Youth Melody Program in April: Contemporary Dance “Touching the Past”

Tue 29 Apr 2014, 8 pm

HCMC Opera House

No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC

You are invited to the contemporary dance “Touching the Past” in Youth Melody Program in April, choreographed by two brothers Phuc Hai and Phuc Hung, with different perspectives and feelings about the war.

Script & Choreography: Nguyen Phuc Hai, Nguyen Phuc Hung

Music: Vu Viet Anh, Nguyen Manh Duy Linh, Philip Glass, Max Richter, Michael Nyman

Performers: HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra

Tickets

Free tickets are being distributed at:

- Student Support Center HCMC, 33 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai – Ben Nghe Ward – District 1 – Ho Chi Minh City, Tel: 08.38274709

- Ticket Office at Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO), 7 Lam Son Square, District 1, HCMC., Viet Nam, Tel: 08 3823 7419, Ms. Huong: 0989874517.

Singapore – Solo Exhibition “Journey of the Soul” by Tran Thanh Canh

Exhibition: 12 – 30 Apr 2014

Di Legno

188-6 Tanjong Katong Road, Singapore

Having started drawing as a young kid prior to starting school, Thanh Canh’s talent was soon discovered when a group of artists found him painting on the sand by the beach in his hometown Phu Quoc. A recipient of numerous awards, he graduated as a top student with Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from University of Fine Arts of Ho Chi Minh City in 2009. Thanh Canh currently lectures in his alma mater and has been a professional artist since 2005.

Presenting two collections of his latest works, Thanh Canh sought inspiration painting them from the essence of nature. In the landscape collection, his works pulsate with vast expanse of colour and bring vibrancy to nature’s best. In the figurative series, he uses metaphors to articulate the dynamics of a changing society and its impact on the traditional cultural values as witnessed in the young Vietnamese generation.

Subscription Concert Vol.70

28 and 29 May 2014, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to  Subscription Concert Vol.70 with:

Conductor: HONNA Tetsuji

Main actor/actress: Violin Soloist: Goto Ryu

Organizer: Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra

PROGRAM

P.I.Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto

Interval

Gustav Mahler

Symphony No.1 D major “Titan”

Tickets

Ticket prices: 200 000, 350 000, 500 000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over ticketvn@gmail.com

For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.

Exhibition “Duras, beyond the barrage” of Betty Clavel

Exhibition: 21 Apr – 02 May 2014

HCMC University of Fine Arts

5 Phan Dang Luu, Binh Thanh Dis., HCMC

Betty Clavel was enamored with the charm of Vietnam after traveling here in 1993. And for 20 years, the French artist has been drawing non-stop about the country of her heart with topics ranging from markets, hats to bicycles and many other things.

Though known for her works about Vietnam, in this exhibition Betty Clavel will introduce a series of paintings inspired by the autobiographical book about the life of French writer Marguerite Duras. The exhibition “Duras, beyond the barrage” is to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the writer’s birth and also is a nice way for Betty to return to Vietnam while paying a tribute to a famous French writer born in Saigon.

Screening of Documentary “Mysterious Object at Noon”

Tue 29 Apr 2014, 6 pm

DOCLAB

Goethe-Institut Hanoi

56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học

Ba Đình, Hà Nội

Hanoi DOCLAB cordially invites you to the screening of the “Mysterious Object at Noon” by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The documentary has been listed among the best films of the year 2000 by Film Comment and the Village Voice.

Mysterious Object at Noon (83 minutes)

“Mysterious Object at Noon” is the first feature by later Golden Palm winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul. He is one of the few filmmakers in Thailand who have worked outside the strict Thai studio system. In his work, he often uses non-professional actors and improvised dialogue in exploring the shifting boundaries between documentary and fiction.

A film crew travels from the Thai countryside to Bangkok, asking the people they encounter along the way to expand upon a story involving a wheelchair-bound young boy and his teacher. The resulting stories are later reenacted by non-professional actors in dramatic recreations of the freely associated narrative strokes supplied. The daisy-chain structure of interlocking vignettes was inspired by the surrealist game Exquisite Corpses, and its formal strategies are aligned with both documentary realism and the avant-garde, but this boldly original debut looks and feels like nothing else.

Filming was carried out for three years with a volunteer crew, and only stopped when the camera broke down – the last shot of the movie is literally the last piece of film that passed through the camera.

Language: The film is in Thai with English and Vietnamese subtitle.

Free entrance.

The screening is non-profit and aims for research and studies only.

Screening of “Life is Beautiful”

Sat 26 Apr 2014, 2 pm

Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents

51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi

Following the success of the last youth month, Cinema Space – TPD will bring to you another Cannes month with 9 masterpieces which had been nominated or won major awards at Cannes Film Festival.

In the first week of Cannes month, you are invited to the screening of Life is Beautiful (1997, Italy) nominated for the Palme d’Or and Won Grand Prize of the Jury

Original language with Vietnamese subtitles. The screening is for educational purpose and supportive to TPD Centre’s Young Cinema Fund.

About film

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (Italian: La vita è bella) is a 1997 Italian comedy-drama film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni. Benigni plays Guido Orefice, a Jewish Italian book shop owner, who must employ his fertile imagination to shield his son from the horrors of internment in a Nazi concentration camp.

Part of the film came from Benigni’s own family history; before Roberto’s birth, his father had survived three years of internment at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

The film was a critical and financial success, winning Benigni the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 71st Academy Awards as well as the Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.       

Doc Talk – We Live in Public

Sun 27 Apr 2014, 2 – 8 pm

The Observatory

Corner of Le Lai and Ton That Tung, Dist.1, HCMC

Looking for something to do on a Sunday afternoon? Well get out of the heat and head on over to our 2nd DOC TALK, monthly documentary screening event..

This month we have the incredibly fascinating, Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning film, WE LIVE IN PUBLIC. It examines how the internet has affected our lives through one of the “greatest Internet pioneer you’ve never heard of”, Josh Harris. This dot-com millionaire founded the first Internet television network, “Pseudo”, during the tech boom in the late 90′s. He created the art project/experiment, “Quiet: We Live in Public” which was an Orwellian, Big Brother concept that put together more than 100 artists in an underground bunker surrounded by 24 hour web cam surveillance.

See how Josh Harris in the 1990s predicts the future we are presently living in….facebook, twitter, instagram, Skype, live streaming. Josh Harris was right. WE LIVE IN PUBLIC.

