Load Na Dito

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Load Na Dito is an artistic and research project based in Manila, Philippines. Currently located in Cubao, Quezon City, it has been developed as a homemade culture, through its use of any possible space as a site for knowledge sharing, inquiry and discussion. The name "load na dito" is borrowed from a popular top up system for cellphone credit in the Philippines, where you can load up credits anywhere you see the sign “load na dito.” This project is a model that allows its founders to develop projects in different locations—building new energies to have and maintain “load”. 

Presentations by Load Na Dito Wednesday May 22 @ Western Front, 7pm

Screening of Filipino video work  Wednesday June 5 @ Artspeak, 7pm

Conversation about the Load Na Dito community  Saturday June 8 @ Richmond Art Gallery, 3pm

These presentations by Load Na Dito co-founders, researcher-curator Mayumi Hirano and artist-organizer Mark Salvatus, will offer context of their practice working in the Philippines and within their wider communities of the south-east Asian region. 

Support for Load Na Dito to visit and conduct research is made possible through the Province of British Columbia through the BC Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture via the International Presence Fund. 

PACIFIC CROSSINGS is a conversation and public presentation series that draws participants from across the ocean. This collaborative project works to bring together perspectives in an evolving and dynamic exchange, instigating events and activities that can increase public awareness of the multitude of traditions, histories, and practices, offering potential routes for intersection to take place.

PACIFIC CROSSINGS is conceived of by Makiko Hara, Bopha Chhay (Artspeak), Allison Collins (Western Front), and Shaun Dacey (Richmond Art Gallery). Artspeak is located on the unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.