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Events 
Verge Gallery: ‘Dismantle / Assemble’ 

Verge Gallery: ‘Dismantle / Assemble’

Get to know Verge’s latest exhibition:
by Cindy Yuen-Zhe Chen
9 April – 22 May 2026

Dismantle / Assemble by Cindy Yuen-Zhe Chen explores how we craft meaning from versions of history to shape our understanding of the present.

Through encounters with the artist’s maternal grandfather’s coins and grandmother’s cultural garments, the works engage with historical and personal narratives of European colonisation in Southeast Asia.

A four-channel video work made in collaboration with artists Phuong Ngo, Marikit Santiago and Jayanto Tan reflects upon the artists’ trajectories of intergenerational migration and cultural transmission, foregrounding the complex cultural identities of Southeast Asian migrant peoples in Australia.

This is a fully accessible exhibition, which includes tactile sound sculptures, audio descriptions for blind and low vision audiences, and Auslan videos for d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing audiences.

Learn more here.

Verge Gallery opening hours
Monday – Wednesday and Friday: 10am – 5pm
Thursday: 10am – 7pm

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Exhibition launch & food exchange
🗓️ Thursday 16 April, 5:30pm – 8pm
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Professional development workshop
🗓️ Friday 17 April, 11am – 1pm
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Echoes: ‘Dismantle / Assemble’
🗓️ Wednesday 22 and 29 April, 13 May, 12:15pm – 1pm
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Auslan tour
🗓️ Saturday 16 May, 1pm – 2pm
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📸 Image credit:
Cindy Yuen-Zhe Chen, Phuong Ngo, Marikit Santiago, Jayanto Tan, Dismantle / Assemble, 4 channel video and sound, 14mins & 21mins. Photo credit. Cindy Yuen-Zhe Chen.

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LOCATION:
Verge Gallery

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