Who We Are
GOODLand is a platform under Martha Atienza’s Art Lab that develops and applies a creative and collaborative methodology utilized to tackle social, economic and environmental issues on Bantayan Island in the Visayas, Philippines. As a platform, it does this by organizing with communities and collaborating with individuals, collectives, and/or institutions in various fields of expertise. Centered around art projects, it is the main driver throughout GOODLand’s methodological approach to community-based projects (see our Place, People, and Art-based Model).
The Art Lab draws on art’s capacity to bring people together and foster dialogue about big issues
while GOODLand furthers this sense of collective action to work with communities turning dialogue into tangible results.
Our Mission & Vision
Our Mission & Vision
Our mission is to facilitate the realization of an empowered, self-sufficient, and resilient community by using art and collaborations to address the social, economic, and environmental issues on Bantayan Island.
Our vision is an empowered community of Bantayan islanders enjoying the quality of life in an ecologically balanced environment through their shared dreams.
Methodology
The Place, People, and Art-based Model functions as a conceptual and programmatic model for GOODLand based on previous art projects by Martha Atienza carried out on Bantayan Island (Gilubong akon Pusod sa Dagat in 2011 and Para sa Aton in 2014). This is a three-tier model that contains three dimensions, namely, Learning by Watching, Learning by Doing, and Learning by Talking. As a non-linear model, all three dimensions occur simultaneously. This means that a given project, e.g., boat reconstruction, contains all three methodological components and dimensions in a circular manner.
Our People
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