Hương Ngô
A downward view of the installation In the Shadow of the Future that displays tropical houseplants and a SONY Triniton monitor that is positioned at an angle. On the monitor is a black and white image of a person in an astronaut suit sitting on a chair and looking to the left.
Four people are riding a cyclo through a street. Two who wear blue uniforms are sitting in the back, presumably steering the cyclo, while two who wear a silver space suit and a white astronaut uniform with a helmet sit in the front. The person in the astronaut uniform is laughing and waving.
A detailed paper airplane set ablaze, with a small flame at its end.
A person in an astronaut uniform with a space helmet lays on the grass next to a golden briefcase.
A person in an astronaut uniform stands outside of the angular architecture of Paris’s Ivry-sur-Seine commune. Next to him is a white, inflatable modular structure that matches the star-pointed forms of the housing complex.

“Sonic Infidelities: Performing Time, Space, and Nonalignment in Hương Ngô’s In the Shadow of the Future” by Justin Quang Nguyen Phan

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