Foot and Fire

Theaterrampe.de  sent its "solid regards" to the cause after knowing about the serendipitous intervention, that is, someone who believes in the theater's program superimposed a sticker on the "obscene detail nobody wants." This was how the art company concluded when it was informed through this blog (see link below) about the superimposed sticker on the infamous poster. The theater company did not actually commissioned the sticking of the sticker. In fact, the sticker carries the theater's own political and critical claim. However, despite this non-commission from them, Theaterrampe sent its approval, which, this blogger believes sprang from their spirit of art appreciation tempered with artistic ethical responsibility. Its brief, but very relevant letter, goes, "Thanks for the hint! In fact Theater Rampe did not put the sticker on the "detail nobody wants". But we do like this intervention. The sticker spreads our programmatic ...

The detail superimposed with the words "Walk, the past is behind you."  Germany-based Nurse and Filipina Naomi Billard, the proponent of the idea to scrap the poster bearing the misrepresentation of Manila from the public exhibition in Stuttgart-Ulm Rail Station as well as its immodest and unethical inclusion of the photo in public considering the defecating person in the detail (See related post links below), sent me this latest photo above. A sticker was super-imposed on the spot where we wanted it to be. The sticker reads: "Walk, the past is behind you." (translation by Naomi). Below it is the word  Theaterrampe.de which is a theater company or group.  Definitely, this act of superimposing the sensitive portion of the photo is NOT the decision of the exhibit curators or organizers led by the Turmforum and the Stuttgart-Ulm Rail Project Society. But this bold act of superimposing the sensitive portion of the photo from an art company or gro...

In this whole-page shot of a local German paper, Naomi Billard is being photographed with the photo that "robbed" the poorest of our country's poor of his privacy and dignity. A picture at the main station in Stuttgart is a cause of controversy. The photo exhibition “Cities of the World” along the corridor to the platforms at the main Stuttgart rail station displays pictures of the world’s biggest cities. During the day travellers drag their rattling wheelie suitcases past Mexico City, Mumbai, Tokyo and Bangladesh. The photographs depict skyscrapers soaring towards the heavens, masses of people on overfilled streets – mega-cities teeming with life. Manila, the capital of Philippines is featured as well. Naomi Paca Billard stands in front of the grand picture as passengers rush by. The Filipina claims that her national pride is hurt by this image. She looks once more at the picture and shakes her head. The picture can’t be judged as a whole to understand w...

Definitely, yes! This is how 59-year-old nurse, mother and Filipino Naomi Billard reacted to this poster (see above) entitled Manila, showing the poverty in an area in Quezon City, taken by German photographer Stephan Schubert, and conspicuously posted in a busy Stuttgart rail station in Germany as part of a photo exhibition called "Metropolis" or "Cities of the World." While it brought home the message of poverty, this photograph sufficiently bothered Naomi on two points. One, it is the invasion of the privacy of the person doing his thing at the edge of the concrete pavement (lower left of the photo), an artistic decision that is tantamount to robbing this toilet-less poorest of the poor his DIGNITY. And two, the photographs of other countries come in at least two and  "depict skyscrapers soaring towards the heavens, masses of people on overfilled streets – mega-cities teeming with life."* This writer is in one voice with Naomi.  As bot...