A selection of noteworthy artistic and cultural events to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on March 25 - 31.

HANOI

PERFORMANCE

Beyond Sound 2019 #1 – Katsura Yamauchi & Guests

8 – 9.30 pm on March 25

Heritage Space, 1st Floor, Dolphin Plaza

6 Nguyen Hoang / 28 Tran Binh, My Dinh 2, Hanoi

The first show of Beyond Sound 2019 is a live music performance and film screening by Katsura Yamauchi (Japan) and guest artists.

Attending fee: VND150,000, VND 120,000, VND100,000.

Subscription Concert Vol. 118

8 pm on March 28

Hanoi Opera House

1 Trang Tien Str., Hanoi

You are invited to Subscription Concert Vol. 118 with the performance of:

Conductor: Honna Tetsuji

Soprano: Angela NISI and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra

Ticket prices: VND 200,000 – VND 350,000 – VND 500,000.

EXHIBITION

Exhibition “Dreaming”

VICAS Art Studio

32 Hao Nam Street, Dong Da District, Hanoi

The exhibition features works by six artists from Hai Duong.

Exhibition “Reflective Impressions: van Gogh & his works”

Vincom Centre for Contemporary Art (VCCA)

B1 – R3, Vincom Mega Mall Royal City

72A Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan District,

The exhibition” “Reflective Impressions: van Gogh & his works”, using applied technology, introduces more than 35 artworks of Vincent van Gogh, one of the most outstanding post-impressionist artists.

Exhibition “Daily Conversation”

L’Espace

24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

“Daily Conversation” is a mix between silk paintings by Le Kim My and original installations by Vu Kim Thu. Two artists with distinct art practices exhibit together for the first time at L’Espace.

The daily life is a vendor sitting on the street under electric wires, old jars under the table, passing through chickens, ducks, markets,… and many other stories portrayed in Le Kim My’s paintings and Vu Kim Thu’s lanterns – her little world.

With different modes of expression, the two artists tell the story of the daily life in this shared space.

Free entry

HO CHI MINH CITY

PERFORMANCE

Teh Dar: Vietnamese Tribal Culture

6pm, March 25, 26, 27 and 29

Ho Chi Minh City Opera House

7 Cong Truong Lam Son, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1

‘Teh Dar: Vietnamese Tribal Culture’ features a vibrant display of circus arts, aerial acrobatics, and tribal music within an hour-long performance.

The show highlights the lives of tribal families from the southwest highlands of Vietnam, using UNESCO-listed percussion instruments, such as Vietnamese gongs and buffalo horns, as well as vibrant costumes, and a stunning bamboo cirque depicting various landscapes and creatures from tribal folklores.

Price range: VND630,000 - VND1,470,000

EXHIBITION

Exhibition “Chapter 4: Days and Nights of Revolving Joy” by Sandrine Llouquet

Galerie Quynh

118 Nguyen Van Thu, Dakao, Dist 1, HCMC

You are invited to an exhibition of new work by Sandrine Llouquet titled “Chapter 4: Days and Nights of Revolving Joy”. This will be the artist’s fifth solo show at the gallery. Borrowing a line from “The Four Zoas”, an unfinished book of mythic poems by William Blake, the title reflects a continuous and elaborate journey of learning and discovery for the artist.

Exhibition “Machine is Nature”

The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre

15 Nguyen U Di, Thao Dien, District 2

The exhibition features 15 artists from Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh, China and the UK, curated by The Factory and Inlen Photo Gallery.

This exhibition seeks to engage the behaviour and consequence of thinking that machines have become the ‘Nature’ we study and prioritise. It examines the current times in which we live, sharing the work of artists who are both in awe, and critical, of the patterns, substance, psychological relations and historical fictions between assumptions of Nature and the Machine.

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