TEDxDiliman - Lourd de Veyra - Art, Art Ka Diyan!

Lourd de Veyra is a new media artist and journalist. He is a four-time Palanca Awardee and the recipient of the Free Press Literary Award. His social commentaries are expressed and followed in his popular "Word of the Lourd" video series.
In this "Word of the Lourd" episode, especially created for and presented at TEDxDiliman, he seeks to answer that infuriating question: What role does art play in shaping society?"
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[@clarkcueto78]

Kung sino mang nagpa assignment sa inyo neto, napaka cool ng teacher nyo na yun.

[@dafulegend5905]

:)

[@nana_once3434]

AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH eto talaga assignment namin eh BWAHAHHAHA

[@yomiyuarts]

di ko maintindihan HAHAHAHHA

[@yomiyuarts]

@Sean Verdejo HOY PANO MOKO NAHANAP?

[@janeallysapastrana3761]

Naghahanap ako ng sagot. Char! Hahahaha

[@dustingo1548]

Yung napagkasya ni Lourd sa 9 minutes yung 1 sem kong anthropology class sa UST. Hahahaha

[@erjannjirehfernandez7918]

pitmalo!

[@Siddhartha040107]

si lourd, artist din sya. kaya hindi nya sinisiraan ang sining o mga artist o kanilang mga obra. ang hinaing nya, sana may art na magri-reach out hanggang sa pinakasimple or napakailliterate na mamamayan natin dito sa bansa. naniniwala kasi sya na matindi ang dalang mensahe ng sining para makapukaw ng kaisipan at magadala ng pagbabago. pero kung ang nakakakita lang at nakakaintindi neto ay iilan lang, anung silbi nito sa bansa na lugmok na lugmok na. sabi nga niya dati sa isang episode ng word of the lourd, "aanhin mo ang art kung kumakalam na ang sikmura mo?' I believe that his WOTL episodes ay ang masining na paraan niya na makapukaw ng kamalayan ng nakakarami pamamagitan ng TV or internet, para mapag-isip ang masa ang mainspire. at least kasi, may mga iilan din namang tao sa mga mahihirap na lugar ang may TV at nakakapaginternet sa pamamagitan ng pisonet, na maaaring makapanood ng kanyang programa at mapagisip. kaya sa mga pseudo-art connoisseurs dito, laliman niyo pa ang pagiisip niyo dahil hindi niyo pa marahil narating ang kailaliman ng kaisipan ni lourd para maintindihan ang videong ito.

[@youdeservetobehappynow7584]

galing tama tama

[@ryanllamores421]

Ang art,politics etc. lahat yan may kanya kanyang role. Ang art ay hanggang dyan lang at ang politics etc ay hanggang doon lang. wag sana naten hamakin ang art dahil lang sa rason na di nito kayang pigilan ang baha? Srsly??? wag mong husgahan ang isda dahil lang di nito kayang umakyat sa puno.

[@aoisorax]

Kaya favorite reporter ko yan si Lourd. Akala mo kalokohan ang sinasabi pero mas may malalim palang meaning .

[@cherrea1661]

@@ryanllamores421 hindi neto hinahamak ang nature ng art dahil sa kaibahan nito sa science na nagbibigay ng konkretong solusyon sa suliranin. Isa itong probe and exploration sa gampanin ng art sa lipunan; konkretong ibinigay na mga halimbawa ang mga gawa ng mga aktibista (tulad ng el fili ni rizal) dahil kinukuwestyon nito ang lagay ng art sa lipunan: kung paano ito itrato. Malamang hindi art ang tinitira ng mga kwestyon dito, mukhang sa mga tao at lipunang naiimpluwensiyahan ng art na dapat ay nagbubunsod ng aksyon. Maaaring sa atin bilang audience ang pakay ng mga mensahe dito.

[@nitot100]

MALALIM lang makakaintindi kay Lourd.

