Jaime Pacena II

An introspective journey of a Filipino daughter attending the funeral of her estranged OFW father in a city in Japan that is rebuilding from the aftermath of the March 2011 tsunami.

[K]Ahon is a play on image breaks, cuts, and mirroring. Attempting to express the confines and limits, the thin lines that separate them, their relativity and duality. Connection through disconnection, interruption, and organic affinity. Ultimately, how all of them interconnect –– a relative continuance.

In 1996 Manila, two star-crossed lovers torn between faith, family, and a collapsing system finds love and solace in a place that listens, shelters, and ultimately traps them.

An introspective journey of a Filipino daughter attending the funeral of her estranged OFW father in a city in Japan that is rebuilding from the aftermath of the March 2011 tsunami.

An introspective journey of a Filipino daughter attending the funeral of her estranged OFW father in a city in Japan that is rebuilding from the aftermath of the March 2011 tsunami.

An introspective journey of a Filipino daughter attending the funeral of her estranged OFW father in a city in Japan that is rebuilding from the aftermath of the March 2011 tsunami.

[K]Ahon is a play on image breaks, cuts, and mirroring. Attempting to express the confines and limits, the thin lines that separate them, their relativity and duality. Connection through disconnection, interruption, and organic affinity. Ultimately, how all of them interconnect –– a relative continuance.

In 1996 Manila, two star-crossed lovers torn between faith, family, and a collapsing system finds love and solace in a place that listens, shelters, and ultimately traps them.