Since taking up her role as artistic director of the Factory Contemporary Arts Centre in Ho Chi Minh City (the first purpose-built space for contemporary art in Vietnam) in 2016, Butt, who last year cocurated the 14th Sharjah Biennial, has been building a network of associated institutions, artists and curators, and ‘fostering dialogue’ among countries across South East Asia, while also managing an exhibition programme promoting local artists and the wider Vietnamese diaspora, including Thao Nguyen Phan and Tuan Andrew Nguyen. Alongside the Factory’s regular public programme, Butt and her team have delivered several international programmes and partnerships, such as the long-term initiative ‘Pollination’, a residency offering pairs of Southeast Asian curators and artists the opportunity to work on multicity projects, connecting with organisations across South East Asia – including SAM Art and Ecology Fund (Indonesia), MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum (Thailand), Fulbright University (Vietnam), Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (HCMC) – and further afield.

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