And we, who have always thought that joy
rises, would feel the emotion
that almost astonishes us
when a happy thing falls.
Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies: The Tenth Elegy Born in Buôn Ma Thuột, on the Central Highlands of Vietnam, Trương Minh Quý lives and works here and elsewhere, among memories and present moments. His films occupy a shifting territory between documentary and fiction, proximity and distance. Nourished by the landscapes of his native region, the reminiscences of childhood and the traces of history carried by Vietnam, his works have been presented in Cannes, Locarno, Berlin, New York, Clermont-Ferrand, Oberhausen, Rotterdam and in many other places.
With The See of Sadness, Trương Minh Quý enters the exhibition space for the first time. The installation and the moving image become there a place where memory can gather without ever settling into a single narrative.
Curator: Lê Thiên Bảo
Text: Nguyễn Hoàng Quyên