Pagkamalikhain, kultura't koneksyon: Pinagtitibay ang barkadahan ng mga alagad ng sining sa pangangalaga ng pamanang Pilipino sa Australia

'The Barkada Index acts as an inventory. Now, we know how many Filipinos in Australia are creatives, contributing to the cultural ecology, and willing to connect.' Credit: Supplied by Mariam Arcilla

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Mula sa limitadong kakilala sa kanyang paglipat sa Sydney mula Brisbane, walang tigil na ngayon ang writer-editor na si Mariam Ella Arcilla sa pakikipag-ugnayan at mga proyekto kasama ng mga kapwa Pilipinong alagad ng sining at kultura.

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Sinimulan ng arts and culture worker na si Mariam Ella Arcilla ang 'Barkada Index' noong Setyembre 2024, hangad na maipon ang listahan ang mga kapwa Filipino creatives sa Australia.
Ang 'Barkada Index' ay isang online na listahan ng mga Filipino Australian sa larangan ng sining, kultura, pagtatanghal, musika, produksyon at iba pa.
Layunin nito na magkaroon ng higit na koneksyon sa pagitan ng mga Pilipinong alagad ng sining sa Australia.

Nahanap at isinasabuhay ngayon ng Singaporean-Filipino arts and culture worker na si Mariam ang kanyang itinuturing na misyon – ang pagtataguyod ng sining at kulturang Pilipino sa pakikipag-tulungan sa mga kapwa Filipino Australian na alagad ng sining.

"When you hear someone say 'Filipino ka ba?', it gives you that instant connection and everyone will open up their homes or their practices to you and it becomes this instant barkada and gives you that spirit of kapwa."

Sa hangarin na pagyamanin ang kulturang Pilipino sa Australia at pagtutulungan ng mga kapwa Pinoy-Aussie, binuo ni Mariam ang 'Barkada Index'.

"Barkada Index is an open-access directory on Google Sheets that contains a list of Filipino creatives, and culture workers who want to connect with other Filipinos across Australia or who are working in Australia but are based in the Philippines and elsewhere."

Filipino barkada with Mariam Arcilla (2nd from left) at their Magenta House Shop in Sydney. Credit: Supplied

Sa ngayon, nasa 120 Filipino-Australian creatives na ang bahagi ng naturang listahan na layuning mag-ugnay sa lahat ng Pilipino na nasa larangan ng sining, pagtatanghal, musika, sayaw, pagsusulat at produksyon.

"If you are Filipino and you are working in the areas of visual art, writing, creative cooking, publishing, performance, music, dance, cultural development and you are of Filipino heritage and you want to be part of a community you add your details there and other people connect with you or you connect with them."

Setyembre 2024 sinimulan ni Arcilla ang naturang listahan online at umaasa na mapahaba pa ang listahan ng mga Pilipino na kasama.

Mariam Arcilla from being an art curator to community builder

From being an art curator to community builder, Mariam Arcilla hopes to see more collaborations and projects with fellow Filipino creatives. Credit: Supplied

"From my work as an art curator before, I was able to build a network of Filipino culture workers, filmmakers, designers, and artists that stirred me away from curating in a gallery to curating in the community.

It's working with artists in a deeply connected way to tell their stories and help profile their practices to the broader community outside the art sector," pahayag ng dating art curator at ngayo'y community builder.