Thu-Van Tran, Write as the Beasts Cry at Night

Thu-Van Tran draws on literature, history, and nature to explore the question of exile and the mutation of beings and languages in the wake of colonial narratives. ​‘Write as the Beasts Cry at Night’ unfolds in La Loge like an open book, a palimpsest where Marguerite Duras’ aura intersects with legendary, intimate writings. Through tracing, imprinting, and fragmenting, the artist focuses on what her chosen materials represent, searching for recollections she can extract. Thu-Van Tran scrutinises contaminated memories, the processes of disappearance and reappearance, and buried violence to sketch out a new imaginar — a possible liberation.