Christmas Concert

Dec 16 & 17, 08 pm
Saigon Opera House, 7 Công Trường Lam Sơn Street, District 1, HCMC

Two concerts of Christmas music by Ho Chi Minh City Ballet, Symphony Orchestra and Opera.

Featuring pieces by Leroy Anderson, Mozart, Handel, Max Reger, and Don Sebesky; and a selection for orchestra called Christmas at the Movies, then comes Santa Claus is Coming to Town arranged for Korean children’s voices.

John Williams’s Three holiday songs from Home Alone comes next as the concerts’ penultimate item. Last of all is What a Wonderful World, again with Korean children’s voices.

Ticket prices: 1.000.000 – 850.000 – 700.000 – 550.000 – 150.000VNĐ (For Student only).

Resonance – Improvised Dance & Music Camp

The art of Creation: 14 – 17 Dec 2022
Green Valley Cao Sơn Resort
Hòa Bình (shuttle bus available)
Performance: 18 Dec 2022 (invited guests only)
Green Valley Cao Sơn Resort, Hòa Bình

Resonance – Improvised Dance & Music Camp is an invitation for everyone to explore and deepen the art of improvisation by opening our senses and redirecting our bodies and minds back to nature. The workshop will be led by Tu Le (dancer/improviser), Hai Minh (dancer/improviser), Tam Thi Pham (multimedia composer, improviser and performer) and Goran Lazarevic (multimedia composer, accordionist and improviser). They all will draw from their experience with contemporary dance techniques, contact improvisation, experimental improvised music and various collaborations with dancers and choreographers in Europe and Asia.

This program is open to everyone: those with experience in dance, movement or music, but also for those who have less or even no experience in these areas, but find our ideas and approach appealing. It is also an invitation to experience communal living, which can be as powerful and touching as the dance and music.

Graphic Exhibition: “Pacific – Leipzig” 

29 Nov – 18 Dec 2022
Level 2 – Deutsches Haus (Ho Chi Minh City)
33 Le Duan Blvd, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, HCMC
From Goethe Institut:

From 2020-2022, fifteen exceptional artists from Southeast Asia and New Zealand participated in a three-month residency program in Leipzig. The fellowship „Pacific-Leipzig“ was initiated by the Goethe-Institut network in Southeast Asia in collaboration with Leipzig International Art Programme (LIA). During the course of three years, over 600 artists applied for the open calls. A jury in Leipzig together with the Goethe Institutes in the respective countries selected the 15 winners.

In Leipzig, the successful fellows had their own artist studios at the arts and culture center Baumwollspinnerei (cotton mill). At the beginning of the 20th century the Baumwollspinnerei was the Europe’s largest cotton manufacturing plant. Today, it houses the cultural centre for one of the most exciting places for the production and exhibition of contemporary arts and culture in Europe.

The residency at the Baumwollspinnerei was professionally accompanied by the team from LIA. It allowed artists in residence to work in an inspiring cultural environment, with the opportunity to engage with local and international artists, and to connect with Leipzig‘s creative art scene and public.

The produced artworks were made accessible to interested visitors during regular open studio sessions and small exhibitions.

Pacific-Leipzig fellows also worked and exchanged with various protagonists and institutions in Leipzig and beyond. The collaborations included musicians of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the German Hygiene Museum and the Transparent Man in Dresden.

Excursions to other cities and important cultural sites in Germany completed the program, among which were the visits to the Bauhaus in Dessau and Weimar, the UNESCO cultural heritage city of Quedlinburg and the Tübke Panorama in Bad Frankenhausen.

Beside their own artistic practice, all participants of the Pacific-Leipzig fellowship had the opportunity to learn more about Leipzig’s long tradition of the printmaking process of etching.

At the „Atelier für Radierung Vlado und Maria Ondrej“, the fellows were guided by Maria Ondrej on the special etching techniques, such as photogravure, embossing, sugar lift etching, traditional aquatint and others. The printmaking processes were accompanied by artists from Leipzig who became a direct source for cultural exchange on a day to day basis.

The etching workshops resulted in enriching collaborations, such as those between Alba d‘Urbano (Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig) and Yadanar Win (Myanmar). In their joint work “Unkörperliche Körperlichkeit“ (incorporeal physicalness) they quoted each other on their personal exchange of being physically together in Leipzig and being separated at the same time because of the Corona pandemic.

