Art installation "Do Baskets Dream Of_: A Womb for New-Ancient Humans"

Do Baskets Dream Of_, a sonic & art living archive and workshop series exploring ancestral memory, soundscape, and collective making in HCMC Auroborium and Vietnam Sound Library present Do Baskets Dream Of_ , a sonic & art living archive and workshop series exploring ancestral memory, soundscape, and collective making in Ho Chi Minh City.Organized by Auroborium & Vietnam Sound Library, in collaboration with VFCD 2026, RMIT University Vietnam. 📆 Dates: 22 – 27 September 2026 ⏰ Hours: 10:00–18:00 | Workshops: 18:00–21:00 📌 Venue: S+ Studio – Room S6, 1 Trương Đình Hợi, Xóm Chiếu, HCMC 🎫 Open to the public: Tuesday 22 Sep – Sunday 27 Sep 2026 🗣️ Languages: English and Vietnamese Follow our instagram for more updates: @thungmo_ Register & full schedule:: https://luma.com/thungmo_ Twelve basket boats (thúng chai) voyages to Ho Chi Minh City – not as static objects but living artifacts seeking their own migration of meaning. They once learnt to be woven, to harvest, to carry, and then to float. Now they are learning to dream. This is not purely an art installation. It is a time-space sonic field where we actively seek the construction of meaning. The vessel maps a living archive of collective human dreaming like a continuous crossing of thresholds. Songs. Chants. Conversations. A forgotten tune. A familiar love song. The cries of street vendors. A fisherman recalling the sea. An elder speaks of a far away world. The metro announcer. Children chanting nursery rhymes. Layer upon layer of memory calling across generations, some only yesterday, some still arriving. Which ancestors do we dream forward? By day, it is a sanctuary – an invitation to simply be and fully immerse yourself in the collective stream of sounds. As evening falls, the space transforms into a new-ancient womb for multi-disciplinary workshops led by curated artists. You are invited not just to be a witness, but to be a co-creator. Let's cross over.// HOW TO EXPERIENCE I. Art Installation · 10:00–18:00 daily · Free, no registration Exploring ancestral memory, water, and what we carry across generations through sound, dissolving paper, basket-painting, and collective making. II. Evening Workshops · 18:00–21:00 · Free with registration Each night, artists, dancers, musicians, bodyworkers and ritual practitioners bring their practices into the space. Each night is different. Each night is an experiment. • ​Sep 22 (Tue) · 18:30 - 21:00 Into Chăm: A Cultural Immersion, hosted by Jaka, a Cham’s artist and son. Register here. • ​Sep 23 (Wed) · 18:30 - 21:00 Into Chăm: A Cultural Immersion, hosted by Jaka, a Cham’s artist and son. Register here. • ​Sep 24 (Thu) · 10:00–18:00 Living Poetry: An Experience (full day) by Paul Christiansen, the author of the essay collection “Beneath Saigon’s Chò Nâu”. Register here. • ​Sep 25 (Fri) · 20:00–21:00 On The Migration of Meaning & Becoming Human: An Artist Talk & Workshop by Hui Woon Tan Register via VCFD • ​Sep 26 (Sat) · 8:30–10:30 Unity Movement: Dance Till Peace Joins You Register here • ​Sep 26 (Sat) · 18:30–21:00 Improvisation Movement: Journey of Human Evolution by Phuc Source Register here. • ​Sep 27 (Sun) · Family Day — Community Day: Becoming Collective // HOW TO JOIN Just want to see the art installation? → Show up. Free. No registration. 10:00–18:00. Want to join an evening workshop? → Pick a session → Register free on Luma → Show up on time → EVENT CALENDAR Want to bring your own practice? → Register before 18 Sep at this link Hosted by Auroborium & Vietnam Sound Library. About the organisers Auroborium is a California nonprofit stewarding collective wisdom and shared capacity to shape long-term, civilization-scale social, ecological, spiritual, and technological futures through research, ancestral continuity, education, and the arts. Vietnam Sound Library is an open collection preserving and sharing the everyday sounds of life in Vietnam treating each sound as a way of evoking memory, culture, and emotion.In collaboration with Vietnam Festival of Creativity & Design 2026 RMIT University Vietnam #VFCD2026 #DoBasketsDreamOf #AuroboriumVN #VietnamSoundLibrary #HoChiMinhCity