Merv Espina

Born in Manila, The Philippines. He is program director for Green Papaya Art Projects, the oldest artist-run creative, interdisciplinary platform in the Philippines, and cook-janitor for WSK, a Manila-based media art kitchen and annual "Festival of the Recently Possible". He is also co-founder of the institute of Lower Learning (iLL), an experimental art and education initiative based in Manila and Ho Chi Minh City. The Kalampag Tracking Agency (2014-), a collaboration with artist Shireen Seno exploring alternative visions in Filipino moving image practice and investigating the screening program as an archival platform, has been touring internationally. His curatorial project HOLDINGS (2014-15) explored art and economics, value and work, and was selected for the 2014 Young Curators' Workshop, "Run & Learn," organized by Japan Foundation and the University of the Philippines' Jorge B. Vargas Museum. Lives in Manila, The Philippines.