Tandaan - Biomyth Solo Piece — Belinda Corpuz - actor | singer | musician

Tandaan - Remember

What does it mean to remember?
To sort through the roots and branches of your memories and being, to try to understand yourself - who you are, where you come from, how you came to be, where you are now, and where you are going?

These are the questions Manang tries to navigate as she navigates healing within an unexpected loss. Sorting through the liminal space of her memories, Manang moves through worlds and states of being, both familiar and unfamiliar, flowing through a non-linear journey of remembering. In hopes of rediscovering connection once more with herself and the world she lives in, to find a path towards healing.

This piece explores themes of loss, grief, and colonialism.

Credits:
Created by Belinda Corpuz

Dramaturgy by d’bi.young anitafrika

Developed using the Anitafrika Method, during Belinda’s time as part of the Soulpepper Academy in 2024.

Additional credits and contributions:

Alia Rasul - Cultural Consultation

Malcolm Connor - Bass Loop Compositions

Featured music and sounds:

- Unnamed Sacred Ibanang Chant, sung by my mother, Paulina Corpuz (2020 Archive)

- “Clouds” by Reservoir

- Maria Ressa, Filipina Journalist, Activist and Nobel Prize Winner

- Ben Corpuz, my father, Activist and Community Organizer (2023 Archive)

- Archival recording of Cardinal Jaime Lachica Sin from the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution

- Original poem by Belinda Corpuz, translated & recited by my mother, Paulina Corpuz (2018 Archive)

Tandaan - Remember

What does it mean to remember? To sort through the roots and branches of your memories and being, to try to understand yourself - who you are, where you come from, how you came to be, where you are now, and where you are going?

What does it mean to remember?
To sort through the roots and branches of your memories and being, to try to understand yourself - who you are, where you come from, how you came to be, where you are now, and where you are going?