Learning About Art Series
Contemporary Art at the Vargas
Session 2 (2026)
A guided walkthrough of the exhibition Reshoot to Reconstruct
April 8, 10, and 15
Register to participate, https://bit.ly/UPVMLearningArtSession2.
The UP Vargas Museum invites general education classes in the arts (Arts 1, for example)to join the second session for our series, Learning About Art: Contemporary Art at the Vargas on any of the following dates: APRIL 8, 10 & 15, 2026. The second learning session is a guided walkthrough of our current contemporary exhibition, Reshoot to Reconstruct by Taiwanese artist, Su Hui-Yu.
The walkthrough will guide students of Arts 1 (Critical Perspectives in the Arts) and similar classes to experience new media works including video, short film, and video installation, with a curious eye, a sensing body, and a questioning mind. This approach aligns with the learning goals of honing aesthetic awareness, developing visual literacy and encouraging reflexive thinking.
Taiwanese artist Su Hui-yu (b. 1976, based in Taipei) restaged four moving image projects in the exhibition. These are The Trio Hall (2023), Women’s Revenge (2020), The Space Warriors and the Digigrave (2025), and Future Shock (2019). In this iteration, Su presents anew the lush, vibrant theaters of his narratives — bending bodies, places, and times with satirical humor sharpened by a gesture best described as speculative. Works for Reshoot to Reconstruct traces parallels between the histories of Taiwan and Philippines, and as such, foregrounds shared social conditions in understanding the role of the arts in our lives.
