Iâm a writer and curator based mostly in Ho Chi Minh City and sometimes in New York. I'm the director of Dogma, a collection of historical political graphics and exhibition space in HCMC. My book is called Memorial Park (â đ page). My focuses generally include the philosophy of art, socialist aesthetic traditions, cultural fronts of the left, propaganda, documentary, curating archival materials, exhibitions as public education, and Vietnamese studies. I love the cinema. My art and film criticism has appeared in publications such as Artforum, Art in America, Frieze, Mousse, Momus, ScreenSlate, and e-flux journal, where I'm a contributing editor. I have organized exhibitions and programs at Metrograph Theater, Wing Luke Museum, Gene Siskel Film Center, and Chicago Cultural Center, and have received a Warhol Arts Writers Award, Fogo Island Arts Writing Award, and New York Universityâs A/P/A Institute Visiting Scholar Fellowship.
Currently my favorite phrase is the May 68 slogan, sous les pavés, la plage (« under the paving stones, the beach »).
Some Essays / Art and Film Criticism
Essay in Filipa César's exhibition catalogue MeteorizaçÔes, published by the Serralves Museum, May 2026
On Rithy Panh's Meeting with Pol Pot, e-flux Notes, July 2025 *
Hanoi Cinema Journal, Outskirts Film Magazine NÂș 3, June 2025
The Post-socialist Condition: Nostalgia and Anti-communism in Vietnamese Art, e-flux Journal, Oct 2024 *
On P-F-R's Lovers' Wind, Western Front, Sept 2024
On Joyce Joumaa, MOUSSE, March 2024
New Artist Focus: Suneil Sanzgiri, LUX Moving Image, Feb 2024
On Filipa CĂ©sar and SĂłnia Vaz Borges, Momus, Nov 2023 *
Interview with Eduardo Williams, ScreenSlate, Oct 2023
Interview with Mary Helena Clark and Mike Gibisser, Pioneer Works Broadcast, Â Sept 2023
On militant cinema renewed, Art in America, March 2023
On Alexander Markov's Red Africa and Hana VojĂĄÄkovĂĄ's We Love Life, ScreenSlate, Feb 2023
On the pop star Min, Pioneer Works Broadcast, Oct 2022 *
Profile of Zheng Bo, Art in America, Sept 2022 *
Review of Documenta15, Art in America, Aug 2022 *
Interview with Anthony Banua-Simon, Pioneer Works Broadcast, Dec 2021
On Miko Reverezaâs No Data Plan, Art in America, Oct 2021
On Ho Rui Anâs Student Bodies, Terremoto, Feb 2021
On Luis Camnitzer and liberatory art education, Momus, March 2021 *
Interview with Ana Garcia JĂĄcome with Jacobo Zambrano-Rangel, Terremoto, Dec 2020
On Jueqian Fang and Hongzhe Liang's Perhaps..., Veronica Project Space, Â Aug 2020
Criticsâ Pick: VĂ” An KhĂĄnhâs Masked Force, Artforum, April 2020
On the Chicago Architecture Biennial, frieze, Oct 2019
First Look: Liza Sylvestre, Art in America, Sept 2019
Criticsâ Pick: HÆ°ÆĄng NgĂŽâs In the Shadow of the Future, Artforum, April 2019
On Storme Webberâs Casino: A Palimpsest, Art in America, Dec 2017
Some Exhibitions / Film Programs
"Memories of a Vietnamese Cinema," Metrograph, Oct 2025. My curatorial essay.