The exchange between the Pacific region and the city of Leipzig finds its visual output in this exhibition, presented to the public for the first time.

This exhibition has been made possible by the Goethe-Institut, the German Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, Deutsches Haus Ho Chi Minh City, Aone Deutschland AG, Deutsch Vietnamesisches Haus Leipzig and the City of Leipzig, on the occasion of the twin city partnership between Ho Chi Minh City and Leipzig.

Authors: Wilfried Eckstein, Mpangi Otte (Goethe-Institut Vietnam) & Anna-Louise Rolland (Leipzig International Art Programme)

EAN Christmas Market 2022

Dec 17, 04 pm – 09 pm
Embassy of the Czech Republic, 13 Chu Van An Street, Hanoi

Booths run by Vietnamese alumni who studied in EU countries, and a number of locally-based community organisations and businesses with traditional European foods and drinks; workshops, games and activities.

”Eco Science Film” Screening Week

17 – 18 Dec 2022
Goethe Institut
56-58-60 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

ECO Science Film Screening Week includes 3 film screenings at the Goethe-Institut around the themes: Biodiversity, Green Energy and Waste Management. The series of events promises to open up an inclusive space for young Vietnamese, especially disadvantaged groups, to experience the synthesis of culture, art and knowledge of environmental science.

Participantswill have the opportunity to enjoy unique documentaries on environmental topics from reputable film producers from many countries and regions. Along with the film screening, there will also be an open discussion space for attendees, experts and the Science Journal Writing Ambassador contest to share their stories and perspectives on the topics covered. Access through scientific documentaries shown.

Science is for all – SIFA Seminar brings interesting experiential activities to help participants discover useful scientific knowledge embedded combined in topics of interest to the environment and education. In addition, viewers can discuss how to build solutions and practices towards promoting equal access to science and spreading the love of science to everyone.

Information of the events:

Film screening & Discussion 01: Electric Cars
09 am – 11:15 am, 17 Dec 2022

Film screening & Discussion 01 (for young people with hearing impairment): Bee Wild!
02 pm – 06 pm, 17 Dec 2022

Film sceening 03: The recycling lie – A seminar on Equal Opportunities in Science and Awarding ceremony of the Science Journal Writing Contest 2022
02 pm – 05:30 pm, 18 Dec 2022

Serie de Formas de Arte Moderno en la Naturaleza: 01

26 Nov – 31 Dec 2022
Ơi Blin Saigon
289E, Nguyễn Công Trứ, Nguyễn Thái Bình Ward, District 1, HCMC

LInspired by Kunstformen der Natur (Art forms of Nature) of Ernst Haeckel, 365 Days of UNKNOWN curated the first of the Serie de formas de arte moderno en la naturaleza (Series of Modern Art forms in Nature), an exhibition of botanical art which are well worth seeing, immerse yourself in a colorful botanical world full of giant insects, flowers, and plants created by 3 artists Irina Semenyuk, Alex Nguyen và Nikii Tran

All artworks, postcards and posters displayed during the exhibition period are for sale.

Hanoi-no longer holding a cloud

10 – 18 Dec 2022, 02 pm – 08 pm
Á Space, Alley 59 Ngô Gia Tự Street, Long Bien District, Hanoi

Linh San’s solo show titled ‘no longer holding a cloud’, curated by Châu Hoàng.

‘no longer holding a cloud’ is the first stop that marks the more than year-long journey of Linh San working with the idea of ‘matter dispersal’, when for the first time, she experimented with clay, a material that requires a different handling of form-creation to her earlier practice with poetry and videos.

This mixture of soil, water and chemicals is not a material to simply create shapes; it also envelopes and cradles the years gone by, a place for memories to be incarnated and be liberated. Done with meticulous and painstaking efforts, in almost a ritualistic manner, the series of works in ‘no longer holding a cloud’ materializes the shapes of the feelings left inarticulate, a reflection on the absence, the remnants left behind of a fragment of life, and the path to becoming oneself through each fold and mold.

