Doorways & New Beginnings: 10 Nexus Art & Storytelling Salon at Wiking
Doorways & New Beginnings
An Evening of Art, Story & Conversation
What stories, people, and places made us who we are? Which parts of our cultures, backgrounds, and experiences shape our voice, and influence how we share our stories with the world?
On Friday evening, June 19, we invite you to an intimate evening of art, storytelling, and conversation inside Hoàng Anh's acclaimed exhibition, Ghế Đỏ (The Red Chair) at Wiking Salon, a gorgeous multi-sensory art space in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City.
The red plastic chair is one of Vietnam's most familiar objects — found everywhere from street corners to family gatherings, it's where we gather, eat, nhậu / celebrate, reflect, and connect with one another.
Centering around Hoàng Anh's acclaimed exhibition as our starting point, we'll explore and reflect on our heritage, transformation, community, and the people whose shoulders we stand on.
The artist reimagines historic Vietnamese stamps by enlarging and subtly altering them with the addition of a painted red plastic chair. This minimal gesture creates a temporal dissonance where past and present quietly converge.
The red chair emerges as a symbol of Vietnamese daily life, resilience, and communal culture, while also evoking the idea of the “third space” — a site of gathering, exchange, and identity beyond home and work. Blending archival imagery with contemporary intervention, The Red Chair reflects on memory, material culture, and the spirit of community.
This is an art and storytelling salon, in a gorgeous multi-sensory art space, and a curated circle of leaders, creators, artists, and cultural bridge-builders sharing stories.
You are also invited to also just come and reflect quietly with the artwork. Sometimes, the most transformational and inspiring conversations are within ourselves.
Our Evening
🖼️ Guided Art Meditation — experience The Red Chair through a group reflective practice to slow down, observe, and uncover personal meaning.
🗣️ Storytelling Circles — small-group conversations on belonging, identity, heritage, and the journeys that shaped us.
🍷 Dinner & Conversation — a grazing dinner, celebratory toasts, and a taste of the exhibition's highland herbal rice wine tradition (optional).
Two Questions guide our circles:
If you could place your own red chair somewhere in the story of Vietnam, where would it be?
Whose shoulders are you standing on — and whose journey are you helping to lift?
This evening is for cross-cultural creators, leaders, entrepreneurs, community builders, and globally minded leaders who value reflection, and meaningful conversation — a curated room of thoughtful people across generations, industries, and cultures, gathered in curiosity and celebration.
Friday, June 19 · 6:30–9:30 PM
Wiking Salon, 79 Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, Nhà Bè, HCMC
Exhibition: Ghế Đỏ (The Red Chair) by Hoàng Anh
Dress: Smart, expressive — come as your fullest self
Wiking Salon is 20 minutes from Saigon's city center, in a beautiful oasis with multiple floors of immersive, multi-sensory art space, a golf course, and accommodation.
This is the perfect Friday evening activity solo, or in community. Bring a friend or a few, or a date, and let's have some fun reflecting, connecting, and sharing stories with one another in the beautiful space.
8 values hold every 10 Nexus gatherings together: Co-Elevation, Global Citizenship, Community, Authenticity, Kindness, Audacity, Celebration, and Gratitude.
Our Salons and Dinners are community, not-for-profit gatherings — your contribution goes toward the experience itself and toward keeping our gatherings open throughout the year.
Contribution
🌿 Salon Experience · 600K — 1.5mil VND, pay as you feel — exhibition access, guided art meditation, storytelling circles, grazing dinner, refreshments, and optional highland herbal rice wine tasting. We keep these gatherings accessible to diverse generations, so if you're a young builder, the lower ends is yours with no hesitation.
Limited Spots: request to join via Luma → once approved, contribute via Stripe or bank transfer (Techcombank 1018386888 — 10 Nexus Global), or feel free to just come and contribute later. We want you to experience the arts, community, and the magic of our gatherings.
Please let us know of any dietary needs so we can take good care of you.
In partnership with Wiking Salon.
This is our opening weekend of From Story to Voice, a new 10 Nexus community art, dinner & storytelling salon series on storytelling, cross-cultural leadership, art, and human connection in Saigon and Europe this summer.
Welcome home. Ex pluribus, una vox.