In this curator’s tour, Lại Minh Ngọc will walk us through a journey of lingerings. From colonial echoes to urban space in the making and an imaginary land of production, we will trace broken promises of development, together asking: what still haunts, and how can we touch on it?
Approaching history as a forest, we will encounter each artist’s diverse practice as their own path through this terrain: researching with community and archives, working with materials of sound and space, sculpting that follows mythical creatures and laboring gestures in and out of buildings and factories.
About the Curator
Lại Minh Ngọc
Lại Minh Ngọc is a young curator based in Ho Chi Minh City. Graduated in Social Studies and Art & Media Studies at Fulbright University Vietnam. Through curation, she views artistic practices as a multidimensional approach to social research.
Her curatorial work explores the lingering materiality and spirits woven under structural changes and movements. Ngọc is interested in bridging artist development with critical engagement with local communities and landscape. She has worked in residency programs in Rare Sea and A. Farm, along with art festivals Nổ Cái Bùm and Dealing in Distance.
Programme Information
- Programme: Curator Tour “the forest lives on as unfinished film reels”
- Date & Time: Monday, 2 November 2026, 14:00–15:00
- Venue: Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture
- Curator: Lại Minh Ngọc
The programme is part of Da Nang Art Creatives Connection (DACC) 2026, themed “History of Tomorrow”, taking place from 30 October to 8 November 2026.
DA NANG TOURISM PROMOTION CENTER
Information and images provided by: Organising Committee of Da Nang Art Creatives Connection 2026
