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Residents and art enthusiasts in this city are mourning the loss of a mural featuring realistic images of indigenous peoples of the Cordillera, which was gradually destroyed this week to allow repairs to the building that has been hosting it since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.
These towering portraits of Cordillera life were drawn by a team of young artists led by Venazir Martinez on the wall of the three-story building and quickly became some of the most photographed street art in Baguio because it stood right in front of a busy bus terminal along Barangay Marcoville.
These drawings were part of an ecosystem of Cordillera street art found all over the summer capital, which were outputs of Martinez’ Hila-bana Art Project.
The project highlighted Baguio’s Igorot populace to advocate humanity’s interconnectivity.
