Join us at Autograph's gallery for a hands-on workshop exploring how stories can be amplified across diasporic communities. This event will be led by two members of An Việt Archives and will build on their community archiving practice, rooted in the experience of Vietnamese and Southeast Asian refugees in Britain, particularly East London.
Artist and community organiser Trà My Hickin works at the intersection of the arts and community wellbeing. As part of the Amplifying Archives project, she collected oral histories to surface overlooked voices, and explore how the feminine, the domestic, and the unspoken can be held within the archive. Artist, producer and videographer Thierry Phung’s sound practice reflects on family history and Vietnamese diasporic identity. In the sound piece C.O.T.A II, he weaves together his father's karaoke recordings with home video audio and original music to create a tender, therapeutic excavation of inherited memory and displacement. Together, their practices approach sound as a restorative process: one that balances and fills the silences within the archive.
This event forms part of the programme for Nhu Xuan Hua: Of Walking on Fire. Accompanying the works on display is a soundscape drawn from the postwar wave of Franco-Vietnamese adaptations, including Thanh Lan’s Aller Danser, which resonated across generations of the Vietnamese diaspora. Carried through melody, Hua’s work reflects on what is often felt but left unspoken when encountering familiar sounds.
The ticket price for this event is £10. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. If this ticket price is unaffordable for you, please get in touch with Harriet at [email protected] about free ticketing options.
Tickets for this event open on 22 June. Register with Eventbrite to be notified when tickets launch.