PROGRAM

2PM – 3PM: Music

3PM – 3:20: Vietnamese short film (English Subtitles)

3:30: We Live in Public (Vietnamese subtitles)

Facilitated discussion of the film and the themes and issues it brings up (English)

Music after discussion to 8PM

ENTRANCE FEE: 50,000VND | 20,000VND FOR STUDENTS (WITH STUDENT PHOTO ID)

The Book Talks April

Fri 25 Apr 2014, 7.30 pm

Manzi Art Space

14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi

Continuing our monthly literature series called ‘The Book Talk’, in collaboration with Nha Nam publishing house, the talk this month will focus on reader development with the participations of literature critics Pham Xuan Nguyen, Pham Xuan Thach, artist Le Thiet Cuong and bookshop owner Vu Thuy Hoa.

Free entry.

Please note that the talk will be conducted in Vietnamese only.

Special Event “From Fear to Pride”

Fri 25 Apr 2014, 7.30 – 9.30 pm

Labour Theatre

42 Trang Tien, Hanoi

“FROM FEAR TO PRIDE” is a special event of LGBT community, their friends and allies to celebrate significant progress in LGBT movement in Vietnam, and express our needs and hope to law makers who will decide how Vietnam can protect LGBT rights better.

Tentative agenda

19.30: Reception

20.00: Opening speech

20.10: Contemporary dance: “From Fear to Pride”

20.40: Symbolic gifts from allies and supporters of “I Do” campaign

21.05: Music

21.20: Community show: “Be proud, never hide”

21.30: Closing and writing support messages.

In the last six years, Vietnamese LGBT (Lesbian – Gay – Bisexual – Transgender) community has transformed itself from a dispersed and hidden community to a proud and united one. The increasing tolerance have encouraged LGBT people to come out and live true to themselves. Many have joined hands to fight against stigma and discrimination, advocated for policy changes, and provided support for others in time of difficulties. Recognizing this reality and the needs of LGBT, the government is considering to amend the Law on Marriage and Families to have legal recognition on same sex cohabitation. This May, law makers will vote on the bill.

Workshop: Breaking the boundaries of 2D photography

Sat 26 Apr 2014, 2.30 – 5 pm

Sat 10 May 2014, 2.30 – 5 pm

Goethe-Institut Hanoi

56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học

Ba Đình, Hà Nội

In this two day workshop participants are invited to think beyond the boundaries of standard two dimensional photography. Back from extensive residencies abroad seasoned multi-media artist, Nguyen The Son will lead the group through a series of lectures, activities, and assignments that encourage participants to explore at the boundaries of the most ubiquitous medium. Digital photography, photo collage, stop motion, and sculpture will all be deconstructed and constructed anew.

No previous experience required.

On registration only: 04 37342251 – Ext. 14

Email: thuha.dang@hanoi.goethe.org

Nguyen The Son is an acclaimed Vietnamese artist who has been critically observing the changes in his urban environment for over a decade. His multidisciplinary art practices embrace silk painting, video art, photography, photo relief and photo installation. He holds a MFAs of the Central Academy of Fine Arts Beijing (CAFA) and is lecturing at the Vietnam University of Fine Art, has exhibited and done many workshops throughout Vietnam and in other countries.

Artist Nguyen The Son’s artworks are currently on show at Goethe-Institut, together with photos of four other photographers/authors of the photography book “Lost & Found Hanoi”.       

Screening of “Delicatessen”

Thu 24 Apr 2014, 8.30 pm

Madake

81 Xuan Dieu, Hanoi

DELICATESSEN (1991)

95′ / Dir – Marc Caro + Jean-Pierre Jeunet (who would later go on to make Amelie)

French, with English subtitles

“A post-apocalyptic future becomes the setting for pitch black humor in this visually intricate French comedy.

The action takes place within a single apartment complex owned by the same man that operates the downstairs butcher shop.

It’s a particularly popular place to live, thanks to the butcher’s uncanny ability to find excellent cuts of meat despite the horrible living conditions outside.

The newest building superintendent, a former circus clown, thinks he has found an ideal living situation.

All that changes, however, when he discovers the true source of the butcher’s meat, and that he may be the next main course.

With its molelike inhabitants, its sprawling war between flesh-eaters and lentil-men, its achingly sweet love story and surrealist blend of dusty antiquities and 21st-century gizmos, Delicatessen is indescribably wild.”

Free entry.

Exhibition “Au Vietnam: ça bouge !”

Opening: Wed 23 Apr, 6 pm

Exhibition: 23 Apr – 15 May 2014

L’Espace, 2th Floor

24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited the photo exhibition “Au Vietnam: ça bouge !” which features photographs from the photo contest capturing Vietnam in development.

Free admission.

Music Night with San Soda

Fri 25 Apr 2014, 10 pm

The Observatory

Corner of Le Lai and Ton That Tung, Dist.1, HCMC

A truly cutting-edge house producer at the vanguard of the genre’s current evolution, SAN SODA is gifted with the ability to consistently create tracks that are simply irresistible for dancefloors.

During the past few years, he has toured the global electronic music circuit and played in a truly impressive number of its legendary clubs. Despite his young age and lack of intention to become a ‘Star DJ’, this man has already played with most of the house and techno legends of Chicago and Detroit, and his musical maturity is strikingly reflected in his productions.

Tickets: 100,000 VND

FREE for students [with ID] from 10pm

Talk Show “The West is best. Or is it?”

Thu 24 Apr 2014, 7.30 pm

Manzi Art Space

14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi

manzi is pleased to invite you to our monthly talk show RIGHT OR WRONG? This month our proposed question is, “The West is the best. Or is it?”

Is the West a promising land, or a golden trap? Is the Vietnamese’s dream of the West superficial and conflicting, or is it one of the few ways out for those who crave for civilization and freedom? If you can, what would you choose? For RIGHT OR WRONG? the April issue, MC Giang Dang invites you to join him as our guest speakers share their personal stories and experiences living and working abroad in different cultures. Come, and participate in a debate about life choices, about things that drive us away from and pull us back to home, about the differences between dreams and realities, about concepts such as identity and homeland, and about the quest for happiness.

Guest speakers include:

- Phan Y Ly (b. 1981): Born and grew up in Hanoi. Holds an MA in Theater and Media for Development at the University of Winchester, England. Director of Life Art – Center for Creativity and Social Development. Lived in India for 3 years. Worked on a program for hunger eradication and poverty alleviation in Ha Giang. Founded the experimental theater Nhap. Interested in Western and Eastern viewpoints on sexuality.

