Hero Collaborations: Habagat (The Howling Winds)

Artist: Joshua Barrera Collaborator (AR Animation): Hero Granada 12" diameter Acrylic, metallic ink, and marker on canvas (with augmented reality animation) 2025

The word ‘Habagat’ is used in modern day Philippine society to refer to the southwest monsoon: the season of humid weather and heavy rainfall. Yet its origin is deeply embedded in the Tagalog folk belief of a raging wind deity ruling the sky realm, ‘Habagat’, who often unleashes storms as a show of might to other powerful male deities in the pursuit of love.

Exhibited in Art Fair Philippines 2025 Humanity Shared by TLYR Collective Feb 21-23, 2025 Ayala Triangle, Makati, Philippines