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

BLEED (Biennial Live Event in the Everyday Digital) 2020

October 07, 2020  /  RESOUNDING

Victoria Pham and James Nguyen are excited to be part of BLEED 2020(Artshouse Melbourne & Campbelltown Arts Centre). With funding from the Australian Council for the Arts, and ArtsNSW, we will present new works and collaborations with Vietnamese band Rắn Cạp Đuôi, Indonesian composer Bagus Mazasupa, Australian percussionists Salina Myat, Adam Cooper-Stanbury, and Hamish Upton. We are also creating experimental interventions with Sheila Pham and Imogen Yang and many other wonderful artists. Click on the BLEED banner to listen and view new music and moving image content.