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P!NK, In Retrospect.

Hi everyone!

I hope everyone is staying safe at home and that everyone is cultivating a deeper sense of self awareness during this unfortunate depression. It’s been a long time since we gave you a little update on what’s up, so I’ve decided to do a little throwback before I announce future plans for the collective.

But firstly, I would like to express my gratitude to everyone involved. Of course, the artists who have contributed their artworks for P!NK and not to forget the main team and volunteers! Thank you so much for being involved with the success of the exhibition.

Before we start, I’d like to share with you a short story of how I got pulled in to being involved with a R t S.... Back in 2016, my college senior had invited me over to spend some time in his collective’s studio, Rumah Studio, which is beautifully located in sunny Georgetown, Penang. Julius, or better known as Kangblabla had introduced to me to the rest of his collective, Bibi Chun, The Sliz, Sattama, Sydney Lee, IMMJN, Alex Lee and a lot of what I know about arts, is mostly because of the time I had spent with them.

(Rumah Studio: Sydney Lee, Kangblabla, The Sliz, Sattama)

(Rumah Studio, Interior - 2016)

During my first week in Penang, Julius and Bibi had brought me over to one of my first art talk, I don’t remember what it was about, but the art sharing session had Hasanul Isyraf Idris as the speaker, which was held at Run Amok gallery, run by Hoo Fan Chon and his partner Trevor Hampson (whom had passed on in 2017). The gallery was situated in the compounds of the infamous Hin Bus Depot.

(Photo from Run Amok Gallery | Facebook)

The talk and time spent in Penang was beyond insightful and it’s unlike the kind of art that I usually associate with, and it made me realize a lot of things that was lacking when it came to people’s comprehension of art.

I’ve always enjoyed picking people’s brains out, and I was also lucky enough to check out openings and rubbed shoulders with some of Penang and Kuala Lumpur’s young and upcoming artist while I was in Georgetown. HOT.

I saw how these openings acted out as a mixer and party of some sorts to celebrate a collective of individuals after they had produced a body of work that they thought represented the theme of the night. The laid back culture I experienced at every art show in Penang was unlike any other, it was so inviting! I found a sense of liberty while I was there.

(Young local artists hanging around in front of Narrow Marrow, Penang 2016)

The whole notion of: “Arts is accessible for everyone” shifted into a possible concept, suddenly.

And that’s what I believe we achieved for P!NK.

During the opening reception, I observed both those who are in the arts industry, as well as those who weren’t both came to check out what the fuss was about P!NK. It was a beautiful mesh of curiosity and support from everyone. I would like thank everyone who came to the opening reception and I hope it managed to pose itself as memorable affair.

It surely was for me.

Well, thanks for reading! I’ll see you all soon in the next blog post where I’ll be talking about the artists and their works.

xx SITIS

Photos by instagram.com/redeuz/ and instagram.com/g4l4ctiche4ler

#editor's note

NOZU ZUNO

Zulaikha Razali or commonly known as Nozu Zuno; an artist from Gombak, Selangor. She is an avid lover of skateboarding, graffiti, illustration, sculpture and dressmaking. For Nozu, creating arts is a way to express her feelings and emotions. She poured her heart out onto a piece of paper, canvas or a blank space. Creating art is like writing a diary. She can write and write until her heart contained. So does making arts. For Nozu, art works as a therapy to overcome her fear, anxiety and nightmares that she constantly having.

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/nozu.zuno/