In Living Memory of Nước (Water/Homeland)
single channel video, interactive sculpture
English and Vietnamese subtitles
In Living Memory of Nước (Water/Homeland) invites viewers into a space fragmented across memory and imagination. Based on Quyên Nguyen-Le's short films, this installation centers the refugee nail salon as a site connecting different but continuous histories.
single channel video, interactive sculpture
English and Vietnamese subtitles
In Living Memory of Nước (Water/Homeland) invites viewers into a space fragmented across memory and imagination. Based on Quyên Nguyen-Le's short films, this installation centers the refugee nail salon as a site connecting different but continuous histories.
March 24 - April 30, 2024
Berlin, Germany
Produced by Oyoun*
Berlin, Germany
Produced by Oyoun*
*Oyoun is an arts & culture venue that has been committed to fostering queer*feminist and diasporic cultural diversity, promoting artistic freedom, and providing a platform for marginalized voices in Berlin's cultural landscape. Now, due to the current political climate in Germany - namely, Germany’s unwavering zionist stance and systemic erasure of the ongoing genocide committed against the Palestinian people - the fate of Oyoun has been placed in uncertainty. Read More. Save Oyoun.
Waiting Room Zine Table
Dear Customers, in place of the usual beauty and gossip magazines, this salon provides you with reading materials that center the lives of vietnamese diasporic queer & trans people and women. Many of these have been pivotal in my own formation of identity. Each of these zines have entire worlds within them and I invite you to delve in as you wait.
Not White Not Straight Not Male by rosi They Call Us Viet Kieu by Minnie Phan tương/mình zine by Nghiem Nguyen & Sarah Tran Phantom Roots by Erica Nguyen Suspended in Time #2: Thai Tai, designed by Hua Hsu in collaboration with Elizabeth Ai Vănguard #3 by various authors Về Ăn Khuya newspaper zine by various authors, curated by QTViet Cafe Contributors: Ray, minh, phibi, Ái Liên Lê, Tofu Riot, cát nguyên, Sam Joseph, Kelly Tô, Que Tran Whitney, Jeannie (Mỹ Hạnh) Phạm, hải võ, Jean Phạm (they/them), Julia Nguyen, Linh Hoang, sảxì, aL huynh phuong, Mơ, Lan Ngô, and Jessie Year of the Tiger by various authors, curated by Xen Nhà Contributors: Y-Bình Nguyễn, Mei Leong, Christina Nguyen, Leanne Su, Alger Ji-Liang 梁家傑 with Ciara Kosai, Arthur Blake Brown, anonymous, Judy Kuo, Jessie Crossman, Ren Jiang, Vic, sara (美珍) h. hammami, Isabel Lee and Rita Z. |