Frame x Frame
Four artists, through their artworks, examine the world through fragments, parts, and pieces. Rather than placing focus on what was whole and comprehensible, their works dwell within obscurity. They portray the process of fragmentation like capturing the body in movement, the fracturing of consciousness, the reconstruction of memories, and the preservation of space through its traces. Fragments do not only document what is lost, what has passed, or what was missed, but themselves are processes of creation.
Francis Capul draws and paints figures in motion, capturing limbs and parts of their own bodies like individual frames of motion—the punches of two men, the hopping and galloping of a horse, and the flight of a robed angel.
Sjay Ramos paints the psychological experience of derealization and depersonalization. She describes it as the struggle of staying existent and present within the body and the world. When everything is real, the mind struggles to stay whole. The body fades into the environment, and vision steps back like watching a movie of the world playing out.
MP Villahermosa creates these prints of fish as a gesture of recalling and remembering—to bring into physical reality the initial experience the memories these images are attached to. The fish and the dishes they signify are parts of memories most remembered. However, the process itself is a creation of new memories. With every edition, there is a moment of remembrance and an archiving of something new.
Simon Lim paints landscapes of local places at night, drawing the eye into the unfamiliarity of these spaces swallowed by urbanization. The paintings dwell on the familiarity of these old structures and the memories attached to them. They are the remaining parts of what was once there. They are the remaining memories remembered by those who’ve seen them whole.
Fragmentation is not simply a condition of absence or destruction, but is a process of creation and vision. Each piece has its own relationship to wholeness. An artist cuts its forms into pieces, while another yearns for what was once whole, while one creates something new with its parts. Within the fragments they portray is a new kind of wholeness, one that, in their own ways, dwells in this realm of obscurity.
By Czar Vergantiños
FRANCIS CAPUL is a visual artist based in Dumaguete City, Philippines. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Arts, Major in Studio Arts from Silliman University. He focuses on the human figure, expressive compositions and rhythm. His practice is grounded in a sustained study of the fundamentals of art, emphasizing tonal depth, careful observation, and disciplined rendering to capture movement, tension, and the body’s energy.
SIMON LIM is a Fine Arts Graduate at the Silliman University College of Performing and Visual Arts based in Dumaguete City. His practice is rooted in the tension between structural logic and atmospheric uncertainty. He specializes in the use of oil paint, often ventures with watercolor, graphite drawings, relief printing, photography, and sound art. A former student of Architecture, he developed a rigorous understanding of spatial relationships, light-play, and the skeletal foundations of the urban environment. However, the search for a deeper, more subjective connection to space led him to shift his focus to Fine Arts, where the ‘rules’ of building gave way to ‘intimacy’ and ’emotions’ of the site.
SJAY RAMOS is a Fine Arts graduate from Silliman University and a Visual Artist from Lanao del Norte. She works across a range of mediums, including graphite, acrylic, and oil paint. Her artistic practice has evolved from hyperrealism to realism and, more recently, surrealism. Her main subject is portraits but her recent body of work is deeply rooted in her personal experiences with derealization; using painting to explore themes of spacing out and the unsettling sense of unreality and works that capture the uncanny sense of derealization.
MP VILLAHERMOSA is a multi-media artist based in Tanjay City, Negros Oriental. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts, Major in Studio Art. Her process of medium experimentation and different styles mainly depict everyday objects and ‘the ordinary’ using techniques related to, however, not limited to: digital illustration, traditional illustration, printmaking, sculpture, and photography. Her most recent exhibition was the “Marzing Machine Print Exchange and Exhibition” (October 2024, Luzon Art Fair). As of latest, her current projects include her series that delves into the connection of memories and the subconscious towards objects; specifically with fish, and anything fish related—through the process of printmaking. As of 2026, MP along with her partner Methuselah Olazo, established MMM, a printmaking studio that also caters to an expanded variety of artists.
Frame x Frame
Four artists, through their artworks, examine the world through fragments, parts, and pieces. Rather than placing focus on what was whole and comprehensible, their works dwell within obscurity. They portray the process of fragmentation like capturing the body in movement, the fracturing of consciousness, the reconstruction of memories, and the preservation of space through its traces. Fragments do not only document what is lost, what has passed, or what was missed, but themselves are processes of creation.
Francis Capul draws and paints figures in motion, capturing limbs and parts of their own bodies like individual frames of motion—the punches of two men, the hopping and galloping of a horse, and the flight of a robed angel.
Sjay Ramos paints the psychological experience of derealization and depersonalization. She describes it as the struggle of staying existent and present within the body and the world. When everything is real, the mind struggles to stay whole. The body fades into the environment, and vision steps back like watching a movie of the world playing out.
MP Villahermosa creates these prints of fish as a gesture of recalling and remembering—to bring into physical reality the initial experience the memories these images are attached to. The fish and the dishes they signify are parts of memories most remembered. However, the process itself is a creation of new memories. With every edition, there is a moment of remembrance and an archiving of something new.
Simon Lim paints landscapes of local places at night, drawing the eye into the unfamiliarity of these spaces swallowed by urbanization. The paintings dwell on the familiarity of these old structures and the memories attached to them. They are the remaining parts of what was once there. They are the remaining memories remembered by those who’ve seen them whole.
Fragmentation is not simply a condition of absence or destruction, but is a process of creation and vision. Each piece has its own relationship to wholeness. An artist cuts its forms into pieces, while another yearns for what was once whole, while one creates something new with its parts. Within the fragments they portray is a new kind of wholeness, one that, in their own ways, dwells in this realm of obscurity.
By Czar Vergantiños
FRANCIS CAPUL is a visual artist based in Dumaguete City, Philippines. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Arts, Major in Studio Arts from Silliman University. He focuses on the human figure, expressive compositions and rhythm. His practice is grounded in a sustained study of the fundamentals of art, emphasizing tonal depth, careful observation, and disciplined rendering to capture movement, tension, and the body’s energy.
SIMON LIM is a Fine Arts Graduate at the Silliman University College of Performing and Visual Arts based in Dumaguete City. His practice is rooted in the tension between structural logic and atmospheric uncertainty. He specializes in the use of oil paint, often ventures with watercolor, graphite drawings, relief printing, photography, and sound art. A former student of Architecture, he developed a rigorous understanding of spatial relationships, light-play, and the skeletal foundations of the urban environment. However, the search for a deeper, more subjective connection to space led him to shift his focus to Fine Arts, where the ‘rules’ of building gave way to ‘intimacy’ and ’emotions’ of the site.
SJAY RAMOS is a Fine Arts graduate from Silliman University and a Visual Artist from Lanao del Norte. She works across a range of mediums, including graphite, acrylic, and oil paint. Her artistic practice has evolved from hyperrealism to realism and, more recently, surrealism. Her main subject is portraits but her recent body of work is deeply rooted in her personal experiences with derealization; using painting to explore themes of spacing out and the unsettling sense of unreality and works that capture the uncanny sense of derealization.
MP VILLAHERMOSA is a multi-media artist based in Tanjay City, Negros Oriental. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts, Major in Studio Art. Her process of medium experimentation and different styles mainly depict everyday objects and ‘the ordinary’ using techniques related to, however, not limited to: digital illustration, traditional illustration, printmaking, sculpture, and photography. Her most recent exhibition was the “Marzing Machine Print Exchange and Exhibition” (October 2024, Luzon Art Fair). As of latest, her current projects include her series that delves into the connection of memories and the subconscious towards objects; specifically with fish, and anything fish related—through the process of printmaking. As of 2026, MP along with her partner Methuselah Olazo, established MMM, a printmaking studio that also caters to an expanded variety of artists.