Art Showcase “Gate Gate”

Exhibition: “Diffractions”

 

Opening: Fri 02 Dec 2022, 06 pm
Exhibition: 02 – 18 Dec 2022, 07 am – 07 pm
Artist talk: Sat 03 Dec 2022, 03 pm – 05 pm
Matca Space for Photography
48 Ngọc Hà, Ba Đình district, Hanoi

Diffractions is a new body of work by Ecuadorian photographer Avelina Crespo. This work emerges while she wanders around Hanoi, a city she has recently moved to.

Drawn to their many layers of paint, Avelina starts photographing walls. Then, she begins to photograph objects. She imagines these walls and objects symbolize a history that does not belong to her. The images presented in this series are thus metaphorical expressions and allude to an effort to understand reality from another perspective.

Avelina photographs and prints these images, which are then subjected to multiple cuts in order to be reconstructed using collage techniques. She re-photographs the results to produce the final image. The intention behind cutting the image apart is to then put it together, creating forms where the space between the parts evidences the difficulty of creating a new narrative. This draws attention to the materiality of the photographic image. It is a process that deliberately alters, interrupts, and recreates a photograph in order to generate a new way of seeing.

Avelina Crespo is an Ecuadorian photographer with extensive international experience, having lived and practiced in Ecuador, France, Peru, Brazil, Chile, the United States, Canada, and Vietnam. She received her B.A. in History from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. where she studied photography at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, and a Diploma in Art History from the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Her most recent exhibits took place at Carlos Caamaño Proyecto Fotográfico in Lima, Perú (2017), the MAVI Museum in Santiago de Chile (2012), the MAC in Niteroi, Brazil (2012), Back Gallery Project in Vancouver, Canada (2015), Red Ex Gallery in Quito, Ecuador (2002). Avelina has lived in Hanoi, Vietnam since 2018.

Exhibitions featuring Hue’s national heritage

 

Until Dec 23,
Diem Phung Thi Art Centre, 17 Le Loi Street, Hue City

An art exhibition showcasing the charming beauty of Phuoc Tich ancient village in Hue.

The exhibition displays 38 artworks by lecturers and students of the College of Fine Arts and the College of Science, both under Hue University. Paintings created by school students of Phong Dien District, home to Phuoc Tich Village, also are on display.

All the paintings are the result of field trips to the village in October.

Don’t Call It Art

19 Nov – 31 Dec 2022
Mơ Art Space
B3 Floor, no. 136 Hang Trong Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

“I could not imagine then that some of these photos would become the only documentation, for example, of the first stirrings of a performance art scene in Vietnam. Now, 25 years later in Germany – as an observer or a temporary visitor at best, who gleans news about Vietnam’s well-connected international art scene from daily social network chats with friends there – all these works and photos appear to me in quite a different light. They are no longer just gifts, pictures forgotten or discarded as worthless, but rather artworks that have written contemporary history. They had once been a provocative force in their time and place. Here today, this force may seem spent. But to me, now more than ever, it seems as if the artists presented in this book, with their radical stances, were far ahead of their time. Perhaps that is precisely why they fell by the wayside. They became legends before their work could become a permanent and officially recognized part of Vietnam’s art.”

Artists: Nguyễn Minh Thành, Nguyễn Quang Huy, Trương Tân
Featuring artwork from Veroninka Radulovic’s archive
The exhibited pieces were created during the 1990s – a period of significance

Exhibition: Illuminated Curiosities

Until Dec 2022
EMASI Nam Long
147 Street No.8, Nam Long Residential area, District 7,
EMASI Van Phuc
2 Street No.5, Van Phuc Residential City, Thu Duc District, HCMC

Nguyen Art Foundation (NAF) proudly invites you to the opening of ‘Illuminated Curiosities’, a group exhibition with 26 artists featuring 46 artworks from within and outside NAF’s Collection. Curated by art researcher Ace Le, with the curatorial assistance from Duong Manh Hung and Tam Nguyen, the exhibition will take place simultaneously across the campuses of EMASI Nam Long and EMASI Van Phuc, over the course of six months from May to December of 2022. ‘Illuminated Curiosities’ is a collaborative effort between NAF and Lan Tinh Foundation.

International science film festival

Oct 8 - Dec 31
Hanoi, Thai Nguyen, Danang, and Ho Chi Minh City

The 12th international science film festival featuring a range of scientific topics which are both accessible and entertaining to a broad audience and demonstrates that science can be fun and educational.

Some 16 science films across different categories will be screened during the festival.

Le Ha