Kristine Lim and Jonathan Manalo officially launched their collaboration project, Kuwento Ng Alon (As Told By The Waves), this September 27, 2022 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. This union of the dynamic duo who are both celebrated individuals from their respective industries is set to give honor to our country with their multi-venue and multi-country art exhibition and art book tour.
Prolific and multi-awarded missionary visual artist, Kristine Lim, interpreted the songs of award winning OPM Icon, composer, songwriter and producer, Jonathan Manalo, as a series of artwork and art installations in celebration of Manalo’s 20th year in the industry. The artworks will also serve as a way to honor the different personalities and established singers who sang the songs of Manalo.
Waves are the central imagery which ties the whole project together, as it is a wonderful coincidence that emotions and sound, expressed harmoniously in Jonathan Manalo’s songs, travels by the waves. The vehicle on which it is transmitted and popularized, radio waves, is also in that form. Our archipelago of more than seven thousand islands, is connected by waves generated by our seas. And Filipinos all over the world and from all times, both literally and metaphorically, traveled by them as we spread out through the world in search of livelihood for families in the home country, or permanently in the search of a better life. Kuwento ng Alon is the story of our people, and it is ultimately a story of grace, faith, hope, and most importantly, Love.
The exhibit and the art book will also be held at several venues in the Philippines, and then, in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Japan, London, France, USA, Canada, Dubai; from October 2022 to October 2023.
Meanwhile, the Kuwento Ng Alon Art Book are comprised of the artworks of Kristine Lim as well as essays written by Lim and Manalo, Lead Pastor at Revelation City Church and host of ABS-CBN’s Real Talk Pastor Monique Lopez — Ong; Artist, Curator, and Managing Director of Art Lounge Manila Cindel Tiausas; Philippine’s Top Art Critic Cid Reyes; and National Artist for Music Ryan Cayabyab.
Part of the proceeds from the whole Kuwento Ng Alon project will be donated to four beneficiaries; ABS-CBN Foundation, Artists on a Mission Workshop, OM Philippines, Sustainable Ph.
To know more about Kuwento Ng Alon, visit www.kuwentongalon.com, or follow KuwentoNgAlon on Facebook and Instagram.
