Ngoc-Tran Vu is a Vietnamese-American multimedia artist, cultural organizer, and advocate based in Dorchester, Boston. Her work blends photography, painting, sculpture, and installation to explore themes of diaspora, memory, and healing. Ngoc-Tran Vu activates the Goethe-Institut with an installation that explores aspects of Journey of Light: A 1975 Memory Field, her upcoming temporary art installation in Dorchester next April.
Installation Opening
Thursday, February 13, 6-8 PM
Installation Engagement and Viewing
Saturday, February 15, 2-4 PM
Installation Engagement and Viewing
Sunday, February 16, 2-4 PM
Marcelline Mandeng Nken, born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, works with sculpture and time-based media. Her practice explores themes of syncretism, non-human intelligence, and labor traditions from the Global South.
Mandeng Nken develops and presents a preview of the first two acts of her performance installation Rush Hour, which unfolds as a cinematic narrative in a moving train, addressing migration, displacement, and time travel.
Installation, Performance and Artist Talk
Thursday, April 24, 6 PM
Studio 170 for Artists
Next Call for Projects in Fall 2025
With Studio 170 for Artists, the Goethe-Institut Boston offers exciting opportunities to New England artists from all fields of artistic practice. Use our newly-renovated space to experiment, innovate, and connect with our international community (Studio 170 | Residency) - or apply for a travel stipend to Germany to bring to life your artistic vision in the heart of Europe (Studio 170 | Germany).
Studio 170 | Residency
A LABORATORY FOR IDEAS
The Goethe-Institut Boston opens its unique, flexible space in Back Bay to New England artists and creative minds as a “laboratory” for ideas.
