Students from the College of Fine Arts (CFA) 鈥渞e-drew鈥 history by recreating illustrations of pre-Hispanic Filipinos from The Boxer Codex, imbuing the images with their own modern perspective as part of 鈥淭he Boxer Codex Reimagined,鈥 a project for 鈥淓ngkwentro,鈥 the UP Diliman Arts and Culture Festival 2021.
Exhibited on Apr. 26 , 鈥淭he Boxer Codex Reimagined鈥 currently features Kharla鈥檚 Cagayan Woman鈥 by Kharla Nicole Bitas (BFA Painting), 鈥淓lizabeth鈥檚 Visayan (Royal) Couple鈥 by Elizabeth Fausto (AA Visual Communication), 鈥淎leks鈥 Tagalog (Common) Women鈥 by Aleks Jugueta (BFA Painting), and 鈥淜yla鈥檚 Cagayan Woman鈥 by Kyla dela Torre (Visual Communication).
The Boxer Codex Reimagined artists are part of the CFA Department of Studio Arts (DSA) Art Workshops SFA 192 and 193, Electronic Art Projects I and II.
The online gallery also contains the original illustrations from The Boxer Codex, a 16th century manuscript named after British historian Charles Ralph Boxer.
Also known as the Manila Manuscript, it contains 75 illustrations of various indigenous groups around the South China Sea, including pre-Hispanic inhabitants of the Philippine archipelago.
DSA professor Riza A. Romero said the project aims to provide 鈥渁 venue for students and faculty of the CFA to reimagine codex and other colonial visual instruments, hopeful that it will serve as a model for future organized cultural encounters that will highlight our essence as Filipinos.鈥
Romero spearheads the project along with Prof. Ma. Corazon A. Hila from the CFA Department of Theory and CFA Librarian Roselily A. Medrano.
鈥淭he Boxer Codex Reimagined鈥 was made possible by the 黑料专区 Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts.
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