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  • Cuisine (du) Terror
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    Soundtracks composed by Andrejs Poikāns for dinner experience "Cuisine (du) Terror".

    Cuisine (du) Terror, 2023
  • Cuisine (du) Terror in The Hague, The Netherlands. Overview of the dinner space
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    Photo by Esmée de Vette

    Cuisine (du) Terror in The Hague, The Netherlands. Overview of the dinner space, 2023
    food, sound, story-telling
  • Cuisine (du) Terror in The Hague, The Netherlands. Main dish being served
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    Photo by Esmée de Vette

    Cuisine (du) Terror in The Hague, The Netherlands. Main dish being served, 2023
    food, sound, story-telling
  • Cuisine (du) Terror in The Hague, The Netherlands. Dinner enjoying the last bits
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    Photo by Esmée de Vette

    Cuisine (du) Terror in The Hague, The Netherlands. Dinner enjoying the last bits, 2023
    food, sound, story-telling
  • Cuisine (du) Terror in The Hague, The Netherlands. Andrejs (sound design) playing the live tracks
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    Photo by Esmée de Vette

    Cuisine (du) Terror in The Hague, The Netherlands. Andrejs (sound design) playing the live tracks, 2023
    food, sound, story-telling
  • Cuisine (du) Terror in Sofia, Bulgaria. Overview of dining space
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    Photo by Lubov Cheresh

    Cuisine (du) Terror in Sofia, Bulgaria. Overview of dining space, 2023
    food, sound, story-telling
  • Cuisine (du) Terror in Sofia, Bulgaria. Overview of main dish
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    Photo by Lubov Cheresh

    Cuisine (du) Terror in Sofia, Bulgaria. Overview of main dish, 2023
    food, sound, story-telling
  • Cuisine (du) Terror in Sofia, Bulgaria. A guest interacting with the dessert
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    Photo by Lubov Cheresh

    Cuisine (du) Terror in Sofia, Bulgaria. A guest interacting with the dessert, 2023
    food, sound, story-telling, food, sound, story-telling
  • Cuisine (du) Terror in Sofia, Bulgaria. Close-up of appetizer
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    Photo by Lubov Cheresh

    Cuisine (du) Terror in Sofia, Bulgaria. Close-up of appetizer, 2023
    food, sound, story-telling
  • Cuisine (du) Terror
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    Collective eating experience at the opening

    Cuisine (du) Terror, 2022
    food, printed matter, sound
  • Cuisine (du) Terror
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    A view of one of the dishes on the "climate menu"

    Cuisine (du) Terror, 2022
    food, printed matter, sound
  • Cuisine (du) Terror
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    Providing food experience for the guest(s)

    Cuisine (du) Terror, 2022
    food, printed matter, sound
  • Cuisine (du) Terror
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    A view of one of the dishes next to the "climate menu"

    Cuisine (du) Terror, 2022
    food, printed matter, sound
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    Intro (see Projects for description)

    The New Pangasius, 2020
    00:01:34 (orignal duration: c. 00:22:00)
  • The New Pangasius
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    Graduation video installation

    The New Pangasius, 2020
    video projection on canvas, semi-transparent sheets
  • The New Pangasius
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    Still from animation

    The New Pangasius, 2020
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  • The New Pangasius
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    Digital 3D map

    The New Pangasius, 2020
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    Excerpt (see Projects for description)

    5°C or Above (excerpt), 2020
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    5°C or Above, 2020
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  • 5°C or Above
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    5°C or Above, 2020
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    Revised version (2021)

    Centuries of Selves, 2020
    00:02:27 (full duration)
  • Centuries of Selves
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    Cover design

    Centuries of Selves, 2020
    3D render, HD video
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    Centuries of Selves, 2020
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Trang Ha's works combine profession with artistic essence, expressiveness with logic, clarity and sensitivity.
Based in The Hague, Trang Hà is a Vietnamese designer and multidisciplinary artist currently nurturing an interest in gastronomy. Trang investigates different methods of cooking, focusing on intricate techniques that reveal and magnify transformative processes existing at the intersections of life, body, food, and the environment. Her experimental dinners often incorporate the elements of storytelling and sound.

Websites

Portfolio website.

tranghas.work/

5°C or Above (art video) was shown online at PCAI and published in an online catalogue. Collaboration with Marcin Liminowicz.

