về Huế exhibition – atelier NgNg

July 20-29, 2019: Huế Museum of Fine Art, 17 Lê Lợi, Huế City

August 16-31 2019 Common 9 (62 Trần Hưng Đạo, P. Phạm Ngũ Lão, Q.1, Tp. HCM).

“về Huế” is a multi-platform, participatory project, undertaken by a group of Vietnamese and foreign independent artists, architects, researchers, and scholars. The project, through showcasing the fading local architecture of Hue City and the surrounding villages (those that are situated outside of the UNESCO designated Imperial City), seeks to establish Hue’s cultural continuity through preserving cultural material, especially architecture. “về Huế” also aims at opening up further conversations regarding architectural heritage preservation, a topic with overdue attention in the country. After all, architecture is the strongest social current that records the historical evolution of a place.

PARTICIPANTS:

Founder and Coordinator: Nguyễn Yến Phi

Drawings: Ngô Quốc Dũng

Exhibition Design : atelier NgNg, research and design studio, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Photographs : Archie Pizzini

Historical Research : Trần Văn Dũng

Technical Support: Đỗ Văn Dũng

Research Contribution : Hoanh Tran

Sketches : Urban Sketchers Vietnam

Sponsor Organizations

Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, USA

Site and Space in Southeast Asia, a research project organized by the University of Sydney and supported by the Getty Foundation as part of its Connecting Art Histories Initiative

atelier NgNg, research and design studio in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, research and design studio in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam