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Tuan Andrew Nguyen in “Between Worlds”

October 17, 2025

Working alongside Vietnamese communities from Quảng Trị, Vietnam, to Dakar, Senegal, to Louisiana, USA, artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen creates visually rich and narratively captivating films that unearth the untold stories of war, colonization, and migration.

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Abigail DeVille's Harlem Stories

September 19, 2014

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Diane Severin Nguyen’s Transfigurations
New York Close Up
Alias
Extended Play
Language & Symbols
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"Babel: the 7 minute scroll"
Extended Play
New Communication
Extended Play
"Spanish Lessons"
Extended Play
Xu Bing in "Beijing"
Art in the Twenty-First Century
Liz Magic Laser Talks to the Hand
New York Close Up
Martin Puryear in "Time"
Art in the Twenty-First Century
Cao Fei in "Fantasy"
Art in the Twenty-First Century
In Between Languages
New York Close Up

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This playlist celebrates the ability of translation to open avenues of understanding and connection.

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