LIRYC DELA CRUZ & IL MIO FILIPPINO COLLECTIVE

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Liryc Dela Cruz

Liryc Dela Cruz is an artist and filmmaker from Tupi, South Cotabato (Philippines), currently based in Rome. His work has been presented at international institutions and festivals including the Locarno Film Festival, Berlinale, the Venice Biennale (Sami Pavilion), Teatro di Roma, École du Louvre, Macro, and Lincoln Center.

As a core member of Il Mio Filippino Collective, his research explores themes related to diasporic identity, postcolonial memory, care work, and the afterlives of slavery and colonialism across the transpacific world. In 2023 he presented his first major exhibition, Il Mio Filippino: For Those Who Care To See, at the Mattatoio in Rome. His debut feature film Come la Notte premiered at the 75th Berlinale and received the Golden Goblet Asian New Talent Award for Best Director at the 27th Shanghai International Film Festival. Sight and Sound magazine also cited Dela Cruz as one of the promising new voices of contemporary cinema during Berlinale 2025.

Il Mio Filippino Collective

Il Mio Filippino Collective is a collective of Filipino domestic and care workers, artists, community organizers and members of the diaspora based in Italy. Their mission is to collaborate, co-create and co-imagine with people and groups who are dedicated to fostering communities of resistance, care, and hospitality; environments where transformation, new imaginations and self-determination flourish. their work and research are deeply anchored in the values of care, hospitality, anti-racist, anti-colonial resistance and decolonial practices. through their flagship project, “Il Mio Filippino”, they highlight the effects of racial capitalism, colonial borders and the militarized control of bodies, minds, and communities. they are interested in creating encounters, workshops and performances that include grassroots community and the diaspora.

Piging

At Electropark 2026, they presents, as an Italian premiere, Piging, a durational performance and participatory kitchen created as Il Mio Filippino Collective and performed by Liryc Dela Cruz, Benjamin Vasquez Barcellano Jr., Jenny Llanto Caringal, Sheryl Aluan, and Tess Magallanes.

Inspired by the Filipino tradition of the fiesta, where homes and kitchens open to guests and anyone can enter, help, and eat together, the performance transforms the space into a collective kitchen and a temporary community. Throughout the action, food is chopped, mixed, prepared, and served together with the audience. The meal is slowly built and shared through kamayan, the traditional Filipino practice of eating with the hands, where touch becomes part of the experience.

The project also draws inspiration from the story of Magellan’s arrival on the island of Homonhon, when local inhabitants welcomed his crew by offering food and hospitality. Starting from this episode, Piging reflects on the meaning of hospitality today and on the often invisible labour of care and food preparation in contemporary cities. Through moments of cooking, storytelling, and sharing, the performance becomes a space of encounter, opening a dialogue around memory, migration, labour, and community.

Production Teatro della Tosse