when: 25 October 2023 | | address: King William Street, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000 | website: https://ozasia.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/whats-on/1988
published: 25 Oct 2023, 5 min read
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1988 is the point of arrival and the point of departure, the end of one journey and the start of another.
Yet it is one story - Dung's story of emigration to Australia from South Vietnam in 1988 to join his father Quí Văn Nguyễn - shared with you in fragments.
Misaligned and cyclical, 1988 borrows from the memories of the Vietnamese people, but it is corrupted by a sense of nostalgia. It interweaves personal narratives, diverse music practices, history, and cultural legacies while seeking to understand how and why we come to occupy the spaces we find ourselves in.
Dung Nguyen (đàn tranh/đàn bầu) and Peter Knight (trumpet/electronics) compose an intricate sonic tapestry for a unique ensemble of six musicians including Minh Ha Patmore (đàn t'rưng), Vanessa Tomlinson (percussion), Helen Svoboda (bass/voice), and Erik Griswold (piano), each with their own distinct musical practices. The score gracefully entwines with the rhythmic clicks and whirrs of vintage slide projectors, displaying a series of evocative personal and archival images curated by artist Phuong Ngo.
Commissioned by The Substation and Australian Art Orchestra.
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1988 is the point of arrival and the point of departure, the end of one journey and the start of another.
Yet it is one story - Dung's story of emigration to Australia from South Vietnam in 1988 to join his father Quí Văn Nguyễn - shared with you in fragments.
Misaligned and cyclical, 1988 borrows from the memories of the Vietnamese people, but it is corrupted by a sense of nostalgia. It interweaves personal narratives, diverse music practices, history, and cultural legacies while seeking to understand how and why we come to occupy the spaces we find ourselves in.
Dung Nguyen (đàn tranh/đàn bầu) and Peter Knight (trumpet/electronics) compose an intricate sonic tapestry for a unique ensemble of six musicians including Minh Ha Patmore (đàn t'rưng), Vanessa Tomlinson (percussion), Helen Svoboda (bass/voice), and Erik Griswold (piano), each with their own distinct musical practices. The score gracefully entwines with the rhythmic clicks and whirrs of vintage slide projectors, displaying a series of evocative personal and archival images curated by artist Phuong Ngo.
Commissioned by The Substation and Australian Art Orchestra.
Go see 1988 Dung Nguyen and Peter Knight 2023.
1988 Dung Nguyen and Peter Knight 2023 is on 25 October 2023. The opening hours are: . Conveniently located in Adelaide. Visit their website at https://ozasia.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/whats-on/1988.
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