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Where the Sea Remembers

nlike their predecessors, the 14 Vietnamese artists and one collective featured in “Where the Sea Remembers” do not dwell on the trauma of the Vietnam War. Rather, they belong to a younger generation—many from the war’s resultant diaspora—who have returned to Vietnam from abroad in the past decade, bringing with them refreshing perspectives on the country’s past and present. Staged

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