Panel Discussion: Walking Through Transitions
03 PM, Sun 19 July 2026
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
56-58-60 Nguyen Thai Hoc Str., Ba Dinh, Hanoi
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From the organizer:
How do we learn to walk with a land in transition? As places change, must the methods through which we observe, listen, remember, and inhabit them change as well?
Spaces, landscapes, people, and the ecological systems around us are constantly shifting. The capacities of art, architecture, and culture to attune us to place, foster new forms of attention, and collectively imagine alternative futures are more vital than ever. Yet there remains a lack of public discussion focusing on the methods through which these practices engage with social and ecological transformation.
“Walking Through Transitions” convenes artist-curator Đặng Thùy Anh, artist-curator Đinh Thảo Linh, cultural practitioner Nguyễn Vũ Hải, and moderator-curator Linh Lê share the methods they have developed while working with a particular issue, environment, or community.
Rather than focusing on the outcomes of their projects, the conversation turns to the making of methods: why a particular approach was chosen, how it was developed, how it has been tested, and how it has evolved as it moved across different contexts.
Through diverse practices—from walking, field research, artist residencies, and community engagement to experimental toolkits—the gathering opens up a space to reflect on how methods can help us observe, listen to, and enter into dialogue with cities and places that are constantly in transition.
“Walking Through Transitions” is a public programme within “Transient Ecologies”, an artistic and curatorial project initiated by Đặng Thùy Anh following her residency in Berlin as part of Ecological Futures – a project initiated by Goethe-Institut global and ARCH+.
Building upon the methods developed through the project’s experimental toolkit, Transient Ecologies seeks to adapt and further explore these approaches within the context of Hanoi. The project is organised by Á Space in collaboration with Goethe-Institut Hanoi, with contributions from artists, researchers, and practitioners across diverse disciplines.
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