Exhibition of George Burchett

Opening: Fri 24 Aug, 5 pm
21N, 49 Lang Yen Phu, Tay Ho, Ha Noi

You are invited to an exhibition of iPrints by Hanoi-born Australian artist George Burchett.

All the drawings were created on iPad and iPhone during live sessions in and around Yen Phu in June-August 2012.

Hong Kong – Exhibition “Vietnam Now”

Exhibition: 24 Aug – 09 Sep 2012
Hongkong Land, The Rotunda, Exchange Square, Hong Kong

Vietnam Now portrays a country on the move, a country in great transition, paying homage to the past, living in the present and looking forward into the future.

How to modernize without losing one’s tradition and culture is a dilemma that plagues Vietnamese of all ages and all walks of life. In Vietnam Now, this struggle is given visual expression by six of the country’s most outstanding artists in works that include oil on canvas, painting on silk, bronze sculpture, 3D photography, contemporary calligraphy and performance.

Widely exhibited in Vietnam, these six artists are now emerging on the international stage. Never seen before in Hong Kong, their innovative and thought-provoking works honor and preserve the past while adapting and integrating traditional subjects and techniques in ways that resonate with modern-day audiences.

Although deeply familiar with the traditions of their country, the artists represented in Vietnam Now are confronting issues of rapid modernization and globalization. In their varied and provocative works, they reveal dreams both broken and fulfilled and break new artistic ground as they help drive their country into an international future after decades of isolation.
Ha Tri Hieu- Hope

Ha Tri Hieu, a member of the Gang of Five, one of Vietnam’s most widely known and highly respected artists, works in oil on canvas reveal a culture emerging with hopes and dreams of the future. Nguyen Thi Chau Giang’s signature works on silk explore the issues facing the women of Vietnam today, as they progress on the path to becoming modern. Nguyen Thi Chinh Le’s soulful works of bronze sculpture depict daily life, the trials and tribulations of being alive in today’s complicated world.

Nguyen The Son presents his innovative 3D photographs which examine the impact that rapid development has on the physical and moral landscape of the Vietnamese. A scholar and intellect, Son questions at what price comes this highly touted progress? What are the ramifications of increasing materialism and rampant development?

Le Quoc Viet and Nguyen Quang Thang, members of the avant-garde calligraphy group, Zenei, will exhibit their works of contemporary calligraphy. In addition, as artists and scholars, with a passion to keep Nom, the original language of Vietnam alive, the two will engage the audience in an interactive calligraphy performance. By writing characters in Han Chinese, Vietnamese Nom and abstract forms, the audience and artists will create a work of art that emphasizes the interaction of different cultures and how this interaction creates global modernity.
Le Quoc Viet-This is what I heard

Curated by Suzanne Lecht, of the Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam, this is the second exhibition of Vietnamese artists presented by Ms. Lecht and Hongkong Land. In May 1997, the exhibition “The Changing Face of Hanoi” introduced five of the country’s leading artists whose works also reflected the impact of the rapid development as Vietnam was just emerging on the world stage.

The exhibition, Vietnam Now, will be accompanied by a documentary film portraying the lives of the artists – how they live, how they work, and the issues they address, produced by Art Vietnam Gallery in association with documentary filmmaker Bill Perna of Perna Content.

Update: 48HFP Entry Fee Information!

48HFP UPDATE: Registrations for HCMC and HANOI will go live on the 1st of August so please get in early to register your team!

Due to our extremely tight budget this year and rising prices in Vietnam, we’ve had to increase the entry fee per team to 2,000,000vnd. However, if you register your team and pay by Wednesday 15th of August, we’ll give you a 25% (500,000vnd) discount!

If you wish to participate in BOTH cities, then we can offer you the 25% discount at any time before the final deadline.
Final Deadline for HCMC is 10th September and HANOI is 24th September 2012.

Hue – Exhibition “Mind Scenery”

Opening: Sun 12 Aug, 5 pm
Exhibition: 12 – 17 Aug 2012
New Space Arts Foundation
2nd Floor, Number 15 Le Loi, Hue City

You are invited to an exhibition “Mind Scenery” by artist MI JUNG PARK (Korea). According the artist “Even though time is constantly flowing the hands of a clock will be at the same point at a certain time every day.
Because of this we do not always recognize changes until they have already occurred. In my life I feel it is important to pay close attention to unexpected memories and the reason for their arrival.

