Dust & Metal
(Cat Bui & Kim Loai)

A montage film elaborated from Vietnamese news images and film excerpts (of which some are presented in this retrospective) originating from the Vietnam Film Institute’s collections, Dust & Metal literally spans the story of a country by borrowing as much from these archives as from the country’s most used mode of transport: the two-wheeled vehicle (bike, motorbike, scooter). A symbol of Vietnam and of its history, two-wheeled vehicles are the marker of movement and of this society’s resilience, taking part in its definitions of work, class, travel, technology and freedom. JB