Datu
Arellano (1980) is a visual artist, a musician, a graphic designer, a
retired front-end web developer, an educator, and an active member of
the Anino Shadowplay Collective. As a practitioner he straddles multiple
contexts of visual and performing arts, and works within the
traditional forms of drawing and painting; the experimental aspects of
sound design, music, and video; and the commercial contexts of graphic
design. Aside from exhibiting, Datu currently performs as an
experimental musician and sound artist, and does music composition and
arrangement.
He is the creator of the TAHIGAMI Project, which he
began in 2011 as a visual arts project but has since expanded into the
world of sound, music, and instrument building. He recently attended
Documenta 15 in Kassel, Germany, as a guest artist, where his sound
design and music accompanied visual artist-film maker Kiri Dalena’s
5-channel video installation.
In this presentation and workshop
Datu will share his process and knowledge about designing and building
his custom instruments, and how the different forms of art, science,
math, and even family, inform his practice and are woven into his life.
https://datuarellano.com/