Sculptures by Laury Dizengremel in Vietnam
The Maze of Love & Friendship - Hue 2004

International Sculpture
Symposium 2004 in Vietnam
Hue.... the ancient imperial capital of Vietnam

This sculpture symposium took place from 10 May to 15 June 2004 along the bank of the Perfume River in Hue, at the foot of the ancient Citadel.

After being selected by the organizers, I had a bit of a trek trying to find sponsorship. Eventually, thanks to a recommendation by the Cultural Attaché of the Vietnamese Embassy in London, I was sponsored to this event by a generous former boat people, now the Chairman of a Britain based company, Mr. Nam Pham, of New World Fashion in London.

I created two different atworks in Hue. A site specific sculpture installation entitled "The Maze of Love & Friendship" and another sculpture entitled "Boat People".




Working the basic foundation line for the first brick wall of this site-specific sculpture in Hue



A view of the raw brick walls of the maze - before applying cement coating



A view of the unfinished maze sculpture installation





Vietnamese people loved this concept of an interactive sculpture installation



A detail of ceramic plate fragments and river rocks forming a pertinent symbol - one of four such circles on the sides of the maze



A close-up view of another of the ceramic fragments and river rock relief details




Viewed from above, the central bench area of the sculpture installation maze



The central element of the entire permanent sculpture installation