Riaan Ngokokuqala ngqa, i-Art Fair Philippines inezindondo zokuhlonipha abantu ababili abangasekho emhlabeni kwezobuciko: uNorma Crisologo Liongoren we-Liongoren Gallery kanye no-Albert Avellana we-Avellana ArtGallery.
Inkokhiso kaNorma Crisologo Liongoren yenganyelwe yindodakazi yakhe, u-Hannah Liongoren, ongumdwebi nomklami ozinze e-United States, owenza umklamo wombukiso.
Ukuze ahlanganise inkokhiso kanina, enesihloko esithi, “Norma Liongoren: Reading Between the Lines,” u-Hannah kwadingeka athole indlela yokuzulazula emisebenzini yobuciko njengoba iningi layo lalikhona ngaphambi kokuba azalwe.
“Unayo yonke le misebenzi yobuciko kanye nombhali oyinhloko, kulokhu, umama wami, akasekho,” kusho uHana, “Unobuciko lapho njengephuzu lokubhekisela, kodwa awukho. Uyazi ukuthi inhloso iyini, akunjalo? Noma ukuthi iyini indaba yaleyo misebenzi yobuciko.”
“Ungayisusa nje enkumbulweni, bese uphinda ubuze abantu abaseduze, kodwa ayisafani-ngeke ivele kumuntu oyitholile, uyazi, noma kumuntu obengumphathi oyinhloko wale misebenzi. Ngakho-ke, umqondo, uma kukhulunywa ngombukiso wokuhlonipha, uwukuhlaziya nje kokuthi uzulazula kanjani—njengokusuka kwilensi yami, ngokombono wami, njengomuntu ofunda phakathi kwemigqa, ngokuyisisekelo, ngingamtshela kanjani indaba kamama esekelwe imisebenzi ukuthi [were] uhambe nathi?”
Isithombe: Hannah Liongoren
Inkonzo yokuhlonipha iqiniswe yizithombe zikaNorma enqunu nanjengowesifazane okhulelwe ngumyeni wakhe u-Alfredo Liongoren kanye nomngane womndeni uDanilo Dalena, ngokulandelana. Njengoba ihlukaniswe iminyaka eyishumi, umdwebo onqunu wadwetshwa ngokushesha ngemva kokuzalwa kuka-Erik, ingane yakhe yokuqala, ngo-1975, kuyilapho isithombe sikaDalena sipendwe ngenkathi uHannah, uthunjana, esesesiswini sikanina ngo-1985.
U-Hannah uthe isithombe sika-Dalen sikamama wakhe ngesikhathi ekhulelwe sisomuntu siqu, njengoba uDalena engunkulunkulu wakhe. Naye ukhule nesiqephu sibukiswa endlini yabo yokuphumula.
“Kunginikeze umuzwa wokuthi ngingubani, cishe, ngoba kubonise uhlobo olukhulelwe lukamama engingakaze ngimbone njengomuntu omncane emndenini, akunjalo? Angizange ngimbone njengowesifazane okhulelwe, futhi Kwenzeka lokhu nje, kwaba khona lokhu, okufana nokudunyiswa kwakhe njengowesifazane okhulelwe,” kusho yena.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi lokho kuwumphumela wokubona izithombe zakho nabazali bakho – ucabanga ngomlando wakho, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi, qaphela futhi ukukhumbule lokho – lezo zindawo zolwazi empilweni yakho,” eqhubeka.
“Isithombe esikhulelwe—kuyilungelo elimangalisayo ukubona uhlobo lukamama wakho esikhathini esithile ekuphileni kwakhe asigubhayo, futhi kwenzeka nje ukuthi ungaphakathi. Kufana nefasitela enkathini yesikhathi eqoshwe kulokhu ifomu.”
UHana wabuye wathi inkokhiso yakhiwa umsebenzi kanina wobudoda.
Amanye amaphrojekthi kaNorma afaka phakathi uchungechunge lombukiso we-“Walong Filipina” (1991-2016), “Iziqephu Zobuciko ZikaLarry” kaLarry Alcala (1995), “Manikako” (2009), kanye Nengcweti Yesizwe uVictorio Edades “Edades: From Freedom to Izithelo” (2011).
Isizinda sikaNorma esingesona esobuciko njengomhlengikazi, umsizi wocwaningo ku-Population Center Foundation (manje eyiPhilippine Center for Population and Development), umsebenzi wokuzithandela we-NAMFREL phakathi nokhetho olusheshayo lwango-1986, kanye nemisebenzi ehlukahlukene yezenhlalo nepolitiki yizinto ezazisa. indlela ayephatha ngayo igalari yezobuciko njengomfundisi wayo futhi eqokwe ngontanga yakhe “umbelethisi wezobuciko”.
“Akajwayele neze ukwenza igalari,” kusho uHannah. “Uma kukhona okumshukumisayo, uyaziwa ukuthi uyasiza. Usabela kakhulu kunoma iyiphi inhlekelele eyenzeka ePhilippines futhi uzama ukuxazulula izinkinga ngqo.”
“Uqoqela abantu imali eminingi nezinhlangano ezizimele esebenzisa inkundla yakhe,” usho kanje, wengeza ngokuthi u-100% wemali etholwayo uya kwabahlomulayo.
Isithombe: Hannah Liongoren
U-Hannah uphinde wabelana ngokuthi abanye abantu ababasiza umama wakhe ngabasebenzi bezamasiko, njengoprofesa wase-University of Philippines owayedinga imali yokwelashwa kwakhe umdlavuza kanye nomdwebi onomsindo owayesengozini yemoto.
Ngesishingishane u-Yolanda, uthe umama wakhe waze wathatha imindeni ethintekile wayinikeza indawo yokufihla ikhanda.
“Wazizwa ephoqelekile ukuthi ayothatha imindeni eyalahlekelwa amakhaya ngenxa yeziphepho ngakho-ke, sasinabantu abangu-20 endaweni yegalari. Yilokho ngqo ekuxazululeni inkinga,” esho, enezela ngokuthi “kucishe kufane ne ukuphuthuma okuvela kuye” futhi “lo mbono wokunakekelwa okwamanje unamandla kakhulu.”
Ngaphezu kokusiza abantu, u-Hannah uthe umama wakhe wayelwela isiko lesi-Filipino.
“Impela ixubene, indlela ubuchopho bakhe obusebenza ngayo, uyazi, ngangokunokwenzeka, angathola izindlela zokulwela isiko lethu lendawo,” kusho yena.
Isibonelo, uNorma uhole i-“Malong ni Mama,” idrayivu yokunikela yabasinde eSishingishaneni i-Yolanda e-Guiuan, Eastern Samar. Bahambe ibanga elide ukuze benze amaphakheji osizo aqine ngezingcezu ze-malong.
“Ungabonga futhi ukuthi ungakanani umzamo wakhe wokunakekela izinto eziningi, izinkinga eziningi nabantu emphakathini wethu, okufana nokuthi kuningi. Kuningi ukuzala obekudinga okumele kwenziwe,” kusho yena.
“Yileyo nto, ngicabanga ukuthi, nomphakathi wethu, nathi, lapha ePhilippines, kufanele niphelele ukuze nikwazi ukwenza umsebenzi, futhi kukhona oyedwa nje,” kusho uHannah.
“Uma ekwazi ukuziphindaphinda, angakufuna lokho,” wengeza. “Wayefuna ukukwenza konke.”
—MGP, GMA Integrated News
