Truc Truong - I Pray You Eat Cake video
Truc Truong
Born 1987, Tarndanya/Adelaide. Lives and works Tarndanya/Adelaide.
I Pray You Eat Cake, 2023
toys, found objects, packaged food, synthetic polymer paint, fabric, wood, aluminium, stainless steel, electromechanical components, dried pig intestines and trotters, dried chicken feet, tassels, rope
Courtesy the artist
Treading a fine line between rage and humour, Truc Truong's practice considers the power dynamics woven throughout her family's history and the pressure to be a 'model migrant' in Australia.
I Pray You Eat Cake contains references to the artist's Vietnamese heritage - the rotating Lazy Susan table is synonymous with yum cha, while cured pig intestines, rendered gold, recall shrine or temple offerings. Allusions to Vietnam, France, Christianity and Buddhism are made through a riotous assemblage of found objects and fabrics, as well as toys and dolls from the artist's childhood.
Truong's family migrated to Australia from Vietnam in 1982. Her upbringing has been shaped by her parents' experiences of a Saigon that no longer exists, her own explorations of what it means to be Vietnamese-Australian and the complexities these experiences can pose.
Truc Truong - I Pray You Eat Cake video
Truc Truong
Born 1987, Tarndanya/Adelaide. Lives and works Tarndanya/Adelaide.
I Pray You Eat Cake, 2023
toys, found objects, packaged food, synthetic polymer paint, fabric, wood, aluminium, stainless steel, electromechanical components, dried pig intestines and trotters, dried chicken feet, tassels, rope
Courtesy the artist
Treading a fine line between rage and humour, Truc Truong's practice considers the power dynamics woven throughout her family's history and the pressure to be a 'model migrant' in Australia.
I Pray You Eat Cake contains references to the artist's Vietnamese heritage - the rotating Lazy Susan table is synonymous with yum cha, while cured pig intestines, rendered gold, recall shrine or temple offerings. Allusions to Vietnam, France, Christianity and Buddhism are made through a riotous assemblage of found objects and fabrics, as well as toys and dolls from the artist's childhood.
Truong's family migrated to Australia from Vietnam in 1982. Her upbringing has been shaped by her parents' experiences of a Saigon that no longer exists, her own explorations of what it means to be Vietnamese-Australian and the complexities these experiences can pose.