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BAD BATA
Get ready to embrace a future where your wardrobe is not just a reflection of your style, but a catalyst for your adventures, a guardian of your well-being, and a bridge to the digital realm. No longer will you need to choose between fashion and function; techwear will seamlessly merge the two, becoming an extension of your identity and an essential tool in your everyday life. The future of techwear is an exhilarating blend of fashion, functionality, and endless possibilities, waiting to be woven into the fabric of our lives.
BADBATA means “bad kid” in Tagalog. A new brand from Birdy (Bertrand Crisologo) of Kings Must Rise fame.
Bertrand Crisologo, more known by his moniker ‘Birdy’, is an inveterate eccentric Filipino-Canadian creative whose range in the arts knows little bounds. Influenced by idioms from his childhood & the cartoon and video game culture, the drawings that he creates offer both an homage to his biggest influences and a breathe of fresh air in their satire. Well versed and mostly self-taught in the traditional medium, the are he sets out to create plays on unconventional methods. Immersing yourself into a fantasy realm becomes attainable through the movement of his pencils. The end goal was to create a world in which nobody would want to escape from.
“As an artist, I don’t set out to make art about a particular subject. I don’t draw because I’m afraid of environment backlash, nor do I paint to bring concern to social issues. I make art for the sole purpose of creating. Feeling that sense of accomplishment after making something out of nothing. I often sketch messy drafts to help portray my ideas in the beginning stages. It’s not until later that I get a better sense of what I think an audience would deem as a different approach to art, but art none the less. It’s this idea of fulfillment to exude visual appeal, but also to maintain the satisfaction of challenging my practice and producing original & personal art.
I prefer both drawing as well as painting. Not any one over the other. At the end of the day, though, I am more for the traditional art. Simple pencil to paper. Lately I’ve been trying to make works that test my patience. An extension of the process that’s evident in the insurmountable details. My ideal is that the more effort I put into creating a work, the more I’ll be able to get out of it, and this goes for most anything we deem as work. I’ve found myself bouncing back and forth between realism and romance. With no relation with each other in the slightest, the articulateness of two completely separate styles endows me with a sense of leniency towards my imagination. I like to work quite deliberately, illustrating ideas for the audience instead of giving them free range, but of course interpretation is always welcome and will always exist in my art. If I had to choose a reason behind my work, it’s that my practice mainly focuses on evoking a response from the quality of the image. Whether a critique or a compliment, any art piece I create should be able to interact with the audience for me in my absence; it should ascertain the purpose of the drawing without me having to explain it.”
