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Découvertes Zone I BookXcess Zone H Vive La Vespa Intriguing Instruments Zone D Welcome2Flatland Zone E The Ferry & I Jetty #FOTOCHEQ Zone G All Clans Exhibition Butterworth Baharu Exhibition No. 19 100 Images of Province Wellesley No. 19
Ferry Journey with CM Lim Guan Eng and Dato’ Jetty/ Maimunah Ferry
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BFF site tour with CM Lim Guan Eng and Dato’ Maimunah
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Urban Tok Distortions Zone A Selampit Zone A
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Cross Waves & Moving Jetties (performance at BFF)
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Welcome2Flatland Welcome2Flatland brings Edward A. Abbott’s eponymous novella to life, using creative lighting, architecture and more to re-imagine the book’s ideas and imagery as a public art installation. Created by award-winning Malaysian art duo TerryandTheCuz, this installation explores contemporary attitudes towards multiculturalism and offers a highly rewarding visual experience.
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Kuala Lumpur’s Japan Foundation brings one of Japan’s most beloved traditional stage arts to Penang. Bunraku combines sung narratives, instrumentals and expert puppetry to form a fantastically creative show sure to entertain audiences young and old. With three puppeteers assigned to each puppet, the show is an impressive display of teamwork and artistry.
Isaac Hou Isaac Hou has been globally recognized for his awe-inspiring oneman acrobatic performances, which can include juggling, torch juggling, rope walking, and expertly balancing a Cyr wheel. Since the beginning of his artistic career in 2006, Isaac Hou has performed in more than thirty countries around the world.
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Urban Distortions Created by Brussels-based dance company t.r.a.n.s.i.t.s.c.a.p.e, Urban Distortions is equal parts installation and performance art. Dancers and musicians move, sing, play and interact with one another in transparent, inflatable bubbles, lending a refreshing intimacy to their craft while allowing participants to witness their art in new and unique ways.
Cette Immense Intimité In French dance troupe Retouramont’s Cette Immense Intimité, a solo aerial dancer performs while suspended in mid-air against the simple backdrop of a wall. The dancer’s graceful movements interact with the light to create surreal shadows behind her, subtly highlighting the shapes her body as she dances freely in the skies.
In Intriguing Instruments, Australian percussionist Robbie Avenaim will feature an astoundingly unique array of artificial, robotic percussion instruments which will attempt to reinterpret Malaysian musical culture through technology and complex rhythms. This energetic performance will challenge audience perceptions of what music can be.
Cross Waves & Moving Jetties In Cross Waves & Moving Jetties, the ferry, the Butterworth jetty, and the street will be transformed into a stage in a delightful journey of dance, play and memory. Performers will use movement and music to connect with commuters as they travel between the island and the mainland. This show will be restaged in Hong Kong and Singapore as part of an Island Trilogy.
t.r.a.n.s.i.t.s.c.a.p.e Film Screening
100 IMAGES OF PROVINCE WELLESLEY EXHIBITION
Join t.r.a.n.s.i.t.s.c.a.p.e for a screening of three fantastic films. Over the Game tells the story of a video-game addict in Hong Kong. Landscape Duet explores environmental issues of urbanism through dance. An African Walk in the Land of China takes an interest in the “Chinafrica” phenomenon by looking into the life of a Black woman in China.
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Early Views of Province Wellesley The landscape of Province Wellesley was dramatically transformed during the nineteenth century. Join author Khoo Salma Nasution as she traces the development of Seberang 100 Images Perai in terms of early explorations, urbanisation, of Province agriculture and more.www.arecabooks.com Wellesley
Polymath on Wed–Sun, 9am–5pm George Town Festival is an annual, month-long celebration of arts, 19, Jalan Jeti Lama, Butterworth a Province culture, heritage and community. Inaugurated in 2010 in honour of George Town’s designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Wellesley festival transforms the city into a global stage, showcasing world-class Plantation performances, installations and collaborations from international and local artists alike. Featuring over one hundred unique exhibitions each James Richardson year, the festival seeks to create new and vibrant connections between Logan (1819–1869) the traditional and the contemporary, the past and the future. Drawing has a monument thousands of visitors each year to Penang, George Town Festival is erected in his honor quickly becoming one of Asia’s must-see events. in front of the court house in Penang. MAIN SPONSORS SPONSORS Who was this man, and why did the government abhor him while locals Sepet loved him? Find out at this talk by Dr Sepet is a romantic comedy film directed by the late Gerrell Drawhorn. Yasmin Ahmad. It tells a tale of love between Ah Loong, a Chinese boy selling pirated VCDs, and a Malay school girl named Orked. The film has won numerous awards. 3
100 early images of Province Wellesley, including maps, paintings and old photographs dating from the early nineteenth century to 1979, will be on display in a traditional shophouse in the historic centre of Butterworth. Stop in and take a look!
