J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Binh Danh

Three deeply researched long-term projects; Immortality: Remnants of the Vietnam and American War, One Week’s Dead, and National Parks are compiled in a sumptuous two-volume slipcase. Hauntingly beautiful chlorophyll prints and daguerreotypes, printed with clarity and depth on dense black paper, animate a living history of war, refugee status, immigration and assimilation. Augmented by essays, poetry and historical material in an all-white soft-covered book, Danh has masterfully married intention with process as a means of transmigration. In this conversation, Binh discusses, among other things:The power of a work of artPublic consciousnessCultural identity Innovating chlorophyll printsReceiving historyArt being activated by the viewerDecoding the code of daguerreotypesNegotiation of materialsComplicated stewardship of the landBringing light to dark placesA mobile darkroom called Louis

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