Vy Trịnh, VISION, 2024, Honda Vision moped chassis, flat steel bar, steel rod, organza ribbon, satin ribbon, plastic beads, nickel-plated steel ball chain, rhinestone chain, wheel, rebar, stators, copper wire, brass, flux and rhinestone mesh. Photo: Galerie Quynh.
“Positioning this vehicle not only as a quotidian household item but also as a symbol of industrialization, capitalist free-market economics, and accessible mobility, Trịnh’s sculptural language short-circuits the Honda Dream’s conventionality by repurposing its foraged parts and melding these to create phantasmagorical structures—their hybrid forms perched between alien ductility and familiar ornamentation.”
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