Nón lá - Portraits
(photography series)
Winchester, England
2015
Initial studio response to my first visit to Vietnam as a British Vietnamese Tourist and as an Artist on holiday. ‘Nón lá’ a Vietnamese Conical Hat, a traditional and recognisable symbol of Vietnamese people. This style of hat is used primarily as protection from the sun and rain, sometimes used to scoop water or to hold. Today conical hats are also considered a special gift for travellers visiting Vietnam.
90 Minutes still performance
Crypt Gallery. London. UK. 2015
Self Portrait
Amsterdam. Netherlands. 2015
Ieva & Kimvi
Kaunas. Lithuania. 2016
Self Portrait
POST Gallery. Kaunas. Lithuania. 2016
Self Portrait
Mestra. Italy. 2016
Thuan An Beach
Hue. Vietnam. 2016
Balancing Act
'Ho Chi Minh commemoration foundation stone'
(Impromptu performance - Mobile Phone Film Footage)
Newhaven, East Sussex. UK
2020
The search for a British Vietnamese connection on the shores of England, a pilgrimage to Newhaven in East Sussex, was an opportunity to seek out the controversial monument of Ho Chi Minh. The President of North Vietnam from 1945 to 1969. It commemorates his brief visit to Newhaven in 1913 as a pastry chef on the Newhaven-Dieppe (France) ferry line. The monument is positioned opposite to the ferry port, looking over the ferries pulling in.
'NGUYEN'
(Part 1 : 2022)
A short video base on the Artist, KIMVI's surname, 'NGUYEN', is an ongoing personal project of her identity as a British Vietnamese artist, exploring the continuous mispronunciation of her common Vietnamese surname. The short video was made possible by a community of international participants. Some were friends, artists, and others were strangers, responding to an open call the artist placed on social media. Asking for submission of their pronunciation of the surname, and how they imagine it would sound from reading ‘NGUYEN’ out loud and recorded on their mobile phones.
.The video presents a collection of mispronunciations where in-between the voices contain the correct pronunciation. The video gives the listeners the opportunity to hear which one could be the right "NGUYEN'
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The video was created for Vietnamese Artist, Moi Tran
Solo Show : CIVIC VOICE ARCHIVE as in-between resistance space at the PEER Gallery, 99 Hoxton St, London, United Kingdom
1 July – 3 September 2022
Opening: Thursday 30 June, 6.30 - 8.30pm
https://www.peeruk.org/moi-tran
Big thank you to all the participants who made this video possible:
Ismael Gomez, Freya Port, Zidrija Janusaite, Sera Eke, Israel Barro, Aaron Flores, Ciaran Clarke, Vinny Montag, Sofia Juan, Tracy Dunn, Danny Crawford, Mamen Balboa, Lucy Knight, Bartu Juan, Francisco Quintas, Hania Zawora, Carla Wallace, Madeleine Lohrum Strancari, Fran Montesinos, Tomas Chua, Stefan Moore (+2 anons)
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