by Andrew Quitmeyer | May 9, 2016 | Andrew Quitmeyer, Blog The Philippines, The Philippines
Simply put, this is how the whole program works: we try to complete 5 big projects in just 3 weeks! There’s a main project led by myself as the ZERO1 American Arts Incubator lead artist, which will be the BOAT Lab, a floating art and technology laboratory focusing on...
by Andrew Quitmeyer | Apr 28, 2016 | Andrew Quitmeyer, Blog The Philippines, The Philippines
Meeting with the locals at our site in Banilad, we asked them what the biggest problem was in their area. They unanimously said the same thing: garbage, trash, basura. Not only is there a lack of trash pickup on land, resulting in discarded bottles everywhere, but...
by Andrew Quitmeyer | Apr 28, 2016 | Andrew Quitmeyer, Blog The Philippines, The Philippines
The sun goes away here each day in a glorious explosion of colors. The darkness doesn’t cause anything to slow down though. The fast-paced Waterspace teams keep on trucking throughout the night. The crew is excitedly tinkering away on a million different little...
by Andrew Quitmeyer | Apr 23, 2016 | Andrew Quitmeyer, Blog The Philippines, The Philippines
The workshop phase of the Arts Incubator went into full force this week. The goal was to fill the participants’ brains with new ideas, complex issues, practical experience, and technological know-how until their minds were completely blown, then to clean up...
by Andrew Quitmeyer | Apr 16, 2016 | Andrew Quitmeyer, Blog The Philippines, The Philippines
Once I land in the Philippines (after a 30+ hour series of flights from Atlanta), I have 29 days to fit in as much as I can. So I have to hit the ground running. Luckily we managed to assemble an awesome team before I left! Loushan (Yatta): Logistics Lead Loushan has...
by Andrew Quitmeyer | Apr 10, 2016 | Andrew Quitmeyer, Blog The Philippines, The Philippines
In March, I had both my first scouting trip for the Arts Incubator as well as my first experience ever with life, culture, and nature in the Philippines, and more specifically, in Dumaguete. As an outsider, I wanted to collect my initial impressions of this...
