thương

Abstract

The exhibition, thương features video and photography by Việt Lê and Ly Hoàng Ly, two Vietnamese Diasporic artists. Ly is a multidisciplinary artist working across poetry, painting, video, performance art, artist’s book, installation and public art. Việt's creative and critical practice as a queer, disabled artist focuses on sexualities, spiritualities–the physical and the metaphysical. Ly and Việt’s residency and exhibition is supported by the Beyond Boundaries Collaborative District, an AANAPISI Grant supported by the U.S. Department of Education, and co-sponsored with the APIDA + Center and the Ati: Wa:oki Indigenous Community Center. Their visit is part of programming for APIDA Heritage Month Commemorating the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Viet Nam and the United States, and the 50th anniversary of engagements in Southeast Asia. Special thanks to Co-Organizer Scott Fralin. The exhibition reception is co- sponsored by the Residential College at West Ambler Johnston.