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Becoming Alluvium

Thao Nguyen Phan

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Thao Nguyen Phan
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Becoming Alluvium
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2019

Becoming Alluvium is the title of the video created in the context of the award. Through a field trip to Mekong Delta, South Vietnam, the artist attempts to observe the environmental changes that have affected the Mekong River and its habitat. In this work, the artist surveys the construction of hydroelectric dams, the spread of unsustainable agriculture, the problem of overfishing, the unavoidable economic migration of farmers to big cities, and how this is manifested via popular culture and the eyes of adolescents.

  • Han Nefkens Foundation – Loop Barcelona Video Art Production Grant 2018

Thao Nguyen Phan

Artist, Speaker
www.thaonguyenphan.com

1987, Ho Chi Minh City

Thao Nguyen Phan

Through literature, philosophy and daily life, Thao Nguyen Phan observes ambiguous issues in social convention, history and tradition. An honours graduate from Singapore’s Lasalle College of the Arts in 2009, four years later Phan received an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Today, in addition to her work as a multimedia artist, she has joined forces with artist Truong Cong Tung and curator Arlette Quynh-Anh Tran to form Art Labor. This collective explores cross-disciplinary practices and develops art projects that will benefit the local community. Thao Nguyen Phan is expanding her “theatrical fields”, including what she calls performance gesture and moving images. Phan has exhibited widely in Southeast Asia and is a 2016-2017 Rolex Protégée, mentored by internationally acclaimed, New York-based, performance and video artist, Joan Jonas.  In 2019 she will be part of Lyon Biennial and exhibit at fundació Joan Miró; in 2020 her works will be shown at Chisenhale Gallery, London, and at Wiels, Brussels.

Last update: October 8th, 2019