[@WafuBro20]

14 years old ako at isang Grade 9 student pero para sa akin may point nga naman siya. Sa modernong panahon ngayon, karamihan sa aming mga kabataan ay hindi napapahalagahan ang mga ganitong sining na may gustong ipahiwatig sa lipunan. Kami ba naman itong babad sa facebook at computer games eh malamang para sa amin mas madali talagang makita ang mababaw at negatibong sulok ng mga sining na ito kesa sa magandang motibo nito na baguhin tayong lahat. Ginawa ang film na ito para ituro sa atin na pahalagahan ang malikhaing gawa ng ating kapwa, alalahanin ang pagod, ang pawis, enerhiya, at oras na kanilang inilaan para lamang makatulong sa pagsulong ng kabutihan sa mundo. Wala nga namang kwenta ang Art kung wala namang may alam kung ano nga ba ang magandang nagagawa ng Art. Gaya nito, marami sa inyo ang hindi nakaappreciate sa video na ito at yun ang gusto kong ipahiwatig. Tignan natin ang positive side ng isang 'to at ng iba pang bagay na makikita natin sa paligid :)

[@marcplatero9965]

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[@idunnomanitskindagei220]

Kumusta kana ngayon boss

[@princesskarendollente]

Yun nga lang, sana maintindihan ng mga viewers. Kasi deep ang conflict na pinapahayag ni Lourd. Pero ang galing

[@jmnojadera8552]

nung nabasa ko yung title na "art, art ka diyan" mapapaisip ka either sasabihin nya na walang kwenta ang art or idedefend nya yung art. Pinukaw nya yung atensyon natin sa pamamagitan ng pagkampi sa mga nagsasabi na walang kwenta ang art. ginawa nya yun para mapaisip tayo, either magagree tayo na oo nga no wala namang kwenta ang art or mapaisip tayo kung paano natin magagamit ang art para mabago ang mundo. Challenge to ni lourd para sa mga artist na ipakita natin sa mga taong close minded na may kapupuntahan at may nadudulot na maganda ang effort at oras na ginugugol natin sa pagawa ng art kahit ano mang form of art yan. Kung artist ang pagiisip mo positive ang video na to para sayo kase machallenge ka na baguhin yung pagiisip ng mga tao pagdating sa art at magtake ng isang step to use art and change the world. Ang ganda ng pagkakagawa ni Lourd, nachallenge ako na gamitin yung skills ko to change the world.

[@leomerishleyco2714]

Didn't he just say that art was supposed to make you think? So maybe that was his purpose with this video. This video is to make us think.

[@JobAbednegoDavid]

Amen, brother! Some people just don't know how to think. Or at least don't think more insightfully hahaha

[@kinaadman7584]

Whatta a nays obserbesion.

[@doglassgold5435]

Wow .... accurate

[@redzrudic5906]

Sapul!

[@paolosalgo6987]

yes. the purpose of art is to let the people feel, think and engage over a particular subject i would say.

[@1nterzept661]

What makes this video great is how in every camera shot. It looks like an art work. De Veyra's genius is something else, it's like he's pointing out that what we see is already art, he gives a new meaning to the word art, it isn't just about music, paintings, acting. Art can be anywhere, anytime, anyplace.

[@tianak68]

this program is a form of art itself already.. this program is trying to show to the people what its art all about.. at least, this art (program) made us think on what to do next on how to make the world a better place.. this program made us think to be more responsible with the art we are into..

[@lolstuffenjoy9880]

Man I am just so proud of my uncle lourd he brings me inspiration

[@themaine0218]

this made me think twice of everything! #justsayin #silourd #lourddevera #galing

[@julianeinn9595]

worth the watch lourd! sana marami pang makarecognize nito

[@jessiedeemarkgingo6074]

he makes the audience appreciate art more

[@zeussaniano1606]

The point of this video is not to criticize art but to provoke us to think how art can and how art changed society. Jeebus Christ. Critical thinking please. Context guys.

[@johnraymondsulpico5213]

Zeus Saniano tssssss

[@llyre7451]

Kulang sa nutrisyon. Chos.

