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Roots & Worlds – In between Sound, Image, and Space: A Mycological Moving Image Practice

An online talk covering mix-media art projects with particular regards to landscape, sound and listening by filmmaker Nguyễn Trinh Thi.

September 21, 2023

Activities

Roots & Worlds – The Hidden Face of Vietnam: The Fall and Rise of Photographer Khánh Ký (1885-1946)

Jacqueline Hoàng Nguyễn shed light on the understudied life and work of photographer Khánh Ký.

September 12, 2023

Space

Roots & Worlds – Alternative School for Photography

Calling for applications for the alternative photography school running from September to November 2023, co-designed by Matca and ICVL.

August 1, 2023

Features

A Peek Inside Reading Room

Introducing Saigon's latest community initiative dedicated to books on photography and all things visual culture.

June 20, 2023

Features Journal

On Historical Representations Of Nature And Their Significance To Us Now

The rich legacy of Richard and Cherry Keartons - the world's first wildlife photographers does not just remind us of what is lost but suggest potential for positive change.

May 16, 2022

Features

When Documentary Photographs Are No Longer Mementos

Vo An Khanh's solo exhibition "Masked Force" preserves and transforms wartime memories so as to engage in new dialogues.

August 10, 2020

Features

Prune Phi: Three Phone Calls To Vietnam

In search of her origins, the French artist reconstructs the invisible side of history through a plastic arts approach to photography.

July 7, 2020

Features

Book Review: Early Photography In Vietnam

A review of Terry Bennett's book "Early Photography in Vietnam" by Thy Phu.

June 15, 2020

Features

Thi My Lien Nguyen: Hiếu Thảo – With Love and Respect

The thread of maternal lineage runs through the visual narrative and connects the past with the present, calmly unfolding themes of memory, culture, and identity.

June 8, 2020