A new exhibition, PHOnó, honors Vietnam’s women whose quiet strength held communities together through wars, displacement, and new beginnings. It’s a tapestry of mothers, grandmothers, and sisters whose resilience rarely made headlines but shaped everyday survival and belonging.
Stories Carried Through Generations
Family photos, archival footage, and intimate audio recordings unravel personal histories passed down around kitchen tables and across borders. These fragments capture the routines, rituals, and acts of care that steadied families when everything else was in motion. The voices are plainspoken, the memories unvarnished—and that’s the point: the heroism is ordinary, and therefore immense.
A Space That Feels Like Shelter
Installed in an underground gallery, the show uses the literal sense of refuge to echo the protective spaces women created at home and in exile. The setting turns listening into a hushed, shared act. PHOnó runs from Friday, November 28, 2025, through Friday, January 9, 2026, and admission is free. Featured image: HolDspace (Holdtér) – Susuka.
