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Spoken Worlds: Noah Truong Reading
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Open in the appThe Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève is pleased to continue the Spoken Worlds programming with the complicity of Emmanuelle Pireyre, author and head of the writing workshop at HEAD – Genève. Spoken Worlds invites authors or artists practicing writing for a reading of their text,… The Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève is pleased to continue the Spoken Worlds programming with the complicity of Emmanuelle Pireyre, author and head of the writing workshop at HEAD – Genève. Spoken Worlds invites authors or artists practicing writing for a reading of their text, followed by a discussion. There exist a multitude of uncomfortable, incongruous or existentially irritating situations, among which that of the depressed, transsexual diasporic tourist (TDDT) captured in their chosen environment — the country of origin of their father — in the middle of August. Freshly moved to Ho Chi Minh City — also called Saigon — by the authority of a decision taken impulsively a few months earlier (buying a ticket), the TDDT swollen with dreams and prefabricated expectations toward the "land of their ancestors" (What is your name? What is your quest? What is your favorite color? [1]) actually encounters their own displacement. How not to "do" Vietnam? Has someone, somewhere, written a "guide to return"? What crimes did France commit in Indochina? Was the smoothie post-colonial? Why did the TDDT's family go into exile? Who are the executioners and who are the victims? Do you suck balls? Tôi không hiểu… During this evening, Noah Truong will share excerpts from his novel project. This reading time will be followed by an exchange with the audience. [1] Monty Python: Holy Grail, 1975. Noah Truong was born in 1992 in Paris. In 2024, he publishes Manuel pour changer de corps with Cambourakis editions (Selection of the Grand Prize for Poetry of the SGDL and the Prize for Poetic Vocation) followed by Et Pourtant with Paulette Editrice editions (Lausanne) in 2025. His work appears in leading Francophone poetry anthologies and has been translated in the United States, Brazil and Germany. In 2026, he is invited to the 48th Soleure Literary Days.