Angela Pauline (“Pie”) G. Tiausas is The Philippine STAR’s selected writer for the Ateneo Art Awards 2025 Purita Kalaw-Ledesma (PKL) Prize in Art Criticism for this featured essay; a BFA graduate in Information Design at Ateneo De Manila University, and currently an MA in Art Studies: Histories and Theories of Art candidate at University of the Philippines Diliman, Pie will submit a monthly art criticism essay for this space.