Zeitz MOCAA presents a one-day symposium centering the work of Vietnamese American artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen in the context of their solo exhibition The Other Side of Now, on at Zeitz MOCAA until September 2025. The gathering is to critically engage with Nguyen’s work and its connections to the African continent. The exhibition explores the transnational entanglements created by colonisation and war, looking particularly at the erased voices of Vietnamese, Senegalese and Moroccan history.
Zeitz MOCAA invites you to join us in this gathering which will comprise of a roundtable discussion unpacking the relationships we keep with lost or buried archives. Followed by an afternoon screening of one of the film works in the exhibition, The Unburied Sounds of a Troubled Horizon, at the Labia Theatre, the oldest independent art-repertory cinema in South Africa.
Date
Saturday, 23 August 2025
Time
10:00 – 17:00
Venue
Zeitz MOCAA (Level 6, Ocular Lounge) + The Labia Theatre
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Khanyi Mawhayi, Curatorial Assistant at Zeitz MOCAA
about ‘the other side of now' publication
Launched on the occasion of The Other Side of Now exhibition, the publication offers critical reflections on the work of Tuan Andrew Nguyen. Included are thought provoking essays by cultural practitioner and curator Marie Helene Pereira, Professor M. Neelika Jayawardane, and Senior Curator & Head of Curatorial Affairs at Zeitz MOCAA Dr Greer Valley, as well as an essay from the curator of the exhibition Beata America. Each text focuses on one of the three films present within the exhibition. The publication is designed by Vietnamese design company rice creative.
programme
Venue
Level 6, Ocular Lounge
10:00 – 10:30
Guest arrival
Coffee, tea and refreshments to be served
Khanyi Mawhayi introduces first speaker
10:35 – 10:45
Welcome Address: Beata America (Assistant Curator)
Khanyi Mawhayi introduces the panel
10:45 – 12:00
Roundtable:
M. Neelika Jayawardane, Dr. Greer Valley, Traci Kwaai, Paolo Israel moderated by Beata America
Followed by Q&A
12:00 – 12:15
Comfort break
12:15 – 13:15
BOOK LAUNCH & SIGNING:
The Other Side of Now – Tuan Andrew Nguyen, published by Zeitz MOCAA
13:30 – 14:30
Lunch on Level 6, Zeitz MOCAA
Guests travel to Labia Theatre
15:00 – 16:30
SCREENING AT THE LABIA THEATRE
Unburied Sounds of a Troubled Horizon
16:30 – 17:00
Q&A with Tuan Andrew Nguyen, facilitated by Khanyi Mawhayi