Nguyen Phuong-Dan graduated in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Hamburg and in Visual Communications with a focus on documentary photography and film from the University of Fine Arts Hamburg.
He works on a project-specific basis in various fields, music curator and initiated dispari – a label and platform for all kinds of auditory publications, collaborations and performances at various places such as Kunstverein München, Kunsthalle Münster and Meakusma Festival.
Under the name Phuong-Dan he performs internationally as a DJ. His sets are a hypnotizing and compelling blend of rhythms and influences – consistently exploring varying moods by shifting back and forth between musical fields with some sort of defiant approach. A good example of the latter are the Gatto Musculoso nights he hosts at Golden Pudel Club in Hamburg since 2006, which through the years have seen artists of every shape and size. This openness led him to noted clubs like Salon des Amateurs in Dusseldorf, De School in Amsterdam and Robert Johnson in Offenbach as well as to institutions like c/o Berlin, Haus der Kunst Munich, Kunsthalle Vienna, Gropius Bau – or to festivals such as Intonal Festival, Dekmantel, Positive Education, DT Camp, Berlin Atonal, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Foreign Affairs Festival Berlin or European Media Art Festival Osnabrück.
contact (at) phuong-dan.de