Jenn Tran

b. 1999

Jenn Tran is a Vietnamese, Australian-born experimental animator, curator and arts educator based in Melbourne, Wurundjeri country. She explores the relationship between form and frame, foregrounding experimental animation in tactile layerings of stop motion through 16mm, pencil to paper, clay and textile. Her work has been presented at the Sydney Film Festival, SEVENTH Gallery and Pari Ari.


How to Build a Forest
The Formation of a Cloud
Pooch Mountain
God is in the Mountains
Small Frame
How to Make a Whistle Kite
A Kite Poem
Solar Loops 
1119 SUNSPOT DRAWINGS & 14 CARTOONS OF THE SUN
Do Animals Believe in Faith?
Khảm xà cừ
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How to Make a Whistle Kite

(2026), Workshop Facilitator — PHIVE Paramatta
Lunar New Year Program | NSW, AUSTRALIA

Commissioned by PHIVE, Parramatta NSW, I hosted a workshop exploring conceptual kite-making and kite play. Inspired by ancient Vietnamese kite traditions of the diều sáo (whistling kites), and Vietnamese folk art, the workshop invites participants to create a stylised as a whistle kite. Using mulberry paper, dowels, string, and bells and markers, participants emulated traditional materials and techniques used in Vietnam.

More than a childhood pastime, kite flying holds a deeply rooted history in Vietnam. Diều sáo is one of the few musical kites in the world and is a testament to the profound connection between the immortal and mortal realms, ancestral ties, and the celebration of new beginnings and the Lunar New Year.

Photos by Garry Trinh
Programme Producer Emma Cao



24–09–2024