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In Hybrid Condition Vietnamese-Canadian artist Tam Khoa Vu explores cultural hybridity through multiple video and audio installations using a blend of personal, archival, and modern-day footage. Vu’s work is playful, even mischievous, as the artist aims to create spaces of abundance, possibility, and nuance around the issues involved in representing liminal Vietnamese identities. Vu navigates a diasporic “third space” between Vietnam and Canada. In Hybrid Condition, footage emphasizing Vietnamese identity and diaspora allows the artist to dig into the roots of cultural, ethnic, and national identities in such a way as to call into question Western hegemony and its influence over Vietnam, Vietnamese, and Vietnamese-Canadian identity.
Opening on February 29th at 5pm with music by Transpacific Express + Mollygum.
credits
Jacob Payne Barber, video editor (HC003)
Ngo Kim Thanh, audio composer (HC003)
Nguyễn Vũ Trụ, artist contribution (HC003)
Dennis Nguyễn, artist contribution (HC003)
Liam O’ Keefe, writer (HC003)
Barry Williams, filmer (HC003)
Fan Wu , writer (HC003)
Nikki Celis, writer (HC003)
Francis Goodship, Hybrid Condition install team
Myles Perkins, Hybrid Condition install team
Maka Ta, Hybrid Condition install team
Josh Holung, Hybrid Condition install team
Lam Dam, Hybrid Condition install team
Taylor Smith, Hybrid Condition install team
Rachel Nam, audio composer (HC002)
Anita Hwahmee Joh, writer (HC002)
Warren Goodwin, video editor (HC002)
→ Guided tours of the exhibition by the artist Tam Khoa Vu on Saturday March 9th, 2pm (English) & 4pm (French).
Free entry- reservation required here.
→ Commented tours of the exhibition by Marguerite Chiarello on Saturdays March 16th, 23th and 30th, 3pm (French only).
Free entry — No reservation required