Oct 20, 2019 | Art, art installation, Exhibitions, Sculpture
If you didn’t have time to visit the 8” x 6” Project II in its first home at City Hall, don’t worry. It has moved and has re-opened in the art gallery at penangpac in Straits Quay. The first 8’’ by 6’’ Project launched as part of Open Studios Penang 2019, and...
Aug 20, 2019 | Art, art installation, Exhibitions
Two years ago, on the 17th August 2017, two friends came together to collaborate for an exhibition at Luna Bar Café. These two friends, Hao and Wei Ming, have now come together again to create a new exhibition, which opened on 17th August 2019, in Ome by Spacebar...
Aug 17, 2019 | Art, art installation, Exhibitions, Photography, Sculpture
Not just home to a profusion of cakes, ChinaHouse is currently also home to a profusion of antiques. Nestled above the café is an Aladdin’s cave of relics crammed into the small corridors of the traditional townhouse. Here there are 1000+ antiques, to be exact. This...
Aug 14, 2019 | art installation, Exhibitions, Festivals, Photography
The Obscura Photography Festival is an independent project based in Penang. This month sees its seventh instalment since it was established by Vignes Balasingam in 2013. The festival holds a variety of events, including photography exhibitions held at Hin Bus Depot...
Jul 18, 2019 | Art, art installation, Exhibitions, Festivals
‘Gerimis’ translates as ‘drizzle’ — a very light rain that often goes unnoticed. This is a neat analogy for the aims of Gerimis: A Collaborative Orang Asli Art Exhibition — to draw attention to the traditions of the Orang Asli and the (largely undermined yet very...
Jul 13, 2019 | Art, art installation, Festivals
29 Lebuh Melayu, the venue for Tan Lay Heong’s new art installation A Real Fake Forest, seems highly unassuming: without signage, the building appears just like the other heritage houses it is sandwiched between. Finding the small yet other-worldly installation that...