- Anh-Minh Do (b. 1984): Second-generation Vietnamese American. Bachelor of Religion and Visual Culture: Focus on Chinese, Indian and Vietnamese History & Culture (2002-2006) (UC Santa Cruz). Editor at Tech In Asia, co-founder at Startupvn and member of Global Shapers. Other interests and talents include Theater and 25 years of experience playing the violin.

- Nguyen Qui Duc: Vietnamese American journalist, radio broadcaster, writer, playwright and documentary filmmaker. Born in Da Lat, Vietnam, came to the United States in 1975 and returned after 31 years in the fall of 2006 to live in Hanoi, Vietnam. Founded Tadioto – an alternative space offering experimental music, readings, exhibitions and cultural collaborations.

Please note that the talk will be conducted in Vietnamese only.

Due to limited capacity, please pre-register at manzihanoi@gmail.com before 8.00 p.m,Tues, 22 April 2014

‘Prod / Ponder’ Presents Art Labor

An Artist’s Talk: Art Labor’s ‘Unconditional Belief’: Thu 24 Apr 2014, 6 pm

Sàn Art

3 Mê Linh

District Bình Th?nh, HCMC

The value of artistic labor as a laboratory of ideas.

Art Labor will share how ‘Unconditional Belief’ started as a kind of laboratory of ideas that began with particular hypotheses about simultaneous belief in modern medicine and spiritual healing. This artist collective of 3 will share how their original hypotheses changed as a result of undertaking research into such things as ophthalmology*, to the story of illiteracy in Vietnam and the creation of a Vietnamese modern alphabetic script, to the occurrence of the ‘Magic Garden’ in Long An Province where people gather to heal their illness: all of which seeks to perhaps better understand the anthropological concept of ‘suffering’ in relationship to ‘animism’.

Art Labor will also talk about their own collective’s methodology — how their ‘idea- laboratory’ works as a think-tank, in which critical theorists and scientists are invited to consult, challenge and question their research. Such collaborations reflect how an artist’s practice is akin to other interdisciplinary forms of enquiry such as anthropology, history, architecture and medicine, which critically contribute to progressive ideas of social value in everyday life. The crossover dialog between art and science within the methods of Art Labor seeks to reaffirm that artistic production and practice is not limited by the white-cube gallery context. Indeed their practice demonstrates that such a nexus of minds is actually functional, educational, and a catalyst that can connect various publics to enact social change.

Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine that deals with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eye.

Event is free and will be conducted in English and Vietnamese. Seats inside are limited. Please arrange to come early for the best available position.

Art Labor is an artist and scientist collective based in Ho Chi Minh City, who work in between visual arts, social and life sciences in order to produce alternative non-formal knowledge via artistic and cultural activities within Vietnamese context. It includes 3 core members as cultural workers: artists Phan Thao Nguyen and Truong Cong Tung and curator/writer Arlette Quynh-Anh Tran.

Art Labor’s ‘Unconditional Belief’ is a part of ‘Prod/Ponder’, the artist-in-residence program as part of ‘Conscious Realities’ (2013-2016), which seeks to stimulate creative activity in Vietnam, engaging different ideas of contemporary artistic process, consisting of lectures, closed-workshops and an artist-in-residency program. Focusing on the shared cultural histories of South East Asia, South Asia, Latin America and Africa, invited artists and intellectual expertise on and from this region, will engage the divergent reactions to these histories and the lessons to be learned in thinking laterally across these creative communities.   

KIDSTALLATION: Having fun with Installation art

Sat 19 Apr 2014, 1.30 – 5 pm

2nd Floor Hall, Indochina Plaza Hanoi

241 Xuan Thuy, Cau Giay District, Hanoi

You are invited to the KIDSTALLATION – the first play ground for children and parents to have fun with Installation art, arrange giant eggs themselves and “hunt” for eggs.

The finished works will be exhibited at Indochina Plaza Hanoi from 20 – 27 Apr 2014.

Download registration form here and send to: kidstallation@tohe.vn or (0)4 3775 4230 ext. 302 (Ms. Trang) to get limited reservation!

Only 100 fastest registrations are accepted.

Attendance fee for children 4-10 years old: 100,000 VND (including props and paint)

“Ulysses ơi, where are you going?” at L’Espace

24 – 26 Apr 2014, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

The mythology of Ulysses will be redesigned and presented in a mixture between songs and drama in modern Vietnam’s context. The performance is a collective creation of Puzzle group and Thang Long theatre crew.

After ten years of absence, Ulysses and his companions decide to return to Ithaca island to find his wife – Penelope, and their son – Telemachus, whom he has never seen. With help from friends and his people, Ulysses will overcome various challenges.

A troupe of artists and an ensemble of musicians will present to the audience one of the greatest tales in ancient Greek mythology.

The theatre performances are suitable for audience from 7 to 77 years old alike.

Language: Vietnamese and French.

Free entrance.

Comfort Food for the Soul

Sun 27 Apr 2014, 4.30 – 6.30 pm

Bookworm Too

A food book that celebrates healthy comfort food alternatives with easy to follow easy to make recipes.

Wholesome alternatives for the organically inclined

BOOK LAUNCH/SIGNING WITH SNACKS BY THE AUTHOR

Complimentary drinks

If you have a Vietnamese cook this is an essential gift for them (and for you)

Booking: bookworm@fpt.vn

Tel: 0437153711 – 0912561800

Screening of “Juno” and “Swing Girls”

Screening of “Juno”: Fri 18 Apr 2014, 7.30 pm

Screening of “Swing Girls”: Sat 19 Apr 2014, 2 pm

Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents

51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi

Tel: 04 39366559

Fax: 04 39366582

In the third week, also the last one of youth month, you are invited to the screening of 2 other excellent works: Swing Girls (Japan) and Juno (US).

Original language with Vietnamese subtitles. The screening is for educational purpose and supportive to TPD Centre’s Young Cinema Fund.

About films

Juno (2007)

Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles

JUNO is a 2007 Canadian-American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life onto her. Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, and J. K. Simmons also star. It premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, receiving a standing ovation.

JUNO won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and earned three other Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Page. The film’s soundtrack, featuring several songs performed by Kimya Dawson in various guises, was the first chart-topping soundtrack since Dreamgirls and 20th Century Fox’s first number one soundtrack since Titanic.

Swing Girls (2004)

Language: Japanese with Vietnamese subtitles

SWING GIRLS (スウィングガールズ Suwingu Gāruzu?) is a Japanese 2004 comedy film directed and co-written by Shinobu Yaguchi, about a group of high school girls who form a big band. The cast includes Yūta Hiraoka, Juri Ueno, Shihori Kanjiya, Yuika Motokariya and Yukari Toyashima.

