Re:SOUNDING

RE:SOUNDING aims to locate, record, digitise, and re-engage with the percussive sounds of the Vietnamese Bronze Age Đông Sơn drum.

Displaced by colonisation and the post-war trade in Southeast Asian antiquities, these drums have the significance of announcing the rain, harvests, fertility, and well-being of local communities as well as instruments of resistance and warfare. Now held in museums and collections throughout the world, this project reimagines how the Đông Sơn drum can conceptually exist beyond the museum display cabinet.

In the hands of contemporary artists and musicians, the digitised drum sample will continue the acoustic voice and cultural impact of these ancient instruments.

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James Nguyen + Victoria Pham

WE BOUGHT ANOTHER DRUM

April 02, 2021  /  Victoria Pham

A little bit of exciting news. Earlier in the year, James and Victoria caught wind of another Dong Son Drum being auctioned off and was potentially affordable. As it turns out, we managed to purchase the object (no. 26) from a French Auction House based in Paris. It has finally arrived safely in the hands of Victoria who is currently based in Cambridge, UK and we are so excited for this project to literally expand with the addition of another ancient instrument for us to RE:SOUND.

Keep you eyes and ears peeled for more to come from our second drum…

Image provided by Victoria Pham, 2021.

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