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LOCATION
VCCA – Vincom Center for Contemporary Art
EXHIBITION DATE
02.11 – 20.11.2025
OPENING
02.11.2025 – 14:00
ORGANIZERS
The exhibition explores the concepts of archive and post-archive through the lens of the Vietnamese diaspora, while drawing connections with Vietnamese and Caribbean artists who share similar concerns. It examines experiences of migration and the cultural perspectives that emerge from displacement, reflecting broader global issues surrounding identity and memory.
Centered on photography, the exhibition also incorporates video, installation, and other mediums to explore how these forms capture narratives shaped by exile, transmission, and transformation. The artists move beyond documentation, uncovering fragments of lived experience, mythology, and counter-narratives that complicate our understanding of contemporary society. The featured works blend official archives with intimate recollections, revealing how artists rewrite or deconstruct historical narratives through imagery. By emphasizing migration and adaptation, they question how diasporic identities are formed—often through geographical and cultural ruptures.
Archive and post-archive challenges entrenched representations of otherness through its juxtaposition of Vietnamese and Caribbean diasporic perspectives, prompting reflection on individual and collective stories shaped by migration, cultural memory, and evolving identities.
ARTISTS
Emeline Ametis, Sylvie Bonnot, Manon Ficuciello, Adeline Rapon, Claire Zaniolo, Kosisochukwu Nnebe, Nathyfa Michel, Flora Nguyen, Prune Phi, Nguyen Phuong Le, Dinh Q Le, Quang Lâm, Hương Ngô, Sol Kim, Laila Hida
