Crossing the imaginary chasms: Art at the intersections with Science
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17 June 2022
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Talk with Dinh Q. Lê
Set in 1998, when the Vietnamese government was pursuing an international lawsuit against companies that were mired in disseminating Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, Dinh Q. Le staged a pop-up exhibition inside a kiosk in the Saigon Trade Center (now defunct), filled with miniatures, stuffed toys, dolls, and baby clothes – except they all have two heads.
This sets the stage for a critical pursuit into a tumultuous chapter of the nation’s history, where war repercussions are seen through the lens of both art and socio-historical research. Dinh Q. Le will guide us through the ups and downs of his Damaged Gene series, and its successors Lotus Land and Pure Land, where histories become the materials and medium that bear testimonies to the bygone, in order to emphasize the relationship between aesthetics and history, art and social sciences, reality and representation.
This event is part of a series of public and education programs in association with Illuminated Curiosities, an exhibition organized by Nguyen Art Foundation.