Street Art Love

I recently took a fancy on street art and murals. Enough that I started a Facebook page dedicated to it. I called the page Writings On The Wall. Writings on the Wall is a tribute to public art and their artists (unknown, in many cases ) "because they would be soon gone before we know it." 

Murals and street art are fleeting- it is the sad fact of it. But they do a lot to make an otherwise drab place beautiful and artsy.  It will be a shame not to have a memory of these work of arts painstakingly painted by their artists.  

For my first street art photography, I went to Bonifacio Global City. Being a new business center with new, beautiful buildings, it seemed an unlikely place to have street art and murals. Surprisingly, for 2 consecutive years, they have commissioned  local and foreign artists to paint lovely murals.  Here's my top 10 favorite (not in particular order) :

(1) A boy and a tiger
Location: Lane O (back of fully booked) , Bonifacio High Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines

Artist – Nate Frizzell

2) Called "DAVID'S HAND" in the artist's website, but is referred to as "IN THE CLOUD" in most blogs I read
Location: 7th Avenue (at Mango Tree Bar) , Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
Artist – Bunnie Reiss

3)  A girl and the birds
Location:Near Timezone , Bonifacio High Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
Artist – Nate Frizzell

4)  "BETWEEN THE LINES"

Location: 7th Avenue corner Federacion Drive , Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines

Artist – Cyrcle

5) A friendly bear in the city ...

Location: 7th Avenue corner Lane O (at R.O.X.) , Bonifacio High Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
Artist – Nate Frizzell

6) "MAY YOU FIND COMFORT HERE"
Location – B-1 Parking, Bonifacio High Street , Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
Artist – KFK

7) "PILANDOK"
Location - Lane P, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig,Metro Manila, Philippines
Artist - Egg Fiasco

8) "ART MURAL"

Location: 5th Avenue corner 25th Street , Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
Artist – Faileart

9) 'MAGIC OWL"

Location: B-1 Parking , Bonifacio High Street , Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
Artist – Bunnie Reiss

10) "Charlotte"

Location:Near Timezone , Bonifacio High Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
Artist – Nate Frizzell

And of course...there are those beautiful "art in trash".

So..head over to BGC before they are gone!

"The Heart of God's Country"- a Mural About Nature

Earlier this year, we were greeted with this work of art amidst the drab urban landscape that is Bonifacio Global City.  The mural is at W 5th building, in the very busy intersection of 5th Avenue and 32nd Street.The artist behind the mural is the California based muralist Andrew Schoultz.    "The Heart of God's County" depicts nature, and regeneration. It was one of the murals produced during the 10 day mural festival held this year where local and international artists turned BGC's wall into beautiful works of art.

Mind Museum Date with Miggy

Mind Museum give the children a chance to explore science in a fun way- it also makes adults fall in love with science , once again. Mind Museum is the best (or maybe the only?) interactive science museum in the country. It is similar- but on a much smaller scale- to San Francisco's Exploratorium.

My nephew attended a class in the Mind Museum and we went there one Saturday to meet with him and his baby sister. After his class, we explored the museum together- and he looked sooo happy, our little scientist.

The museum is also divided into galleries.   

In the Atom Gallery, they learn about the atoms, the different elements, gravity, magnets,energy, and frequencies among others. My favorite in the museum is the Van de Graff static ball in the Atom Gallery. It was fun. My nephew could not stop laughing when my long hair stood on its end. 

Another favorite is the impressive Universe Gallery, which was laid out to make you feel like you are in the outer space. Here you will learn about the solar system, stars, moon, and about the history of space quiz. I am sure many children would dream about being astronauts when they visit this gallery. 

In the technology gallery, kids will love MIMO, the freely roaming robot who detects obstacles in its path, and thus avoid it. 

The other galleries are Life Gallery and Earth Gallery.  There is a camera which will show your image in a TV screen, along with different kinds of dinosaurs which are either  roaming, running from you or "chasing" you.  

The price is 625 for adults and 425 for children- this is good for 3 hours. The museum is located in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig and as most museums, it is closed on Mondays.