By Prof. Steve Bisson, Paris College of Art
Chief editor Urbanautica Institute
THE WEIGHT OF REMEMBRANCE AND TIME SCLEROSIS
“Strips of land emerging from the sea of amnesia, that\’s memory. Sooner or later, they will sink. So, sailing in time to explore their internal geography may be fruitful.”
“[…]Quang Lam’s work offers an excellent visual viaduct to its understanding by depicting the iconic history of the so-called Independence Palace of Vietnam.
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BETWEEN THE CAVE AND THE SUN
by Steve Bisson
«True rebellion is what calls into question the preconstituted order, not that it neglects it in favor of a permanently anarchic or hedonistic immaturity.»
In Quang Lam’s recent series ‘Hong Kong 2047’ the photographer alternates some vertical portraits of grotesque skyscrapers, depicted almost as if they were totems, with close-up images of remote control and surveillance systems. The cold linear,
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Der Text wurde von Blanche CARDONER (Ecole du Louvre) verfasst.
in ihrer Studie – Zeitgenössische vietnamesische Fotografie und Erinnerung, Auswahl von Werken zeitgenössischer vietnamesischer Künstler oder der Diaspora, die an ihrer Geschichte arbeiten
Manifestationen und Erinnerungen der Geschichte: Quang Lam, R Like (2012 – 2015)
Quang Lam hingegen interessiert sich in R Like… (2012 – 2015) für einen Raum, der die vietnamesische Geschichte in hohem Maße repräsentiert. Die Serie könnte auch den Titel „Reunification’s Reminiscence“ tragen.
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