In this episode, host and Dispatch partner Arlette Quynh-Anh Tran meets with two Việt Kiều art practitioners working in Germany, artist Sung Tieu and curator Tuan Do Duc. The conversation begins with Sung’s most recent solo exhibition ‘Multiboy’ curated by Tuan at the Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, a foundation based in Leipzig, also known as GfZK. As per usual, Arlette meets with guests at a distance, tuning in with Sung at her studio in Berlin and Tuan from his museum in Leipzig.

The three begin by discussing the solo exhibition ‘Multiboy’ as a project between the artist and curator before expanding into the narrative of being Vietnamese immigrants in a post-socialist European context. From personal experiences of acquiring legal status to dissecting its bureaucracy and political identity, these guests skillfully describe their processes of intellectualizing and empathizing with these larger topics through art and the creation of exhibitions.