Six degrees of connection

A short-lived private exhibition in Saigon opened and closed in little more than 24 hours.  A group of artists living in HCMC, including Bao Nguyen, Bertrand Peret, Nadege David, Olivier Llouquet, Sandrine Llouquet, Thierry Bernard-Gotteland and myself, set up videos, installations, drawings, lightboxes and other art, with no underlying prescription. The happy mixture of ideas was reinforced by a lovely soiree of gourmet food, and music by the bouncingly cheerful DJ Samurai, who told me that his music ‘makes the future better’. Setting up his turntables, the Japanese music-addict perched his rain-wet gear on the tactile artworks I’d placed on a tall shelf. I politely explained this to him as I moved his things off the art object and he burst in giggles. I had to smile, and maybe for an instant wonder at the futility of preserving art objects from life’s events…

These are the artworks I set up:

[singlepic id=462 w=320 h=240 float=center] ‘Six degrees of Separation (between cultures)’, Acrylic and pencil drawing, gold leaf and textile collage on Vietnamese driftwood.

[singlepic id=458 w=320 h=240 float=center] Detail of ‘Six degrees of Separation’.

[singlepic id=461 w=320 h=240 float=center]’Heivyweight Table’, acrylic and pencil drawing on Vietnamese flotsam. This was exhibited alongside the matching bench.

[singlepic id=459 w=320 h=320 float=center] ‘Cages’, installation with batik, cage and photocopy of Vietnamese identity card.

[singlepic id=460 w=320 h=460 float=center] ‘Fensorship’, natural lacquer and eggshell on board. See how I made it here.