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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Chowdry Stall
OPEN GATE
2015 Jun, Hin Bus Depot (George Town, MY)
Curated by Sachiko M, a project by Japan Foundation Asia Center
Chowdry Store
Customised mobile food cart, assortment of sundry products, snacks & etc., dimensions variable, 2015
Mobile cart customization: Trevor Hampson, Alex Lee
Project advisor / assistant: Md. Mahedi
Zine: HASA / Hasanul Isyraf Idris
2015 Jun, Hin Bus Depot (George Town, MY)
Curated by Sachiko M, a project by Japan Foundation Asia Center
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Chowdry Store
Customised mobile food cart, assortment of sundry products, snacks & etc., dimensions variable, 2015
Mobile cart customization: Trevor Hampson, Alex Lee
Project advisor / assistant: Md. Mahedi
Zine: HASA / Hasanul Isyraf Idris
I have always been intrigued by the visual explosion of diminutive items in shop displays, and wanted to create such a system of display and exchange in which we could negotiate value and make sense of function while enjoying beautifully packaged items. This installation is set in the former Hin Bus Depot, which has gradually reinvented itself as one of the most happening art and cultural hubs in Penang, with programmes catering for local and overseas audiences. Jalan Gurdwara, along which it is located, has a sizable Bangladeshi population, mostly migrant workers in the construction sector. I study Bangladeshi material culture through the sundry stores located outside Hin by reappropriating a mobile food cart as a self-service vending stall. Items are sold at the same retail price as outside Hin, featuring a selection of sundry goods, snacks and entertainment products alike.
Chowdury Stall also features a multilingual zine for the Bangladeshi readers, Kakrol (lit. “spiny gourd”), made by HASA / Hasanul Isyraf Idris. This zine was inspired by the practical English- and Malay-language phrasebook made for the newly arrived migrant workers.
Chowdury Stall also features a multilingual zine for the Bangladeshi readers, Kakrol (lit. “spiny gourd”), made by HASA / Hasanul Isyraf Idris. This zine was inspired by the practical English- and Malay-language phrasebook made for the newly arrived migrant workers.