Crafting Longevity
Crafting Longevity: Skill Accumulation and Disciplinary Diversification in the Artistic Trajectory of Amiel Roldan October 8, 2025 Introduction In an era marked by rapid technological shifts, civic ruptures, and epistemic fragmentation, the contemporary artist is increasingly called to navigate not only aesthetic terrains but also ethical, political, and infrastructural ones. For Amiel Gerald A. Roldan—a multidisciplinary Filipino artist, poet, researcher, and cultural worker—the proposition of accumulating skills and diversifying disciplinary engagements is not merely a strategy for career longevity. It is a curatorial, civic, and ontological imperative. This essay explores the theoretical and practical dimensions of skill accumulation and disciplinary diversification in the context of Roldan’s artistic trajectory, arguing that such a proposition enables sustained relevance, ethical responsiveness, and infrastructural agency in the face of evolving cultural, politica...