More and More New Art Spaces and Events for Penang

By Ooi Kok Chuen

March 2020 FEATURE
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Container Art in Butterworth. Photo: Zaini "Zart" Zainul.
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HAS PENANG WHAT it takes to be a satellite arts hub in Malaysia, once new purpose-built infrastructures are in place?An informal talk Missing Links: Piecing Together a Penang Art Scene held at the Hin Bus Depot on January 14, gleaned over art issues, events and personalities in Penang in the past tense. It featured Prof Hasnul J. Saidon, Datuk Tang Hon Yin, Hoo Fan Chon and Ooi Kok Chuen, and was moderated by Dr. Sarena Abdullah and Beverly Yong.What about...

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Ooi Kok Chuen

is an art-writer and journalist, and the author of MAHSURI: A Legend Reborn (Ooi Peeps Publishing), an adult contemporary fantasy “movel” (a novel conceived as a mock movie) spun from a local legend.

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