The film ranked 8th at the Japanese box office in 2004, and won seven prizes at the 2005 Japanese Academy Awards, including “Most Popular Film” and “Newcomer of the Year” awards for Yūta Hiraoka and Juri Ueno.

Spiral Trio at Manzi

Sun 20 Apr 2014, 8 pm

Manzi Art Space

14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi

Introducing the breathtakingly beautiful music of Spiral Trio. Consisting of David Kuckhermann, Heiko Dijker and Lenneke van Staalen, the trio met in Holland to sophisticate their musicality and study with the greatest masters of percussion and melody.

In the concerts of the Spiral Trio the most magical melody and rhythm join hands on Violin, Hang and Tabla. These soulful virtuosos present both modernity and tradition intricately fused together in a mesmerising show.

The Hang is a very new instrument, invented in Switzerland only in 2000. The word “Hang” means “hand” in Berndeutsch. The Tabla is the ancient and most sophisticated percussion instrument from India. Playing involves extensive use of the fingers and palms in various configurations to create a wide variety of different sounds. Last but not least, the lyrical melodies of the Indian Violin bring a spirited depth to the intricate rhythms of the Hang and the Tabla.

The second part of the performance includes a jam session with contemporary Jazz musicians from Hanoi.

Tickets: VND 200,000. To book tickets, please contact manzihanoi@gmail.com.

UPDATE: The ticket price for the jazz concert by SPIRAL TRIO & Hanoian contemporary Jazz musicians is 200,000VND. The concert is non-profit; part of the ticket money will go into renting and transporting musical equipments, the rest will be given to local musicians. Thank-you!

Experimental Animation Screening 40s – 80s

Animation screening 40-80s-DOCLAB

Fri 18 Apr 2014, 6 pm

DOCLAB

Goethe Institut Hanoi

56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi

To prepare for the upcoming Animation Workshop of Hanoi Doclab, we’re please to invite you to the Experimental Animation Screening 40s – 80s. After the screening there will have a Q&A and a presentation of the workshop with the main instructors : animation filmmaker Alex Cao and two french animation directors Francois and Stephanie.

During the period from 40 to 80 years of the 20th century, despite of the expansion of Walt Disney widespread entertainment industry, there is an independent animation self-existence in the underground circuit, where artists come with their fantasies, the default satisfying personal and emotional detachment to the real world. In which the artist has emerged from epic inspiration, or fairy mythology – which is quite prevalent in earlier and in modern animation.

4 artists introduced in this film screenings, with 4 art style, and 4 different techniques to show the diversity of modern minimalist and trendy inspiration.

Karel Zeman, with his “Inspiration” – 1949 represents the stop motion style can retrieve objects from glass, he represented Eastern European animation, affected by the fluctuations of the WWII.

Harry Smith, American animator/film maker with a distinctive style drawing directly on each plate 35mm and 18mm film and slide it in the form of animation. It is expressed through his “Weave” – 1949.

Zbigniew Rybczynski with “Tango” – 1980 represents for Rotoscoping technique combine the live-action footages and the static context, creating a small video installation in large layout of a complete animation.

Lawrence Jordan – the “cutout” animator performs his works meticulously assembled through the layer of contexts, characters from separate fragments and makes them move between the flat spaces. A work such as “Carabosse” – 1980.

Language : English

Summer Book Festival 2014

16 – 20 Apr 2014, 8 am – 9.30 pm

Vietnam Women’s Museum

36 Lý Thường Kiệt, Hà Nội

You are invited to the “Summer Book Festival 2014″ with a series of events and activities that celebrate the culture of reading and aim to develop the reading movement in the society.

Approximately 4,500 book titles and above 15,000 copies of different genres will be introduced in this festival with reasonable price.

Reggae Party with The Sticky Rice from Thailand

Sat 19 Apr 2014, 8 pm

Hanoi Rock City

27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho

Rock Steady, Rock City: a massive Reggae Party invites 4/20 inna our hearts with truest vibes this SATURDAY NIGHT!

We are celebrating 4.20 this year w/ The Sticky Rice from Thailand. Frontman Pook and makes his 3rd performance at Hanoi Rock City, performing with very special guests.

He will be joined by the realest reggae talents and sunsplashed souls of the city.

FULL LINE UP

:: The Sticky Rice (headline from Thailand) – Retro reggae dub

:: CyberLion – old school vinyls 90s Dancehall

:: Hi-Jinks – Funk soul

:: Apollonia Tribal Bellydance

:: Heather Chan – Face Painting

:: Selected old school reggae movies / clips

:: Food provided by OMG

Tickets: VND100K – 50K before 9PM

Theatre Performance “Blue Orange”

Fri 16 May, 7 – 9 pm

Sat 17 May, 3 – 5 pm and 6.30 – 8.30 pm

Sun 18 May, 7 – 9 pm

Q4 / Cargo Bar

7 Nguyen Tat Thanh, D.4, HCMC

Come to enjoy the award winning, West End play, “Blue Orange” by Joe Penhall.

In a London psychiatric hospital, an enigmatic patient claims to be the son of an African dictator while his doctors argue about the best course of treatment. Should he be locked up or released? And who is the real madman?

The sarcastic comedy Blue/Orange is an evocative tale of race, mental illness and the 21st century take on care in the community.

West End actors: Ryan Burkwood and Peter Muruako will perform in this play.

Tickets

Reserved seating tickets are 300,000 VND if booked via Ticketbox.vn before midnight on 12th May. Unreserved seating tickets can be purchased for 350,000 VND on the door.

Rock Concert 2014: Battleship

Hanoi: Sat 26 Apr 2014

Hang Day Stadium

7 Trinh Hoai Duc Str, Hanoi

HCMC: Sat 10 May 2014

Hoa Lu Stadium

2 Dinh Tien Hoang Str, Dakao, HCMC

The first-ever Rock Concert will entertain local rock fans with two live performances later this month and early next month in Ha Noi and HCM City.

Rock Concert 2014 with the theme “Battleship” will be held in Hang Day Stadium (Hanoi) and Hoa Lu Stadium (HCM City) on April 26 and May 10 respectively.

The Rock Concert is being considered to be a “weighty competitor” to RockStorm which is held nationwide during the last few months of the year. The organising crew will be the same. Japanese audio veteran and sound engineer Masaaki Azuma will be back, following his involvement with RockStorm 2013.

