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Guided Learning Activity Kit

Techniques and Performance Practices
Quarter 2 – Week 1

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Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Region – Grade 12
Guided Learning Activity Kit
Techniques and Performance Practices
Quarter 2 – Week 1

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 Techniques and Performance Practices
Practices
Introduction

Welcome again dear learners to another episode of understanding the

nature of arts in the contemporary period. Are you excited about what’s in
store for you in this new lesson?
In this Guided Learning Activity Kit, you will study a comprehensive
discussion on the techniques and performance practices that cover
traditional and contemporary approaches. Moreover, you will identify
different mediums used by the artist and how they are applied in the present
times. The activity will help you understand the deeper approaches in utilizing
the techniques and performance practices.

Learning Competency

Researches on Techniques and Performance practices applied to

contemporary arts (CAR11/12TPP-0c-e-10)

Objectives

At the end of this Guided Learning Activity Kit, you are expected to:
1. identify the different techniques and performance practices applied to
contemporary arts;
2. discuss the different techniques and performance practices applied to
contemporary arts; and
3. create artworks using the techniques and performance applied in
contemporary arts.

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 Review

Directions: Multiple Choice. Choose only the letter of the correct answer and
write it on your notebook.

1. Which of the following medium of arts uses metal, wood, stone, clay, and
glass?
a. architect c. painter
b. sculptor d. musician

2. Which of the following medium of arts uses wood, bamboo, bricks, stone,
concrete, and various building materials?
a. architect c. painter
b. sculptor d. musician

3. Which of the following medium of arts uses pigments (e.g., watercolor,

oil, tempera, textile paint, acrylic, ink, etc.) on a usually flat ground
(wood, canvas, paper, stonewall such as in cave paintings)?
a. architect c. painter
b. sculptor d. musician

4. Which of the following medium of arts uses sound and instruments

(including the human voice), while the dancer uses the body?
a. architect c. painter
b. sculptor d. musician

5. Which of the following medium of arts integrates all the arts and uses
the stage, production design, performance elements, and script to enable
the visual, musical, dance, and other aspects to come together as a whole
work?
a. theater c. writer
b. photographer d. dancer

6. Which of the following medium of arts uses the body and its movements?
a. theater c. writer
b. photographer d. dancer

7. Which of the following is defined as the material or the substance out of

which a work is made?
a. Medium c. Wood carving
b. Technique d. Film making

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8. Which of the following is an art that has been practiced all over the world
but very avidly in Southeast Asia where great pieces of woodwork have
been crafted throughout the ages?
a. Medium c. Wood carving
b. Technique d. Film making

9. Which of the following is the manner in which artists use and manipulate
materials to achieve the desired formal effect, and communicate the
desired concept, or meaning, according to his or her personal style
(modern, Neoclassic, etc.).
a. Medium c. Wood carving
b. Technique d. Film making

10. Which of the following is the process of making a film, the direction or
production of films for cinema or television?
a. Medium c. Wood carving
b. Technique d. Film making

Discussion

Have you been to a museum? Have you ever wondered how the artist
utilizes their materials and how they apply the technique in their artwork?
This lesson will discuss comprehensively the different mediums and
techniques used by the artist in creating their masterpieces.

What is medium?
Medium is defined as the material, or the substance out of which a
work is made. Through these materials, the artists express and communicate
feelings and ideas. The medium also defines the nature of the art form as
follows:
1. Sculpture uses metal, wood, stone, clay, and glass. It is the branch of the
visual art that operates in three-dimension because it occupies space and
has a volume. One form of sculpture is pottery and the notable examples
are Guillermo Tolentino’s Oblation, Bulul woodcarvings from the
Cordilleras and carvings of saints in Christian churches by Santos.
2. Architecture uses wood, bamboo, bricks, stone, concrete, and various
building materials. It is the art or practice of designing and constructing
buildings.

