Hibla

In the visual philosophy of ALAISMO, Hibla is not merely a theme - it is the origin.

Rooted in the Filipino word for "thread," Hibla becomes the sacred metaphor that binds the entire exhibit. It represents the unseen yet ever-present filament of identity, memory, and emotion that runs through the Filipino experience. Just as a single hibla is essential in weaving a larger tapestry, each portrait and series in the Alaismo style emerges from this conceptual thread - subtle yet essential, delicate yet unbreakable.

Within Alaismo, Hibla is the visual language of remembrance. It speaks in distortion, in line, in grayscale and geometry. It honors the silences passed down, the faces forgotten by official histories, and the names reshaped by time and survival. Each Hibla series - whether breathing, silent, buried, echoed, or names - threads personal narrative with collective soul, blurring the boundary between portrait and prayer.

In this exhibit, Hibla is both method and message:

-It is the line that refuses to disappear.
-The breath that still lingers after the elder is gone.
-The scar that becomes sacred geometry.
-The name of a woman reshaped into a living glyph.

ALAISMO begins with Hibla, because to remember where we come from - visually, spiritually, ancestrally - is to resist erasure. And to weave that memory back into form is to reclaim the self as art.