𝗨𝗡𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚—𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴
𝗕𝘆 𝗡𝗴𝘂𝘆𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝘂𝘆𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴

Manzi is pleased to present 𝙐𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜, a special showcase by Nguyen Huyen Trang, who has spent nearly 15 years working in art publishing and book design, collaborating with numerous artists and cultural organizations in Vietnam.

Opening: 1:00 PM, Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Hours: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM, Tuesday – Sunday (from April 23 to May 10, 2026)

Venue: Manzi Exhibition Space, No. 2 Hang Bun Alley, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

Guided tours and accompanying workshops will take place during the display period. Further details will be announced soon.
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In contemporary art practice in Vietnam, books and art publications are often treated as supplementary spaces—places where a work's existence is extended or condensed to serve a specific purpose. The work of bookmaking is, accordingly, mostly known as a behind-the-scenes affair: technical, instrumental, and secondary.

But what if the person making the book refuses to stay within those limits and happens, unfortunately, to be a dreamer? One who is still meticulous about every concrete constraint—material and content structure, production costs and deadlines—yet remains driven by a harder-to-grasp question: 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒, 𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑢𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚?

For nearly 15 years, Nguyen Huyen Trang has worked alongside artists and cultural organizations across projects and events of all scales, pursuing that question in different ways. 𝙐𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 is a look back at that journey: through more than fifty selected titles from publications she has directly produced, alongside a collection of books and printed materials she has kept as references and points of dialogue.

Rather than presenting itself as a linear archive, the display at Manzi opens as a network of relationships—between original works and their printed counterparts, between concept and material, and between reading an archive and seeing art. For Trang, the book is not simply a medium of documentation or communication but a space for experimentation—one in which decisions about material, structure, and rhythm actively reshape how a work is encountered. In this sense, the book becomes another possible form of the artwork itself: a place where the experience of art is extended, transformed, and met again.

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Free admission. Please follow the guidance of our coordinators during your visit.

Manzi and Nguyen Huyen Trang extend their sincere thanks to all organizations, partners, artists, and friends who have accompanied and supported this project—through materials, resources, and generous spirit—throughout its preparation and realization: Vu Dan Tan Museum, Flamingo Contemporary Art Museum, Song May Contemporary Art Museum, Rabbit Hole, artist Ha Manh Thang and Luong Van Viet, ARB and architect Nguyen Ha, Huy Framing, and many others.