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3. Paintings uses pigments like watercolor, oil, tempera, textile paint, acrylic,
ink on a usually flat ground such as wood, canvas, paper and stonewall
used in cave paintings.
4. Printmaking uses ink normally on paper but can also be used on woods,
metal plates, or silkscreens. Prints is classified as two-dimensional
because they include the surface or ground on which coloring substances
are applied. However, while paintings are unique, prints can be
reproduced in several pre-determined editions.
5. Music uses sounds and instruments (including the human voice), while
the dancer uses the body.
6. Dance uses the body and its movements. Dance is often accompanied by
music, but there are dances that do not rely on musical accompaniment
to be realized. Dance can tell stories, but at other times, they convey
abstract ideas that do not rely on a narrative.
7. Theater artist integrates all the arts and uses the stage, production design,
performance elements, and script to enable the visual, musical, dance,
and other aspects to come together as a whole work.
8. Photography and filmmaking use the camera to record the outside world.
The filmmaker uses the cinematographic camera to record and put
together production design, sound engineering, performance, and
screenplay. In digital photography and film, the images can be assimilated
into the computer, thus eliminating the need for celluloid or negatives,
processing chemicals, or print.
9. Writing of a novel, poetry, nonfiction, and fiction uses words.

On the basis of medium, the arts can be classified as practical,

environmental, pictorial, narrative, dramatic, and musical. The musical
arts include music, poetry (those that have perceptible rhythm and can be
sung or danced to), and dance that is accompanied by music. The practical
arts have immediate use for everyday and business life such as design,
architecture, and furniture. Environmental arts occupy space and change in
its meaning and function depends on their categories including architecture,
sculpture, and site-specific works such as installations and public art.
Pictorial works include painting, drawing, graphics and stage and
production design (lighting, dress, props, and set). Works that are staged and
performed are considered Dramatic and they include drama, performance
art, or music and dance. If they are based on stories, the art forms are
classified as narrative and they include drama, novel, fiction, nonfiction,
music, and dance.
As we have learned, all these art forms can be integrated to Combined
arts, such as design, mixed media, photography, film, video, performance art,
theater productions, and installations.

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 For example, a ritual involves the use of a sculpture such as a bulul, a
dance, music, and production design that involves the wearing of textiles,
jewelry, and a circular design where lighting can be as simple as a torch or
sulo. In such settings, we do not sit separately from the stage, like what
happens in a regular auditoriums or theaters. When sitting or standing in a
circle with lead chanters, dancers, and musicians, everyone is encouraged to
dance and participate. In our own ways, we become part of the community
and the creative process, as active “artists” ourselves, rather than just
audiences or spectators. The arts in such settings are integrated and cannot
be separated into distinct forms; art is collectively consumed and created.
On the other hand, the UP Chapel is made out of works made by
individual National Artists practicing in the various arts. The architecture is
by Leandro Locsin; the crucifix is by Napoleon Abueva; the floor mosaic is by
Arturo Luz, and the Stations of the Cross are by Vicente Manansala who was
assisted by Ang Kiukok. In 1968, the chapel was the site of a performance
created by another National Artist, Jose Maceda. His piece combined
indigenous voices, and instruments, and prayer is sung in Tagalog.

What is technique?
Technique is the manner in which artists use and manipulate
materials to achieve the desired formal effect, and communicate the desired
concept, or meaning, according to his or her personal style (modern,
Neoclassic, etc.). The distinctive character or nature of the medium
determines the technique. For example, stone is chiseled, wood is carved, clay
is modeled and shaped, metal is cast, and thread is woven. See for example
below.

1. Stone in chiseled 2. Wood is carved 3.Clay is modeled and shape

Photo fromcommons.wikimedia.org Photo from orientalsouls.com Photo from buddymantra.com

4. Metal is cast 5. Thread is woven.

Photo from riversofsteel.com Photo from artisansofleisure

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 Technique involves tools and technology, ranging from the most
traditional (for example carving, silkscreen, analog photography, and
filmmaking) to the most contemporary (digital photography, digital
filmmaking, music production, Industrial design, and robotics).

