“Lim Dim – a multiple-meaning concept that may translate close to ‘eyes partly open’ – is first and foremost an exhibition of Vietnamese art, but more importantly it is an exhibition that presents a new generation whose work has rarely been shown in Europe. More specifically, the exhibition presents a group of artists who are socially interconnected, who meet regularly for dinner and drinks, exhibit in outsider venues such as the cutting-edge Nha San Duc Studio, share the outsider status of official non-recognition, and closely observe and consistently challenge quiet everyday order while they are constantly subject to quiet scrutiny. Hence the highly metaphorical title of the exhibition.” – From the exhibition catalog.

Lim Dim

Is to be unaware or pretend to be unaware.

Is a sultry midday, being half-awake half-conscious.

Is somebody being partly-asleep, while seeming to be watching somebody else.

Is something unclear of being true or false.

Is people or objects moving dis-orientedly.

Is something yet to be boiled,

and the smouldering of silence.

– Curator Statement