Memories often change over time. In my art, I try to capture images and objects before they fade into oblivion.

In my painting, I try to represent the hidden dimension in time. The hidden dimension exists in how our perception and feelings about things change. These uncanny moments are daily occurrences to me. These moments inspire my work.

I have visited many places including U.S.A, Eastern and Western Europe, and a few Asian countries. Through these trips, I have been inspired by both beautiful people and incredible art and realized that art is the most important thing in my life.

I try to show the intense gazes of everyday people in everyday life. These people, scenes, and objects exist as they are seen in the painting for only a brief moment. Often my painting shows the same person sat at the same table only in different chairs and at different time.

I would like to show that this ironic combination of people and objects produces dual spaces and may seem unfamiliar and abstract but its purpose is to be thought-provoking and to explore deeper levels of the dimension of time.”

Program “Fame: Just around the Corner”

13 – 16 Aug 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to evenings of music and story-telling – part of a series of programmes which combine music and performance in an exciting experimental show rich in creativity.  The show includes swell-known songs by Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry and excerpts from famous musicals such as  Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Moulin Rouge,… all sung in Vietnamese.

Ticket

Ticket prices: 250,000 (VIP) – 200,000 – 150,000 VND.

Contact to buy ticket: 01667295388 (Hương) /0916483839 (Linh)

For more information, you can visit the website of the program.

Screening “Hanoi Eclipse”

Dai Lam Linh 1
Fri 10 Aug 2012, 6.30 pm
Big Hall, Goethe Institut
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học, Ba Đình, Hà Nội

You are invited to the screening of Hanoi Eclipse: The Music of Dai Lam Linh (56 mins, 2010) with Director Barley Norton in attendance. Hanoi Eclipse follows the challenges faced by the controversial Vietnamese band Dai Lam Linh. It shows how the band came together to create a unique form of popular music, which is both international in outlook and rooted in Vietnamese traditions and aesthetics.

Followed by scandal at every turn for their experimental sound and their use of sexually explicit lyrics, the band has dared to flout taboos and fight for their creative freedom.

Dai Lam Linh was established by the male composer, Dai, an ex-soldier who fought in the Second Indochina War (known as the “Vietnam War”), and two female singers, Lam and Linh. The film explores how Dai overcame the trauma of war by writing songs to honour the memory of the war dead and how the singers Lam and Linh embarked on an inner journey to discovery their extraordinary voices.
Dai Lam Linh 2
Barley Norton is a senior lecturer in the music department at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he teaches courses on world music and ethnographic film. He is the author of the book Songs for the Spirits: Music and Mediums in Modern Vietnam (University of Illinois Press, 2009) and is the co-editor of a forthcoming book titled Music and Protest in 1968 (Cambridge University Press, 2013).

Language: In Vietnamese and French with English subtitles

Jaipur International Film Festival 2013

Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF) 2013 is calling for submissions
Deadline for submissions:
15 Oct, 2012 for Documentaries/Short films/Animation
30 Oct 2012 for Feature films

The Jaipur International Film Festival has attained an unparalleled and worldwide fame since its inception in the year of 2009. JIFF has received tremendous support from Indian and foreign Film Industry which has resulted in its unparalleled success in just a period of 4 years. Participation from 70 countries in the year 2012 unlike 67 countries in 2011, 41 countries in JIFF 2010 and 8 countries in 2009 proves JIFF’s meteoric success (Screenings of 59 films in 2009, 87 films in 2010, 144 films in 2011 and 178 films in 2012). JIFF 2012 will also be always remembered for its remarkable Red Carpet ceremony and the concept of Film Market which got an amazing response and was a motivation for us to take it to the next stage.

You can visit our website for further details or feel free to ask via email or contact number +91-141-6500601. Online submission facility available on here.

Music Night “Straight No Mixer”

Fri 10 Aug 2012, 8 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi

After a summer break, vinyl lovers in Hanoi are once again invited to drop in and show off their selections for Straight No Mixer. SNM is all about community and providing a place for like-minded people to meet up and play some records. Nobody needs to be able to mix, just bring down some records you love and play them for other aficionados.

