English | Tiếng Việt

A. Farm and Goethe Institut HCMC are pleased to present 𝟨 𝒫𝑀 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑜𝑜𝓃. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓎 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓉𝑜𝑜 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔. 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝓈𝓉:.., a duo exhibition by Tâm Đỗ and Lê Đ. Chung curated by Linh Lê. A gesture marking the end of their three-month residency with us, the show unfolds as an amalgam of thought fragments in which, intuitively and with a dizzying dose of cheekiness, the concept of time surfaces through the artists’ use of movement, objects, and period-defining mementoes and symbols. Truly a human construct, time in this instance is stretched, punctuated, and folded as they please to make space for speculation and dreaming. Lê Đ. Chung’s works attempt to chart an anatomy of eternity—what it feels like, what it promises (and inevitably fails to deliver), and whether it ever truly endures or it just disguises itself through a forever repetition of patterns. Meanwhile, Tâm Đỗ liberates a revolutionary heroine and her personal-turned-historical artefacts from the confines of those seemingly transparent museum glass cases, and in turn re-situates their stories in another setting untethered from grand narratives and ideological agendas.

𝓔𝔁𝓱𝓲𝓫𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓭𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓲𝓵𝓼

opening reception: 18:00, 26/7/2025
exhibition duration: 12:00–17:00, 27/7 & 30/7–3/8/2025 
venue: A. Farm studios, 6/4 Nguyễn Đăng Giai, Thảo Điền
event page: https://www.facebook.com/share/19M2Hk6iBj/
*design by: Tâm Đỗ & Minh-Hiền

𝓘𝓷𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀

𝓐𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓼 & 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓸𝓻

With a multidisciplinary practice spanning painting, sculpture, installation, video, and performance, 𝓛ê Đ. 𝓒𝓱𝓾𝓷𝓰 (born 1990, Đắk Nông) observes everyday occurrences while engaging with both historical and counter-historical narratives. Through this, he investigates the contradictions and complexities of contemporary reality, as well as the enigmatic return of unresolved motifs and meanings from the past.

𝓣â𝓶 Đỗ is a multidisciplinary artist working across visual art, graphic design, soft sculpture, video art, sound design, poetry, and performance art. Their practice challenges conventional narratives while provoking reflection on the fluidity of identity. Some of Tâm’s notable projects include The Queer W(e)aves, Queer Forever & Ba Bau AIR, 2024;, Nổ Cái Bùm 2024: Collectivity-in-(act)ion, 2024; Act 1, Project Đẩy Sàn & The Run Theater, 2024; Đường Biên Đông Người, Á Space & Cement Park & Santo Streets Studio & SOWERART, 2024.

𝓛𝓲𝓷𝓱 𝓛ê is an independent curator, writer and researcher from Saigon, Vietnam. Her work investigates the changing landscapes and ecologies of Saigon and other parts of Vietnam under the pressure of modernisation and urbanisation, while at the same time exploring and filling in the gaps in contemporary art historical discourses in Vietnam, particularly in experimental art forms such as performance art and video art. Since July 2024, she has been working on Đo Đạc, a site-responsive curatorial project that attempts to survey the impact of forced resettlement in Thủ Thiêm peninsula, Sài Gòn. She is currently a Curatorial Board member of Á Space (Hà Nội), and a research fellow of ArtsEquator’s Southeast Asian Arts Censorship Database project. 

𝓞𝓹𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓪𝓹

𝓢𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓼