'I won't give up': why an artist is living in a gallery making 10,000 paper boats

Phuong Ngo’s 10-day performance at Sydney’s MCA pays homage to the journey that killed 500,000 Vietnamese refugees – and could have killed his family

Phuong Ngo has just spent his first of nine nights sleeping at the Museum of Contemporary Art, in a seminar room overlooking Sydney’s Circular Quay.

The Vietnamese-Australian has his rations for the durational performance, Article 14.1, stocked in one corner: 10 packets of noodles, a big bag of baked and deep fried, dehydrated rice, and a can of condensed milk.

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