Serpent’s Tails [Rồng rắn lên], a video installation by Vietnamese artist Ưudàm Nguyễn which was premiered at the 8th Asia Pacific Contemporary Art Triennial in Brisbane last November will be exhibited during the Art Stage Singapore this month of January, from the 21st to the 24th.
“Ưudàm Trần Nguyễn, who transforms the boundaries between urban myth and popular legend, both celebrates and warns of the role and impact of human progress and its desire for social advancement. His newest 3-channel video ‘Serpent’s Tails’ 2015, is a vividly compelling performance where the motorbikes of Ho Chi Minh City act out a contemporary tale of danger in man’s search for immortality.”
[Ưudàm Trần Nguyễn sử dụng ranh giới giữa chuyện đô thị và những truyền thuyết phổ biến để vừa ca tụng vừa cảnh báo vai trò độc nhất của con người trong quá trình phát triển và đòi hỏi tiến bộ xã hội. Tác phẩm video ba kênh mới nhất của anh ‘Rồng rắn lên 2015’ là một trình diễn táo bạo, sinh động trong đó những chiếc xe máy của thành phố Hồ Chí Minh diễn một câu chuyện về mối nguy chờ đợi con người trên con đường tìm kiếm sự bất tử.]
Artist | Ưudàm Trần Nguyễn
Music | Tôn Thất An
Editing | Ngọc Đức
Guest editor | Nguyễn Đức Tú
Presenter | Sàn Art
Time: 21/24 January 2016
Venue: Marina Bay Sands
10 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore 018956
A few words about Art Stage Singapore:
“Art Stage Singapore, in its 6th edition, continues to facilitate regional art market development and the exchange of ideas. With a pertinent focus on South East Asia (strategically in response to the AEC Blueprint 2025 that promotes an integrated, cohesive and people-oriented economy amongst South East Asian countries), Art Stage Singapore introduces a ‘South East Asia forum’ that comprises of an exhibition featuring works by 19 socially engaged artists from Southeast Asia, and a series of talks by leading figures in regional contemporary art scene.”
More on the artist: (click on link to open)
Ưudàm Nguyễn
