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International ArrivalsAuthor: International Arrivals
The International Arrivals Podcast features conversations with artists about their work and their personal stories as they relate to migration, immigration, displacement, and home. International Arrivals, a nonprofit organization based in New York City, supports artists from countries in conflict or whose identity puts them at risk. Founders, Anna Khimasia and Emily Lutzker, moderate the podcast. Language: en Genres: Arts, Documentary, Society & Culture, Visual Arts Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Ep22 Makibaka with Abang-guard
Episode 22
Thursday, 30 October, 2025
International Arrivals speaks with Filipino American artist duo Abang-guard: Maureen Catbagan and Jevijoe Vitug (Phillipines/USA) (https://maureencatbagan.com/) about their current exhibition, Makibaka, at the Queens Museum in which they use the 1964-65 New York World's Fair's Philippines and New York State Pavilions as an entrance for talking about the importance of 1965 for Filipino American labor history. They emphasize the importance of community archives and the interplay between institutional critique and personal narratives, aiming to reclaim and reframe Filipino American history. Their work reconsiders the importance of monuments, Little Manilla(s), The Delano grape strike, and pays homage to the bridge generation who came to find their American dream. The title of their exhibition, Makibaka, is a rallying cry: fight to live, live to fight, dare to struggle, dare to win. It's a slogan that resistance and protest movements used against the Marcos dictatorship and martial law during the 70s and 80s and has become the regular rallying cry of Filipino activists fighting against oppressive systems, both in the Philippines and abroad.
