Installation

I think Linh is going to kill me. She had set up the day with an artist who had recently returned from studying in Italy. I had met her at the exhibition opening we went to with Son a few weeks ago and something just was not right. Everything Linh told me about her did not fit a normal story and there was something wrong about following her with a camera in the same way as the other stories.

"I have a new idea" I announced once I finally found Lihn outside the apartment. "This needs to look like and installation" I went on. Linh agreed and we set about the apartment taking pictures of the small details. I had seen a recent Andy Warhol exhibit in Scotland within which was this series of videos of people just looking into a video camera. "I want her to talk, just talk about Hanoi, her art, about life", Linh (the other one that is the subject) agreed but said she only had an hour and she also had to eat. We talked anxiously as she prepared food and ate. I was worried about time, but knew I could come back. We snapped into action and began working, it was simple but neither Linh or I had any idea whether this was going to work. I kept saying to myself, sometimes the simplest ideas work best. We will see on Sunday when we start to edit.

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