ART+FILM: Sung Tieu

Vietnamese-German artist Sung Tieu will screen her recent work Moving Target Shadow Detection (2022, 18:56 mins) followed by a conversation between Tieu and writer André Dao.

Moving Target Shadow Detection continues Sung Tieu’s ongoing exploration of the psychological dimension of military PSYOPS, acoustic weaponry and their relationship to Cold War ideologies. The film reconstructs the interior of the Hotel Nacional de Cuba in Havana, the site of the first-known instance of a supposed sonic attack, reported by CIA staff in the Cuban capital in 2016, which became known as ‘Havana Syndrome’.

Following a screening of the film, Tieu and Dao will discuss their shared research into legacies of imperialism and state structures of control in relation to the film and Tieu’s wider practice.

This program takes place in conjunction with the exhibition Steven Rhall and Sung Tieu: Statecraft, curated by Andy Butler and Pip Wallis, MUMA, 3 February – 23 March 2024.

Sung Tieu’s participation is supported by the Goethe-Institut.

^{Image: Sung Tieu, Moving Target Shadow Detection, 2022, still, HD video installation (18:56min). Courtesy of the artist}