OPEN GATE Features A Dynamic Exhibition Of Sounds, Arts & Experimental Music

From the 6th to 21st June, the Hin Bus Depot will warrant visits as artists from Japan and Malaysia are collaborating on OPEN GATE, an ever-changing exhibition directed and curated by experimental musician Sachiko M. Held in tandem with Asian Sounds Research, the event is a component of the ENSEMBLES ASIA project by the Japan Foundation Asia Centre.

Japanese artists Tadashi Yonago and Yoshihito Mizuuchi will join Penangites Annabelle Ng and Hoo Fan Chon in installing creations in a shared common space. The absence of individual areas serves to inspire and instigate gradual transformation of each other’s works. The exhibition provides viewers a unique experience every time they enter the gallery.

A lineup of special guests will also present fringe events. Tenniscoats, a Japanese duo whose music corresponds with the environment, will kick off proceedings before passing the stage to Malaysian contemporary artist chi too. Both will perform a set with the participating artists during their own performance weekends.

Meanwhile, art writer Gabija Grusaite hosts a series of panel discussions with some of the curators like Minoru Hatanaka (NTT InterCommunication Centre), Ong Jo-Lene (independent) and Azusa Hashimoto (National Museum of Art, Osaka).