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Installation view of exhibition "Stratum Zero", The Outpost, 2023.

Info

ARTIST

Nguyễn Huy An

YEAR

2020 - 2023

CATEGORY

Installation Art, Site-specific

TECHNIQUES

SIZE

Variable

MEDIUM

Dó paper, Graphite

Specific installation 36 drawings graphite on Dó paper. Dimensions variable.

Description

Nguyễn Huy An's Exercises for the Senses can be seen as a form of visual archive documenting the gradually fading landscape of local consciousness. They can be seen as 36 mini performances, translated into written notes for memory-keeping and reflection.

The work is a collection of small drawings, created following the same visual structure, displayed one after another to form a long trail. Each text refers to an action or gesture: starting with a verb and ending with an adjective, enabling the visitors to follow a viewing rhythm. Through the choice of text which is visually expressive and local in its sounding, the work suggest a cultural landscape that appears to be fading away.

Description is excerpted from "Stratum Zero" Exhibition Guide, 2023, p. 6.