In this video artist Danh Vo describes meeting Joseph Carrier, who was employed as a counterinsurgency specialist during the Vietnam War, and discovering Carrier’s collection of photos and ephemera. For “Good Life” (2007), Vo selected items from Carrier’s archive, arranging them as one might display historical or anthropological artifacts.
“Danh Vo: Take My Breath Away” is on view at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York from February 9 to May 9, 2018.