But when the winds of globalisation gather into a raging storm that sweeps everything aside, the little, flickering oil lamps with their sensitive flames will be snuffed out.

Traditional elements such as the Vietnamese silk ribbon, the aesthetics of the “Do” image, oil lamps and “Chaàu Vaên” music create a mood of harmony. They entice the viewer away into another culture. Everything in this installation appears extremely light, fragile, vulnerable - how quickly could a silk ribbon catch fire in the flickering flame of little oil lamps? With all its beauty, this culture, which enriches our world and contributes to the richness of its diversity, appears unstable, vulnerable, even prone to destruction: it is at risk. A large Glob fish chases the smaller ones, it could catch and devour them at any moment; just as a Vietnamese proverb says: “A big fish always gobbles up the smaller one”.
Globalisation is a double-edged sword: it can provide opportunities for the development and integration of my country, bearing along an array of impulses for its people. But when the winds of globalisation gather into a raging storm, sweeping everything aside, the oil lamps with their flickering, sensitive flames will be extinguished, the indigenous culture trivialised and the other that is global installed in the emerging vacuum, while people lose their bearings, their identities.