Open studio is where the visiting
artist will engage their artwork with people in public spaces like restaurant,
shop and hostel. The idea is to intervene the daily activities and observe the
public’s response to something extraordinary. It also helps us look at these
everyday spaces and places within the city in a new and quirky manner, thus
giving us new ways of appreciating the “old”.
OPEN STUDIO 1
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Date: 20 August 2014
Artist: Anjo Bolarda (Philippines)
Venue: Post Card Shop
Activity: Portrades (portrait +
trade) in George Town
Description:
In “Portrades”, Anjo will make
portrait of walk-in guests using water color and ink. The guests can take the artwork. In return, they are supposed to give Anjo
anything, just like barter trade. While
there are no guests, Anjo can also sketch/draw images in the immediate vicinity
of The Post Card Shop. These sketch/drawings he can leave at the Shop as
souvenir.
OPEN STUDIO 2
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Date: 21 August 2014
Artist: Jaffa Lam (Hong Kong)
Venue: Chinahouse
Activity: Umbrella Project
Description:
Jaffa has been working with
discarded cloths of umbrella for some years now. She makes different whimsical installation
that carries with it stories of common people in different demographics, such
as wives, women workers, school girls, etc.
Another version of this project (especially the Pavilion, which she
exhibited in Australia, HongKong and other
China cities) is a space-intervening work that allowed her to visually
communicate with the environment. For
Penang she compose the work and build an installation of her umbrella project
at the China House Courtyard or Activity area.
OPEN STUDIO 3
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Date: 28 August 2014
Artist: Shih Tung Lo (Taiwan)
Venue: 28Bahari
Activity:
Screening: Production during public event before 28th August.
Pirates and Ghosts in George Town.
Description:
His residency in Treasure Hill
Artist Village in Taiwan, he intervened into a public event by giving away
headbands similar to what is used during protest. The joyous celebration (launch of the Artist
Village) looked different when people wore the headbands. Therefore he showed that an object change a
story away from its original context. For Penang, he can either attend a public
event prior to 28th or he can go around an area with a lot of people
(like parks, market, food courts, shopping area) where he can distribute the
headbands and document. The
documentation will be shown at 28Bahari on 28th of August.
OPEN STUDIO 4
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Date: 27 August 2014
Artist: Terence Lin (Singapore)
Venue: Chinahouse
Activity: Schedule: starts at 27 August [the artist may choose to end his
work by 2nd Sep]
Description: Terence aims to create a piece of work that brings the family of
staffs of China House together by contributing an item or object they have
special significance (whether it is due
to long use or an equipment they need in their line of work at China house).
The artist will record their quotes on these objects they chosen and illustrate
it alongside their objects. These illustrations will adorned on the walls or
any interesting corner of the reading room (darker space). A similar example is
shown below, below is a project that speaks of the dream house a participant
would want to inhabit.
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