Hoang Vu

Great to be back in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and connecting with the dynamic artists and creatives in this vibrant city, one of the nodes in our @globalportcities project. My 240-day streak on Duolingo Vietnamese made a few inroads (Tôi đang cố gắng học tiếng Việt!) but better was being in town to witness the opening of a great new show at @galeriequynh , the opening of the new @raresea.vn art space, see @uudam_tran_nguyen ’s new work, plus check in with port cities partners @linnhlee and @superhumanbill , plus other dear friends not pictured here. And eat so well!

INTRODUCTION TO EXHIBITION ARTIST – HOÀNG VŨ (Tiếng Việt dưới phần bình luận) @something.maker (b. 1996, Mekong Delta, Vietnam) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Saigon, working across sound, poetry and visual arts. Hoàng Vũ is also an experimental ambient music producer. With sound as his primary focus, his practice centers on atmosphere and phenomena, within liminal space, states of waiting, and shifting boundaries. Alongside his compositional work, he develops research-based projects engaging ecological soundscapes and site-specific phenomena shaped by urbanization and ongoing environmental instability that continuously reshape the landscape. “the forest lives on as unfinished film reels” is a group exhibition of Aliansyah Caniago, Xuân-Hạ, Rab, and Hoàng Vũ. ▶️Opening Reception: 18:00 – 20:00, Friday, March 27, 2026 ▶️Time: March 28 – May 31, 2026 ▶️Opening hours: 10:00 – 18:00, Tuesday – Sunday, or by appointment ▶️Location: Rare Sea – 3 Dang Thi Nhu, Ben Thanh Ward 🚪Free admission 🛵 Parking: You can park at the TNXP parking lot located at 4 Trương Định, Bến Thành Ward (900 m; 2 minutes by walking).

(Tiếng Việt dưới phần bình luận) Rare Sea is pleased to introduce ​​“the forest lives on as unfinished film reels”, a group exhibition with the participation of four artists Aliansyah Caniago, Xuân-Hạ, Rab and Hoàng Vũ. Featuring multi-medium artworks, spanning sculpture, silk painting, installation, and moving image, the exhibition explores the lingering existence of materials and spirits as interlocutors on urbanism, production, and labor of modern society. Urban space and industrialization often drape themselves in fantastical promises of a stable and prosperous future, where labor is a one-way ticket to happiness. What has been pushed aside in the name of progress? Do they carry any momentum of memories and histories? And should we listen, observe, touch, smell and feel them? In “the forest lives on as unfinished film reels”, what remains invisible within the intimate and collective spaces of urbanism and production is exaggerated, saturated and glorified: fauna ghosts, noises, mythical creatures, repetitive gestures. From these vestiges, both human and non-human, the exhibition excavates what has been erased and what haunts us, reflecting perspectives on labor, dwelling, and the residual consequences of industrial society. We warmly invite you to join us in the opening reception on Friday, March 27, at 6:00 PM. EXHIBITION DETAILS: ▶️ Time: March 28 – May 30, 2026 ▶️ Opening hours: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM, Tuesday – Sunday, or by appointment ▶️ Venue: Rare Sea – 3 Đặng Thị Nhu, Bến Thành Ward, HCMC ▶️ Free admission ▶️ Contact: [email protected] ▶️ Telephone: +84 904 497 769 🛵 Parking: At present, there is no on-site parking available. However, you can park at the TNXP parking lot located at 4 Trương Định, Bến Thành Ward (900 m). 📎 Learn more about the exhibition and the artists via the link on our bio 🖌️ Design by @motcaixacbunhin_

a new listening set is ready for your ears : ) includes a little sound collage i made from field recordings at the park ty to all producers for their stunning works and ty to @isburningamsterdam for having me on the series <3 as always have tried to include as much asian talent as possible ::; go check out these amazing artists

1 year at Montez Press Radio today. Here are a few entries from my gratitude journal.

For the opening party of our fourth season, we decided to focus on the city that has been our second home since 2022. The 30th edition of Nurture x Liminal Dreams will feature a lineup of Saigonese-based DJs and live acts. First, and we are happy to have her back, is BongBongQuayQuay. Much has been written about her, and rightly so. She is a long-time OBS resident, has performed at the region’s smaller and bigger venues, and is a DJ with a musical palette broader than Itten’s color palette. Expect a set along the brighter notes. Our second artist, Mic Mac, whom we equally welcome for the second time, moves more in the darker shades of the musical orbit. Originally from Paris, he has been around the Saigon music scene for over a decade. This time, we will have him for a live jam set with lots of machinery and improvisations, embarking on Jason Pollockish’s musical journey. Our third act is Something Maker. Originally from the Mekong Delta, Hoàng Vũ is now based in Saigon and is the co-organizer of Tắm Đêm_nightswim. As a multidisciplinary artist working across sound, poetry, and visual arts, it is nearly impossible to define Hoàng along any color wheel. His musical production, however, floats between the more natural colors, often incorporating elements of Mother Nature’s surroundings: air and water, the organic and the non-organic, field recordings, and odd experiments, morphing into an ever-changing fluctuation of musical colors. 
 Finally, your favorite hosts are there. Probably colorful and floating along the entire range of musical colors.

