Corinne de San Jose

Bio

Corinne De San Jose (b. 1977, Bacolod, Philippines; lives and works in Manila, Philippines) is an interdisciplinary media artist and award-winning sound designer based in the Philippines. Her practice encompasses a diverse array of mediums, spanning printmaking, video, sculpture, and sound installation. Her works delve into the interplay between materiality and inherent performativity to explore alternative possibilities of perceiving her own environment, both within and beyond its immediate boundaries.

De San Jose’s collaborations with acclaimed Filipino directors like Lav Diaz, Erik Matti, and Raya Martin spurred her initial foray into visual storytelling through photography, animating still subjects like landscapes and objects. Expanding her artistic horizons, she worked on “camera-less photographs,” exposing film to diverse ecological settings, revealing inherent and observed traits.
Her recent work merges antiquated communication tools with contemporary and speculative technologies, crafting innovative narrative frameworks that intertwine past and future. Much of her documentation centers around the female body and her gaze, revealing her own domesticity and habitation within the nature of systemic social values of her own culture.

De San Jose has shown her work in solo and group shows in the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, Paris, and New York.

Corinne De San Jose (b. 1977, Bacolod, Philippines; lives and works in Manila, Philippines) is an interdisciplinary media artist and award-winning sound designer based in the Philippines. Her practice encompasses a diverse array of mediums, spanning printmaking, video, sculpture, and sound installation. Her works delve into the interplay between materiality and inherent performativity to explore alternative possibilities of perceiving her own environment, both within and beyond its immediate boundaries.

De San Jose’s collaborations with acclaimed Filipino directors like Lav Diaz, Erik Matti, and Raya Martin spurred her initial foray into visual storytelling through photography, animating still subjects like landscapes and objects. Expanding her artistic horizons, she worked on “camera-less photographs,” exposing film to diverse ecological settings, revealing inherent and observed traits.
Her recent work merges antiquated communication tools with contemporary and speculative technologies, crafting innovative narrative frameworks that intertwine past and future. Much of her documentation centers around the female body and her gaze, revealing her own domesticity and habitation within the nature of systemic social values of her own culture.

De San Jose has shown her work in solo and group shows in the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, Paris, and New York.

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2022
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cyanotype and organic chemicals on watercolor paper
47.74h x 31.10w in • 121.25h x 79w cm (unframed)
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Da Capo
2022
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aluminum metal plate, contact microphone, contact speaker, phono pre-amp, audio mixer, audio loop of vocal recording, vinyl record, turntable, subwoofer, 8mm film, projector, guitar effects pedals, audio cables
variable size
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59.59
2019
647
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118 transistor radios, 2 fm transmitters broadcasting, 2 9-hour loop of field recordings
dimensions variable
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Vase Without Daisies and Poppies
2012
395
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archival inkjet print
16h x 20w in • 40.64h x 50.80w cm
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1440 in 24
2009
645
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1440 pieces, archival inkjet prints
8.3h x 5.7w cm (each)
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The Shore is Parchment #3
2021
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cyanotype
50.39h x 50.59w in • 128h x 128.50w cm
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56 Days
2020
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56 cyanotype prints on cold press watercolor paper, (varying paper grades 200-300gsm)
56.69h x 93.90w in • 144h x 238.50w cm (framed)
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Slide 10
2017
399
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metal leaf on inkjet print on Tecco canvas
24h x 36w in • 60.96h x 91.44w cm
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Landscape (Daytime) option 1 - Water
2015
397
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inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo rag® Bright White 310 gsm paper
30h x 60w in • 76.20h x 152.40w cm
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Vanitas (Omnibus) Versions 1 to 25
2015
398
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inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo rag® Bright White 310 gsm paper
12h x 16w in • 30.5h x 40.6w cm (each)
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Untitled A
2015
646
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video
(00:06:40 min. loop)
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New Pair 03
2013
396
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archival inkjet print and origami
39.76h x 39.76w x 2.99d in • 101h x 101w x 7.60d cm
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