“We promise to bring our best crew. Seven out of the 30 rock bands from RockStorm will be singled out and brought on board this ‘Battleship’,” said general director and musician Tran Lap.

“Often rock fans have to wait a long time for a ‘rock tour’ and bands too ‘hibernate’ for at least eight months. Now such a show in summer will help to slake the fans’ thirst,” said Lap, head of the famous band The Wall.

Rock Concert 2014 will feature famous bands such as The Wall, Hai bot of Quai Vat Ti Hon (Tiny Monsters), Microwave, Ngu Cung (Pentatonic), Oringchains, Black Infinity and PAK band.

List of rock bands performing in Hanoi on 26/4/2014:

1. Bức Tường (The Wall)

2. Hải Bột (Quái vật tí hon – Tiny Monster)

3. Microwave

4. Ngũ Cung (Pentatonic)

5. Oringchains

List of rock bands performing in HCM City in 10/5/2014:

1. Bức Tường (The Wall)

2. Hải Bột (Quái vật tí hon – Tiny Monster)

3. Microwave

4. Black Infinity

5. PAK Band

Tickets

Ticket price: VND120,000

Advanced ticket: VND95,000

Ticket distribution

HOTLINE: 093 458 2326

Ba Dinh District

1. Polygon Muzik (67A Núi Trúc – Ba Đình)

2. Siêu thị điện máy Pico – Giảng Võ (148 Giảng Võ, Ba Đình, Hà Nội)

3. Shop 9teen (106A Đội Cấn, Ba Đình, Hà Nội)

4. Puku Coffe shop (16 Tống Duy Tân – Ba Đình)

5. Smile coffe shop (69 Yên Ninh – Ba Đình)

6. Cửa hàng Sữa chua dẻo (64 Hàng Than, Ba Đình)

7. Cửa hàng Sữa chua dẻo (34 Nguyễn Chí Thanh – Ba Đình)

8. Cửa hàng Sữa chua dẻo (Số 1 – Cát Linh)

Hoan Kiem District

1. Siêu thị điện máy Pico – Hai Bà Trưng (35 Hai Bà Trưng, Hoàn Kiếm)

2. August cafe (8b – Hạ Hồi – Hoàn Kiếm)

3. Shop 9teen (87 Bà Triệu – Hoàn Kiếm)

4. The Doors (11 Hàng Chĩnh Hàng Buồm, Hoàn Kiếm)

5. Cửa hàng Sữa chua dẻo (58 Nguyễn Hữu Huân – Hoàn Kiếm)

Hai Ba Trung District

1. Siêu thị điện máy HC – Giải Phóng (348 Giải Phóng)

2. Holyland Rock Bar (89 Bùi Ngọc Dương)

3. Siêu thi tự chọn (Phòng 110k2 – Ngõ 48 – Tạ Quang Bửu – Hai Bà Trưng)

Dong Da District

1. Timber Coffe Shop (174 ngõ Xã Đàn 2 – Đống Đa)

2. Siêu thị điện máy Pico – Tây Sơn (324 Tây Sơn, Đống Đa)

3. Bụi Store (14 Đặng Văn Ngữ)

4. Hexa Club (Tầng 20, tòa nhà C’Land 156 Xã Đàn 2, Đống Đa)

5. Còi xương shop (119 Đặng Tiến Đông, Đống Đa)

6. Cửa hàng Sữa chua dẻo (06 Chùa Bộc, Đống Đa)

7. Major7 – cuối ngõ 95 Chùa Bộc

Cau Giay District

1. Siêu thị điện máy Pico – Cầu Giấy (173 Xuân Thủy, Cầu Giấy)

2. Cửa hàng Sữa chua dẻo (394 Cầu Giấy, Q. Cầu Giấy)

3. Bibo Café (102D5 ngõ 223, Tô Hiệu)

Tu Liem District

1. VHC tower (399 Phạm Văn Đồng, Từ Liêm)

2. Cửa hàng Sữa chua dẻo (07 Hồ Tùng Mậu, Từ Liêm)

Long Bien District

1. Siêu thị điện máy HC – Long Biên (549 Nguyễn Văn Cừ, Long Biên)

Hoang Mai District

1. Siêu thị điện máy HC – Tam Trinh (411 Tam Trinh, Hoàng Mai)

Ha Dong District

1. Simple coffe shop (Số 9 – Nguyễn Trãi – Hà Đông)

2. Cửa hàng Sữa chua dẻo (81 Vũ Trọng Phụng, Thanh Xuân)

Hai Phong City

1. T-Zam Coffee shop (Tầng 2, 21 Trần Phú)

deCult’s Art Talk 4: World Music and Dance with Dr Paul Mason

Sat 26 Apr 2014, 9 am – 12 pm

Heritage Space

Dolphin Plaza, 17 Tran Binh, My Dinh, Ha Noi

You are welcome to attend our Art Talk 04 with Australian dancer & composer Paul Mason.

In this Art Talk, Paul Mason, Australian dancer and composer will share with you his experience with practices of music and dance around the world. Music and dance are cherished by many societies as a distinctive and valued part of cultural production. Beyond being interesting for their own sake, music and dance have much to tell us about individual and cultural expression. Learning about different musical and dance cultures applies to the real world, because different genres of music and dance are a doorway into the cultural worlds of others. Learning a new language can take a long time, but learning new ways to move and groove can facilitate the process of bringing people together.

About Paul Mason. Composer, Dancer, Anthropologist

Paul currently works as a medical anthropologist for the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research. His previous research has spanned ethnomusicology and dance anthropology in Brazil and Indonesia. He has also conducted historical research in Holland and ethnographic research on religious practices in India. His research has been published in over a dozen journals including Global Ethnographic, Inside Indonesia and Hypothesis.

Free entrance.

Art Exhibition “Transcendence”

Opening: Fri 18 Apr 2014, 5 pm

Exhibition: 18 Apr – 02 May 2014

Casa Italia

18 Le Phung Hieu, Hanoi

Opening hours: 9 am – 9 pm all days

Phone (via Uni – Italia): 043 824 0579

The Embassy of Italy in Vietnam, in the framework of “Y-Viet 2014″ is glad to announce that on Friday, the 18th April at 5pm, at Casa Italia (18, Le Phung Hieu, Hanoi) will take place the official opening of the art exhibition “Transcendence” by the Italian sculptor Giuseppe Strano Spitù and two Vietnamese artists, Bang Sy Truc and Vu Pham Truong Minh. The exhibition will last until 2nd May, 2014.

