Episode 5: Paul de Guzman

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Born in Manila, where he studied Engineering, de Guzman immigrated to Vancouver in 1984. His artistic practice is governed by nomadic gestures and transient objects, characterized by a concept-driven approach across a variety of media. An important outcome of his current artistic investigation recognizes the role of language, architecture and urbanism as mechanisms for social control through the lens of social engagement and post-colonialism. De Guzman has shared his work widely at conventional white cube venues, but is fond of the unconventional ones.

In 2010, de Guzman founded a virtual and itinerant museum called MAA-Museum for the Administration of Aesthetics, a research-based nomadic entity that documents our experiences of the urban environment through art and social engagement. Using relational and documentary strategies, MAA employs various methods to present an archive of social experiences and ideas pertaining to art, urbanism and personal pedagogy. MAA’s most recent iteration is the Youtube channel “Paul de Guzman presents… Art”, which engages through multiple levels of artistic, pedestrian and critical dialogue.