more of his spectacular work, follow Nate Frizzell at @natepaints on Instagram<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AKA Corleone<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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The once known as \u201cChuck Norris of the Underworld\u201d who \u201cdraws cats, naked ladies and shady fellows without the fear of waking up with a horse’s head in his silk sheets,\u201d Pedro Campiche or AKA Corleone has made a name for himself in the underworld scene of graffiti art. In the past five years, he has joined a handful of art festivals around Europe and Asia and has also held solo exhibitions in Thailand, Portugal and Switzerland.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Primer asked on how he came up with his name \u2018AKA Corleone,\u2019 Pedro shared that it all began with a singularly exceptional movie: The Godfather.<\/em> \u201cIt started only as Corleone, because it was my graffiti name when I started graffiti […] I was really into The Godfather<\/em> movie and [all of] the mafia underworld,\u201d he said. \u201cI was always fascinated by that, and \u2018Corleone\u2019 seemed like a name that people would respect. I would be \u201cfeared\u201d in the streets.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

AKA Corleone\u2019s creative work is like a stimulating slice of pizza with abundant toppings that one would just like to eat slowly and savor the taste. \u201cI really like to do complex stuff and a lot of small elements because for me, it\u2019s very important that my work is not something that you cannot understand in a second.\u201d Moreover, AKA Corleone\u2019s rationale for his style is \u201cbecause it\u2019s not publicity, [\u2026] like [in] these big cities, you are always in a rush, everything goes so fast, and what I want the people to do is stop for a little bit, breathe a little bit, look at my wall, and try to look at different things on it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He also shared that he draws inspiration from many things, such as the German Expressionist epic science fiction drama Metropolis<\/em> (1927), which featured a \u201cfuturistic city\u201d that he deemed \u201ca masterpiece. And when I was invited to come here (to Bonifacio Global City), and I saw pictures of this area, it looked really like that futuristic city,\u201d he claimed.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the murals he\u2019ll be doing around BGC, he smiled and said, \u201ca secret. I did this project where if you spend a little time looking at the wall, it\u2019s not an image you\u2019ll immediately understand. I want people to get to the wall, look at it, and find something […] so it\u2019s almost hidden.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It is AKA Corleone\u2019s first time in the Philippines and he is already doing a large-scale art piece at one of the busiest areas in the metro, but when asked what his dream project would be, he said that it would be a \u2018bigger\u2019 exhibition. \u201cThe thing is, as an artist, I always want to do bigger than what I\u2019ve done before, so I think my dream project is a very big exhibition like with more installations and with mediums I haven\u2019t done before.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now a fan? Be updated with his future works through his social media account akacorleone<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Those are two of the magnificent artists that will leave a lasting legacy in the art scene of Manila. Do try to visit their art spread across BGC!<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more about the recently-concluded The ONE Festival <\/em>here<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Photos by Derick Flores and p3.Publico.pt<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Article by Karj Lucena, (Nate Frizelli) and Derick Flores (AKA Corleone)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meet two of the talented international artists who contributed to the art scene of Bonifacio Global City: Nate Frizzell and AKA Corleone. – – Since the kick-off of the festival last May 23, The ArtBGC TheNextAct ONE Festival has been nothing but awe-inspiring. Watching the artists themselves paint the blank concrete walls of BGC to life is such a sight to behold, and one would just be wowed with the talent and passion they see from the artists while doing their work. Philippine Primer was able to meet two of these artists and learn more about their respective works around BGC and their pursuit of creativity. – Nate Frizzell – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature-story"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/06\/DUO-e1433830315645.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2750"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2766,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2750\/revisions\/2766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}