Durational performance by Lê Vũ (bottom) and his father (lying on top reading Truyện kiều). The first performance took place in the courtyard of the British Council Vietnam (40 Cát Linh) at the LIMDIM - International Performance Festival Hanoi 2004, the second performance took place in Ho Chi Minh City at Saigon Open City 2006.

Statement

I want to talk to my father about how much I suffer

I want to talk to my father about how much he suffers

I want to talk to my father about how much we suffer

In the simplest way possible: pressing myself against him.

Statement from Vietnam Eye - Contemporary Vietnamese Art, edited by Serenella Ciclitira, 2016, p.104.

Artwork is curated by Tran Luong for LIMDIM - International Performance Art Festival Hanoi 2004 and Saigon Open City 2006.