The Long Now: a solo exhibition by Jem Magbanua

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A new strain of coronavirus had changed the global landscape in less than a year. Mandatory quarantine protocols have been set in countries where rising numbers of infection had been observed. In the Philippines, over a hundred days had passed since the government ordered restrictions on mobility and travel. With the closure of establishments, institutions, and bound interactions, the drastic shift to move almost everything to the virtual realm, now, deposes a new era. How do we make sense of reality in a period of isolation?
Documenting from isolation, Jem Magbanua chronicles a period of stillness in “The Long Now”. Drawing images from Google Maps, a platform combining traditional and digital technology, random places were inspected and merged with illustrated observations of the changing sky. The drawings neither portray nor obscure the truth but investigate associations (or its absence) with spaces, framing landscapes between the real and imaginary. Throughout time, maps have become devices that enforce our recognition of the expected context in the way we must navigate the world. In Magbanua’s enactment of control, we are re-introduced in our assumed cognizance of time and place.

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