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- Sep 23
- Philippines
- Deviant for 18 years
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j.luna is the alter-ego of John Robert Luna. He is a Corporate Communications, Ads and PR Writer for a networking company and a licensed English teacher.
A member of the Innovative Noise Collective (INC), his repertoire consists of improvised, non-conceptual and spontaneous performances and Punk inspired spoken word consisting of screams, growls and gibberish.
He is currently the vocalist of Post-Punk band, Tom Estrella and The Shadows (with novelist, Norman Wilwayco), Noise/Electrogrind outfit, Annoy! (with Ian Madrigal) and Post-Metal/Noise collective, Gonzo Army (with Karl De Mesa and a whole bunch of collaborators).
As a “performance artist”, j has teamed with The Brockas and Khavn Delacruz (“Tonight, I Will Love You Forever, installation/performance” and as an actor in “Ang Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio”); and with Ian Madrigal and Mitch Garcia ("Placenta: Repression/Salvation" and "Souls For Sale") for Tupada's Inter-Aksyon international performance art event '10, in which he also served as the scribe/journal writer.
As a writer, he has won the grand prize for short story in Filipino for the Philippine Normal University’s Genoveva Edroza-Matute Awards in 2005. He also wrote music reviews for the now defunct Fudge Magazine.
j.luna is also an administrator of one of the most influential humor blogs today: tunaynalalake.blogspot.com
His music reviews, articles poems and works of fiction have appeared in the Philippines Graphic,Fudge Magazine, Playboy Philippines, Monday Magazine, KM64's Tulagalag poetry project, Paper Monsters Poetry Pamphlet 1 and 2, and an upcoming anthology of flash fiction to be published by La Salle Press in 2011.
Being a sound/noise artist specializing in growls and screams, j has performed with Tupada at the NCCA's Philippine International Arts Festival 2010 at the Ayala Center on February 7, INC's Noises at the Park held at The Luneta Open Amphitheater on May 2, 2010
Current Residence: UP Ville, Quezon City, Philippines
Favourite genre of music: Avant-garde/Post Rock
Favourite style of art: Surrealism and Dadaism
Favourite cartoon character: Naruto, Yusuke of YUYU Hakusho,Kenshin Himura of Ruruoni Kenshin, The Voltes Five Crew
Personal Quote: Love is a temporary anaesthetic, to this world of eternal suffering...
A member of the Innovative Noise Collective (INC), his repertoire consists of improvised, non-conceptual and spontaneous performances and Punk inspired spoken word consisting of screams, growls and gibberish.
He is currently the vocalist of Post-Punk band, Tom Estrella and The Shadows (with novelist, Norman Wilwayco), Noise/Electrogrind outfit, Annoy! (with Ian Madrigal) and Post-Metal/Noise collective, Gonzo Army (with Karl De Mesa and a whole bunch of collaborators).
As a “performance artist”, j has teamed with The Brockas and Khavn Delacruz (“Tonight, I Will Love You Forever, installation/performance” and as an actor in “Ang Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio”); and with Ian Madrigal and Mitch Garcia ("Placenta: Repression/Salvation" and "Souls For Sale") for Tupada's Inter-Aksyon international performance art event '10, in which he also served as the scribe/journal writer.
As a writer, he has won the grand prize for short story in Filipino for the Philippine Normal University’s Genoveva Edroza-Matute Awards in 2005. He also wrote music reviews for the now defunct Fudge Magazine.
j.luna is also an administrator of one of the most influential humor blogs today: tunaynalalake.blogspot.com
His music reviews, articles poems and works of fiction have appeared in the Philippines Graphic,Fudge Magazine, Playboy Philippines, Monday Magazine, KM64's Tulagalag poetry project, Paper Monsters Poetry Pamphlet 1 and 2, and an upcoming anthology of flash fiction to be published by La Salle Press in 2011.
Being a sound/noise artist specializing in growls and screams, j has performed with Tupada at the NCCA's Philippine International Arts Festival 2010 at the Ayala Center on February 7, INC's Noises at the Park held at The Luneta Open Amphitheater on May 2, 2010
Current Residence: UP Ville, Quezon City, Philippines
Favourite genre of music: Avant-garde/Post Rock
Favourite style of art: Surrealism and Dadaism
Favourite cartoon character: Naruto, Yusuke of YUYU Hakusho,Kenshin Himura of Ruruoni Kenshin, The Voltes Five Crew
Personal Quote: Love is a temporary anaesthetic, to this world of eternal suffering...
Favourite Visual Artist
Salvador Dali, Max Ernst, Andy Warhol
Favourite Movies
Kairo:Pulse,Akira Kurosawa Films,Jerry Maguire,In The Realm of The Senses, Audition, Se7en
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Bjork,Boredoms, The Velvet Underground, Pinkfloyd,The Sisters of Mercy, The Cure, Type-o-Negative
Favourite Writers
Jack Kerouac, Haruki Murakami, Yukio Mishima, Pablo Neruda, J.D. Salinger, Allen Ginsberg
Favourite Games
Super Mario Bros. 1& 3 80's stuff
Favourite Gaming Platform
Nintendo family computer
Tools of the Trade
the pen, and the pencil...the mic, and the guitar
Other Interests
poetry, literature and visual arts
The TAMA: Inter-Aksyon Journal -j.luna
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The TUPADA ACTION AND MEDIA ART: INTER-AKSYON Journal (February 17-21 2010)
By j.luna (John Robert Luna)
DAY 1: Manila Contemporary Gallery, Pasong Tamo, Makati Metro Manila – Intramuros, Manila
This is a very important concept for me. If I produce something, I transmit a message to someone else.
- Joseph Beuys
On the 17th of February, Tupada Action and Media Art's INTER-AKSYON: The 7th International Visual and Performance Event kicked off at the Manila Contemporary Gallery in Makati. Attended by both Tupada Core Members and foreign delegates, the day started with a brief introduction of each participant's body of work. T
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Wasak...Alas diyes ng umaga'y idinilat ko ang aking namumungay na mata at wasak na diwang nagmula sa masalimuot na pagtulog.
Isang paggising at pilit na pagbangon'g labag sa aking kaloobang nais pang maidlip ngunit di na kaya....
Ewan ko ba kung bakit na sa dami ng damong nasindihan ko nung nakaraang gabi, at ilang bote din ng serbesang nilaklak sa Mogwai at ilang Diazepam din ang aking dinurog at sininghot ay di parin ako naipaghele ng pinaghalu-halong kimikal tungo sa mundo ng panatag at masarap na paghimbing....
Aaaah. Tulog, ang tagal na kitang hinahanap...Kung bakit kasi sa tuwing sa oras na kelangan kita'y tila isa kang multo't guni-
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As of The Moment
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I'm More Popular Than All Of You (Here in My Room).
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thanks for the link! 
sweet gallery by the way!
sweet gallery by the way!
Gee, thanks.
thanks for the watch
so sorry for the late thank you note...^___^
anyways, thanks for adding me to your watch list...^___^
anyways, thanks for adding me to your watch list...^___^
Thank you for adding me to your watch list. 
no no. mo pre? note mo saken. 
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