[@youdeservetobehappynow7584]

nice

[@genelungay]

It has been changing the world for several centuries, philosophically and culturally. Politically though, it may seem powerless, but it does indeed help change the people's thinking...

[@andrekennen]

This is a perfect "IRONY".

[@marcsalamatartstudio6613]

Lahat naman ng tao ay artist, ang problema lang hindi nila alam na sila ay artist. Art is Imagination and Imagination creates reality. Kung ang lipunan lamang natin ay naituro sa atin kumpaano gamitin ang imagination e yung mga tanong ni Lourd de Veyra e masasagot. Note: Yung Giyera at kahirapan ay nagmula yan sa Mind-made este Man-made. "Our New Canvas Is Life Itself" BTW Thank you Lourd and Ted for this wonderful video.

[@MyShitbags]

This is art, really love to this vids, old but gold❤❤

[@ren665]

This is to make us think not to answer things.

[@fit7942]

Sobrang lalim ng mensahe ni Mr De Veyra. 💖

[@Kaho]

Kaya mo sir sabihin kung anu meaning nung mensahe?

[@charliebitmyfinger7124]

Hi CIT-U SHS Grade 12 Students :>>>>

[@kraysstpaul4369]

Tops Again

[@earldelavictoria2982]

hello

[@razielannedelatorre7028]

hi sd

[@HelloKitty-tq6kh]

Engineering student here

[@julietfortunato3533]

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[@benreyes8324]

Art creates awareness through appreciation...and awareness can set minds on fire possibly turning into real action...although art can do that, it doesnt have to...art is not meant to mean, but be..

[@vincentjerarddelarosa1778]

a good point

[@zchelmerjoashgamboa7366]

Looking back at this video, Lourd wasn't trying to make a point. There is no critique. It's just a bunch of thoughts sewn together just to intrigue the viewers and ask a question, as with most of his old stuff. This isn't being full of himself and preachy as much as it is being laidback and restrained. People look at this from the wrong perspective.

[@thisisnotavailable16]

Art cannot change the serious stuff (war, catastrophe, climate change, etc). External factors yan e. If art is about the human condition, edi ang mindset lang ng tao ang mababago ng art. In short, it gives us perspectives. Art changes or affects how we view things. It changes people itself. Pero kung external factors nga ang paguusapan, wala talagang magagawa ang art, powerless. Siguro ang ability ng art is to make people view things in a different way (vision), and it can make people come together to believe in that thing. Pero kung may patutunguhan ba yung vision na yun - who the fuck knows?

[@richarddeanbasa5489]

That is where it actually starts: a change in perspective. Why do you think revolutions started or inventions were had? These first started as ideas, as concepts, as perspectives. Therefore, a change in perspective is needed in order to address externalities. The external is an effect of the internal.

[@dcardigan13]

Perspectives can trigger change in society, in history; it can move people into action in order to unify and overcome the natural and social struggles that they have to face. Just like the Ilustrados managed to teach the people how to think and see for themselves and make a decision for themselves through their literature back in the Spanish colonial era which then led the scattered groups of people into becoming one unified nation. Thank you for this comment, by the way. It's helping me find my way through this maze of critical thinking.

[@FujiNeko.]

Thank you all for your comments, I gladly appreciate it.

[@cielo112490]

This video is a piece of art itself haha

[@AeroLMS]

Wow the modern references here are making me feel old, good times.

[@cube-san7351]

haha boomer

[@TapurokNatureFarm]

Maraming besis ko na napanood nito pero same pa Rin ang impact sakin.

[@dcardigan13]

Art recorded the earliest time history, art triggered some of the changes in history, art knocks at people's hearts, minds and spirits to keep them from getting washed away and dragged from today's fast pace. Or at the very least, art can give a person the opportunity to slow down and have time to think for even just a moment.

[@guinsoox339]

Malaking tulong talaga to si Lourd. Midterm namin ngayon at dahil sayo, parang makakakuha ako ng mataas na iskor hahaha!

