“Breaking Boundaries” 34′

A 34 minute documentary I made in Sweden in 2008. It brings an issue that Asian women arrive in Sweden and marry to Swedish men. What is the concept of love? The documentary bring a variety of opinion about love and marriage. The concepts are formed in the Western and Eastern society…

…On the way… 11′

A video is related to a phenomenon of modern society. The mobility in present world. People keep traveling and moving in order to earn for living or to seek for a better life… How do you think about that? is that good or bad? do you dare to break a boundary …?

The stair-case (Cau thang) 3’45″

The ancient Chinese scholar said „ painting or writing poetry is your spare-energy and it is for fun“ ( Thi du mac hy) and perhaps it is true for me.

Life is not easy, especially being a woman. You have to take so many responsibilities such as a responsibility of being a mother, a responsibility of being a wife, a responsibility of being a daughter-in law… sometime time goes very fast and sometime it goes so slowly, you are in hurried for living and the bundle of domesticity. For me, art is something luxury and it is a rest energy of yours as an ancient Chinese saying. My art is a mixture of happiness and the stolen moments in a narrow gap of carrying all responsibilities of a woman.

I wish I would love to so something for myself. What is for myself ? it may be a painting or a poem or it is simply a quiet moment ?

Sometimes, An idea suddenly come when you are laying in bed between your two children, that makes you impossible to sleep, you are traveling with your idea, you are excited and you think you will do it tomorrow. Then, the next morning, you are busy again as usual, you try to keep it in your diary , you hope will do it one day. However, those ideas exist only in your diary. ..

Life is going on…

La Vie ( Doi song) 9’45″

Who are they ? where they come from ?

They are women, at any age from a young girl to an old lady of 74 of age. They come from different countryside. They were farmers and they are now. They leave their children at home with their parents or their husband who take care of children and cultivate the field.

They are a part of the city‘s life. We see them everywhere, they sell many things. Some of them collect rubbish, some others sell bread, plastic thing, shoes, underwear, fruits… They stay in a cheap shelter and cook in a small group, sleep there. If do not sell things or collect things, they will do services as cleaning, tidying, cooking for some families and get paid by hour. With those income (in comparison to city‘s life ) they could support their family and it may be enough for them to build a house in the countryside.

They go back home sometimes for special occasion ( Festival or ceremony of their family, we call „ ngay gio“ the day which your ancestor died or havest‘s time or getting sick …) . The life in the city is hard but they like it, they do not want to go back to their countryside because city is so excited and much more interesting than their homeland.

Being way from home and busy in earning, some women can not take care of their children, the children may involve with drug or her husband find other woman …

Some family, they move all their family here to city.

We do not see them in the city if it is special holiday such as Tet (lunar new year or, National day…) they have to be home because it is a tradition and family‘s obligation.

the city become less busy and quieter.