The Encounter (2021) is a video installation composed of a trilogy of videos: The Head, The Landscape, and The Encounter. It is set in the Red River Delta, particularly in Nam Dinh, a place that holds both personal and cultural significance for Nguyen. This is where she accompanied her father on restoration trips at the age of 8 or 9. Nguyen collaborated with Truong Que Chi on the project, and recurring motifs such as circular imagery and holes appear throughout their works. The videos weave together layered images. In one, a head appears trapped among the modern buildings of Saigon. This scene draws from a story in the Mother Goddess tradition, in which a princess is beheaded by her father for loving an enemy. Her spirit remains revered at Mother Goddess temples.

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The Encounter

Directed by Nguyễn Phương Linh
Filmed and Edited by Linh DN

Video Art
3-Channel Installation
2021

Exhibitions
Summer Breeze, 2025, Storage BKK, Bangkok, Thailand
Những Mắt Không Mặt, 2021, Japan Foundation, Hanoi, Vietnam

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