Bonding with Gaya Street (BGS) is a modest and yet unique exhibition in that where the conventional exhibition format, you have a designated venue and all the exhibition subjects are located in that one place. With BGS however, our Creative Director, Ms Yee I-Lann, opted for a more organic and personal touch, personal in a sense that it is the community that is telling its own stories.
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| I-Lann interviewing her subject. Photo courtesy of ProArt |
Gaya Street stories will be told through visual, written and spoken words. By and large, this may not be an academically accurate exhibition but it is the collective memories of a community. Our goal is to give the younger generation a fresh perspective of Gaya Street. If after this, people start digging for answers on their own to reinforce or debunk what they read or heard during that event, then we would have achieved our goal.
Coming back to the format of the exhibition, the venue of the exhibition will be the whole stretch of Gaya Street, not on the street but rather in the shops itself. We have secured the agreement of a number of businesses there to turn their shops into mini exhibits and we are still actively looking for more businesses to participate. A list of participating shops will be published in due course. We are also encouraging businesses in Gaya Street to curate their own exhibits and if need be, they could contact NBHE for assistance in how to curate. Dig up your old photos, antiques, tell your story!
Meanwhile, we have set up our booth which we call our Drop Off Box at Kedai Kopi Seng Chong Wah yesterday thanks to some feisty young ladies!
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| Drop off Box |
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| Nevada and Denise getting their hands dirty |
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| Scanner cum printer courtesy of Fuji Xerox |
The Drop Off Box is now operational. It is open from Monday to Sunday, from 11am to 5:30pm. Members of the public who wish to contribute their old photographs of Gaya Street can drop by, have it scanned and printed. Donated photographs or images of any kind, may be used in the exhibition and in any future publication done by NBHE. A copy will also be given to either the State Archive or Museum for preservation. Please note that the booth will not be opened during Chinese New Year while the owners of the premise are celebrating the festivity.
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| Location of booth |
We also appeal for stories regarding Gaya Street. Don't worry about writing skills, it is not important! What is important is your story. You can even write a third party story. Perhaps your parents have told you some stories about Gaya Street. We may put up your stories on the day of the exhibition or we may even include them in our Coffeetable book which is being curated by our Ms Susan Bansin and Ms Tina Kisil. They are tirelessly researching and compiling stories for our inaugural publication. It promises to have tons of pictures and interesting and colourful anecdotes.
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| Tina all business at the Sabah Archive. No picture of Susan, she's a bit camera shy. |
If you have stories to share, you may email them to bergaya2012@gmail.com .Last but not least, sharing is caring, please spread the news!
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