Date of Award
Spring 5-31-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Painting
First Advisor
Jackie Gendel
Second Advisor
Yasi Alipour
Third Advisor
Will Heinrich
Abstract
Fifty years after the end of the U.S.–Vietnam War, this thesis reflects on the entangled relationship between the two nations, inspiring hope while challenging dominant representations of trauma and tragedy. Drawing from autobiography, family history, folk art traditions, colonial photographs, hierarchies within art history, archives of student activism, and key geopolitical events, the work explores the complex intersections of queer identity and glitchy historical narratives. Combining research-based inquiry with time- and labor-intensive processes, it reimagines historical materials to construct alternate possibilities for the future.
Recommended Citation
Nguyen, Xuân-Lam, "Embodied Archives, Emerging Futures" (2025). Masters Theses. 1473.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/1473
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