For Gino, All The World’s A Stage

The World Stage Design 2005 International Selection Jury convened in New York City on 24-25 September 2004 with the difficult task of selecting about 20% of the most outstanding of designs submitted. When they concluded, the jury had selected 82 of the 494 eligible set designs, 55 of 244 eligible costume designs, 40 of the 140 eligible lighting designs, and 11 of the 28 eligible sound designs. The 188 designs chosen by the selection committee will be presented in physical form in the WSD Gallery Exhibit in Toronto, Canada.

Congratulations to Mr. Gino Gonzales, whose set design of Spolarium was chosen to be exhibited in the World Stage Design Gallery Exhibit in Toronto, Canada on March 2005. Mr. Gonzales is the alternate Scenography Representative of the Scenography Commission, Philippine Association of Theatre Designers and Technicians (PATDAT/OISTAT Centre Philippines).

I remember Gino as a quiet but attentive student, playing around with costumes and props in TA productions when he was still in college. Who knew he would pursue production design after college? So I was pleasantly surprised when I received this morning the email message above. Gino is really talented. Perhaps he will inherit the mantle of National Artist Salvador “Badong” Bernal some day.

Congratulations, Gino! Indeed, the TA Filipino is world-class.