Mural artist AG Saño (center) answer quiries from media during a pressconference together with Mandaue City Councilor Ernie Manatad and Dr. Marily Campano, president Kabanay Lions Club on the mural paintings on the Subangdako flyover in Mandaue City.(CDN PHOTO/TONEE DESPOJO)
A flyover in barangay Subangdaku in Mandaue City had become a concrete canvas for mural artists to paint their creations and spread the word on environmental awareness and activism.
“This is one way of discouraging vandalism and we have neutralized vandalism here. In fact there are motorists who stop by to take photos,” said Mandaue City Councilor Ernie Manatad.
Barangay Subangdaku signed an agreement with the Cebu Kabanay Lions Club and the Mandaue City government to paint a mural on the Subangdaku flyover yesterday.
Starting yesterday until May 14, more than 1,000 meters of the flyover will be painted. Mural artist AG Saño, known as the “Dolphin Guy” for his street murals on dolphins and nature, will sketch a mural and invite anyone to join him in painting part of the structure.
Patterns
“When I learned that painting the flyover is allowed, I was happy because turning a flyover into a piece of art is the first in the country. If this can be finished in May, this will be the first in the Philippines,” Saño said.
(Flyovers in Metro Manila, specifically the Nagtahan and Ortigas flyovers have recently been painted over with artwork — Ed.)
Saño said both sides of the flyover will feature patterns of indigenous people from Ifugao down to banig patterns of Tawi-tawi. He said the mural will show scenes taken from decades of history in the country.
“That’s something big for us artists since we are seen by government as vandals when we do murals,” he said.
Saño said they also received positive feedback on plans by other artists to paint a mural in one of Lapu-Lapu City’s bridges.
Architect Joseph Judilla presented Saño’s project to the Cebu Kabanay Lions Club. Club president Dr. Marilyn Campano said they will also sponsor mural paintings in other barangays in Mandaue City. /Report by Kent A. Ugalde, Xavier University Development Communication Intern
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