Indulge in an afternoon of ‘90s Pinoy pop culture nostalgia as Instagram sensation 90s Kabaklaan hosts an “extravaganza” of movies, music, and magazines at the Archivo 1984 Gallery tomorrow, January 13.
When the COVID-19 lockdowns shut the world down in 2020, the Instagram account 90s Kabaklaan garnered a community around pure ‘90s nostalgia immersing its followers in Pinoy pop culture-centric printed matter, music, film, and television from the era. It became something of a source of comfort for thousands of Filipinos—a means for them to revisit simpler, happier days of youth.
At the time, Victor, the brains behind the online archive, was merely after preservation. “When I started the page, the goal was just to archive my vintage magazine collection,” he tells Vogue Philippines, “that was during the pandemic when everyone was at home, uncertain about the future. I didn’t expect this to last long.”
Today, the account has amassed over 100,000 followers, who are all keen to see its transition to “a whole new era,” Y2K. While the magic continues, a celebration is in order; for one day only at the Archivo 1984 Gallery in Makati, 90s Kabaklaan followers are called to fully indulge in the collection in person, celebrating the page’s end of documenting the decade.
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