Time As Space 38 is out today. A blend of beautiful and transportive ambient tunes. Thank you to everyone who listens to these little things I put together. I have a lot of fun making and listening to them. 😀 Link in bio.

NHƯ BÓNG NÀO MÀ CHẲNG NỔI TRÊN NƯỚC ✦ By Vũ Hoàng (@something.maker ) ✦ ISSUE 02 Highlight: 6 of 16 “I know, your man— your almost half-masculine self, you carry. How can you love him, when he refuses to love you back?” “What Balloon Does Not Float on Water” is a poem inspired by the Vietnamese word bóng, which carries multiple meanings and can be interpreted in various ways: a balloon, a shadow, glossy, and queer. Since 2025, Vietnam has officially banned a once-popular recreation connected to this word and commonly found in nightlife settings. This poem evokes the sensations associated with its fleeting euphoria and the atmospheric scenes of club spaces where it was once prevalent. Read this full piece in ISSUE 02: No One in Ho Chi Minh City & Hanoi. Order now at noonemag.com: ✦ Free pickup in Amsterdam ✦ Worldwide shipping ✦ Find a stockist near you —— The magazine pages in this post feature photographs taken in collaboration with Khánh Phúc Nguyễn (@noibuontuyetdinh ). Magazine photography shot in collaboration with (in)visible space studio (@invisiblespacestudio ). Editorial design by Duy Nguyễn (@not.about.us ).

what we find episode sixteen now live until 11 am featuring @something.maker - Based in Saigon (HCMC), Vũ is a multidisciplinary artist working across sound, poetry, visual arts. His sound focuses on the atmospheric, an ecosystem between the speakers. Insect-like tendencies, air and water, organic and non-organic blur together. He co-organizes Tắm Đêm_nightswim, a fluid platform for sound, poetry, and performance. His poetry and photography appeared in Noone Magazine issue 2 (Netherlands), and he has exhibited in group shows across Vietnam. For this edition, he has prepared an unreleased hour of music. A series of slow morning movements, sonic sketches of environmental sounds and soft melodies, as fragile as insect wings. Somethingmaker’s music has made regular features on past what we find shows, so it’s a pleasure to now welcome him onto the series to share an hour of unreleased music recorded in early 2025. Get locked via !

𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 @something.maker - 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘯, 𝘷𝘶 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴. 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤, 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵-𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰-𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘴 𝘵ắ𝘮 𝘥ê𝘮, 𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘪𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘯𝘢𝘮. 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤. 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 2025. Thank you Vũ for contributing to the series! We are up and running from 9am cet tomorrow, tune in! 📡

ôi những kỷ niệm… we miss this show already. installs that felt like yesterday. One last chance to see A Radial System before it closes, this Thursday to Sunday til June 15th (exhibition extended!) 10am to 6pm 💛 Sắp tới lúc phải nói lời tạm biệt, triển lãm lần này để lại thật nhiều kỷ niệm khó quên! Dường như chỉ mới hôm qua chúng tôi còn tỉ mỉ treo từng bức ảnh lên tường! 2 tuần cuối cùng để tham quan “Ký ức lan toả” trước khi triển lãm kết thúc, từ thứ 5 tới Chủ nhật tới hết ngày 15 tháng 6 (triển lãm sẽ mở cửa thêm 3 ngày), 10g tới 18g 💙

Hồi sinh, viết thơ như một cách để sống cuộc sống thêm một lần, hoặc nhiều lần. Nhận một hình ảnh, một tình huống, sống một lần, rồi sống lại lần nữa thông qua việc viết. Trên thuyền, chúng tôi đã hồi sinh những bài thơ đã từng sống và chết đuối. Giữa những từ ngữ rời rạc còn sót lại trên những tờ giấy ướt, những người tham gia lấp đầy những khoảng trống của quá khứ và tạo ra những bài thơ mới. Một cuộc trò chuyện diễn ra xuyên thời gian và không gian, và những cuộc sống mới xuất hiện. Có điều gì đó ngây thơ trong hành động phản hồi lại điều gì đó bạn không biết, giống như một đứa trẻ lấp đầy những khoảng trống mà chúng vẫn đang tìm kiếm, và cố gắng hiểu thế giới, và để hiểu chính mình. Ngày thiếu nhi vui vẻ nhé các bạn! -- Resurrection, writing poetry as a way to live lives twice, or many times. Receiving an image, a situation, live it once, then live in again through writing. On the boat, we resurrected a poem once lived and died. Amidst sporadic words that remained on the wetted papers, our participants fill in the blank and make new poems. A conversation happened across time and space, and new lives emerged. There's something innocent in the act of responding to something you don't know, like a child filling gaps of what they're still looking, and trying to understand the world, themselves. Happy children's day! --- 1. phóng:sinh thơ về sông Sài Gòn // release life into Saigon river 2. cuộc trò chuyện thơ chọn lọc từ những bài thơ được hồi sinh // selected edits from the resurrected poems on the boat 3. những bài thơ bị ướt // water-damaged poems from 'an exercise in feeling negative space' (Tắm Đêm x Nguyen Art Foundation)