Trần Anh Hùng, 2016-2023, ceramics, installation view. Photo : Galerie Bao
Making art :
Is it fabricating an object, stretching a way of seeing, defining a lifestyle, or writing a parallel history?
Creativity is irresistible. Creativity is not a choice, it is a necessity. The exhibition a drop of serenity is a cache that stores this need of filmmakers to create when they are not (able to be) on the set. Trần Anh Hùng, Phạm Ngọc Lân, Huỳnh Công Nhớ, Trương Minh Quý and Síu Phạm expose the fragments and states of past memories.
Rather than a replacement, a drop of serenity showcases these filmmakers' practice when their minds are most at peace; their art, but in another dimension. The time of 'hand rest' is also the time when the touches are at their most refined and direct. The resulting work may take the form of a negative; an echo; a visual script, or poetry.
Pick it up, put it down
Move away, come closer
In an encounter that is both strange and familiar, we admire the pauses in a long piece of music, the interruptions, and the necessary nourishment for the artist's soul.