Nights typically start off gently with some Jazz courtesy of local sax virtuoso Long, continue with country or low fi classics, pick up an off-kilter groove with the likes of SNM anthem Tainted Dub (which, at around 10 mins long is just not long enough), before getting everybody dancing with a grandstand finish of House and Techno. In between can be dub, reggae, 80s synth pop or whatever else you fine people have got.

All contributions are welcome and you’ll drink free while you play. Eclectic mixes of Chicago House, Hip Hop and Rock’n’Roll have made SNM CAMA’s favourite regular ATK event, the real delight being the stuff we had no idea anybody had and didn’t know we were going to get. Welcome back.

Free entry.

Event for Mekong Quilts

Discount Mekong Quilts
13 – 31 Aug 2012
Mekong Quilts

We propose BIG Discount for our products of Mekong Creation : bamboo products, laptop bag, bags, fabric accessories, rag rug …
We start the sale on Monday 13th until the end of the month of August in our 3 shops !
13 Hang Bac Str, Hoan Kiem Dist, Hanoi
9 Xuan Dieu Str, Tay Ho Dist, Hanoi
58 Hang Trong Str, Hoan Kiem Dist, Hanoi

Creative Drinks Event

Tue 07 Aug 2012, 6 – 9 pm
Commune
20A Duong Ven Ho, Tay Ho, Hanoi

You are invited to a networking event with a difference. Creative Drinks is Networking, Conversation, Showcase and Inspiration for lovers of Creative Industries, Social Enterprise, Green Business and Communications… and everything in between.

It’s an open event where designers, social entrepreneurs, architects, filmmakers, visual artists, environmentalists, musicians, photographers, dancers, magicians, marketers and more can share ideas and opportunities.

Hanoi: LIVE and LOUD

Sat 11 Aug 2012, 8.30 pm
Hanoi Rock City

Things are changing in Hanoi and the local Vietnamese acts are stepping up and putting on show after show, sharing original music and blowing audiences away with musicianship, passion and charisma. It has taken Synergy quite a bit of time to get this type of event organised, so here it is, in our opinion these acts are going to go places and we are proud to have them come together for our first installment of ‘Hanoi: LIVE and LOUD’

Featuring
Nu Voltage | Epione | Golim | 18+Band | E.G.O | Dirty Fingrz

Ticket

Ticket price: 100 000 VND

Exhibition “Virus”

Opening: Fri 10 Aug 2012, 7 pmFri 17 Aug 2012, 7 pm
Exhibition: 10-24 Aug 201217 – 31 Aug 2012 (Tue- Sat from 5 pm to 11 pm)
La 4uatrieme
4th floor, 95, Giang Văn Minh, Ba Đình, Hà Nội

You are invited to the exhibition “Virus” by artist Nguyen Duc Phuong at the La 4uatrieme.

Artist’s statement:
Virus! A “small” object infected in “living bodies”
Where are they…?
Please be re-programmed your way

FREE ENTRY

Hanoi Skatopia at Hanoi Rock City

Sun 05 Aug 2012, 4 pm
Hanoi Rock City
27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi

The first skateboarding event of many to come organised by Hanoi Skatopia!!!! We have ramps and obstacles galore to fill the venue: Flat-bank, hip, box, rail and of course the shiny metal mini ramp!

There will also be dj’s playing throughout the night so come down for a sunday session to skate, watch, drink, dance, chat and enjoy the vibe!

We are a skateboarding / art / design / music / love movement!

FREE ENTRY

Map Supports Island Sovereignty Claim

01 Aug – 30 Nov 2012
Vietnam National Museum of History
216 Trần Quang Khải, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội

An old Chinese map indicating the extent of the country’s territory and proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly Archipelagos, has been put on display at the Vietnam National Museum of History in Ha Noi.

The map, published during China’s Qing dynasty in 1904, shows China’s territory to the south only extended to Hainan Island. The map will be on show until the end of November this year.

The map shows the administrative boundaries of all Chinese provinces at the time. It has great historical value providing international and domestic scientists, researchers and visitors, especially Chinese people, with evidence and legal proof confirming Viet Nam’s sovereignty over the two archipelagos.

