1988

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Event 1988
Venue Space Theatre, Adelaide, SA
Umbrella Event OzAsia Festival 2023
First Date 24 October 2023
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description 1988 is the point of arrival and the point of departure, the end of one journey and the start of another. Yet it is one story - Dung's story of emigration to Australia from South Vietnam in 1988 to join his father Qui Van Nguyen - shared with you in fragments. Misaligned and cynical, 1988 borrows from the memories of the Vietnamese people, but it is corrupted by a sense of nostalgia. It interweaves personal narratives, diverse music practices, history, and cultural legacies while seeking the understand how and why we come to occupy the spaces we find ourselves in.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Music
Secondary Genre Multimedia
Orchestral
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Contributors
Name Function Notes
Phuong Ngo Curator Photographic Images
Dung Nguyen Musician
Minh Ha Patmore Musician
Helen Svoboda Musician: Bass
Vanessa Tomlinson Musician: Percussionist
Erik Griswold Musician: Pianist
Peter Knight Musician: Trumpeter
Helen Svoboda Vocalist
Text Nationality Australia
Vietnam
Production Nationality Australia
Vietnam
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme https://issuu.com/festivalcentreadelaide/docs/ozasia23-brochure-combined-hi-res
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 211128