Author Chesca Santiago is an arts worker and writer based in Manila, Philippines. She holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the Univer- sity of the Philippines Diliman and is interested in the intersections of art, social science and community. She was awarded the Purita Kalaw Ledesma Award for Art Criticism for ArtAsiaPacific last year. The author expresses her gratitude to Bong Lopue III, Charlie Co, Candy Nagrampa, Jemimah Campos, the artists and the Orange Project team who lent their time and resources for this article.