Traditional Techniques

Wood Carving

Wood Carving is an art that has been

practiced all over the world but very avidly in
Southeast Asia where great pieces of woodwork
have been crafted throughout the ages. Siem Reap
was a center of arts for many years during the
Angkor Empire, with sculptures of Apsara, Angkor
tales and other stories regularly adorning the royal
compounds. Today, these very same sculptures are
made by craftsmen and placed in hotels all over
Siem Reap. Photo from https://news.destination-
asia.com/wood-carving-with-a-master-
craftsman/

Silk-screen printing
Is one of the most popular printing techniques, and is most-used by
companies when printing design onto products of different sizes and
materials. It has been used for more than 100 years in the commercial and
artistic sector and is mainly used for printing images and designs on T-shirts,
Tote bags, paper, wood, ceramics and other materials.

Analogue Photography
Analogue photography refers to photography using an analogue camera
and film. A roll of film loaded into the camera and the magic begins once you
start clicking: light interacts with the chemicals in the film and an image is
recorded. The pictures collected in your film roll come to life when the film is
processed in a photo lab.

Filmmaking
Film production is the process of making a film. The direction or
production of films for the cinema or television is a visual storytelling.
Filmmaking involves a number of discrete stages including an initial story,
idea, or commission, through screenwriting, casting, shooting, sound
recording and reproduction, editing, and screening the finished product
before an audience that may result in a film release and exhibition.

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 Filmmaking takes place in many places around the world in a range of
economic, social, and political contexts, and using a variety of technologies
and cinematic techniques. Typically, it involves a large number of people and
can take from a few months to several years to complete.
Filmmaker is the one who takes the onus of a feature film from
beginning to end, and most commonly fulfills the dual role of producer and
director (or more).

Contemporary Techniques

Digital photography
Uses cameras containing arrays of electronic photodetectors to capture
images focused by a lens, as opposed to an exposure on photographic film.
The captured images are digitized and stored as a computer file ready for
further digital processing, viewing, electronic publishing, or digital printing.

Digital film making

Is the norm these days, enabling filmmakers to blend art and digital
media and speed up the process of filmmaking as well as be more creative
and enterprising in the special effects department.
In short, more flexible digital cameras—such as the Panasonic HVX 200
and the RED One and Scarlet cameras—and editing software such as Final
Cut Pro Studio, have made the cinematographer's and editor's jobs easier and
made it possible for filmmakers to produce quality films at much less
expensive cost.

Music production
It is the process of creating a recorded music project. A record producer
usually handles music production, managing every aspect. That can include
being a critical part of the creative process, such as deciding what
instruments are used and contributing to song arrangements. Since music
production plays a vital role in the quality of the final product, it can make or
break the success of an album. Record producers give recommendations on
which songs are best to record; manage financial aspects of recording; hire
outside performers, if needed; and work with sound engineers in the recording
process.

Industrial design
It is a combination of art and engineering; drawing skills, creativity and
technical knowledge are critical. Industrial designers usually choose to work
on products in a specific industry, such as the medical, automobile, or
technology industry.

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Robotics
It is an interdisciplinary research area at the interface of computer
science and engineering. Robotics involves design, construction, operation,
and use of robots. The goal of robotics is to design intelligent machines that
can help and assist humans in their day-to-day lives and keep everyone safe.

Artistic Skills and Techniques to Contemporary Art Creations

1. Collage is the technique of an art

production used in the visual arts, where
the artwork is made from on assemblage
of different forms, thus creating a new
whole. Collage may sometimes include
magazines and newspaper clippings,
ribbons, paints, bits of colored or
handmade papers, portions of other
artwork or texts, photographs, and other
found objects, glued to a piece Dolangieman.com
of paper or canvas.
2. Decollage is the opposite of collage;
instead of an image is being built up all
or parts of existing images, it is created by
cutting, treating away, or otherwise
removing pieces of an original image. The
French word “Decollage” in English
means “Take-Off” or “To become Unglued”
or “To become unstuck”. Examples of
decollage include cut-up technique.
Similar technique is the lacerated poster,
a poster in which one has been placed
over another or others, and the top poster
or posters have been ripped, revealing to
a greater or lesser degree the poster or
poster underneath.
Pinterest.com

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3. Graffiti are writing or drawings
that have been scribed, scratched, or
painted illicitly on a wall or other
surface, often in a public space.
Graffiti range from simple written
words to elaborate wall paintings.
Graffiti may express underlying
social and political messages, and a
whole genre of artistic expression is
based spray paint graffiti styles. An
example of this is the Singapore art
Bridge just beside the Oxford Hotel
where the writer stayed in their visit
to Singapore. It is said to be painted
by a Batanes-born artist.
Slideshare.net