Giuseppe Strano Spitù will start to realize his sculptures at the Hanoi University of Culture from April 14th and will hold talks with the artists and the students in the afternoon of April 17th. Special attention will be also paid to the opportunities to study in Italy thanks to the participation of Italian Lector Prof. Giuseppe Tidona, Prof. Marcello Silvestrini from Universita’ per Stranieri of Perugia and Uni-Italia Vietnam.

The common features of the three artists’ techniques, beyond the differences in the educational and cultural backgrounds and creative styles, lay in the search of a path toward a free artistic expression, a transcendence beyond “the chaos of psychological conflicts in modern life”.

Giuseppe Strano Spitù – who already exhibited in Italy and abroad – shares his thoughts: “My idea is that spirituality and energy should be looked for and must flow into tangible reality, not in asceticism. Spirituality and materiality are intrinsically linked. Special lighting effects on the works displayed will give the feeling of ethereal and material appearance at the same time”.

Meanwhile, for Bang Sy Truc, the art comes from the soul, with an intimate relationship with our everyday life. Each image is imbued with sublimate thoughts leading to a deep aesthetic sensitiveness. Each artwork is a journey from life to art and back to life with new values and personal achievements.

Vu Pham Truong Minh, the youngest artist, chooses pop-art style to express simultaneously all the images from his journey, going beyond the ordinary chronological order and drawing from his readings, his visual experiences, and from the notion of religion and power. He pursued “Head series” from 2012, on the occasion of an exhibition in Thailand, with the objective to engage with others in the most direct and fastest way. “It’s my own world or your world, I do not know!” – a freehearted statement but also a question marks suspended somewhere inside each of us.

HCMC – Brazillian Music Night

Sat 19 Apr 2014, 8 pm

HCMC Opera House

No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC

You are invited to the Brazilian music night with lively and colorful rhythms of alluring Brazilian dance. In addition, the romantic and delicate atmosphere created by solo instrumental acts will also highlight the night.

Conductor: Jean Reis

Clarinet: Nguyen Tuan Loc

Viola: Bui Anh Son

PROGRAM

PART I:

Antonio Carlos Gomes Il Guarany Overture from O Guarany

Max Bruch Concerto for clarinet, viola & orchestra in E Minor, op. 88

I. Andante con moto

II. Allegro moderato

III. Allegro molto

Clarinet: Nguyen Tuan Loc

Viola: Bui Anh Son

PART II:

Arthur Barbosa Sinfonia Brasileira

I. Adagio – Allegro moderato

II. Moderato – Allegro

III. Adagio

IV. Adagio – Allegro

Performers: HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Jean Reis

Tickets

Ticket price: 650,000 – 550,000 – 400,000 – 150,000 VND (for students only)

All tickets are available at:

Ticket Counter, HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera, 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC, Tel: 08. 38237419

Jazz Concert with GASANDJI

Sat 19 Apr 2014, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the Francophonie Jazz Concert with GASANDJI.

Gasandji’s first album released in late April 2013 was awarded “Coup de Coeur Francophone 2013″ by Charles Cros Academy. Her velvet voice, jazzy melodies, and traditional African style will be presented in a simple and sincere way. This great Congolese singer would reveal the underlying meaning of beauty through her voice.

Tickets:

Ticket price: 120 000 VND

Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 60 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Green Palm Gallery – “At the End of the Line” Painting Exhibition

Opening: Fri 18 Apr, 5.30 pm

Exhibition: 18 – 23 Apr 2014

Vietnam Fine Arts Museum

66 Nguyen Thai Hoc St. Hanoi

ACCA group and Green Palm gallery cordially present an exciting exhibition titled “At the end of the line” by artist Nguyen Trong Minh.

In the recent years, artistic expression of Vietnamese arts in general, painting in particular, has become more sophisticated and diversified. Such sophistication and diversity are becoming more and more widely accepted as a common trend. After the inspirational Renovation (Doi moi) era in the early 90s, Viet Nam fine arts has fallen back on a downturn for a relatively long time. At present, there are harbingers of a revival with the emergence of a new artist generation. They are able to engage the social issues, using the language of arts and diverse styles to express their social criticism with an enthusiastic spirit of humanity.

From the very departure of his artistic course, Nguyen Trong Minh has adopted a realist style, in juxtaposition with the replicating mechanism of Pop art. The context of his artworks was always constructed in an infinite space, rife with melancholy symbolism, with a more or less touch of surrealistic aura. Realism and his somehow troubled life experiences are conducive to the artists’ distinctive style, which is rather elusive yet always full of anxiety, flashback, or satire. This, in turn, has precipitated an artistic  

language of direct expression and criticism based on the artist’s reflection and parody of the surrounding environments in Vietnam, of which Minh is certainly a trailblazer in his own right.

In the artist’ self-statement, Minh related:

“I found life to be so complex, everything is at once crowded and vague. Everyone tries to scramble for something, even for one’s own breathes!

I need the calmness.

Things need to be stalled, clarified as black and white, condense and tight.

…

Fine arts, in my own way, have equipped me with the ability to best respond to life.”

“At the end of the line” exhibition is the first solo exhibition by Nguyen Trong Minh in Vietnam, though a number of his works have been presented and displayed at the National Fine Arts Exhibition 2010 and National Festival of Young Artists in 2011 in Hanoi.

“At the end of the line” will be opened at 17:30 P.M, Friday April 18th 2014 at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Hanoi and will be showcased until the end of April 23rd 2014.

Nguyen Trong Minh was born in 1982 in An Thi district, Hung Yen province. From 2001 to 2004, he studied and graduated from the Central University of Art Pedagogy with his Pedagogy of Arts major. Upon graduation, he worked for 3 years as art teacher at Kim Tan junior high school, Lao Cai province. Unsatisfied and frustrated with the art education viewpoint, Nguyen Trong Minh left his job and continued to study Fine Arts at the University of Fine Arts of Vietnam, majored in Fine Arts until 2012.

Nguyen Trong Minh has participated in many art exhibitions, his works have been displayed at the “Red River Fine Arts Awards” exhibition in 2003, the National Fine Arts exhibition of 2010 and the National Festival of young artists in 2011. In 2013, Minh had his first solo exhibition at Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland.

Subscription Concert Vol 69

17 and 18 Apr 2014, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the subscription concert vol 69 with conductor Dorian Wilson, piano soloist Henry Sigfridsson and artists of Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra.

