date
18 April 2019
closed
location
hồ chí minh
program
+1 nice place for experimentation
artists
about
Hanoi-based artist Phùng Tiến Sơn will return to Saigon on Thursday April 18 for an artist presentation at MoT+++. the presentation marks the last week of his sound installation, Soundtracks , which is on view at MoT+++ until April 23, and will discuss the over six-month process behind the work.
“we set foot in Vi Xuyen martyrs’ cemetery, which had 1768 (until July 2013) graves of the deceased from 1979 to the beginning of 1990, especially in 1984 and 1988. i recorded all the information about these 1768 people, which were etched on their tombstones. from the information i collected, i used Google Maps to draw connecting paths from their hometowns to Vi Xuyen (where they sacrificed their lives and their remaining corpses were concentrated). i separated these paths from the maps, for all that’s left are the cold and meaningless lines. in other words, we can only see 1768 winding strokes. is there anything left but 1768 routes which all lead to death at the same place?” – Phùng Tiến Sơn
about the artist: Phùng Tiến Sơn is a multimedia visual artist and university dropout from Hanoi, Vietnam. music is a continuing feature of Sơn’s practice, and he cites sound and technology as important influences in his work. past exhibitions include group shows as an ongoing member of the Nhà Sàn Collective, the Hanoi Collective Orchestra in 2015 and 2016, and Utopia Land at Hanoi’s Heritage Space in 2017. in 2018, Sơn performed in Big Day of Performances – Happy Birthday Billas part of MoT+++’s six-month performance plus programme.
Soundtracks was first exhibited in the Nhà Sàn Collective show Mise en Scene in 2016.
Thursday, April 18 7pm
location: Saigon Domaine, Ground Floor, 1057 Binh Quoi, Ward 29, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City
english and vietnamese
free of charge
Soundtracks a sound installation from Phùng Tiến Sơn on view until April 23, 2019
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