Vietnam
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Socialist’s Castle | Thái Tuấn
This tale of dispossession is drawn from the commodification of land in Vietnam and its quest to step away from the continuous wars, economic strife and poverty of the twentieth century. Visitors may not question the crushed houses, surrounded by mounds of debris and garbage. But to whom do those abandoned houses belong?
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All Things Considered (Vì Các Lẽ Trên) | Hà Ðào
In All Things Considered, Ha Dao explores a murder that occurred two years prior. Through observed and staged scenes combined with an audio testimony, we are given only impressions, prompting us to imagine what took place. In doing so, she tackles one of the most difficult aspects of documentary photography: how to make an image of something past?
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Black Cardamom | Ian Teh
In Black Cardamom, Ian Teh follows the story of the spice and its harvest in the Hoang Lien Mountains of Vietnam, raising the question; how could a forest be a haven for conservation and cash-crop agriculture at the same time?
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Alternative Imaginaries | Yen Duong
In the age of mass cultural and technological commodification of memories, we are capable of developing an intimate relationship with events we did not experience. In a constant process of internalizing overly exposed mediated representations, we bear memories on our body.