'I Am Home' virtual exhibit in Penang guided by oral history, sketch art

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Bursting with vibrant multiculturalism, many of the people who now call this northern state home originally came from different parts of the globe.

Eager documentarians Lefty, Azmi and Kuah are hoping to expand the 'I Am Home' project.

With a target of 20 interviewees, the method of collecting data was straightforward enough – the team would source Penangites from different cultures and geographical localities and then, pay a visit to a senior member from those communities. Azmi, who released his fourth cartoon book in the middle of this year, says I Am Home was different from any of his previous work because he was telling other people’s stories.and my other books, I was always telling my own stories. Here, I got to see things from other people’s points of view,” he says.

It has been a rather productive year for Azmi in a rather quiet Penang art scene caused by the pandemic restrictions. He also released his new comic bookto coincide with the George Town Festival in July, and worked on mural projects, caricature pop-ups and face mask art.Though Penang is the country’s second smallest state, it has become almost a standing joke that most Penangites only know their personal neighbourhoods, schools or workplaces and the surrounding areas well.

“Until quite recently, the community in Dhoby Ghaut still used the river for their laundry businesses.

 

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