6 PM in the afternoon. The day was long. The night was too long. I was always in the past…
Opening: 06 pm, Sat 26 July 2025
Exhibition: 12 pm – 05 pm, 27 July & 30 July – 03 Aug 2025
A. Farm studios
6/4 Nguyễn Đăng Giai, Thảo Điền, TP. HCM
From the organizer:
A. Farm and Goethe-Institut HCMC are pleased to present 6 PM in the afternoon. The day was long. The night was too long. I was always in the past…, a duo exhibition by Tâm Đỗ and Lê Đ. Chung curated by Linh Lê. A gesture marking the end of their three-month residency with us, the show unfolds as an amalgam of thought fragments in which, intuitively and with a dizzying dose of cheekiness, the concept of time surfaces through the artists’ use of movement, objects, and period-defining mementoes and symbols. Truly a human construct, time in this instance is stretched, punctuated, and folded as they please to make space for speculation and dreaming. Lê Đ. Chung’s works attempt to chart an anatomy of eternity—what it feels like, what it promises (and inevitably fails to deliver), and whether it ever truly endures or it just disguises itself through a forever repetition of patterns. Meanwhile, Tâm Đỗ liberates a revolutionary heroine and her personal-turned-historical artefacts from the confines of those seemingly transparent museum glass cases, and in turn re-situates their stories in another setting untethered from grand narratives and ideological agendas.
With a multidisciplinary practice spanning painting, sculpture, installation, video, and performance, Lê Đ. Chung (born 1990, Đắk Nông) observes everyday occurrences while engaging with both historical and counter-historical narratives. Through this, he investigates the contradictions and complexities of contemporary reality, as well as the enigmatic return of unresolved motifs and meanings from the past.
Tâm Đỗ is a multidisciplinary artist working across visual art, graphic design, soft sculpture, video art, sound design, poetry, and performance art. Their practice challenges conventional narratives while provoking reflection on the fluidity of identity. Some of Tâm’s notable projects include The Queer W(e)aves, Queer Forever & Ba Bau AIR, 2024;, Nổ Cái Bùm 2024: Collectivity-in-(act)ion, 2024; Act 1, Project Đẩy Sàn & The Run Theater, 2024; Đường Biên Đông Người, Á Space & Cement Park & Santo Streets Studio & SOWERART, 2024.
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