embroidery and sublimation on canvas
50” x 37.5”
2026
Kevin Roque
Artist Statement:
Delubyo visualizes the current hazard maps in Bulacan. Using data from Project NOAH, a government disaster risk reduction program that has since been shut down, the work highlights residential zones identified as high-risk for flooding. These maps are publicly accessible, and the dangers are deeply felt by the community; yet meaningful disaster prevention and risk reduction remain absent. Through textile cartography, I translate data into a tactile form. Mapping through drawing and embroidery materializes the abstract threat of flooding as a recurring condition affecting every household. Looming over the mapped landscape is the image of Gaki, a mythological crab that serves as a metaphor for both the deluge and the social cancer that sustains it. While flood control projects are repeatedly promised, corruption and exploitation surrounding these initiatives have instead increased vulnerability.
embroidery and sublimation on canvas
50” x 37.5”
2026
Kevin Roque
Artist Statement:
Delubyo visualizes the current hazard maps in Bulacan. Using data from Project NOAH, a government disaster risk reduction program that has since been shut down, the work highlights residential zones identified as high-risk for flooding. These maps are publicly accessible, and the dangers are deeply felt by the community; yet meaningful disaster prevention and risk reduction remain absent. Through textile cartography, I translate data into a tactile form. Mapping through drawing and embroidery materializes the abstract threat of flooding as a recurring condition affecting every household. Looming over the mapped landscape is the image of Gaki, a mythological crab that serves as a metaphor for both the deluge and the social cancer that sustains it. While flood control projects are repeatedly promised, corruption and exploitation surrounding these initiatives have instead increased vulnerability.
