Artist
Artist
Phuong Thao Nguyen
Vietnam
Concept of the work
Don't Move
“Don't Move” is made of three successive shots filmed in an isolated village on the periphery of political and economic powers, where inhabitants speak their own language and do not participate in capitalism.
The camera is placed from afar, itself just a visitor. This village reminds us that the outreach of the machine is not as total as it claims and seems to be. A sensibility that exists even within the local authorities protects this place. Ways of cohabiting with nature perdure – it’s something we love to contemplate, to hypothesize, but to see it thriving unchains our imagination.
Yet it’s so fragile, a littlest movement could disturb the water.
Duration: 2'30"
Year: 2023
Camera: Guillaume Menguy
Profile
An artist and filmmaker, born 2000 in Hanoi. She works in France, Vietnam and Germany, following the trails of people, stories, and objects through cultural and political borders, forming up until now a series of portraits situating each one in the current of history.
Over the years, Phuong Thao has developed a sensitive documentary practice that sometimes takes on the mode of ethnographic studies, bearing witness to life in unique communities, total strangers, with whom she forms deep bonds to create images.
Her works have been screened and shown in institutions such as the Centre Pompidou, la Villette and Piccadilly Circus, London.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chipmunsk/
