WHEN THE VIRTUAL BECOMES THE ACTUAL AND THE ACTUAL BECOMES THE VIRTUAL (2018)
iron, keyboard keys, canvas, time, weather
approx. 130 x 150 x 40 cm each
The white and black horses appear as characters who have strayed out of the virtual world of the drawing light boxes
into reality. Their unusual flesh, made from computer keyboard keys, occasionally exposes their inner iron bones.
They are fictional machines that have been injured, one standing unsteadily and the other flipping to the floor. This
pair of horses is in fact two items that Truong Cong Tung found in an abandoned amusement park in Saigon, where
people were immersed in the fantasy of imaginary worlds and the illusion sat adjacent to reality. Now the artist brings
them here, creating another virtual scene for these two strange entertainers’ next life.
Text by Arlette Quynh-Anh Tran
