In SÔNG SỐNG SONG, Sydney-based James Nguyen examines the lingering effects of the chemical Agent Orange and its presence in the Parramatta River – Nguyen’s family plantation in Bảo Lộc, Vietnam that was sprayed with the toxin in 1968, before migrating to Western Sydney.
Created in collaboration with Nguyen’s family, works on show include a largescale installation of shirts washed in the Parramatta River, alongside a video featuring Nguyen’s mother and local Vietnamese aunties singing survival songs by the river’s banks.
Fairfield City Museum & Gallery
28 March to 18 July 2026
Sydney
James Nguyen, SÔNG SỐNG SONG, 2026, donated white business shirts washed in leachate contaminated Burramatta (Parramatta) River water, installation size variable / Photograph: Jessica Maurer / Courtesy the artist and Fairfield City Museum & Gallery, Sydney
