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This series explores the duality of my Americanness represented by a hoodie as a cultural staple in fashion. Hoodies are also stigmatized as the outfit of choice for criminality and lazy young people. These pieces express the true hidden inner-self.  

Babaylan is a common term for shamans in the Philippines. 

Mahal

This series explores the duality of my Americanness represented by a hoodie as a cultural staple in fashion. Hoodies are also stigmatized as the outfit of choice for criminality and lazy young people. These pieces express the true hidden inner-self.  

Mahal means love or expensive in Tagalog. The faces are generated versions of myself using GAN. Multiple graphic layers consist of my physical paintings, photography, illustrations, and a traditional script from the Philippines, commonly known as Baybayin. Original music by me. 

Ninuno 

This series explores the duality of my Americanness represented by a hoodie as a cultural staple in fashion. Hoodies are also stigmatized as the outfit of choice for criminality and lazy young people. These pieces express the true hidden inner-self.  Ninuno means ancestor in Tagalog, one of the many languages in the Philippines. 

LIttle Brown Brother

This series explores the duality of my Americanness represented by a hoodie as a cultural staple in fashion. Hoodies are also stigmatized as the outfit of choice for criminality and lazy young people. These pieces express the true hidden inner-self.  

"Little Brown Brother" was a term used by Americans to refer to Filipinos. The term was coined by William Howard Taft during the Philippine-American war as a way to suppress rebellion. 

Photography and digital illustration. 