Joyce Lam

Tropicality Quận 5
映像、シングルチャンネル、5分05秒

ホーチミン市（旧名：サイゴン）は人口800万人を超え、ベ トナム戦争前は「東洋のパリ」とも呼ばれ、フランス統治の街並み残る都市だ。しかし、実際そこで生き抜くことは酷しい。この映像作品は10回も引っ越しを繰り返しながら、「戦うことが生きること」と言い切る一人の少女のたくましい生き様を通 して、現在の都市ホーチミン市に、そこに居住すること、「家」 とは何かを問いかける。

編集：ジョイス・ラム
コンセプトドローイング：浦江彩子
インタビュー、翻訳：ヒュー・ハー

Tropicality Quận 5
video, single channel, 5 mins 5 secs

Quận 5 tells the story of a young girl from a family who constantly move houses around the city. The family's experience continuously gravitates around a search for their ideal of a perfect home, that is represented by stories of the parents' old life in Hanoi; a place of community and conversation which stands in stark contrast to the battles with neighbors which seem to be inescapable anywhere in Saigon. The constant conflict shapes her strength of character, brings the family closer together, and is behind a directional force which brings movement and meaning to their lives. For her, the only safe place is a story; fighting is living.

Editor: Joyce Lam
Concept drawing: Ayako Urae
Interview, Vietnamese translation: Hieu Ha

Programme Heads:
Brendon Carlin (AA School)
Maria Paez Gonzalez (Royal College of Art, Foster + Partners)
Andrew Houston (Colorado Film School)

This film was created as part of the AA Visiting School Tropicality, held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam between August 3–19, 2016.