4. Land art - Earthwork or earth art is an art

movement in which landscape and the work
of art are inextricably linked. It is also an art
form that is created in nature, using natural
materials such as soil, rock (bedrock,
bolders, stones), organic media (logs,
branches, leaves), and water which
introduced materials such as concrete, metal,
asphalt, or mineral pigments. Sculpture is
Boholchronicle.com.ph
not placed in the landscape rather, the landscape is the means of their
creation. Often earth moving equipment is involved. The works frequently
exist in the open located well away from civilization, left to change and erode
under natural conditions.
5. Digital Art is an artistic work or
practice that uses digital technology
as an essential part of the creative or
presentation process. Digital art is
placed under the larger umbrella
term new media art. After some
resistance, the impact of digital
technology has transformed
activities such as paintings, drawing,
sculpture, and music/sound art,
while new forms such as net art.
Digital installation art and virtual
reality have become recognized
Digitalartsonline.co.uk

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artistic practices. More generally the term digital artist is used to describe an
artist who makes use of digital technologies in the production of art. Digital
Art is a term applied to contemporary art that uses the method of mass
production or digital media. The techniques of digital art are used extensively
by the mainstream media in advertisement and by film-makers to produce
visual effects. Both digital and traditional artists use many sources of
electronic information and programs to create their work.

6. Mixed Media- It refers to the artwork in the

making of which more than one medium has
been employed. It refers to a work of visual art
that combines various traditionally distinct
visual art media. It refers to a work of visual art
that combines various traditionally distinct
visual art media. For example, work on canvas
that combines paint, ink, and collage.
When creating a painted or photograph
work using mixed media, it is important to
Artcreationbyvicky.com choose the layers carefully and allow enough
dying time between the layers to ensure the final work will have structural
integrity, if many different layers are imposed. Many effects can be achieved
by using mixed media. Found objects can be used in conjunction with the
traditional artist to attain a wide range of self-expression.

7. Print Making- is the process of making

artworks by painting, normally in the
paper. Prints are created by transforming
ink from a matrix or through a prepared
screen to a sheet of paper or other
material. Common types of matrices
include metal plates, usually copper or
zinc, or polymer plates for engraving o
etching; stone aluminum or polymer for
lithography; blocks of wood crafts and
wooden graving; and linoleum for
linocuts. Screens made of silk or synthetic
fabrics are used for the screen-printing
process. Viewarts.org

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 Activities

Guided Practice 1- IDENTIFY ME

Directions: Identify the correct techniques used by the artist based on the
given picture below. What can you see in the pictures? Kindly take a closer
look at each picture and identify what medium is used in the artwork.

ARTWORK TECHNIQUE MEDIUM

1.

Mymodernmet.com
2.

Youthincmag.com
3.

Youtube.com

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 ARTWORK TECHNIQUE MEDIUM
4.

Slideshare.net
5.

Devianart.com

Guided Practice 2 - What’s on my mind?

Directions: Examine carefully the picture below and identify the materials
and technique used in the artwork, then answer the questions briefly.
1. Discuss the materials and the technique used by the artist.
2. What makes the artwork contemporary?
3. How does this artwork reflect the people of today?

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1.

2.

3.

Independent Practice – My Masterpiece

Directions: Choose one traditional technique and one contemporary
technique sample that we have discussed above. Then make your own
artwork using any available materials from your surroundings.

Traditional Artwork

Contemporary Artwork

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 Assessment

Directions: Identify the following statements below. Choose your answers

from the box and write it on your notebook.

