Inheritance is the debut publication by artist Phuong Ngo and Slow Burn Books, a companion to Ngo’s exhibition that reframes histories of occupation, conflict and displacement through ancestral and material transformations. This publication is a companion to the exhibition, focusing on the intimacies and interconnections of a familial archive.
The book launch will include a conversation between Phuong Ngo and Nikki Lam, with book signing and light refreshments following the conversation.
When: Saturday 24 March, 2 → 4pm
Where: West Space, Collingwood Yards. How to find us.
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Biographies
Phuong Ngo is an artist and curator in Naarm/Melbourne. His practice is concerned with the interpretation of history, memory, and place as a form of comprehension for the present. Through an archival process rooted in a conceptual practice, he seeks to find linkages between culture, politics, public and private histories.
Nikki Lam is an artist, curator and filmmaker in Narrm/Melbourne and Hong Kong. Working primarily with moving images and text, her work explores memory through contemplation of time, space and impermanence.
Slow Burn Books is an online bookshop dedicated to connecting Asian artists, writers and publishers with international audiences. Co-founded by Nikki Lam and Scott Heinrich.
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This event is co-presented by Slow Burn Books and West Space, as part of Melbourne Art Book Fair 2025. The publication is supported by Creative Australia's VACS Major Commissioning Projects Grant.
Phuong Ngo: Inheritance is showing at West Space 12 April → 7 June 2025.
Read on: westspace.org.au/program/phuong-ngo-inheritance
