Kiều-Anh Nguyễn
My manager will continue to update after his floating
on softness
03 x 250ml of tinctured objects, scented memory, bottled air.
Goethe Institut, Hanoi (September 2023)
a result from workshop “Repurposing the Architectural language of the Cold War”, organized by Hanoi Ad Hoc with Haus der Kulturen der Welt in cooperation with Goethe Institut Hanoi under the framework of Echos der Bruderlander
each bottle is a sketch in response to investigate diverse forms of housing in Hanoi, and how dwelling transforms the city through multiple scales of spatial and material intervention.
air
as soft as
drying bed sheets under the sun
vertical beds of moss catching dew drops from air conditioners
flaking skins of outdated contacts on the walls
as soft as
the murmuring time
of passing by
Hanoi, September 2023
#1 - conditioned
the first sniff at the middle of any common courtyard,
the scent of every mom’s palm waking you up from an autumn siesta.
notes: drying linen sheets, damp clothes, evaporated fabric softeners, sunbeams, mellow breeze, alcohol
place: 5 meters above the ground, Khu Tập Thể (tenement) Nguyễn Công Trứ, Hà Nội
time: 13:00-14:45
#2 - family gathering
softness of silent kitchen aftermath in a 15m2 room
notes: kitchen scrap (shiso, garlic, chrysanthemum greens, magnolia
seeds), incense smoke, burnt paper offerings, gathering sweats
place: Khu Tập Thể (tenement) Nguyễn Công Trứ, Hà Nội
#3- untitled B6
softness of autumn noontime & quiet livelihoods
notes: wood chips, wall moss, advertisement paint, spicy casuarina needles, aglia, hair cuts, metal rust, building concrete, jackfruit scrap, alcohol
place: Khu Tập Thể (tenement) Kim Liên, Hà Nội
time: September 2023