The photo exhibition "The Shutter Zone" is a group exhibition proposed by Á Space and co-curated by Đặng Thùy Anh and Vân Đỗ. The exhibition suggests a journey to explore the interweaving of photography and performance, where images not only preserve but also stage and frame behavior and where performance appears as a trace, a re-enactment or a slice of the landscape. In these intersections, the boundary between “performance” and “image” becomes blurred. Photographs become performative, while performances leave traces like photographs. All together create a moving space, where memory, body and reality overlap, blur and transform.

Visitors view and listen to explanations at the photo exhibition "Zoom Region".

In addition to its documentary function, this exhibition questions how the camera can participate, intervene or dialogue with performance. From there, it forms independent works but always in relation to the performative. Through this, the exhibition leads the audience to reflect on how photography can reshape the performance experience and open up new aesthetic possibilities beyond the frame.

As for the photo exhibition “Archive and Post-Archive”, this is an exhibition that explores the concept of archive and post-archive through the lens of the Vietnamese diaspora, while connecting with Vietnamese and Caribbean artists who share similar interests. By examining the experience of migration and the cultural perspectives that arise from displacement, the exhibition reflects on global issues related to identity and memory.

Photo exhibition space "Archive and post-archive".

Centered on photography, the exhibition extends to video , installation, and other media to explore how art preserves and conveys stories of exile, transmission, and transformation. The artists move beyond purely documentary practice, uncovering fragments of lived experience, myths, and opposing discourses that enrich our understanding of contemporary society. The works on display, which weave between official archives and personal memories, reveal how artists use images to rewrite or deconstruct historical narratives. By emphasizing journeys of migration and adaptation, they question the identity formation of diasporic communities across geographical and cultural fault lines.

The exhibitions are open to the public until November 20.

News and photos: THAI PHUONG

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