An engineering graduate, Syjuco began her artistic practice with drawing and painting before expanding her repertoire to include installation and performance. In Syjuco’s performative works, she is seldom the only performer; she often enlists the audience to be “on the stage” as well. As collaborating and connecting with others form a critical part of her practice, the video component of Syjuco’s work is not just a means of documentation but also a device that establishes a relationship between the observer and the observed. The actions and reactions of the viewers interacting with the giraffe sculpture in See Me, See You (Revenge of the Giraffe) are captured on a closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera and livestreamed on a television that is situated in a separate, physical space, for other people to observe from a distance. The combination of these components alludes to the title of the work.

First exhibited at Pinaglabanan Galleries, Manila in 1986, the original iteration of the artwork used a U-matic video camera, which was loaned and installed by Joey Macalino, an artist who made video works. The camera was connected to a 16 to 18” television in the garden of Pinaglabanan, where people would drink, eat and gather for exhibition openings. Although the artist distinctly remembers the title of this work as See Me, See You, it is also known by another name, Revenge of the Giraffe. The title of the artwork for this exhibition brings together both names.