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THE JURY: The jurors who reviewed 13 curatorial proposals and selected “Muhon: Place Markers In The Search For Emerging Identity” by Architect Edgardo Ledesma, Jr. of the Leandro V. Locsin Partners firm as the official Philippine participation at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia: (from left –right) Jang Un Kim, a senior curator at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in South Korea; Architect Dominic Galicia, president of The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Philippines; Senator Loren Legarda, principal advocate of the project and visionary behind the Philippines’ return and yearly participation in the Venice Biennale; Prof. Felipe de Leon, Jr., Chairman of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and Philippine Pavilion Commissioner; Architect Minsuk Cho, Commissioner and curator of the Korean Pavilion Crow’s Eye View, which won the Golden Lion for Best National Pavilion at the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale; and Shabbir Hussain Mustafa, senior curator at the National Gallery Singapore and curator of the Singapore Pavilion at the 56th Venice Art Biennale. The selection process was held last November 28, 2015 at the Senate of the Philippines.