Do It (MCAD Manila)

Exhibition run: 23 June – 31 August 2021

The Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD), in collaboration with Independent Curators International (ICI) New York, launched do it (MCAD Manila) online last 13 May 2021, an exhibition where written instructions by artists are interpreted anew. How this project reimagines the exhibition format as flexible and open-ended is a result of a 1993 conversation in Paris among curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and artists Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier, and has become the world’s longest running curatorial project since. MCAD joins more than 50 institutions that have re-created the exhibition and will hold its first appearance in the Philippines.

In this iteration, MCAD partners with local artists, community groups and its online audience. As a response to global stay at home orders, do it (MCAD Manila) will run both online and on-site. The public is invited to participate by responding to instructions from different artists, which will be released by MCAD throughout the exhibition run. do it (MCAD Manila) invites local artists MM Yu, Madge Reyes, Lourd de Veyra, Manix Abrera, Manny Montelibano, Mark Salvatus, and chef Miko Calo for a special presentation in interpreting instructions by Cao Fei, Jerome Bel, Rivane Neuenschwander, Liam Gillick, Hannah Weinberger, Robert Ashley, and others.

Access and participate in the exhibition online: 

Instagram I Twitter I Facebook #doitMCADManila

Private Visits

MCAD is now open for private visits . To visit MCAD Tuesdays-Thursdays (except holidays), book online or email us at mcad@benilde.edu.ph at least a day ahead. Group reservations are limited to five (5) persons only and only guests with bookings confirmed via email will be allowed entry. Visits will be limited to one hour.

Watch this page for bi-weekly “do its” or artist instructions and share your own work below.

ARTIST SCORES

Share your work here

    do it is an exhibition conceived and curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, and organized by Independent Curators International (ICI), New York. do it and the accompanying publication, do it: the compendium, were made possible, in part, by grants from the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation, the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, and with the generous support from Project Perpetual and ICI’s International Forum and Board of Trustees.

    Learn more about do it and ICI here.

    For downloadable content related to this exhibition, please click here.

    Check us out on Instagram!

    Downloads:
    Skip to content