We Are What We Throw Away
By Lim Wan Phing
December 2024 FOR ART'S SAKE
HOW MANY OF us like to look through rubbish? Ipoh born artist Chin Pik Wun is one who would raise her hand. Then, she would tell you to think about the kitchen scraps we throw away daily (and let’s not even talk about food wastage—as in cooked food).As George Town Festival’s (GTF) inaugural artist-in-residence this year, Chin wants to raise awareness of landfills, and to re-examine our relationship with food. For one month, she lived and worked in the heritage...
Lim Wan Phing
is a freelance writer based in Penang. She has a short story collection, Two Figures in a Car published by Penguin SEA.