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The Penang Ferry Service, the oldest of its kind in Malaysia, has been transporting passengers between Butterworth and George Town for nearly a hundred years. George Town Festival will celebrate this special form of transport for the entire month of August with three exciting exhibits which artfully portray the ferry’s past and present using words and images. Ferry riders will even have a chance to snap, print and hang photos BookXcess of their loved ones for display on The founders of BookXcess want the ferry walkway! Check out our to kick-start the reading habits of website for more info. their fellow Malaysians by offering great books at unbelievable prices. Their books are new, but are priced at a 50–80% discount. Luckily for festivalgoers, they’ll be hosting a special pop-up bookstore during BFF! This is a great time to get caught up on your reading, and to #FOTOCHEQ find some great deals. #FOTOCHEQ is a youth photography programme focused Musical Showcase on instilling a deeper understanding and appreciation of the participants’ Enjoy the wonderful sounds of community through photography. local musicians at this diverse Using a workshop platform, the showcase of some of Malaysia’s project seeks to equip participants most talented. Included in the with better techniques and thoughts performance line-up are a choir by on photography, birthing a new Mrs Khoo Hooi Lay, Darling Idola generation of photographers. Kecil 5, and Imuda.
Stop by this movie screening to watch two of Malaysia’s classic cinema favourites. Nordin Ahmad’s Naga Tasik Chini (1966) tells the tale of an orphan whose hardships are resolved with the help of an invisible creature. S. Roomai Noor’s Bawang Merah Bawang Putih (1959) is Malaysia’s version of the Cinderella story, complete with step-sister rivalry and a prince charming.
Dance Your Life, a dance and art workshop held by Penang artist collective We Are Artists, gives individuals a chance to re-imagine their everyday habits, from the way they move to the way they visualize the world around them. Participants of this invigorating class will learn new ways of experiencing their bodies and minds.
Vive La Vespa Vespa motor scooters were first developed in Italy in 1946. Since then they’ve gained an international reputation worthy of their company motto, “Not just a scooter, a way of life”. Check out a special showcase of these unique, quirky, and vintage Italian scooters.
Tok Selampit Malaysia has a rich heritage of traditional storytellers whose tales of adventure and drama serve as a way of transferring cultural norms and morals from generation to generation. Kelantan’s Tok Selampit, who often emphasizes his stories with the sounds of his fiddle, is a prime example of this heritage. Watch him do what he does best at BFF!
Drawing Exercise UK interactive visual artist Lusy Decoursey is known for her experimentation and playful performances, as well as her sense of humour. In Drawing Exercise, Lusy fuses a cheeky 1980s exercise video with the pretentiousness of contemporary arts practice. Participants will be on their feet with the artist herself throughout this unique programme.
Découvertes Visitors can get a taste for all things France at Alliance Francaise’s Découvertes, a weekend celebration of French food and products. Hungry festivalgoers can stop by the exhibition to try a number of culinary delights and browse the many popup stands showcasing creations from French artisans and organisations.
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Butterworth Fringe Festival George Town Festival will ferry its annual celebrations to the mainland for the inaugural Butterworth Fringe Festival, featuring pop-up bookstores, movie screenings, creative crafts, exhibitions, presentations, live performances and much more. Artists from all over the world, including instrumentalists from Australia, puppeteers from Japan, and dancers from Belgium, France and Malaysia, will partake in this GTF satellite event, which features Butterworth as its centre stage. Check out our website for more info!
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