Is it a black-and-white photograph? Norman Dreo’s topdown view of youths, probably students, cramped in an oblong space, and with some reading perfunctorily, is a commentary of the production-line education system, as suggested by the apparently computerized circuit-board below. It is a mash-up of science and society and also reflects the attitudes of the youths today, whether they are the ‘X’ or ‘Y’ Generation. Norman is regarded as a digital-art whizkid in the Philippines. Trained at the University of the Philippines, he first made his mark when he won 1st Prize at the Metrobank national art competition in 1995. In 2001, he was accepted for an artist’s residency at the Vermont Studio Centre in the United States, where he also held a solo at the Red Mill Gallery. On his return, he held a solo at the Red Dot Café Gallery in Manila in 2002.