by Genevieve Erin O’Brien | May 23, 2016 | Blog Vietnam, Genevieve Erin O’Brien, Vietnam
More Than Love on the Horizon After four weeks, lots of conversations and translations, hard work, and even some tears, we installed the More Than Love on the Horizon exhibition. We opened the show featuring my hologram project and the work of six community...
by Genevieve Erin O’Brien | Apr 12, 2016 | Blog Vietnam, Genevieve Erin O’Brien, Vietnam
We just wrapped our Community Panel Review and, wow, I can’t believe this… I was worried we wouldn’t have enough interest, but instead of four proposals we had six! The house was packed with community members and artists. The panelists were so thrilled today to...
by Genevieve Erin O’Brien | Apr 8, 2016 | Blog Vietnam, Genevieve Erin O’Brien, Vietnam
An Endeavor in Failure Having arrived in Hanoi, we had only one day to settle in and wrap up any loose ends for pre-production. We lost our production assistant and workshop location space at the last minute and were scrambling to do location scouting. As I always...
by Genevieve Erin O’Brien | Apr 5, 2016 | Blog Vietnam, Genevieve Erin O’Brien, Vietnam
I write this from the plane en route to Hanoi to kick off the Vietnam Arts Incubator program. As with all pre-production, just when you think you have everything together, some things fall apart. I have the most amazing producer on the ground handling the details,...
by Genevieve Erin O’Brien | Jan 28, 2016 | Blog Vietnam, Genevieve Erin O’Brien, Vietnam
As I gear up for this project in Vietnam, I presented my project proposal to my fellow ZERO1 artists, the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, ZERO1 staff, ZERO1 board members, and expert mentors from the tech field. This was the...
by Genevieve Erin O’Brien | Jan 2, 2016 | Blog Vietnam, Genevieve Erin O’Brien, Vietnam
For me, as a Queer Vietnamese American Woman in the diaspora, the issue of LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) rights has always been vital to my survival and existence. I have had to navigate my queerness in the context of my identity as an American,...
