Fusing Modern Skills with Traditional Crafts
By Marco Ferrarese
January 2016 FEATURE
Art festival Urban Xchange 2015 brought together young artists and traditional handicraft masters to re-imagine Penang’s heritage.The second edition of art festival Urban Xchange gave six contemporary artists, mostly Malaysian, the chance to challenge Penangites’ biggest pet peeve: mixing the state’s heritage with modernity.At the end of 2014, the first edition of the international art festival brought the spray cans of an array of international mural artists to colour some of George Town’s heritage core walls. Unfortunately, most of the...
Marco Ferrarese
is a musician, author and travel writer. He has written about overland travel and extreme music in Asia, and blogs at www.monkeyrockworld.com. He also curates the Penang Insider, the smart guide for traveling and living in Penang, at www.penang-insider.com. His latest book, The Travels of Marco Yolo, is available in bookstores. Follow him on Twitter @monkeyrockworld.
