28 May 2025
MCAD Manila’s newest exhibition, Moments of Delay, explores time, hesitation, and uncertainty through contemporary artworks. Curated by Arianna Mercado and James Tana, with Joselina “Yeyey” Cruz overseeing the museum’s direction, the exhibition challenges conventional ideas of past, present, and future. The artists featured in Moments of Delay examine how time can be felt, interrupted, or distorted, using sensory experiences, movement, and material transformation to reinforce the theme of delay. From installations that engage viewers physically to works that create quiet yet powerful transformations, the exhibition invites audiences to step into fragmented timelines and question the pace of perception.
MCAD Director Cruz describes the museum’s approach to exhibitions. “Our responsibility is to create aspirators, to create exhibitions that are critically rigorous while remaining publicly accessible.” This exhibition builds on MCAD’s past programming, including The Vexed Contemporary from 2015, while introducing new perspectives on delay as both a conceptual and experiential state.
