Kapwa

Archive, #22 Organise & Mobilise, #22 Art & Comics / By
Aida Azin

Aida Azin is an artist/community organiser based in Naarm/Melbourne.

This illustration is in portrait orientation, and is digitally drawn. It is rendered entirely as black line-work on a very pale background of a warm green tone. Rectangular shapes cover the background of the picture, suggesting a brick wall. In front of this, in a small clear space at the centre of the frame, stand three minimally rendered figures. They each have a circle for a head, atop an irregular rectilinear shape signifying a horse, and their arms are each linked at the elbow, to form a chain. Below these figures, in a cartoon-like bubble font, is written the word ‘KAPWA’ in all capital letters. This is a Filipino word signifying the concept of togetherness, community, or more literally the meaning ‘both.’
Lagdameo-Santillan, Karina. Root of Filipino Humanism (1) “Kapwa”, Pressenza — International News Agency, viewed 21 May 2021, https://www.pressenza.com/2018/07/roots-of-filipino-humanism-1kapwa/.

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