One element during the Pahiyas festival that the locals make and display is the anok – a term used in Lucban to resemble a mannequin that depicts a farmer, worker, weaver, or resident. It is made of vegetables and fruits, complete with a farmer's outfit and complemented with farm tools such as the bolo and salakot.

 

Co-produced by 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐋, Mark Salvatus creates a life-sized “Anok” that will premiere at the festival, with the help of Langgam Performance Troupe, Textile Art Museum PH, Ayi Magpayo, Adrian Lizares.

 

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Mark Salvatus works across various disciplines and media, convening engagements using objects, photography, videos, installations, and participatory projects that present different outcomes of energies, meanings, and experiences. Calling his overall artistic practice Salvage Projects, a name that corresponds to the meaning of his surname, Mark has presented his works in different exhibitions and venues, locally and internationally.

 

Salvatus’ work “Sa kabila ng tabing lamang sa panahong ito (Waiting just behind the curtain of this age)” is the official entry of the Philippine Pavilion for the 60th Venice Art Biennale 2024, curated by Carlos Quijon, Jr.