Mother and missionary visual artist, Kristine Lim, remains in full speed with her 3rd Art Installation in Intramuros Manila entitled UGOY. Mounting the art installation in time for Mother’s Day and the election season, “Artist on a Mission”, Kristine Lim, made 18 beautiful cradle nests to grace the grounds of Intramuros, Manila.
To breathe further emotion to the project and ignite a more moving experience is the musical composition accompanying UGOY, by Mr. Jonathan Manalo, the Creative Director of ABS-CBN Music. Kristine described Jonathan’s song for her art installation as “a beautifully combined and ethereal melody, voice and rhythm we can rest on as we ponder on what it means to be cradled by our mother land we must uphold, honor, and care for. A call for realization that every Filipino, young, old, regardless of gender and status are the real mothers of our nation.”
During the formal artist reception, Lim also took the opportunity to surprise and honor one of her mentors and dear friend who was her special guest during the said event, Dr. Samie Lim, the one who institutionalized Mother’s Day Celebration in the Philippines.
Dr. Lim commended Kristine Lim saying, “Every year, I try to find 100 ways to honor moms; but in this very innovative art exhibit, I believe I found 100+1 ways to make moms smile. These are meaningful artworks that depict the unconditional love of a mother for her child.”
Dr. Lim also reminded everyone that “One of the greatest proofs of God’s love are mothers.” What inspired him to institutionalize Mother’s Day Celebration in our country was his personal experience. “I went into seclusion, into meditation, and that led me to a period of deep depression… but as always, God was good to me. Those who took care of me were my mother, my wife and my sister. They were all mothers. They nursed me back to health.
I wanted to honor them and all the mothers by starting a movement that will bring families closer together by recognizing the importance of the role of mothers.”
“UGOY” is presented by Department of Tourism, its More Fun In The Philippines, Intramuros Administration, Art Lounge Manila, Philippine Franchise Association, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, I Love Mom Movement; with the participation of Sustainable PH, Christian Collective, Artists on a Mission Workshops, OM Philippines and AOR Global. The Art Installation can be viewed at Fort Santiago, Intramuros, Manila for the whole month of May.
