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| "Memorial Project Nha Trang, Vietnam:
Towards the Complex - For the Courageous, the Curious,
and the Cowards" 2001. |
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An underwater film shot in the Vietnamese
shore as a memorial to the boat people.
The performers who pull the rickshaw in the film aren't
actually rickshaw drivers in real life, but are fishermen
who could endure the heavy strain of underwater cinematography.
The ambivalent expressions on their faces, demonstrating
both suffering and amusement, reflect the present Vietnam--a
nation with a multifaceted complexion: dreams for opportunity
and poverty, freedom and confinement, and vulnerable values
and traditions in times of modernization. (2nd showing
in Japan after Yokohama Triennale)
(Courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo.) |
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Born in Japan in 1968, Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba's
elegant pieces often refer to his multi-cultural background.
This exhibition is the second appearance in Japan for
the short film which gained critical acclaim at the Yokohama
Triennale 2001.
(Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba's "Memorial Project Nha Trang,
Vietnam: Towards the Complex - For the Courageous, the
Curious, and the Cowards" is on view at URBANLENZ,
courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo.)
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