10/08/2026
𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲: Analog Studies of Threshold Encounters
𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿: 2026
𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺: Analog Instax photographs on photographic film, mounted with museum mat board and framed.
𝗦𝗶𝘇𝗲: 74 cm x 29 cm
𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗧. 𝗝𝗼𝘆𝗮 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆, 𝗨𝗣 𝗖𝗲𝗯𝘂
This series presents selected works from an ongoing spatial design research project by Dr. Lionel Sanchez, PIID, examining q***r thresholds and everyday environments in Cebu City. The project asks: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀, 𝘃𝗲𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲?
The analog Instax photographs document ordinary urban spaces, captured exclusively during daylight hours. The choice of instant film resists digital perfection, embracing the medium’s materiality, limited exposures, and singular, unrepeatable image. Each photograph becomes both document and artifact.
Across the documented sites, mature Balete (Ficus) trees and densely vegetated edges emerge as recurring spatial conditions. These landscapes appear quiet and unremarkable by day yet participate in a different social rhythm after dark. Rather than depicting activities directly, the work invites viewers to consider how places accumulate layered meanings through movement, memory, and lived experience.
Grounded in the concept of 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, the research understands interiors not simply as enclosed rooms but as spatial conditions shaped through behaviors and encounters. Here, vegetation functions as a spatial device through which visibility, concealment, and social interaction are continually negotiated. Within these everyday settings, q***r men negotiate safety and intimacy, momentarily transforming familiar landscapes into spaces of recognition and connection. By photographing these environments in daylight, the work foregrounds the ordinary while revealing how place is continually co-produced beyond the conventional confines of architecture.
