Salvatus is a graduate of the University of Santo Tomas and is a principal member of the eminent street collective, Pilipinas Street Plan. As himself and as his street alter-ego Boy Agimat, and also as part of the fledgling collective Plataporma, Salvatus has shown work in such sites as the Vargas Museum, Lopez Museum, and the Cultural Center of the Philippines, among others. His more recent projects include those done for the Guangzhou Triennale, Koganecho Bazaar (parallel event of the Yokohama Triennale), and the 2011 Singapore Biennale.
His work for the 2011 Jakarta Biennial, Secret Garden, is a reconfiguration of a relational project that has stirred much interest in its earlier installations at the National Museum of the Philippines and the Vargas Museum. It’s referencing of improvisational tactics found amidst the prison sub-culture in his home province of Quezon, Philippines, has enabled Salvatus to further explore participatory projects increasingly characterized by a pared down aesthetic made logical by bare and inarguably non-optimal living environments.
© JAKARTA BIENNALE 2011
