IN PROGRESS

Opening: 29.09.2018@4:00pm Location: A. Farm 96/1 Tan Thoi Nhat 6, District 12   A. Farm would like to invite you to IN PROGRESS, an open-studio event celebrating the launch of our new residency programme. This is the occasion for A. Farm to formally introduce its resident artists Trâm Lương, Nguyễn Kim Duy, OLDKID, Ed Smyth, Nguyễn Đức Phương and Paul Weiner to the public. Artist studios will be open to the public for one day only, where audiences are invited to see the residents’ work-in-progress, engaging with the development of...

James Nguyen

James Nguyen (b. 1982, Vietnam) relies on performance, the camera and the act of filmmaking itself to create works that explore the realities of migrants, refugees and diasporic communities in Australia. Focusing on his own personal origins and experiences, Nguyen often involves his family members in his videos and performances in a wide practice that also spans drawing and installation. James Nguyen graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) from the National Art School, Sydney, in 2012 and is currently undertaking a Masters of Fine Arts at Sydney College...

Challenging Stories: Contemporary Responses to the Legacies of War

Opening: 27.09 Location: Salon Saigon 6D Ngo Thoi Nhiem, Ward 7, District 3, HCMC     A panel of artists Mai Nguyen Thi Thanh, James Nguyen and curator Anthea Gunn discuss contemporary art commissions at the Australian War Memorial (AWM) in Canberra that explore the legacies of conflict in the Asia-Pacific region and with a focus on a current project in Vietnam. One of a series of partnerships with organizations in Vietnam, Singapore, Papua New Guinea and South Korea, the AWM invited an artist from each country to spend four...