Since 2023 · People

الأشخاص

Where the lines go.

A lab is its people. A Council of eight, three builders we back, and twenty-eight artists we met early. Each line is one of them; each dot, a place they went with us: Venice, London, New York, Shanghai. The next dot is Abu Dhabi, where the 2026 Inquiry concludes.

2023–2026 · Eight places

ثمانية أماكن
ABU DHABI Conversations · December VENICE Biennale · pavilion LONDON British Library · galleries NEW YORK Bard College SHANGHAI West Bund Art & Design SHANGHAI VAC Shanghai HANOI Residency HANOI Gia Lâm train factory 2024 2025 2026 2023 TODAY · DOTTED IS UPCOMING Trung Mai Bard: five artists West Bund: twenty artists Đỗ Tường Linh Mai Tạ The 2026 Inquiry Koa Pham Builders · West Bund

Four trajectories in saffron. Hollow dots are upcoming. Hover any line for the person.

Council · Eight

المجلسThe Council

Eight practitioners of the frontier, from fiction and architecture to curating and the stage, who lend their eyes to what we back.

Xin Liu

Xin Liu

Artist and engineer · Space and technology

Builders · Three

مؤسسون ندعمهمThe Builders

Three builders we back early, with culture as the backbone of what they build.

Liu Xiaoben

Everlasting AI

Extending the life of human memory

Builds AI-powered digital twins from your memories, experiences, and life context, creating an evolving representation of who you are.

Liu Xiaoben · Founder

everlasting.zoneAbout the founder

Timothy Shen

Creader

Thinking, made visible

An AI-powered writing companion that helps you map, organize, and develop your thoughts into structured writing.

Timothy Shen · Founder

creader.ioAbout the founder

GH

GH Lab

Rethinking how ideas take digital form

Explores how AI and computer graphics can transform the way brands and organizations communicate visually and design digital experiences.

GH · Founder

About the founder

As we met them · 2024–2026

بترتيب لقائنا بهمThe residency at vac.art

Twenty people who lived or worked in the residency, the latest first. Each photograph is the one VAC made to announce them; open one for the record.

Nguyễn Duy Anh

Nguyễn Duy Anh

Resident · 2026

chung thân, 2026. Hoa Quỳnh Cinema.

Nguyễn Vân-Nhi

Nguyễn Vân-Nhi

Resident · 2026

chung thân, 2026.

Minh Duc Pham

Minh Duc Pham

Resident · 2026

I send you my love, 2026.

Lại Diệu Hà

Lại Diệu Hà

Guest artist · 2026

White – Soft – Tense, with Đặng Thùy Anh.

Đặng Thùy Anh

Đặng Thùy Anh

Resident · 2025

An end that never arrives, 2026.

AP Nguyen

AP Nguyen

Resident · 2025

Pleasure!, 2026. Reading Room, London 2026.

Mifa

Mifa

Resident · 2025

10,000 Years in a Moment, 2025. West Bund 2025.

Florian Sông Nguyễn

Florian Sông Nguyễn

Resident · 2025

West Bund panel, 2025.

KV Duong

KV Duong

Resident · 2025

Welcome Home, 2025. West Bund 2025. London 2026.

Lâm Na

Lâm Na

Resident · 2025

A Beginning 2024. West Bund 2025.

Tra My Nguyen

Tra My Nguyen

Resident · 2025

She Who Moves, 2025. West Bund 2025.

Wanwen Zhang

Wanwen Zhang

Guest artist · 2025

With Diane and Thuỷ Tiên, spring 2025.

Thuỷ Tiên Nguyễn

Thuỷ Tiên Nguyễn

Resident · 2025

Sunshower, 2025.

Diane Severin Nguyen

Diane Severin Nguyen

Resident · 2025

Spring Snow, 2025.

Liên Phạm

Liên Phạm

Guest artist · 2024

West Bund 2025.

Mr.Bambii

Mr.Bambii

Guest artist · 2024

A Beginning, Shanghai 2024.

Nhi Lê

Nhi Lê

Resident · 2024

The Laundry Room, 2024. Murmur, 2026.

Mai Tạ

Mai Tạ

Resident · 2024

Co-curator of Murmurs and Murmur.

Hà Ninh Pham

Hà Ninh Pham

Guest artist · 2024

A Beginning, Shanghai 2024. West Bund 2025.

Trịnh Cẩm Nhi

Trịnh Cẩm Nhi

Resident · 2024

First resident. West Bund 2025.

Everyone, by place

بحسب المكان
Venice2
  • Đỗ Tường Linh · curator, Vietnam pavilion 2026
  • Trung Mai · The Reincarnated Grid, 2025
London3
  • AP Nguyen · The Reading Room, 2026
  • Koa Pham · The Reading Room, 2026
  • KV Duong · London Forum; No Place Like Home, SLQS Gallery, 2026
New York · Bard College6
  • Đỗ Tường Linh · curator
  • Lê Đình Chung
  • Daphné Nan Le Sergent
  • Prune Phi
  • Xavier Robles de Medina
  • Arlette Quỳnh-Anh Trần
Shanghai · West Bund4
  • Twenty artists in Murmurs, 2025
  • Mai Tạ and Yang Zi, co-curators
  • Koa Pham · Kevin Nguyen, November 2026
  • Everlasting AI, Creader, GH Lab · Builders, November 2026
Shanghai · VAC Shanghai7
  • KV Duong
  • Lâm Na
  • Mr.Bambii
  • Hà Ninh Pham
  • Mai Tạ
  • Trịnh Cẩm Nhi
  • Võ Huỳnh Phú
Abu Dhabi1
  • Conversations in Abu Dhabi · the 2026 Inquiry concludes, December 2026
Hanoi · the residency2
  • Residents and guest artists, 2024–2026: the wall above
  • Eighteen artists in Murmur, 2026
Hanoi · Gia Lâm train factory2
  • Trung Mai and Hanoi Ad Hoc · The Grid, 2023
  • Vy Trịnh · Overvoltage, 2023

The artists on this page worked with VAC, the ARTIFACT Futures initiative that ran the house, the residency and the exhibitions in Hanoi and Shanghai. vac.art