Phuong Ngo (AU)
Nostalgia for a Time That Never Was
29 April 2022 - 18 June 2022
![Image: Phuong Ngo, [Perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out] (video still), from the series [Lost and Found], 2019–ongoing. Courtesy the artist](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/HERO-Phuong-Ngo-Key-Image-Nostalgia-for-a-Time-That-Never-Was-200x113.jpg "HERO Phuong Ngo - Key Image - Nostalgia for a Time That Never Was")
Image: Phuong Ngo, Perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out (video still), from the series Lost and Found, 2019–ongoing. Courtesy the artist
Image: Phuong Ngo, Perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out (video still), from the series Lost and Found, 2019–ongoing. Courtesy the artist
When
29 April 2022 - 18 June 2022
Region
Metropolitan
Venues
Theme
History
Accessibility
Wheelchair access
Price
Free
Nostalgia for a Time That Never Was is a multi-venue exhibition by visual artist Phuong Ngo.
The exhibition deals directly with the colonial legacy of French occupied Vietnam, reflecting on the ways in which this history has spanned the globe following The Fall of Saigon.
In unpacking the complexities of colonisation, the exhibition seeks to understand how the formation of French Indochina continues to inform the Vietnamese diaspora, including the ways in which the Vietnamese-Australian community engages with Australia’s (and the West’s) imperial, colonial, and racist past and present.
Presented in partnership with The Substation, Hobsons Bay City Council’s Laneway Gallery and PHOTO 2022.
This exhibition takes place in two venues:
The Substation
29 April – 18 June (exhibition)
11 May – 20 May (video installation)
Billboards at Laneway Gallery
1 April – 27 June (exhibition)