Slow down and look closer, the streets here hold many untold stories beneath their surface.
“Street Fragments: Jalan Gurdwara” invites audiences to rediscover one of George Town’s familiar streets through the traces of its layered past. Once known as Brick Kiln Road—named after brick kilns whose exact locations have long been forgotten—today’s Jalan Gurdwara takes its name from the century-old Sikh temple that continues to stand as a landmark of the neighbourhood.
Presented by COEX and Ruang Kongsi, the exhibition uncovers the street as more than a route through the city. Through archival materials, everyday objects, photographs, oral histories, and community memories, it reveals Jalan Gurdwara as a living archive shaped by generations of diverse communities and everyday lives. Piecing together these fragments of history, “Street Fragments: Jalan Gurdwara” offers fresh perspectives on place, memory, and belonging, encouraging visitors to look beyond the familiar and discover the remarkable stories woven into the fabric of the street.
[artist sharing]
Reading Jalan Gurdwara: Fieldwork Sharing & Conversation
Date: 4 August 2026 (Tuesday)
Time: 7pm – 8:30pm
*Exhibition walkthrough at 6:30pm
Venue: COEX
Free admission
Project Team: Low Chia Ming, Lim Yi Zhe, Ho KJ
Guest Discussant : Dr. Soon Chuan Yean (USM) & Chen Yoke Pin (Arts-ED)
This sharing session opens up the research process behind Street Fragments: Jalan
Gurdwara.
The project team will present their fieldwork, observations, and findings gathered through walks, archival research, documentation, and conversations around the street. Joining the session are an invited academic discussant and a community practitioner, who will respond to the findings, raise questions, and offer wider reflections on how streets can be read through memory, community, history, and everyday life.
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