2025 Artists-in-Residence

Journey of Light
Installation 

Ngoc-Tran Vu is a Vietnamese-American multimedia artist, cultural organizer, and advocate based in Dorchester, Boston. Her work blends photography, painting, sculpture, and installation to explore themes of diaspora, memory, and healing.  Ngoc-Tran Vu activates the Goethe-Institut with an installation that explores aspects of Journey of Light: A 1975 Memory Field, her upcoming temporary art installation in Dorchester next April.

Installation Opening
Thursday, February 13, 6-8 PM

Installation Engagement and Viewing
Saturday, February 15, 2-4 PM

Installation Engagement and Viewing
Sunday, February 16, 2-4 PM

Rush Hour
Installation and Performance

Marcelline Mandeng Nken, born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, works with sculpture and time-based media. Her practice explores themes of syncretism, non-human intelligence, and labor traditions from the Global South. 
Mandeng Nken develops and presents a preview of the first two acts of her performance installation Rush Hour, which unfolds as a cinematic narrative in a moving train, addressing migration, displacement, and time travel. 

Installation, Performance and Artist Talk
Thursday, April 24, 6 PM