[@WinaPuangco]

I don't think people meant looking for answers in art, but looking for a clear perspective in this video or talk. Yes, we know that art should raise questions but as people perceiving it and being influential enough to impact other people's thinking, we should at least offer a sliver of our own opinions on it. You can't just throw it out there and be like "Here, deal with this."It would be nice to have someone offer their POV about it instead of just reiterating confusion.

[@heylyrics604]

Hi mga College students👋 nandito karin ba para intindihin mabuti ang gusto.sabihin ni lourd para may masulat ka sa essay🤩

[@GabrielSMuli]

yes po pero as grade 12 HAHAHA

[@IndieMan-tn4mt]

solid ka talaga papa lourd

[@coffee_autumn]

"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for"

[@nielhjaysontabar8281]

I guess this is to wake us up from how we see art now compared to the recent generations.This short documentary clearly shows that art is part of our history either it affects us or not,especially this generation.We rely on art to get a perspective under what circumstance we have been through .Ibig sabihin ang art hindi nakakaapekto sa lagay ng isang mundo o sa aspekto nito ngunit sa kaukulang aspekto ng kaukulang tao

[@jllhrmonica]

Totoong malaki ang impluwensya ng mga nasa ibaba ng tatsulok, pero mas epektibo ang pagbabago kung kasama ang nakakaangat sa dukha.

[@gabofearth]

"Art is a sign that the world must go on."

[@streetsesh80]

hindi lahat sino-spoonfeed :)

[@rd-ki7nz]

Hi ELJ 2020-2021

[@GabrielSMuli]

Hi from Integ lol

[@krizelbarbara2715]

Hi BSA 2 😔🤟🙄kaya natin to MC💕

[@jomernavarro6699]

6:01 best part

[@zherexify]

This is an art in itself. In literature, we call it rhetorical question! hahah

[@budingamos]

fave ep of wotl

[@paolosalgo6987]

i just realized that trosyd is really made of art. art of science. thanks to our science artist. lourd is a genius.

[@Skyerinx]

Hi Eugenians 😌

[@rd-ki7nz]

AMP HAHAHHA

[@marencalo3310]

WAHAHHAHAHAAH

[@Skyerinx]

AHAHAHHAHAHA

[@Skyerinx]

pag ni like niyu itu papasa kayo sa essay adsfahfdh

[@episto]

This is the ART of asking QUESTION. If you want answers go somewhere else.

[@luismarcoconcepcion2015]

Galing!

[@adriansison8625]

Hello MA11-FILM 2020-2021 ❤️💚💙

[@jessamercado2104]

Weh

[@kariimnida3500]

sabi nga, "a painting remains meaningless until someone interprets it" 😊

[@gerimie-storage5092]

Art, it depends in mans point of view.. May kaniya kaniya tayung pakahulugan sining,,

[@jeremyjumaquio7029]

Ipinakikita lamang sa dito ang maling pagtingin ng mga tao sa sining. At ang pagaaplika ng sining sa maling sitwasyon lalo na ang pag rarason ng mga tao na ang mali ay tama dahil ito ay sining. Nagagawa nilang isipin yun dahil ang sa mali at abusadong paggamit o pagtingin sa sining.

[@marvinaugusten7510]

Ano yung ballet video?

[@gelopots09]

while i agree with your statement, i wouldn't go as far as to call the video pointless. as many commenters below have stated, maybe the point is to get people talking and conversing about art. i remember walking the streets of vietnam a few years back and saw that propaganda materials had actually been transformed into art. i guess in that way, art can be a glimpse into a people's culture. it's a symbolization, a totem, of how people live at a certain time and place.

[@pinoyboyphotos]

Kaya nga Art appreciation is not for the poor. Heirarchy of needs kasi yan..so una muna basic needs before self actualization which includes enjoying the beauty of art etc.,

[@benreyes8324]

Pero maraming artist ang namatay na mahirap gutom at walang pera..sa tingin ko hindi totoong art is not for the poor..it encompasses social class or status. Peace.

