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.
Photo: Schirin Moaiyeri
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
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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. |
