This is a critique of The Clear Light , an exhibit mounted last year, from September to October 2010, at MO_Space, an artist-run gallery on Bonifacio High Street. Artists whose works were exhibited in The Clear Light included Pardo de Leon, Jet Melencio and Jed Escueta. Photos of the exhibit can be foun...

This is the second of two pieces on places in context. This piece features Manila Collective and Cubao X.

Manila Collective is a photo gallery which happens to be a coffee shop. Currently on show is Nana Buxani’s collection of photographs of the working class, done mainly in black and white, stark and...