Program

Franz Schubert

Symphony no5

Bartok Bela

Piano Concerto No.3

Vietnam Premiere

Franz Liszt

Totentanz for Piano and Orchestra

Vietnam Premiere

Tickets

Ticket prices: 200 000, 350 000, 500 000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over ticketvn@gmail.com

For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.

Music Night with Mykki Blanco from New York

Thu 17 Apr 2014, 8 pm

ATK

73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi

Come to music night of one of the most enticing, intriguing and entertaining acts currently storming the world. From New York City, this is the cross-dressing MC spitfire MYKKI BLANCO.

A poet, collaborator, artist, diva, and cosmic angel, this will be the best live act of Hanoi’s spring time! Infamous for being an incredible live performer, Mykki has previously shared the stage with BJORK and DEATH GRIPS.

Mykki Blanco reigns over bass-heavy post-trap anthems by the likes of Flosstradamus, Sinden, Le1f, or Brenmar. Socialized in the alternative culture of the East Village, Mykki Blanco goes back to the performative character of hip hop, citing Alice Cooper, Björk, and Missy Elliott as major influences.

Entry VND 150,000 at door or via ticketbox.vn.

Percussive Fingerstyle Guitar Concert “Đam mê & Chông gai”

Sun 20 Apr 2014, 8 – 10 pm

The Black Box

56 Nguyen Khuyen, Hanoi

Guitar Concert “Đam mê & Chông gai” tells the story of the pioneers in their field of art. They are the daring young men who live with passion and pursue the difference, the ones who bring into Vietnam new movements of art. Even though being pioneers means surviving obstacles… and sometimes even loneliness.

Audiences will be listening to the sharing from their heart to better understand their arduous journey to build a new art movement and enjoying their talents to further admire their patience and tireless efforts to assert themselves and inspire others.

Who are they? They are guitarists Tung AG, Nguyen Danh Tu… which present the latest line of guitar in Vietnam – percussive fingerstyle… and two special guests: beatboxer Minh Kien and popper Star Tf (Vu Tung Phuong).

* Percussive Fingerstyle Guitar is a line of Fingerstyle guitar incorporating sharp attacks on the strings, as well as hitting the strings and guitar top with the hand for percussive effect. Although being quite popular in the world, it was only introduced into Vietnam some years back. When playing, guitarist use their fingers to play the main melody, at the same time using percussive techniques on different parts of the guitar for percussive effect, giving listeners the feeling like they are enjoying the performance from a band rather than a solo guitar.

Performer

Guitarist Tung AG and other members of Vietnam Fingerstyle Guitar Organization (VNFS)

Tung AG (Do Duong Tung) came up with percussive fingerstyle guitar while being a student of environment studies. Because this guitar line has not been taught in Vietnam, he had to teach himself by using rewinding foreign guitar clips on the Internet. It took him 7 months to play the very first work Sunflower the right way.

Special guests: Beatboxer Minh Kien and Popper Star Tf (Vu Tung Phuong)

Language: Vietnamese

Suggested donation: minimum 60000VND/ticket

Number of tickets: 50 tickets

*Ticket can be collected at CoFil Entertainment (no. 15, lane 183, Dang Tien Dong street, Hanoi) from April 11 to April 19 (7am – 11pm)   

Exhibition “Goes Without Saying”

Opening: Sun 20 Apr, 3 pm

Exhibition: 20 Apr – 04 May 2014

21 NORTH

49 Duong Ven Ho Tay

Lang Yen Phu, Ho Tay, Ha Noi

Preparing to depart after 4 years living, working and travelling in Vietnam, Robert Natoli exhibition’s explores, through a selection of developmental works on paper, his process of capturing scenes, nuances and experiences of Hanoi, Vietnam and South East Asia.

Fashion & Art Event

18, 19 and 20 Apr 2014, 6 – 7 pm

Hotel de l’Opera Hanoi

29 Trang Tien Str, Hanoi

Come to a unique fashion and art event. This community fair brings together more than 15 fashion designers and brands and many more.

Curated by two forefront contemporary artists Nguyen Quoc Thanh and Phuong Linh, this event will bring you unique art pieces.

The invitation itself will be an art piece designed exclusively by artist Dinh Cong Dat.

Free entry.   

Book Launch and Exhibition: “LOST&FOUND Hanoi”

Opening and Book Launch: Tue 15 Apr, 6 pm

Exhibition: 16 Apr – 18 May 2014, 09 am – 7 pm

Goethe-Institut Hanoi

56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học

Ba Đình, Hà Nội

Lose yourself in the grain of this thousand-year-old metropolis. Through five different viewpoints and five different cameras, Thing Asian Press’ most recent book of photographies “Lost&Found Hanoi” captures the “joy and the sadness at the end of the alley in the heart of Hanoi.” To celebrate the book launch, the Goethe-Institut and the photo artists will exhibit a selection of the pictures.

In the exhibition, you will enter living spaces tucked away in alleys; enjoy art installations that expose Hanoi’s natural world; study the architecture that has developed over the centuries, and the graphic design that has become an integral part of the urban landscape; watch people who are savoring a sidewalk meal, rushing off to work in a wild river of traffic, working at jobs that have existed forever and at new occupations that will change the city.

We invite you to watch the exuberance of boys taking flight on skateboards, the trendy chic of hipsters in tattoos and elegantly tailored blue jeans, the beauty of aging faces whose countenances have been shaped by decades of struggle. When you have seen the photographs, flipped through the book’s glossy pages, you’ll want to lose yourself in this city on your own, finding the places that will make Hanoi yours – a private terrain that rewards those who learn how to let the city take them.

On the night of the opening, discounted copies of “Lost&Found Hanoi” can be purchased.

Free entrance.

BIOGRAPHY

Nguyen The Son is an acclaimed Vietnamese artist who has been critically observing the changes in his urban environment for over a decade. His multidisciplinary art practices embrace silk painting, video art, photography, photo relief and photo installation. He holds a MFAs of the Central Academy of Fine Arts Beijing (CAFA) and is lecturing at the Vietnam University of Fine Art, has exhibited and done many workshops throughout Vietnam and in other countries.

Elizabeth Rush is a writer and photographer who has crossed borders with Bangladeshi cattle smugglers, built homes with Lima’s squatters, climbed abandoned buildings on Hanoi’s periphery, and participated in the underground performance art scene in Yangon, Myanmar. Her photography is entirely analog: shot on a Canon F1 with Provia slide film. Her work has appeared in Granta, Orion, Le Monde Diplomatique, Frieze, Asian Geographic, and the Global Oneness Project among others, and her book Still Lifes from a Vanishing City is forthcoming with Things Asian Press.

