Little Vietnam
20198mm film transferred to digital, stereo sound
16 mins 40 secs
Original music: Tôn-Thât An
Commissioned by Turf Projects, funded by Arts Council England and Croydon Council.
A solo exhibition featuring a film portrait of Little Vietnam Restaurant and what remains unseen from customers eating at the restaurant, the family it sustains and the ongoing experience of resettlement in the UK.
The film was then exhibited in ‘Nang Tu Do- The Archive of Art in the Camps (Garden Streams) and the history of Vietnamese Boat People in Hong Kong 1982-1999’ curated by Hoyin Leung at CUHK, Hong Kong, 2020-2021, alongside other artists Vicky Do, Law Yuk Mui, Les Bird, generously funded by Hong Kong Arts and Culture Government Department.
Installation view at Turf Projects, 24th May- 6th July 2019. Photo credit: Tim Bowditch
Nang Tu Do- The Archive of Art in the Camps (Garden Streams) and the history of Vietnamese Boat People in Hong Kong 1982-1999 curated by Hoyin Leung at CUHK, Hong Kong, 2020-2021