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Anna Rafanan

artist, designer

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Hi, I'm Anna!

I am a designer, videographer and editor, currently pursuing a master's degree in art studies. You can find most of my course submissions here, drafts in the making, an unrelenting pursuit in writing about art, art practice and meaning-making.

You may reach me via email: hi@annarafanan.com

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Alyx Arumpac’s Aswang (2019) as Counterspectacle

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.

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Notes On a Conditional Form

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.

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