Matthew Dakin: Feeling a strong desire to explore his Vietnamese roots, Matthew Dakin set off for Southeast Asia where he became entranced with the raw elegance of Hanoi. In 2002 he moved here. Matthew explores and captures an intriguing and dynamic Vietnam, whether in architecture, portraiture, or fine art photography.

Maika Elan is a documentary and fashion photographer who shoots primarily with Lomo cameras, a favorite among analogue enthusiasts. Her documentary photography essay project, The Pink Choice, won 1st prize in the Contemporary Issues category at World Press Photo competition in 2013. The Goethe Institute hosted her first solo exhibition in 2012.

Aaron Joel Santos: Born in New Orleans, Aaron Joel Santos has lived in Vietnam since late 2007. His photographs aim to depict the strangeness and beauty in everyday life in Southeast Asia, a kind of attainable exoticism, a wonderful and weird world that is both familiar and unexpected. Aaron’s work has been published with some of the largest names in the print industry, and his travels throughout the region have been well documented by magazines and newspaper around the world.

Hue – Exhibition “Starting Summer”

Opening: Sun 13 Apr, 5 pm

Exhibition: 13 Apr – 13 May 2014

New Space Arts Foundation, Hue

Come to an art exhibition “Starting Summer” by artists Le Brothers and Truong Thien. The exhibition presents visual art artwork of Truong Thien “10 days staying here” and art project “Before ’86″ of Le Brothers.   

New Space Arts Foundation

2nd Floor, Number 15 Le Loi, Hue City

Screening of “Pop Redemption”

Fri 18 Apr 2014, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the film screening “Pop Redemption” (France, 2013, 94mins) directed by Martin Le Gall. “We play Black Metal, but our hears are also tender. An extremely hilarious movie.”

For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.

Tickets:

Ticket price: 40 000 VND

Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 20 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Concert with Universally-themed African Jazzy Soul: Gasandji

Thu 17 Apr 2014, 8 pm

IDECAF

28 Le Thanh Ton, Distr 1, HCMC

Come to a concert with singer Gasandji. Born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gasandji blows, as a sort of mystery, the sacred dimension of both her music and songs. She defends naturally a certain idea of her African origins. Her first theatrical experiences happened when she was a dancer-choreographer. Gasandji became famous when she produced her own shows and when she appeared as a guest star for artists such as Lokua, Keziah Jones or Imany.

Gasandji sings mainly of herself. At first sight she does not resemble her music. This Congo-born artist stands out for her rather unconventional haircut; her voice is instead gentle and soft. Her music has been labelled afro-jazz, or afro-soul, but, as is often the case with African artists, this definition is lacking.

She released her selft-titled album in 2013 and won the Award « Coup de Cœur Francophone 2013 » of the Academy of Music Charles Cros.

Gasandji Singer, Guitar

Koto Brawa Battery and percussion

Dramane Dembele Flute

Abdoulaye Kouyaté Guitar

Tickets

Entrance: 100.000 VND (50% discount for students)

Tickets on sale at the IDECAF (Tel : 08 38 23 99 68)

Gasandji performs at L’Espace Hanoi on Sat 19 Apr.

A Special Performance of “Lưu Không/Jazz”

Fri 18 Apr 2014, 8 pm

Manzi Art Space

14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi

Lưu Không/Jazz is a compo-improvisation that is inspired by the perspective of other musical traditions — using the point of view of modern European Jazz music and combining it with Chèo music.

Lưu Không/Jazz aims to create our own musical expression by using material from both traditions, Jazz and Cheo, to express the contemporary hybrid identity today.

This project presents the stimulative mutual inspiration and exchange of experiences between artists from Vietnam and Denmark. Using the material from traditional music is a way to enrich, understand and enhance a culture, as well as a good way to present contemporary art in Vietnam.

Lưu Không/Jazz will be performed by Xong group and guest artist SonX at Manzi art space.

Apart from the concert at manzi on 18 April, Xong group will have a workshop at the Vietnam Academy of Music and a performance at VNU University of Engineering and Technology on Thursday, 17 April.

Due to limited seating capacity, please pre-register at manzihanoi@gmail.com before 3.00 p.m, Wed, 16 April 2014.

Proudly supported by the Cultural Development & Exchange Fund (CDEF) of the Danish Embassy and the Vietnam National Academy of Music

A Literary Event at Hanoi Social Club

Thu 17 Apr 2014, 8 – 10 pm

Hanoi Social Club

6 Hoi Vu Str, Hanoi

Claire Barnard is an American writer who has lived in Hanoi for over three years, and who has for a long time hesitated to write about the complicated city she now calls home. The Four Lakes Project is her endeavor, in prose and poetry, to break away from the familiar terrain that usually informs her work, and to take Hanoi as her inspiration. Her essay is a contemplation of place, the imagination and the poetry-writing process. Her poems, rhythmic and subtle, evoke physical and emotional landscapes inextricably bound up with one other.

Collaboration was key to this project. The poems will be accompanied by specially made short films (by Jacques Smit), and music (by Stephen Hoang). The dual-language chapbook available at the door features original illustrations by artist Heather Chan, and translations by Nhã Thuyên.

The evening will open with water-themed selections by poet, essayist, and translator Nguyễn Quí Đức (of Tadioto) and local playwright Matt Barns.

This is a literary event you won’t want to miss.

Entry fee: 60,000 (book included)

Screening of “Man Bites Dog”

Thu 17 Apr 2014, 8.30 pm

Madake

81 Xuan Dieu Str, Tay Ho Dist, Hanoi

You are invited to the screening of Man Bites Dog – a Belgian black comedy crime mockumentary.

MAN BITES DOG (1992)

96′ / Dir – Benoît Poelvoorde, Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel

“Mostly, Benoit is an ordinary sort of guy.

One passion, however, is unusual: he regularly commits murder

So intriguing is Benoit’s deadly charm that a film crew decide to make a documentary about him; and come to like him so much that they start facilitating, then collaborating in, his crimes.

This spoof fly-on-the-wall documentary is funny, scary, provocative, and profoundly disturbing. It’s a witty, uncompromising acknowledgment of both film-makers’ and audiences’ often unhealthy fascination with the spectacle of violence and reality TV.”

Language: French, with English subtitles

FREE ENTRY. 10 FREE prints of an original illustration (based on the film) by Jacob I. Evans

The film is curated by The Onion Cellar