SHAUN GLADWELL - Nam Bang! at Casula Powerhouse
4 Apr 2009
Nam Bang!
curated by Boitran Huynh-Beattie
5 April to 21 June 2009
Thirty four years after the official end of the conflict, Nam Bang! is an exhibition that examines the consequences of the Viet Nam War from a generational and international perspective.
This project is the third of a three stage project by Casula Powerhouse, preceeded by Viet Nam Voices (1997) and Viet Nam Voices: Australians and the Viet Nam War - National Tour (2001-2003). Both exhibitions represented multiple Australian perspectives, from service and non-service personnel who served in, or came from Viet Nam, to protestors and pacifists who opposed the war.
Nam Bang! further investigates the complexity of Australia’s involvement in the Viet Nam War with a broader focus, incorporating international perspectives, particularly from the second generation - the partners, children and family of those of affected by the conflict.
The exhibition includes commissioned artists from Australia, Viet Nam, United States and France. Participating artists include Peter Daly, Dinh Q. Le, Kelly Manning, Liza Nguyen, William Short, My Le Thi, Le Thua Tien, Dennis Trew, and Tran Trong Vu.
The exhibition will also include work from Nigel Helyer, Ray Beattie, Le Tri Dung, Terry Eichler, Terry Woodward, Nerine Martini, Mai Long, Soon-Mi Yoo, Shaun Gladwell and Van Thanh Rudd.
An international conference, Echoes of a War, will be accompanied this exhibition and will be held at Casula Powerhouse brand new theatre on 17 & 18 April 2009. Lucy Lippard will be the keynote speaker.
Lucy Lippard (theorist, activist and curator): Unfinished Business
Paul Ham (author, historian): Vietnam: The Soldier’s War at Home
Kate Mulvany (Playright): The Seed is Planted – The legacy of the children and families of Vietnam Veterans.
Dr. Keith Horsely (Veteran Health Specialist): The long term effects of war service on Australia’s Vietnam veterans
Thao Nguyen (international lawyer): A new narrative – perspectives from the post Vietnam War generation
Dr. David Bradford (STD Expert): Sexual diseases in the Australian troops and their primary symptoms of PTSD
Ngoc-Tuan Hoang (Writer, musician, theorist): TIEN VE and Freedom of Thought & Expression for Contemporary Vietnamese Arts
Dr. Greg Lockhart (historian): The Minefield
Jim Bourke, AM (Founder of Operation Aussie Home): Thirty seven years and more – Missing in Viet Nam
Prof. Amareswar Galla (University of Queensland, Museum Studies): From Ha Long Bay to Hoi An, a Journey without an End
Graham Walker (Historian, researcher): Different War, Different Art
Dr. Ashley Carruthers, anthropologist, ANU: Imagined Homeland of Indochinese Diaspora in Australia
Eric Aarons (Author): The Communist Party of Australia and Viet Nam
Kate McCulloch (Ph. D candidate), University of Melbourne: Representation of War: Vietnam Veteran Artists
casulapowerhouse.com/nambang
curated by Boitran Huynh-Beattie
5 April to 21 June 2009
Thirty four years after the official end of the conflict, Nam Bang! is an exhibition that examines the consequences of the Viet Nam War from a generational and international perspective.
This project is the third of a three stage project by Casula Powerhouse, preceeded by Viet Nam Voices (1997) and Viet Nam Voices: Australians and the Viet Nam War - National Tour (2001-2003). Both exhibitions represented multiple Australian perspectives, from service and non-service personnel who served in, or came from Viet Nam, to protestors and pacifists who opposed the war.
Nam Bang! further investigates the complexity of Australia’s involvement in the Viet Nam War with a broader focus, incorporating international perspectives, particularly from the second generation - the partners, children and family of those of affected by the conflict.
The exhibition includes commissioned artists from Australia, Viet Nam, United States and France. Participating artists include Peter Daly, Dinh Q. Le, Kelly Manning, Liza Nguyen, William Short, My Le Thi, Le Thua Tien, Dennis Trew, and Tran Trong Vu.
The exhibition will also include work from Nigel Helyer, Ray Beattie, Le Tri Dung, Terry Eichler, Terry Woodward, Nerine Martini, Mai Long, Soon-Mi Yoo, Shaun Gladwell and Van Thanh Rudd.
An international conference, Echoes of a War, will be accompanied this exhibition and will be held at Casula Powerhouse brand new theatre on 17 & 18 April 2009. Lucy Lippard will be the keynote speaker.
Lucy Lippard (theorist, activist and curator): Unfinished Business
Paul Ham (author, historian): Vietnam: The Soldier’s War at Home
Kate Mulvany (Playright): The Seed is Planted – The legacy of the children and families of Vietnam Veterans.
Dr. Keith Horsely (Veteran Health Specialist): The long term effects of war service on Australia’s Vietnam veterans
Thao Nguyen (international lawyer): A new narrative – perspectives from the post Vietnam War generation
Dr. David Bradford (STD Expert): Sexual diseases in the Australian troops and their primary symptoms of PTSD
Ngoc-Tuan Hoang (Writer, musician, theorist): TIEN VE and Freedom of Thought & Expression for Contemporary Vietnamese Arts
Dr. Greg Lockhart (historian): The Minefield
Jim Bourke, AM (Founder of Operation Aussie Home): Thirty seven years and more – Missing in Viet Nam
Prof. Amareswar Galla (University of Queensland, Museum Studies): From Ha Long Bay to Hoi An, a Journey without an End
Graham Walker (Historian, researcher): Different War, Different Art
Dr. Ashley Carruthers, anthropologist, ANU: Imagined Homeland of Indochinese Diaspora in Australia
Eric Aarons (Author): The Communist Party of Australia and Viet Nam
Kate McCulloch (Ph. D candidate), University of Melbourne: Representation of War: Vietnam Veteran Artists
casulapowerhouse.com/nambang
