| The Pilipinas Street Plan (PSP) is a collection of talented artists, designers, and visual creatives that was formed nineteen years ago. The group is more known for its street culture through their artistic mural creations, redefining the term “Street Art” and not just some random, tasteless vandalism that the masses overlook in their work.
PSP changes the way you look at graffiti as a way not just to express their views on life, culture, and politics. Some members create their own stories that define what led them to become artists. There are storytellers too, they push their artistry to redefine that organized vandalism can be works of art that others would be inspired to create their own narrative and introduce the grassroots of Filipino Culture. |
Almost twenty-four years ago, I met three members of PSP who were Art in Residents at the former Lopez Museum, which was at the now-demolished Benpres Building, which was its original location. But back in the day, in 2011, PSP representative Wesley Valenzuela, Omar "Whooop" Ramos, and Nemo Aguila were there to conduct workshops about how to make your own art toy from generic plastic toys.
It was a first-hand experience to have the opportunity to see how to make a common plastic toy into something new. It was the time local bloggers were invited to do this project, and after it was made, they were subject to an auction for Art in the Park that was held a month later in Jaime Velasquez Park in Salcedo Village.
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Multi-Talented Culture
PSP is not just a group of individual artists from the grassroots; some of them have become household names in the mainstream industry. But the ones who stayed true to themselves are highly honorable to the point that they did not let fame go to their heads or have a “high-class” elitist ego to disregard those who followed them from their struggling years continue to support and acknknowledge them.
Those are still true to the PSP core of promoting Filipino Street Culture, and at the same time, still recognize those who follow them from the start and are still humbled by their peers that, despite “they made it,” still think there’s room for them to grow and inspire those same artists who followed their path of a “hungry artist.” Now, nineteen years later, that same group of individuals continues to push artistry in the international scene.
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Nineteen Years of PSP
Recently, PSP and Vinyl on Vinyl collaborated to celebrate the anniversary. I remember that the group had its tenth anniversary in 2016 at the Pablo Gallery and another one with Post Gallery in Cubao Expo. For this year’s anniversary, VOV curated some of the best artworks into one group show titled “DIKIT at GUHIT,” promoting the launch of a special book that is set for pre-order, collecting the group’s works with 45 artists.
The event opened its doors to the public last night (October 7th) with participating members of PSP lending their time to make a dedicated 1 of 1 artwork that will be on exhibit for the next 2-3 weeks. It can be found in the main gallery, some of the most familiar ones, and the newer members' crafting their own path to be the next big thing in the art industry as part of the group.
PSP XIX: "DIKIT at GUHIT" is a Pilipinas Street Plan 19th Anniversary Exhibit, which has now on exhibit since 7 October 2025 at the Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery. For more about Pilipinas Street Plan, you can follow them on social media via Facebook and Instagram at: Instagram, or you may visit their blog on Pilipinas Street Plan!
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Visit the site at: VinylonVinylGallery.com
Many thanks to Gaby DM, who provided these images during their event last night.
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