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SPRING-WATCHING PAVILLION
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January 16 - February 24. 2025.
@ TCB Gallery, Melbourne
In an exhibition with TCB Gallery, Pham will present a new sound and drawing installation. The work reflects on matrilineal memory through a life-sized reconstruction of Pham's grandmother's tea room from the early 20th century in Ha Noi. There are no photographs that exist of the room, with Pham interviewing the female members of her family and acquiring descriptions, as well as conducting research in her family archive to reconstruct the room on paper through drawn impressions - inspired by rubbings and technical illustrations. The sounds of Ha Noi are the basis for the soundscape for the work.
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This show also includes a projection of her video-work from 2023 'Spring-Watching Pavillion'
roots run wild on threads of memory
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March 6 - April 19. 2025.
@ 15 Beautreillis, Paris
Victoria Pham's exhibition "roots run wild on threads of memory," running from March 6 to April 19, 2025, at 15 Beautreillis in Paris, presents a multifaceted exploration of personal and familial narratives intertwined with cultural heritage. Integrating her diverse expertise as an artist, evolutionary biologist, archaeologist, composer, writer, and materials designer, Pham crafts immersive installations that delve into themes of decomposition and regeneration as acts of resilience. The centerpiece is a large-scale immersive installation featuring an extended white silk Áo Dài amidst a garden of smuggled Vietnamese culinary and medicinal herbs, enriched by projection-mapped video and a two-channel soundscape. Additional works include a silk painting reconstructed from five Áo Dài, hand-embroidered with 18th-century erotic and feminist poetry by Hồ Xuân HÆ°Æ¡ng, and assemblages of futuristic-archeological objects, such as cast mycelium mooncakes presented in antique brass and wood jewelry boxes. Collectively, these pieces reflect on the complexities of memory, identity, and cultural reclamation in the post-colonial context.
SMUGGLED HERBS – GROWING, NOURISHING AND TASTING VIETNAMESE HERBS.
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19h00-21h00
April 3, 2025.
@ 15 Beautreillis, Paris
Join artist Victoria Pham for a sensory exploration of history, culture, and nourishment in this special public program as part of roots run wild on threads of memory, her solo exhibition at Art Paris 2025. Over two immersive hours, Pham will guide participants through the rich cultural and culinary histories of the four Vietnamese herbs that form the living heart of her eponymous listening garden installation (downstairs). With both medicinal and culinary significance, these herbs will be tasted individually before coming together in a hands-on workshop where we will craft fresh, vegan summer rolls. To root this experience even further, Pham will lead a planting session focused on coriander, offering each participant a seedling to take home and nurture. Come contemplate the deep intertwining of smuggled plants, memory, and sustenance in this early spring gathering.
Please let us know of any dietary requirements or allergies. This event will be vegan and led in English.
DEBRIS MAGAZINE ISSUE 05: PRISMATIC JOY - LAUNCH BONANZA
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May 2025
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Pham's last issue as editor-in-chief of Debris Magazine ends with a bang with four international events celebrating Issue 05: Prismatic Joy, guest edited by Jazz Money and Mariam Ella Arcilla!
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You can join our celebrations with readings and snag your own copy of the magazine at:
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May 7. 2025. @Librarire sans Titres, Paris ​
May 17. 2025. @ Suite7a, Sydney​
May 16-18 @ Melbourne Art Book Fair, Melbourne​
Mary 16-18 @ Paris ASS Festival, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2024
SONIC BRIDGES
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January 7. 2024.
@ Le Regard du Cygne, Paris
Sonic Bridges will be an evening of contemporary Australian music from living composers performed by Paris-based Australian musicians. Featuring two world premieres as well as a European premiere, this hour-long concert is not to be missed.
CULTURE LAB 2024 RESIDENCY | ARTS HOUSE
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April 1- 22, 2024.
@ Meat Market, Melbourne
For three weeks, Pham will conduct an intensive artistic residency supported by the Arts House Melbourne CULTURE LAB program to develop the first half of her experimental opera 'The Songs of Mycelia.' This will include team members librettist Alexander Cigana, mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts Dean and music director, Daniel Pini.
Mudhouse Residency
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1-15 July. 2024.
@ Crete, Greece
In collaboration with percussionist and sound artist, Niki Johnson, they will develop a new performance and sound work experimenting with materials and local objects. The artists will be mentored with David Brookes and present their installation activation at the conclusion of the residency.
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Pham's attendance is supported by the Goethe Institut, as part of the Culture Moves Europe program.
ELEMENTS
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9 August. 2024
7:30-9:00PM.
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@ Salvation Army Congress Hall. 140 Elizabeth Street, Sydney NSW 2000. Australia
"Prepare to be swept away by the power and precision of the Royal Australian Air Force Band as they deliver an evening of musical excellence that is sure to leave a lasting impression.
Alarcón’s ‘Invocation’, will transport you to a world of passion and rhythm with a Spanish-themed composition brimming with vibrant melodies and evocative rhythms. From there, listeners will enjoy the lyrical beauty of Gillingham’s Euphonium Concerto, a piece that showcases the euphonium’s warm and expressive tones. The evening continues with Pham’s ‘A Meeting of Cars and Aeroplanes’, a work that captures the dynamic energy of both the automobile and the aircraft in an exhilarating musical experience.
To conclude our concert, we will present Symphony No. V, Elements, by Giroux, a magnificent love poem to Mother Nature herself. This symphony’s majestic and evocative score will sweep you away on a journey through the forces of nature, a fitting and grand finale to our evening."
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- Words by the Royal Australian Airforce Band
Atelier Ouverte (Open Studio)
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11-13 October. 2024
@ 2 Rue Marcellin Berthelot, Paris
As part of the annual Artist Open Studios of Montreuil, Paris, Victoria's Earthly Futures Studio is open to the public across three days with events.
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Vernissage : Vendredi, 18h00
Dimanche 14h00, concert de violoncelle solo du musicien Daniel Pini, avec compositions musicales et électroniques de Pham
DEBRIS MAGAZINE ISSUE 04: LAUNCH
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October 25
@ Temple Park Senior Citizens Centre, Melbourne, 7PM
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October 28
@ Glebe Town Hall, Sydney, 6:30PM
Coming to you! Issue 04: Illuminated Manuscript guest-edited by Hasib Hourani and Adalya Nash Hussein will be launched in Australia!
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You can order your copy on-line if you cannot make the Australian launches in person, or pick up your copy from one of our stockists internationally.
Fisher's Ghost Prize
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26 October - 6 December. 2024
@ Campbelltown Arts Centre, Australia
I am delighted to announce that my installation Listening Gardens ii - soil fields has been selected as a finalist for the Fisher's Ghost Prize in the open category. You can find information about the prize and prize exhibition below.