I recently visited the installation art piece “Sài Gòn Phẳng” (Saigon, Flat View) hosted by Monosketch Art Space, which presented a simulation map of Saigon, showcasing its rivers, canals, and districts. I really liked the concept of the exhibition. The idea was to offer audiences a fresh perspective of Saigon by emphasizing its complex river system, which includes 110 rivers and canals, stretching over 975 km in total.
However, I wasn’t fully convinced by how the artwork was displayed. The use of materials like stone and sand to represent the land and rivers was effective, but other materials such as wood, paper, and cotton felt somewhat random and didn’t really capture the depth of the “intertwined river system” idea. I was hoping the artwork would better highlight the unique connections between the rivers, and it would have been amazing if they could have made Saigon’s invisible river map more visible to the audience.