www.pcai.gr/projects/anthropocene-on-hold/

Dinner Performance & Design

www.sirius-initiative.com/research-lab

Social media

www.instagram.com/trang.has.design/
www.instagram.com/terrafic.soup/

Member of Artists’ Initiative/Collective/Incubator

Sirius Initiative Amsterdam

Curriculum vitae

Education

  • 2015 - 2020
    Graphic Design Den Haag, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten diploma

exhibitions

  • 2023
    "There must be some mistake" Bobbina Cultural Space Sofia, Bulgaria Performing the experimental food project "Cuisine (du) Terror" with local illustrator Alina Papazova, and a few other artists, as part of FIG (Festival for Illustration and Graphics). fig.bg/ Group
  • 2023
    Cuisine (du) Terror The Greyspace in The Middle The Hague, Netherlands Performing the experimental food project "Cuisine (du) Terror" as part of the "Food for Thoughts" series programmed by Marijke Cobbenhagen at The Greyspace in The Middle. www.instagram.com/p/CuFQjUaoLz7/ Solo
  • 2022
    But, S/he endorsed the sheen Vrij Paleis Amsterdam, Netherlands Performing the experimental food project "Cuisine (du) Terror" as part of "But, S/he endorsed the sheen" exhibition curated by Wumen, founder of Sirius Initiative Amsterdam. www.instagram.com/p/CfpjOacI7GS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Group
  • 2020
    Anthropocene on Hold PCAI Piraeus, Greece Online screening of art video "5°C or Above". In collaboration with Marcin Liminowicz. www.pcai.gr/projects/anthroposcene-on-hold/ Duo
  • 2020
    KABK Graduation Show KABK Graphic Design Department The Hague, Netherlands Video installation of graduation work "The New Pangasius". Group
  • 2019
    The Giant Floating Eyeball The Ministry of Finance The Hague, Netherlands Interactive sound installation "I’m Frightened, Angry, Disappointed, Hopeful, Compassion And Proud About The Economy". In collaboration with Scene Peng. www.kabk.nl/projecten/the-giant-floating-eyeball-finance-algorithm Group
  • 2019
    ART FWRD: On technology VondelCS Amsterdam, Netherlands Video website "Little Brother". In collaboration (intern) with Jasmijn Visser. www.kunstfort.nl/en/journal/jasmijn-visser-occur-embracing-the-complexity-of-climate-change/ Duo

