IF REVOLUTION IS A SICKNESS
20 March — 7 June 2026
FOMU - Fotomuseum Antwerpen March 20 — June 7, 2026 Waalsekaai 47, Antwerp, Belgium In her first solo exhibition in Belgium, Nguyen prompts us to reflect on what a revolution might mean today. IF REVOLUTION IS A SICKNESS is an immersive video installation about finding your place in today’s complex political world. In the video, we follow a Vietnamese-Polish girl in Warsaw as she navigates a world full of conflicting expectations. Nguyen’s critique of power, nationalism and cultural identity comes wrapped in the catchy and unmistakeable aesthetic of K-pop. The photographs, carefully selected to contextualize the film, depict moments of emergence, when an identity, idea or revolution is forming. Beyond the coming-of-age story, the work offers a keen observation of the world at present: a visual trip that invites the viewer to dance, but also to reflect on how young people shape their identities amid the relentless expectations of our complex world.