The Lost Tapes: Artistic Approaches to Microhistories – Workshop

Time: Sun, Oct 23 @10AM-2PM
Location: Sàn Art
Millenium Masteri,
Units B.16 & B.17
132 Ben Van Don, Ward 6, District 4,
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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This workshop, conducted by artist-scholars ?????????? ???̀?? ?????̂̃? and ?????? ??̈???̊?, invites participants to understand the methodology surrounding microhistories and develop their own prepared stories into a microhistory practice.

The first part of the workshop will feature filmmaker ?????? ???????, sound artist ????? ?????̂̃?, and historian ??????? ????? who will discuss their sound project Liberation Radio – an investigation into a group of American military deserters who went to the North Vietnamese mission in Stockholm in 1968 – developed into a film and sound installation exhibited at Manzi. After recapping the presentations and reading materials, Nhung, Jacqueline, and Magnus will guide different group discussions.