anh tran
CH-8004, trana@ethz.ch
2024
With the fall of the Berlin Wall, this agreement collapsed. While most Gastarbeiter had to return, some managed to settle down by becoming self-employed, including my parents. With the money they earned, they bought a piece of land and built a house in 1988 with the intention of settling in Vietnam, but after some back and forth, they decided to return to Germany and stay. Knowing that they had made an investment in buying land and its value, they continued to invest in more land back home, of which there are now only 2 left.
As a potential heir to the land with an existing house, questions of identity, dreams, values and agency arose.
Booklet with 22 poems followed by drawings and photographs. (E-Mail to get the full pdf)
Full Video
Exhibition on display until 24–01–2025
in HIL Foyer at ETH Hönggerberg
Supervised by the Chair of Jan de Vylder & Philip Ursprung (gta Institute)
Assistants: Annamaria Prandi, André Patrão, Paola de Martin, Tim Klauser, Josephine Baan
Exhibition, Research, Renovation, Experimental, Concept, Writings, Film, Photographs, Performative Reading, Transdisciplinary, Design, Diploma Project, Sociology
2023
Website
Supervised by the Chair of Philip Ursprung (gta Institute)
Assistants: André Patrão, Paola de Martin, Tim Klauser
Josephine Baan
Experimental, Writings, Semester Project, Performative Reading, Transdisciplinary, Sociology
2023
Common Lots is an association that aims to bring these lots back into use by having their function determined by the cooperative through Quadratic Voting.
Framework of Common Lots
- Fundraising
- (Re-)acquiring privatized land and turning them into collectively-owned lots
- Quadratic Voting
- Implementation
- Maintenance
Trailer
Website (offline)
Project Partners: Sara Madej, Vilém Wolf
Supervised by the Chair of Arno Brandlhuber
Assistants: Bing Liu, Jolene Lee, Pan Hu, Meghan Rolvien, Olaf Grawert
Concept, Film, Semester Project, Research