July 11 at 7:00 PM EST

This film screening features the work of filmmakers Daphné Nan Le Sergent and Arlette Quỳnh Anh TRAN (ACC 2024). These filmmakers question the role technology plays in developing personal and national identities. Le Sergent’s film Silicon Islands and War, poetically and musically delves into the semiconductor industry in Taiwan and Japan, noting how semiconductors are essential to the making of contemporary art. Arlette Quỳnh Anh Trần’s science ficition film, The Curator’s Ghost, also explores relationships between art and technology, touching upon the story of Vietnam’s first curator and the curatorial role in shaping national identity. The screening will be followed by remarks from Daphné Nan Le Sergent and a conversation between Arlette Quỳnh Anh Trần and the curator ĐO Tường Linh (ACC 2022).