Sung Tieu, “Alternative Investments” — Catharine Quan Damman | via Artforum, April 2023
“Artistic interest in paranoia, conspiracy, and governmental secrecy is hardly new. Yet Tieu’s work is representative of a particular strain of recent art demanding further elaboration. By this I mean work that is first and foremost research-based, frequently comprising ready-made elements incorporated into larger installation-cum-environments and often, but not always, mobilizing video, sound, and other screen infrastructures. … This work is like many of these categories, but it is not properly any of them. It shimmers with similitude but parries true equivalence.”