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//contemporary art/photo/travel/ PANGINOON by SEBASTIEN CUVELIER
Panginoon
Sebastien Cuvelier - Luxembourg - loves to travel, meet people, find odd places and tell stories from all over the world. His last work called Panginoon is a collection of images from a travel that Sebastien had made in Philippines.
God is a Filipino. Where else could he come from when witnessing people's devotion for the master [literal translation of Panginoon]? From fascinating religious rituals to everyday life, Christian references abound to a point where they do not mean anything anymore.
Catholicism in the Philippines - 85% of the population - is more than an exception in the Asian religious landscape. It is a cornerstone of local culture inherited from Spanish colonialism and fueled by poverty: 23 million people - one quarter of the total population - live with less than a dollar a day.
The Philippines arquipelago is clearly one-of-a-kind: it is made of an ethnic, cultural and linguistic mix, leaving as sole nationwide elements jeepneys, karaoke and a sometimes innocent, sometimes questioning worship of Panginoon.
Sebastien Cuvelier
Luxembourg
web site | e-mail
Sebastien Cuvelier - Luxembourg - loves to travel, meet people, find odd places and tell stories from all over the world. His last work called Panginoon is a collection of images from a travel that Sebastien had made in Philippines.
God is a Filipino. Where else could he come from when witnessing people's devotion for the master [literal translation of Panginoon]? From fascinating religious rituals to everyday life, Christian references abound to a point where they do not mean anything anymore.
Catholicism in the Philippines - 85% of the population - is more than an exception in the Asian religious landscape. It is a cornerstone of local culture inherited from Spanish colonialism and fueled by poverty: 23 million people - one quarter of the total population - live with less than a dollar a day.
The Philippines arquipelago is clearly one-of-a-kind: it is made of an ethnic, cultural and linguistic mix, leaving as sole nationwide elements jeepneys, karaoke and a sometimes innocent, sometimes questioning worship of Panginoon.
Sebastien Cuvelier
Luxembourg
web site | e-mail