Projects

  • 2023
    Cuisine (du) Terror Grey Space in The Middle The Hague, Netherlands www.instagram.com/p/CuFQjUaoLz7/ Another iteration of "Cuisine (du) Terror", with different localities—ingredients, recipes, people, and audience. These further editions denote the ever-changing nature of the project, adapting to different geographical, cultural, and social climates. Sound design by Andrejs Poikāns. Costume design by Hee Eun Kim. Kitchen assistance by Jelle Van Den Brink, Sofia Kret, and Sonya Umanskaya. Documentation by Esmée de Vette, Helena Roig, and Cis De Gendt.
  • 2023
    Cuisine (du) Terror Festival for Illustration and Graphics Sofia, Bulgaria Another iteration of "Cuisine (du) Terror", with different localities—ingredients, recipes, people, and audience. These further editions denote the ever-changing nature of the project, adapting to different geographical, cultural, and social climates. Sound design by Andrejs Poikāns. Documentation by Lubov Cheresh.
  • 2022
    Cuisine (du) Terror Sirius Initiative Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands www.instagram.com/p/Cewh0IiNOw6/ Cuisine (du) Terror pleads for a recalibration of knowledge: it concerns the question of who is cooking and who/what is cooked. The trendy culinary technique called “sous-vide” reveals the vulnerable nature of bodily existence within the context of global warming. The fact that animal fleshes can be cooked already from 53°C, lower than boiling temperature, concludes that some parts of the world are being slow-cooked without them knowing about it. With sound design by Andrejs Poikāns.
  • 2022
    Typographic Nights Stichting Page Not Found The Hague, Netherlands www.instagram.com/p/CjcVWRQI5HM/ Typographic Nights is an on-going series of participatory events taking place at the bookstore Page Not Found in The Hague, The Netherlands. The objective of this series is to make contemporary graphic design and typography more familiar to the general public, by showing professionals working live, creating printed works from texts submitted by audience members. Trang Hà and Paulina Trzeciak, as co-creators of this concept, will be responsible for inviting the participatory designers and hosting this event. Each event hosts three designers from various design fields.
  • 2021
    Under The Sun Eye Filmmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands vimeo.com/585811646 A group of people in post-apocalyptic world found themselves struggling for sunlight, the main source of nutrients. As they sought solarium stations to recharge their “energy”, they realized that their lives had only been looped around the same routine. “Under The Sun” is a quiet discussion on the meaning of life after Earth, where the border between life and death blurs into each other and renders human nothing more than a lifeless, light-thirsty machine. In collaboration with Helena Roig and Paulina Trzeciak. Screened at Eye Film Museum Amsterdam as a part of ResearchLab program.
  • 2021
    Of The Wrap Culture Designers Write Rotterdam, Netherlands designerswrite.org/essays/of-the-wrap-culture/ Essay selected for DESIGNERS WRITE platform. There will be an up-coming podcast where I will speak about ecology, food, care and "contamination". Except from the essay: "A wrap is an environment created to let individuals be in close contact with each other, touching each other to the point that they have to accept the awareness of the others. The inhabitants of the wrap are forced to be in trouble and to create frictions—precariousness that will learn them the causes of their actions in the wrap network."
  • 2020
    Centuries of Selves The Hague, Netherlands tranghas.work/videos.html What will community be like in the future? Will it survive the ever-growing individualism in the midst of the pandemic and ecological changes? Will we lose the ability to communicate, interact, and listen to each other’s words? Will words stop having meanings? Will what remains be humming noises in the ears of the confined ambient space? Centuries of Selves is a loop animation giving the illusion of community. It reflects on the current state of isolation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, emphasizing further the underlying individualistic tendency that governs our modern society. The landscape seen in the video is partially inspired by the white “social-distancing” circles painted at a park in Rotterdam during the pandemic. In collaboration with Dora Ramljak. Costume by Anouk Van Kampen Wieling. Sound by Thomas Parigi. Sol Pagel as model and assistant.
  • 2020
    The New Pangasius Royal Academy of Art The Hague The Hague, Netherlands If the world’s water is transforming, so are its fishes. When enough fishes die, their souls will gather and wake us up at night. The panoramic map of ‘The New Pangasius’ is a constellation of both found and made materials speaking of the highly commercialized and cultivated species of catfish in Vietnam, the Pangasius. Through the use of animated folktales, witty conversations, sketchy found footage and plasticky virtual objects, the project tries to prove and reveal the complexities surrounding the Pangasius fish chain supply. The project consists of a 3D map and a series of animation.
  • 2020
    5°C And Above Polyeco Contemporary Art Initiative (online), Greece How long does it take to defrost a fish? To preserve its flavor, we must submerge it in cold water—a quarantined environment, from six to eight hours. What is left then when the ice is gone? In the mix-media video work Trang Ha and Marcin Liminowicz explore the porous border between digital and organic environment, looking closer into the fragile nature of both human and non-human bodies. The tension between stillness and movement, the preserving of corporeal well-being and the alarming speed of mass food production. What we see directly are details of the imperfect bodies captured in the moment of daily exercise and a 3D render of a familiar shape, similar to that of fish. In collaboration with Marcin Liminowicz. Sound by Lance Laoyan. Acting by Helena, Sergi & Anni.
  • 2019
    I’m Frightened, Angry, Disappointed, Hopeful, Compassion And Proud About The Economy Royal Academy of Art The Hague The Hague, Netherlands www.kabk.nl/projecten/the-giant-floating-eyeball-finance-algorithm Is it possible to bring emotions into machine vision in the field of economy and finance? Is there a way to disprove the use of formal and cold-blooded statistical data to assess people's financial situation? “I’m Frightened, Angry, Disappointed, Hopeful, Compassion And Proud About The Economy” is an ambient theater play translated into a game of chess. It consists of two laptops, a chess board, two speakers and two players. The laptops’ webcams feed the images of the players’ hand movements into a trained A.I model, who simultaneously recomposes and synthesizes them into sounds. The four players together, machine and human, assemble a non-stop ambient piece that reflects the emotional intensity seen in an economical turbulence, be it "Frightening, Wrathful, Disappointing, Hopeful, Compassing Or Full of Pride”. In collaboration with Scene Peng. Exhibited at “The Giant Floating Eyeball” at The Ministry of Finance, NL.

International exchanges/Residencies

Commissions

Sales/Works in collections

  • 2020
    5°C or Above Anthropocene on Hold Pireaus, Griekenland A digital edition of the work is acquired by Polyeco Contemporary Art Initiative.

Publications

  • 2022
    Sharp Letters Catalogue Book ingoodcompany.intl Trang Hà London, United Kingdom ingoodcompany.international/ A small graphic catalogue containing graphic compositions of sharp objects and typography.
  • 2020
    Anthropocene On Hold Catalog Polyeco Contemporary Art Initiative Various Piraeus, Greece issuu.com/pcai1/docs/catalogue__q A digital catalogue realized by PCAI featuring the work "5°C or Above".
  • 2019
    Beasts Without Hands? (PL: "Bezrękie bestie?") Monograph FORMY Magazine Trang Ha & Zuzanna Zgierska Poland formy.xyz/krotka-forma/bezrekie-bestie/ Online publication of the written essay on technology "Beast Without Hands?" (PL:"Bezrękie bestie?"). In collaboration with Zuzanna Zgierska on original English text. Polish translation is by Zuzanna Zgierska.

Awards and grants

  • 2021
    Building Talent for starting makers and designers  Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie  The Hague, Netherlands Building Talent grant to work with Studio Marije Vogelzang to realize a publication about food. 
  • 2020
    Bachelor Graphic Design department Award  2020 Nominees  Royal Aacademy of Arts, The Hague  The Hague, Netherlands Graduation work "The New Pangasius" is nominated for Graphic Design department Award  2020. 

Secondary art-related activities

  • 2019 - --
    Graphic Design On-going
Design Social practice art

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