In Salon Natasha, the participating Vietnamese artists in 'Crosscurrents' project looking at paintings they just received from the Australian artists. From left to right are Mai Chi Thanh, Le Tuan Anh and Eric Leroux.

'Crosscurrents' was a collaborative project by mail between six Vietnamese and four Australian artists. It provided an example of how a private initiative between two individuals that begins as a kind of art entertainment, an artists’ game of exchange and collaboration, can result in a number of significant art events both in Vietnam and Australia.