40th EVA International

31 August – 29 October 2023
Diane Severin Nguyen, IF REVOLUTION IS A SICKNESS, 2021.

A film that follows the character of a Vietnamese child who grew up to be absorbed into a South Korean pop-inspired dance group. The spectacle was disrupted by the voice over culled from various and often contradictory writings on political revolution by Hannah Arendt, Ulrike Meinhof and Mao Zedong among others.

Diane Severin Nguyen is a visual artist who lives between Los Angeles and New York (US). Nguyen has presented work at public arts institutions and galleries including Sculpture Center, New York (US), Salt Beyoğlu, Istanbul (TR) and The Renaissance Society, Chicago (US).

EVA International is Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art. EVA leads in the commissioning and curating of contemporary art by Irish and international artists, culminating in a programme of artistic encounters, exhibitions, and education projects, that takes place every two years across venues in Limerick city and beyond.