Orange Project opens the year with two exhibitions that reflect on time, uncertainty, and the responsibility of response in the present moment.
Panahon Panahon by Frelan Gonzaga and the group exhibition Responde, both opening on Jan. 17, mark the gallery’s first exhibitions of the year.
Drawing from the Filipino word “panahon”, meaning both weather and time, Panahon Panahon moves through moments of shaking and stillness, crisis and recovery.
“Across drawing, photography, sculpture, and most especially, collaboration, Gonzaga reflects on mortality, memory, and the fragile ways we endure and adapt amid forces beyond our control,” the gallery said in a press release.
Begun in 2016, the works trace pivotal moments in a life lived alongside disaster, faith, and acceptance, asking: when what we know is disrupted, how do we respond?
Panahon Panahon will feature Gonzaga’s collaborations with Christine Bangero, Karina Broce-Gonzaga, HR Campos III, Charlie Co, E.S.L. Chen, Guinevere Decena, Israel Fernandez, Roedil Geraldo, Jovito Hecita, Janrey Llegue, Alexandria Mesias, Benigno Lorenzo Miravelles, Megumi Miura, Michael John Pama, Red Santillan, Juan Rosalia, and FreAK.
Running alongside it, Responde emphasizes the idea of contemporary response as a deliberate and reflective act.
In contrast to reactionary culture and instant outrage, the exhibition brings together artists of different practices, shaped by Manny Garibay’s Amuyong Mentorship Program under Linangan Art Residency, and responding to present social and political realities with intention, depth, and accountability.
“Within the Philippine context, Responde reminds us that some questions demand more than response or noise—they ask us to listen, think, and remain present,” the press release said.
Together, Panahon Panahon and Responde set the tone for Orange Project’s 2026 program—opening the year with exhibitions that invite reflection, responsibility, and sustained engagement with the times we live in, it added.
Both exhibitions open on Jan. 17, at 5 p.m., at Orange Project, The Art District in Bacolod City. ||
