Public Viewing Hours | Maya Nguyen: Lateral Entrant

A site-specific exhibition by Chicago-based artist Maya Nguyen connecting Germany, Vietnam, and the US exploring migration and camouflage. Register here in order to view LATERAL ENTRANT, a site-specific exhibition by Maya Nguyen that explores migrant strategies of camouflage and adaptation. REGISTER HERE VISITING GUIDELINES Please register in advance and bring a state- or federally-issued photo ID for check-in in the 150 N. Michigan building lobby. Once registered, visitors may access the Goethe-Institut Chicago at any point within the timeframe listed in order to visit the exhibition. The Goethe-Institut Chicago is a multi-use space and there may be concurrent activities or event set-up taking place during exhibition viewing hours. The exhibition will also be on view during public events. ABOUT THE EXHIBITION Moving between languages, time zones, and visual cultures that connect Vietnam, Germany, and the United States, Nguyen considers translation as a form of arrival. Titled after the German word 'Quereinsteiger,' which refers to someone with nontraditional training who transfers into a new professional field, LATERAL ENTRANT is installed throughout the Goethe-Institut Chicago's space and responds to its environment in an office building. Incorporating video, photography, and performance, this exhibition considers coincidence, misinterpretation, and analogy as tools for investigating both individual biographies and broader experiences of immigration. ABOUT THE ARTIST Maya Nguyen is an interdisciplinary artist with a focus on sound and diasporic making. Marked by migration from Hanoi, to Moscow, and now Chicago, her practice develops formal strategies to articulate experiences of lived ambiguity. Nguyen incorporates disparate (and often clashing) material sources into forms that remain conceptually indeterminate, such as…