It has been a year since the CMZ B.R.A. (Bra to Raise Awareness) Campaign Project was launched and up to this day, April 4, 2015, we have put up 5 main artworks and 3 B.R.A. Art Exhibits.
We would like to thank nationally and internationally known Zamboanga Artist, Rameer Tawasil for bringing up the idea of using art and brassieres as the medium for the CMZ Breast Awareness advocacy... so unique and innovative, indeed!
Among the main issues during our initial discussions is the acceptance of brassieres as the medium...
1) If the bras could trigger negative feedback from conservative women, religious and Muslim groups...
2) If the bras themselves will not be acceptable when displayed in public...
3) If our own government leaders could not accept the B.R.A. Installation artwork as itself!
Definitely, if there were negative feedbacks, the purpose of the advocacy would be defeated.
Somehow, on our own evaluation, we realized that beautifully decorated bras would more likely not draw malicious thoughts but instead would be appreciated as art, of course, with the person of an artist, Rameer Tawasil as our key.
Among the main issues during our initial discussions is the acceptance of brassieres as the medium...
1) If the bras could trigger negative feedback from conservative women, religious and Muslim groups...
2) If the bras themselves will not be acceptable when displayed in public...
3) If our own government leaders could not accept the B.R.A. Installation artwork as itself!
Definitely, if there were negative feedbacks, the purpose of the advocacy would be defeated.
Somehow, on our own evaluation, we realized that beautifully decorated bras would more likely not draw malicious thoughts but instead would be appreciated as art, of course, with the person of an artist, Rameer Tawasil as our key.
Thus, we had two main art workshops to produce the beautifully embellished bras:
1) from our own CMZ staff last February 7, 2015
Please click this link: First cmz-bra-art-workshop-2014.
2) from the partners in the Zamboanga City community last March 12, 2015
Please click these links:
Second cmz-bra-art-workshop-2014-with-zc leaders
Second cmz-bra-art-workshop-part-ii-with participants
3) from friends in other parts of the Philippines and abroad
4) from CMZ staff and friends throughout the year: July 2014, September October 2014, December 2014.
5) from the CMZ Breast Wellness Crusade in Mindpro last October 3, 2014
Installation Art (from Wikipedia) is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space.
Installation art can be
either temporary or permanent. Installation artworks have been constructed in
exhibition spaces such as museums and galleries, as well as public and private
spaces. The genre incorporates a broad range of everyday and natural materials,
which are often chosen for their "evocative" qualities, as well as new media such as video, sound, performance, immersive virtual reality and the internet. Many
installations are site-specific in that they are designed to exist only in the space for which they were
created, appealing to qualities evident in a three-dimensional immersive medium.
Location: Ciudad Medical Zamboanga (CMZ) Parking Lot
March 21, 2014 to May 13, 2014
Location: Paseo Del Mar, Zamboanga City
May 14, 2014 to February 8, 2015
Location: Lantaka Hotel By the Sea, Zamboanga City
March 21, 2014 to October 31, 2014
Location: Paseo Del Mar, Zamboanga City
October 28, 2014 to January 28, 2015
Location: E-Media Productions, Divisoria, Zamboanga City
February 2, 2015 to present
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E-Media Open House
Location: E-Media Productions, Divisoria, Zamboanga City
Location: E-Media Productions, Divisoria, Zamboanga City
November 15, 2014 to January 6, 2015
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Art No. 5 CMZ BRAlentine (Bra to Raise Awareness) Art Wall and Photobooth
Location: CMZ Parking Lot near Pharmacy
February 10, 2015 to February 28, 2015
Art No. 6 CMZ B.R.A (Bra to Raise Awareness) Art Exhibit 2
Baile De Las Mujeres by the City of Zamboanga
c/o Gender and Development Committee
c/o Gender and Development Committee
for International Women's Month
Location: Centro Latino Lobby, Zamboanga City
March 9, 2015
Art No. 7 CMZ B.R.A (Bra to Raise Awareness) Art Exhibit 3
for International Women's Month and Third Anniversary of the CMZ Breast Wellness Center
Location: CMZ Lobby, Zamboanga City
March 11, 2015 - April 30, 2015
Art No. 8 Gift from Nora Sanico of Addison, Illinois, a CMZ BRA Campaign supporter, an single donor for the most bras and who painstakingly embellished this giant bra so fabulously and sent it all the way from U.S.A.
The CMZ-BWC brings this giant bra around during our CMZ BRAngay Project activities.
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It is amazing how the CMZ B.R.A. Campaign Project has grown and developed to what it is now!
The CMZ Breast Wellness Center hopes that more and more people, especially the women of Zamboanga City would get to know more about Breast Wellness and learn to:
The CMZ-BWC brings this giant bra around during our CMZ BRAngay Project activities.
The CMZ Breast Wellness Center hopes that more and more people, especially the women of Zamboanga City would get to know more about Breast Wellness and learn to:
LOVE THEIR BREASTS.
HAVE THEM CHECKED!
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