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PCI Symposium 2020: Conversations on Curation and Performance in the Time of Halting and Transformation

The Performance Curators Initiatives (PCI) will conduct an online international symposium from October 5-10 2020, 4 to 6 PM (PH Standard Time) via Zoom and YouTube Live. Entitled Conversations on Curation and Performance in the Time of Halting and Transformation, this symposium aims to capture edgy conversations across cultures, practices, and geographical contexts, to explore the role of curation in rethinking and reimagining performance and gathering in the time of physical distancing, forced isolation and non-live interaction.


The performing arts field has been one of the most affected by the seeming halting of the world caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially with the restrictions on live gatherings, physical distancing, and limited mobility that came with lockdowns all over the world. However, amidst this time of ‘halting,’ there is also a brewing ‘transformation’ in the field of arts and performance, and we are seeing the increasing role of curation in organising diverse platforms in shaping new directions and new conceptions in performance at this time.


Our keynote speaker will be world-renowned performance theorist and art historian Dr. Amelia Jones from the University of Southern California, and this event will host experts and presenters in the field of curation and performance from Italy, Belgium, Canada, Japan, Australia, USA, and the Philippines.


Do not miss the chance to participate in this timely and rare occasion where these notable scholars and practitioners in performance curation from all over the world are brought together in this thought-provoking series of conversations.
The symposium is free for all, but participants are required to pre-register at https://forms.gle/Ladp2HHkLPfoqBs6A for monitoring, as slots for each session are limited. For further inquiries, please email pcisymposiumsecretariat@gmail.com. This event is in partnership with Japan Foundation-Manila and Asia-Europe Foundation Culture360 Program.


About the Organizer
Performance Curators Initiatives (PCI) is an independent network of curators, scholars and practitioners in performance curation, whose primary goal is to foster exchanges and discussion on the practice and study on the emerging field of performance curation, in the Philippines and elsewhere.

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Registration-Related Announcements | First Semester AY2020-2021

Prerog of GE Courses

  • No prerogs will be granted for the GE courses offered by the department: 
    • ARTS 1: Critical Perspectives in the Arts
    • Art Stud 2: Art Around Us: Exploring Everyday Life
  • 20 new sections of ARTS1 have been opened. You may add yourself into the waitlist for these sections using the CRS Online Waitlisting module. Waitlisting process is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T7Wx04RNy-vXv2a45ORRLDkns2lnkuYY/view?usp=sharing

Registration Process

Registration Advisers

  • For advising, please refer to the list of registration advisers assigned per day of the registration week:
  • Send your advisement inquiries to one of the advisers assigned on that day. In your email, also indicate your full name, student number, program, and year in program. Refrain from sending an email to the registration advisers beyond office hours (8am-12nn and 1pm-5pm). 

Cancellations of Enlistment

  • For cancellations of enlistment to courses offered by the department, email jgtagaylo@up.edu.ph. Kindly indicate your full name, student number, and the enlisted course and section you wish to cancel.

Locking of Enlistments

  • Please make sure that you have consulted your curriculum checklists and the prerequisites of the courses you are enlisted in before you lock your enlistment in the CRS.
  • Send an email to a registration adviser assigned on that day once you have locked your enlistment. Indicate your full name and student number in your email. Please expect them to post-advise you or reach out to you at most after a working day.

Unlocking of Locked Enlistments

  • For requests to unlock the locked enlistments of DAS majors, email jgtagaylo@up.edu.ph. Kindly indicate your full name, and student number.

Consent of Instructor (COI)

Readmission, MRR, Return from LOA

  • For graduate students, coordinate with the CAL GSO.

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What is Remote Learning?

The Department of Art Studies, together with the rest of the University of the Philippines System, will be conducting classes for the first semester of AY 2020-2021 in remote setup. See the official infographic on remote learning from the UPD Committee on Remote Learning to learn more about this setup.