The Marcos Centennial Facebook page announced on August 28 the digital poster making contest as part of the celebration of the 100th birthday of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos on September 11. It remarked that the poster should reflect the “outstanding accomplishment and character of President Ferdinand E. Marcos as a Filipino.”
However, Twitter noticed the contest and started using the artists’ creativity to show Marcos’ abuses during his dictatorship.
Thysz Adarte urged artists of #ArtPH to hijack #Marcos 100 and showcase their best “Marcos ARTrocity.”
Can y’all #artph kids hijack this? Tag your best Marcos ART-rocity with #Marcos100 #NeverAgain pic.twitter.com/aAAh9m7cDA
— AEGON ADARNA (@thysz) August 30, 2017
The artists responded with some of the best work here:
This GIF revealed who Marcos was closely similar to.
NOT A HERO #NeverAgain #Marcos100 #MarcosArtrocities pic.twitter.com/N83ZHl2qep
— jazz 🌻 (@sanflowerr) August 30, 2017
In 1975…
Here’s my entry for the #Marcos100 Poster Making Contest #NeverAgain pic.twitter.com/GTpXat1hbO
— jesie castro (@jesiecastro) August 30, 2017
“Laliman natin hanggang impiyerno.”
remember remember the 8th of november.
concept by glenn tuazon#Marcos100 #NeverAgain pic.twitter.com/YsXnypUdSY
— Ambula (@AmbulaArt) August 30, 2017
#MarcosNOTaHero
Happiest birthday, thief!
Here’s my entry to the Digital Poster Making. #ArtPH#Marcos100#MarcosARTrocities#MarcosNOTaHero#NeverAgain pic.twitter.com/qHHPAkl6wy
— Vince (@vincebalahan) August 31, 2017
The parody page Superficial Gazette also joined in the hijacking on Twitter.
Works of #ArtPH for #Marcos100, you say? Here’s one of our older favorite #MarcosARTrocities pieces.#SuperficialGazette #NeverAgain pic.twitter.com/BppkRTdHMX
— Superficial Gazette (@SuperficialGZT) August 30, 2017
This collage.
Made a quick collage for #Marcos100 #MarcosArtRocities #NeverForget #NeverAgain pic.twitter.com/CoDxj1p3vn
— Uwagan Targaryen (@itsmikerebuyas) August 31, 2017
“Isauli ninyo ninakaw ninyo!”
#Marcos100#MarcosARTrocities#NeverAgain
Isauli ninyo ninakaw ninyo! pic.twitter.com/PY5tLJ0opZ— Mme Press Secretary (@noelledeg) August 30, 2017
And here’s a reference to the Game of Thrones.
Nagpacommission pa ako ng poster para dito#Marcos100 #NeverAgain #MarcosArtrocities pic.twitter.com/K6ATgXNG5G
— Anna Bueno (@annabbee) August 30, 2017
The Anti Marcos Social Club.
Keeping Up with the Kleptocrats #NeverAgain #Marcos100 pic.twitter.com/KLvv5EB6Ak
— Paolo Abad (@paolo_abad) August 30, 2017
And this!
Artwork by Red Genotiva#9defiant #Marcos100#MarcosARTrocities pic.twitter.com/PiQHp9JDIf
— #StoptheKillings (@darnitJC) August 30, 2017
“No repeat.”
No repeat. #Marcos100 #MarcosARTrocities #ArtPH #MarcosNOTaHero pic.twitter.com/6MrqY78Z42
— rodrigoacuzar (@rodrigoacuzar) September 1, 2017
That pin.
#artPH #Marcos100 #NeverAgain pic.twitter.com/DEPNMtsH5y
— ava (@avabeabernabe) August 30, 2017
Remembering the Disappeared.
August 30 is International Day of the Disappeared.
Almost 900 cases were documented during the Marcos regime. #MarcosARTrocities pic.twitter.com/6amq5KIW8t
— Aegon Girl (@kristinamisajon) August 30, 2017
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