Anna Rafanan

artist, designer

Intimations in Precarity

28 January 20221 October 2022Art Studies, Writing

As an initial access, an entry point, I begin with the concept of tahanan, in light of the curation of Sa Tahanan Collective in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Alyx Arumpac’s Aswang (2019) as Counterspectacle

8 November 202110 September 2022Art Studies, Writing

The documentary film genre, through an analysis of Aswang (2019), evokes a reflexivity despite its self-determined spectacularity — a possible critique of the film medium as spectacle.

It was the rush. Of wanting to feel again after a long period of isolation. Of needing to find a connection to the outside world. “I will take it,” I said. “Any semblance will do.” What started as a deliberate conquest for affection became a serious evaluation of the self, the spaces we let ourselves […]

Notes On a Conditional Form

3 July 20219 September 2022Art Studies, Writing

The following is a paper that captures, in essence, a nuanced take on Celso Ad. Castillo’s Burlesk Queen (1977), situating it within the context of Philippine Cinema.