Film programme featuring films by artists from Vietnam, the Vietnamese Diaspora and Thailand.

Curated by Julia Moritz & Sandra Teitge

Film screening with introduction, Saturday, 21 February, 3–5 p.m.

Film installation, 21 and 22 February, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

The exhibition In Conversation with Ghosts combines personal stories with shared memories and deals with both familiar and repressed moments from the GDR’s past. The film programme accompanying the exhibition deepens these insights through in-depth research into parallel realities of life in Vietnam. From 1980 onwards, the GDR signed various agreements with Vietnam to bring urgently needed workers into the country. These experiences shape memories on both sides and raise central questions: What social experiences do people here and there share? What challenges does a past marked by war and socialism pose for each individual? What role can rituals play in this?

A selection of contemporary film and video works by young and leading Vietnamese and Thai artists offers some answers and raises many more questions.

With: Phuong Linh Nguyen, Trinh Thi Nguyen, Diane Severin Nguyen, Trần Lương, Flinh, Ngoc Nau, Montika Kham-on, Komtouch Dew Napattaloong, Hồng-Ân Trương, Lien Truong

The research for this programme took place during a curatorial trip to Vietnam supported by the Goethe-Institut. Special thanks go to the Goethe-Institut Hanoi for their warm administrative support.

Language Introduction: German/English
Films: Vietnamese, Thai, English subtitles
Free entry
Barrier-free access
Spreepark Art Space / Ballroom