archive

Roots & Worlds – Exhibition in HCMC

Presenting six photographic series produced by emerging Vietnamese photographers in the alternative school for photography co-led by Matca and IC Visual Lab.

July 4, 2024

Features

The Mosquito Net of Memories and Memorials: The Art of Dinh Q. Lê

Remembering Dinh Q. Lê, a visionary artist who dedicated his life to finding and learning about the other side of history.

April 16, 2024

Activities

Roots & Worlds – Open Studio

See the works produced within Roots & Worlds and meet the photographers and mentoring team.

November 14, 2023

Features

Roots & Worlds – Announcing Participants

Get to know 6 emerging Vietnamese photographers and their projects on ecological encounters.

November 14, 2023

Activities

Roots & Worlds – In a World That Watches, in a Forest of Eyes

Robert Zhao Renhui shares his long-term observations into a single secondary forest in Singapore.

October 20, 2023

Space

[Exhibition] The Unofficial Archive – BoP Festival 2023

A showcase by Matca & IC Visual Lab focuses on printed materials by Vietnamese photographers from both North and South at the BoP Festival 2023 (Bristol, UK).

October 6, 2023

Features

Roots & Worlds – Mangrove As Archive

Yen Vu examines the way mangroves’ roots intertwine as a metaphor for sociopolitical life and history.

October 5, 2023

Activities

Roots & Worlds – Altered Landscapes: Earth, Man & Machine

Sarker Protick introduces his practice of image-making that often morphs into the physicality of time.

October 4, 2023

Journal

Roots & Worlds – From Hòn Rái To Hòn Nghê, A Journey Through Vietnam’s Coastal Rocks

Researcher Trần Hậu Yên Thế details the origins of two landmarks named after Vietnam’s mythical creatures, which reveal profound insights into our history and the merging of cultures.

September 21, 2023