Angela Hien Buencamino Phung
Heiiaea (2019)
"Heiiaia (pronounced heeyayeyaah) is the myth of us and our earth, told through a narrative of the discovery of sound. This performance is an offering from our great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grand children, as a reminder of our potential for collective regrowth. We hope you enjoy our present!"
This ten person performance piece took place at Worth Ryder Art Gallery November 2019.
Players:
Carli Baker
Andrea Cajucom
Fetalaiga Faga
George Hagel
Moiz Mir
Kweku Ngissah
Nathan Sackheim
Anthony Simene
Francesca Spriggs
Timeship Organizer:
Angela Hien Buencamino Phung
Special thanks to...
Ila Uronen, Sydney Peterson, and Daniel Sackheim, for creative assistance.
Doniel Soto, for years of dedication to being our teacher + this craft.
Bob Azzarito, for your generosity in providing a rehearsal venue.
Farley Gwazda & the Worth Ryder Team for hosting our art.
The 2019 Honors Art Cohort for sharing exhibition space.
Robert Borsdorf for video production magic.
All “the homies” (you know who you are).
Nanay and Bố, for everything.
Nesting Phoenix (2019)
The Nesting Phoenix, Performance and Installation, 2019.
“Because the sunset, like survival [and memory], exists only on the verge of its own disappearing. To be gorgeous, you must first be seen, but to be seen allows you to be hunted.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Installation & Sculpture
Pollination
Pollination 402 : Take a finger and put it where it does not belong
October 2018 - Present
This is an interactive art piece about the body, masses and color. 402 white plaster fingers were cast, molds sourced from all genders.
The audience is invited to take fingers and place them somewhere it does not belong.The bottom of each plaster finger uses social media tools to show the fingers' source, and to submit photos of fingers that have invaded spaces. Some interpreted this to entail bodily touch and insertion. Other fingers have been placed in restrooms, restaurants, hallways and more throughout CA and Colorado.
Improperties : Tag It.
December 2018
"Improperties" is a piece about the act of tagging as reclamation of space. The criminalization of graffitti functions as a distraction from the real crime and injustice of urban gentrification, which lays in the hands of those with more money than ethics. The delicate interior references Bronx 1970's culture and aesthetics, as an ode to the hometown of hip hop.