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Food Performance

Thuy Tien Nguyen & Chi Phan

Soft Load (2026)

TROPEZ

Sa, 01.08.2026
2 pm
Food Performance

 

In Soft Load, Thuy Tien Nguyen activates her installation for PRÉSENT together with Chi Phan. Alongside visitors to the swimming pool, they prepare cơm nắm—compact rice balls traditionally made in Vietnam as a practical source of nourishment for travel and physical labour.

The collective preparation and sharing of the food creates a moment of exchange and community. Everyday practices of cooking and eating become an occasion to share memories, experiences, and cultural knowledge.

About the artist

 

Thuy Tien Nguyen (she/her), born in 1993, lives and works in Hanoi (VIET) and Frankfurt am Main (DE). Nguyen explores how personal and collective memories change, become distorted and are reassembled. Her works navigate the space between individual experiences and broader historical narratives. Most recently, Nguyen has exhibited at documenta 15 (Kassel, DE), Nova Contemporary (Bangkok, TH) and the Museum Angewandte Kunst (Frankfurt am Main, DE). In 2025, she received the Dogma Collection Prize and the Young Generation Art Award from Degussa in collaboration with monopol.

 

Food Performance

Thuy Tien Nguyen & Chi Phan

Soft Load (2026)

Sa, 01.08.2026
2 pm
Food Performance

 

In Soft Load, Thuy Tien Nguyen activates her installation for PRÉSENT together with Chi Phan. Alongside visitors to the swimming pool, they prepare cơm nắm—compact rice balls traditionally made in Vietnam as a practical source of nourishment for travel and physical labour.

The collective preparation and sharing of the food creates a moment of exchange and community. Everyday practices of cooking and eating become an occasion to share memories, experiences, and cultural knowledge.

About the artist

 

Thuy Tien Nguyen (she/her), born in 1993, lives and works in Hanoi (VIET) and Frankfurt am Main (DE). Nguyen explores how personal and collective memories change, become distorted and are reassembled. Her works navigate the space between individual experiences and broader historical narratives. Most recently, Nguyen has exhibited at documenta 15 (Kassel, DE), Nova Contemporary (Bangkok, TH) and the Museum Angewandte Kunst (Frankfurt am Main, DE). In 2025, she received the Dogma Collection Prize and the Young Generation Art Award from Degussa in collaboration with monopol.