Hoo Fan Chon is a Malaysian visual art practitioner based in George Town, Penang. By reframing everyday life with irony and wry humour, his works observe the oscillations and toggles between social classes, the official and the informal, the highbrow and the lowbrow.

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Hoo Fan Chon (b. 1982) is a Malaysian visual art practitioner based in George Town, Penang. By reframing everyday life with irony and wry humour, his works observe oscillations and assimilations between social classes, the official and the informal, the highbrow and the lowbrow.

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Now Everyone Can Jump





Exhibitions:

Asia Contemporary Art Exhibition
2015 Sept, Jeonbuk Province Art Museum (Jeounbuk, KOR)

吃風 | Eating Wind | Makan Angin
2014 Jun, VT Artsalon (Taipei, TW)

Makan Angin group exhibition 
2013 Dec, Run Amok Gallery (George Town, MY)

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Now Everyone Can Jump
A set of three hand-carved wooden puppet, approx. 13 x 44  x 5 cm each, suspended on ceiling fan, dimensions variable, 2014

Recently, some government representatives told unhappy Malaysians to emigrate if they were displeased with the incumbent administration. This was a seemingly simple resolution for the more privileged disgruntled citizens, but not everyone can afford to emigrate, even though the majority of us can now afford to fly because of the proliferation of budget airlines. For those who cannot afford to emigrate formally, some go on “holidays” exceeding the legal duration of overseas stays, never to return. This practice is commonly known as “jumping aeroplane 跳飛機” within the local Chinese-speaking community, similar to hopscotch. This work attempts to delineate the contrast between the innocence of this children's game and the leap of faith some take in interpreting the notion of an extended “holiday”.

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