Robotics digital photography

land art decollage
printmaking graffiti
mixed media analogue photography
film making collage

1. It is the process of making artworks by painting, normally in the paper

and created by transforming ink from a matrix or through a prepared
screen to a sheet of paper or other material.
2. It refers to the artwork in the making of which more than one medium
has been employed.
3. It is the opposite of collage, instead of an image is being built up all or
parts of existing images and it is created by cutting, treating away or
otherwise removing pieces of an original image.
4. Writing or drawings that have been scribed, scratched or painted illicitly
on a wall or other surface, often in a public space.
5. These are the techniques of an art production used in the visual arts,
where the artwork is made from on assemblage of different forms, thus
creating a new whole.
6. It is also an art form that is created in nature, using natural materials
such as soil, rock (bedrock, bolder, stones), organic media (logs, branches,
leaves), and water which introduced materials such as concrete, metal,
asphalt, or mineral pigments.
7. It is an interdisciplinary research area at the interface of computer science
and engineering.
8. It uses cameras containing arrays of electronic photodetectors to capture
images focused by a lens, as opposed to an exposure on photographic
film.
9. It refers to photography using an analogue camera and film.
10. It takes place in many places around the world in a range of economic,
social, and political contexts, and using a variety of technologies and
cinematic techniques.

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 Reflection

I learned about…
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Knowing about this topic helps me …

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This topic reminds me of ….

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The part I know most about is ….

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The part that is most confusing is ….

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I would like to know more about ….

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 References

"Artistic Skills And Techniques To Contemporary Art Creations". 2020.

Slideshare.Net. https://www.slideshare.net/cherainew1987
/artistic-skills-and-techniques-to-contemporary-art-creations.
Department of Education. 2020. "Contemporary Philippine Arts From The
Regions."
Datuin, Flaudete May, Roberto Paulino, Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez, and Louise
Marcelino. 2016. RBS Contemporary Philippine Arts From The
Regions First Editon. 1st ed. 856 Nicanor Reyes Sr. St., Sampaloc,
Manila: Rex Book Store, Inc.
GENTUYA, CATHELYN. 2020. "C. DIFFERENT CONTEMPORARY ART
TECHNIQUES AND PERFORMANCE PRACTICES". Academia.Edu.
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Torno, Richard. 2020. "FAQ What Is Medium | Paintings | Printmaking".
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What-is-Medium.

Key to Corrections

understanding
- Students response may vary from their own
Guided Practice- What’s on my mind?

Digital Art computer 5.

Land Art stone 4.
Collage magazine clips
3. used and creativity)
Graffiti paints 2. and effort, knowledge gained, technique
Wood carving wood 1. (Design/composition, use of materials, time
Technique Medium - Students output will be rated using rubrics
Guided Practice I – IDENTIFY ME Independent Learning- My Masterpiece

10. d 10. film making

9. b 9. analogue photography
8. c 8. digital photography
7. a 7. robotics
6. d 6. land art
5. a 5. collage
4. d 4. graffiti
3. c 3. decollage
2. a 2. mixed media
1. ` b 1. print making
Review Assessment

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 Acknowledgment

The Schools Division of Zambales would like to express its heartfelt gratitude
to the following, who in one way or the other, have contributed to the successful
preparation, development, quality assurance, printing, and distribution of the
Quarter 2 Guided Learning Activity Kits (GLAKs) in all learning areas across grade
levels as a response to providing the learners with developmentally-appropriate,
contextualized and simplified learning resources with most essential learning
competencies (MELCs)-based activities anchored on the principles of guided learning
and explicit instruction:

First, the Learning Resources (LR) Development Team composed of the writers
and graphic artists for devoting much of their time and exhausting their best efforts
to produce these indispensable learning kits used for the implementation of learning
delivery modalities.

Second, the content editors, language reviewers, and layout evaluators

making up the Division Quality Assurance Team (DQAT) for having carefully
evaluated all GLAKs to ensure quality and compliance to DepEd standards;

Third, the Provincial Government of Zambales, for unceasingly extending its

financial assistance to augment the funds for the printing of these learning resources
for use by learners and parents at home;

Fourth, the teacher-advisers and subject teachers, in close coordination with

the school heads, for their weekly distribution and retrieval of the GLAKs and for
their frequent monitoring of the learners’ progress through various means; and

Finally, the parents and other home learning facilitators for giving the learners
the needed guidance and support for them to possibly accomplish the tasks and for
gradually helping them become independent learners.

To deliver learning continuity in this challenging circumstance would not be

possible without your collective effort and strong commitment to serving our
Zambaleño learners.

Again, our sincerest thanks!

The Management Team

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