[@ambuddha]

Art Appreciation is for everyone. Don't deny the poor their capacity to appreciate art. May pagkaelitist lang yung view na dapat problemahin ng mahihirap ang ikabubuhay nila kaya wag na silang mag art-art na yan. Kelan pa tayo nagkaroon ng karapatang diktahan kung ano ang nararapat at hindi nararapat para sa mahirap?

[@ethanjamesescano]

+Marc Rondera pwedeng i debunk yang hierarchy of needs. Dahil nagkakaroon tayo ng self-actualization dahil sa pagkukulang.

[@tracydavison1671]

6:26 What is the title of that song?

[@r0yd3l]

Inire ba ito sa tv?

[@Rinne_is_real]

Science is Art :))

[@taluz07]

@ 4:10 yan ang art!

[@trollplayz9367]

Maka answer na ba kos quiz ron if mahuman ko tan aw ani?🤔

[@perplexed887]

HI CIT!!

[@pauline7916]

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[@perplexed887]

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[@pauline7916]

@@perplexed887 syempre yot hahahhahahaha

[@shanen28]

4:07 -4:10 nagulat ako dun ahh

[@carjac820]

is this TedEd PH?

[@WinaPuangco]

Don't get me wrong--I like Lourd De Veyra , generally but my problem with this particular talk is that it talks about such a broad concept of art. Art as a concept. Art as this giant, floating cloud above as all. What does it mean to him? That's what I'd like to know. Specifically, how do YOU think it'll change this country? In an effort to talk about everything, this post seems to talk about nothing really.

[@geroldp]

Palanca Awardee :))

[@ericsonestrosos2553]

Wow tol

[@snny8562]

HELLOOOO MGA 11 - INDUSTRIOUSNESS

[@youdeservetobehappynow7584]

Hahahah galing naman ni Lourd de Veyra

[@MichaelaRicio]

Nandito ka rin ba dahil assignment sa elj? HAHAHAH yow mga mobile

[@jessamercado2104]

Hahahahaa yung mga comment dito kopyahen ko ns lang basic hahahahahahha di naman mahahalata ng teacher naten to

[@emrodhkylebobis5649]

Hello po from televsion

[@kylefrias6280]

elj peeps mag ingay hahaha

[@marcplatero9965]

nandito ako para sa applied social science HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

[@feresurreccionsupetran7390]

this is the reality

[@JuliosMusicVideos]

Nakakagising

[@sofiadecena146]

🖤🖤🖤

[@phoebeandreiquan1757]

Hello sa mga senior high na nanonood jan

[@Indigilmer]

Yup ART might not be the major tool for a big change, but IMAGINE the world without ART.

[@Zzardie]

hindi naman kc objective ng art ay pumigil ng bagyo at iba pang nabanggit na may "sana".... the objective of art is not to stop a catastrophe etc... its objective is to express feeling of someone....

[@alyssaquindoza5034]

Grabe kay Rebecca HAHAHAAH napakanta na lang ako

[@deionandrade6772]

Televison Was Here

[@weedoutofthepot]

Leave it to Lourd de Veyra to go off track for the sake of entertainment and criticize without forwarding any solutions.

[@griver007able]

malaman ang video nito

[@user-mv2nt9ec4i]

Hi ! MA - 11 Print, Film, TV, Radio

[@zenloda2534]

Memes changed the world.

[@carjac820]

A dank meme is a good art.

[@buzzlightwork]

Social media did

[@ryanllarena7681]

During that Spanish War era. Isa sa mga nagpasiklab ng damdamin ni Andres Bonifacio at ng iba pang mga lumaban ay ang "art" ni Jose Rizal.

[@khrizzaflores4605]

👌

[@joselimbo2181]

Para sa akinb ang sining ay isang aspeto na nararapat sa isang lipunan na matatag at masagana at hindi nababagay sa isang nagdarahop na lipunan at may mga miyembrong nagugutom. Isang lipunan na walang oras para sa isang pinta ng babaeng walang kilay o isang rebulto na matagal nang patay ang gumawa..

[@CromwellKenPIbo]

nakaka offend lang yung about indei films.. hindi lang po kami tumitingin sa mga gawa namin.

