This month at Shangri-La Plaza, Art & Home take the spotlight. Discover new music, experience a different kind of film genre, check out visual art from young up and coming artists, and get inspired by celebrity living spaces as Shang holds exciting events all throughout August.
Kiana Valenciano took center stage at the East Wing on Aug. 19. The young, rising singer who comes from a family of musicians is making a name for herself with her original R&B-electro-pop-influenced music.
Shang continues to celebrate young artists as it hosted the culmination of Ateneo de Manila University’s Ateneo Art Awards for 2017. Winners of the Fernando Zóbel Prizes for Visual Art and the Purita Kalaw-Ledesma Prizes in Art Criticism were awarded and have their works on display at the East Wing Until Sept. 5.
Then, just before the month ends, Shang opens the 11th International Silent Film Festival in Manila, which runs from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3. This one-of-a-kind movie viewing experience features silent films from all over the world scored live by Filipino musicians. Catch the 9 films scored by 9 different local artists at the Shang Cineplex, plus the new, emerging talents to be featured at The Silent Film Exhibition and Musika X Pelikula, both to be held at the Grand Atrium.
Shang also highlighted its home and living selections with Urban Filipino Spaces: Home Exhibit, at the Grand Atrium recently. Personalities like Karylle Yuzon, Tin-tin and Julius Babao, Jed Madela, Xandra Ramos Padilla, Jappy Gonzales, Jie Pambid, Stephanie Zubiri, Apple David, Rajo Laurel put their own style and decorated different areas of the house, from the home office to the living room, using items from Bo Concept, Tempur, La-Z Boy, La Sedia, Rustan’s Department Store, and more.
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