# The Coconut Tree Methodology: Martha Atienza

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## Quick facts

- **Date:** 30 May to 11 July 2026
- **Time:** Gallery hours, Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 6pm
- **Venue:** 2263 Don Chino Roces Avenue Extension
- **Address:** 2263 Don Chino Roces Avenue Extension, Makati City
- **Area:** Makati
- **Price:** Free
- **Category:** Art
- **Presented by:** Silverlens
- **Tickets:** https://www.silverlensgalleries.com/exhibitions

## Why go

For people who follow serious contemporary art and want quiet time with recent work on climate and coastline; a focused solo afternoon. The gallery is on Don Chino Roces Extension in Makati, easy if you are already in the area and worth crossing town for on a free weekday.

## Good to know

Free entry, no booking. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10 AM to 6 PM, closed Sunday and Monday, running to 11 July. A weekday afternoon is quietest.

## About this event

A solo show by Dutch-Filipino artist Martha Atienza, who divides her time between Rotterdam and Bantayan Island in Cebu and works with its fishing communities. The centrepiece is a single-channel video that places footage of coconut trees felled by rising seas in 2019 against the island's new 2026 seawall, reading the coastline as a ledger of climate change. Atienza has represented the Philippines at the Venice Biennale, so this is rare access to her recent work in an intimate gallery rather than a museum survey. It runs to 11 July at the country's leading contemporary gallery in Makati; drop in on a weekday afternoon, and worth crossing town for if you follow serious art.