[@slightlyblighty]

it was an antiantifungal cream advertisement. good art

[@reyjaysonlugo4269]

Art naman kasi na mainstream klarong negosyo yan, ibig sabihin ang society o ang demand nito ang nagpabago sa art.

[@ivanuntalan9547]

Shoutout sa ELJCMA-SHS - Contemporary Arts! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@ShowbizNewsManila]

Aminin niyo hindi pa napapasok ng mga troll ang comment section na video na to ni Sir Lourd ahaha

[@malayamayaka7289]

Kawawa naman si Che Guevarra, kilala nalang bilang print sa tshirt at vocalist ng RATM. Hahahaha

[@youdeservetobehappynow7584]

hahha natawa di ako dun

[@eat-myshorts]

Notebook

[@gusgusingpintor186]

This short docu is very one-sided.. Art is more for an individual.. Everyone has their own different reaction to art.. It works more on an individual level which then affects a society.. It may not stop a war but if an art can change a person for the better, then it's a start.

[@zeussaniano1606]

The point of this video is not to criticize art but to provoke us to think how art can and how art changed society. Jeebus Christ. Critical thinking please. Context guys. you stupid piece of shit

[@gusgusingpintor186]

Did it really do just that?? I don't think so.. Just because it's not art for him doesn't mean its not art for everyone else.. If he thinks he can make us think what art is just because of this lousy video then he is overestimating himself..

[@jonathan0225]

Zeus Saniano pre di kailangang twaging idiot ang kapwa. ..you got a point and so as the other guy. .i think dpt nakikinig rn paminsan mnsan dhl mei merits ung arguments nio

[@zchelmerjoashgamboa7366]

+Dennis Calag never once in this video did he say that it wasn't art.

[@youdeservetobehappynow7584]

tama rin

[@mavz8888]

...lets's just focus to the principal question though on HOW or CAN ART CHANGE THE SOCIETY???

[@aoisorax]

Meme is an art 😆

[@Felixrazon1]

Bakit puro arte? Aling arte? Pasyon o Florante & Laura? Bakit aasahang maging gamot o sagot sa problema ang arte?

[@WalangPeraFilms]

ewan ko kung bat di nyo makuha yung sinasabi ni lourd. Pero ayan na oh, sinasampal na sainyo yung hinahanap nyo.

[@sher6380]

his discussions about art is certainly way out of the real picture of art... Things happen because of our activities. Like cutting trees, throwing garbage anywhere, catastrophes affecting us (it's not an art!) Art is actually the part when we still find enjoyment or try to move on of what's been happened even if there are flood, storm, or war. The progress of our culture is done because of art. The reason why we can communicate is because of art... because of these writings introduced... The houses we lived in made because of art... How we can make it stronger... But above all, art is made so we can express ourselves... Art is even used so our bad experiences, anxieties and frustrations will be healed and normalized... In other words, so we can express our freedom of expression... However, generally, man doesn't know how to use this... They have certainly abused this right. They do not know that freedom of expression ends when we have stepped into other people's rights not to be corrupted. We do not need to be naked so we can express total sublimation. We have the responsibility to our audiences... So, subtle messages should be discouraged... Freedom of expression goes with responsibility!!! And lastly, providing solutions to the problems he has mentioned is actually an art!.. Actually, it's the solution!

[@michaeljohncatubuan7955]

Mga pulitiku may art din...art of corruption...art of vote buying...art of staying longer in the position

[@drianfeliciano1531]

Binabati ko nga pala si MR RIYOH na utak alamang. 😂

[@travellingservant3269]

Art influence the mind and you know what happens when somebody manifest it through action. Take communism for example.

[@golaremulleh5450]

Lourd de Veyra is NOT a new media artist!

[@xtiansolisa]

ang bangis

[@rifanadlymuazzam1825]

yutupfatmagul

[@johnraymondsulpico5213]

what's the MEANING and PURPOSE of your art?. Art is beyond Science. Science is limitted.