The map was given to the museum last week by Dr Mai Ngoc Hong, a former official of the Institute of Han Nom (Han Chinese and Vietnamese ideography script) Research.

The display is expected to raise a sense of civic responsibility for every Vietnamese citizens in protecting the country’s sovereignty over the country’s islands and sea.

Southeast Asian Youth Chamber Orchestra Looks for Talents

Sat 11 Aug 2012, 9 am
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học
Ba Đình, Hà Nội

The Southeast Asian Youth Chamber Orchestra (SEAYCO) is looking for young talented musicians from ASEAN countries. 25 young musicians will be selected on the basis of auditions to be members of this newly established orchestra.

Audition for young Vietnamese artists will be held at the Goethe Institut Hanoi on 11 August 2012 from 9.00 am.

Being members of the orchestra, every year, the musicians will have chance to attend a two week Masterclass led by a famous conductor. This year, the first Masterclass will be conducted in October by Professor Nicolás Pasquet from the Liszt School of Music Weimar, Germany. After the course, SEAYCO will perform in Bangkok and Yangon, Myamar.

SEAYCO members will perform together in 3 years and during this period of time, they will work closely together in a series of masterclasses. SEAYO is implemented by the Mahidol University (Thailand) and the Goethe Institut in Southeast Asia.

For details (application form, audition requirements…), please contact:
Ms. Nguyễn Thanh Tâm
Programme Dept
Goethe Institute Việt Nam
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học, Ba Đình, Hà Nội
Tel: +84 4 37342252 (ext. 27)
Fax: +84 4 37342254
Email: thanhtam.nguyen@hanoi.goethe.org

Book Festival Day

Mon 06 Aug 2012
Tien Phong Primary School
Tien Phong commune, Ba Vi, Ha Noi

August 6th, 2012, Circle of Friends Youth Volunteer Organization (COF), with the supports of Thang Long March Fund (Quy Thang Ba Thang Long) and Media Partner Youth Box Channel, is setting out the first among the Book Festival Day series (BFD) at Tien Phong Primary School, Tien Phong commune, Ba Vi, Ha Noi. The first phase of this project will start from now to the end of 2013 at 16 primary and secondary schools in 08 poorest communes in Ba Vi, Hanoi.

With its slogan “Let books light up children’s dream”, this project aims to build self-managed libraries in classrooms for more than 8000 primary and secondary school students of the 08 poorest communes in Ba Vi, including: Tien Phong, Thai Hoa, Ba Trai, Ba Vi, Phu Son, Minh Chau, Khanh Thuong and Phu Dong.

On BFD 06/8/2012, besides taking part in different activities related to selecting and reading books, the students of Tien Phong Primary School will also have a chance to take part in various group games designed for different grades such as singing, coloring the New World, Castle of Knowledge, Rescue Bi from the maze, ect.

Through the first BFD in Aug 2012 in particular and the BFD series in general, COF hopes to bring about a vast range of books and magazines for the poor children with the message: There is a lot more to explore in the “books of dreams”. COFers wants to encourage the reading interest as well as the comprehensive development of the children.

The BFD series receives support from Thang Long March Fund (Quy Thang Ba Thang Long), the co-sponsors SympaMeals Project, Long Minh JSC Education and Culture, HANOITRANS (transportation). Our media partners include: Youth Box Channel, Lollybooks Book Café and Hanoi Grapevine.

For more information, please contact:
Trần Trung Đức
Media and Public Relations BFD Aug 2012
DĐ: 0902 112 246
Email: trantrungduc90@gmail.com

Nguyễn Hải Linh
Coordinator BFD Aug 2012
DĐ: 01233 724 391
Email: linhhai.1992@gmail.com

Screening of “Copenhagen Dreams”

Sun 05 Aug 2012, 8 pm
DeciBel Lounge
79/2/5 Phan Ke Binh
Da Kao Ward, District 1, HCMC

The Onion Cellar presents the Ho Chi Minh City screening of Copenhagen Dreams, plus 3 short films by Martin De Thurah.

“A documentary in poetic mode” – Copenhagen Dreams is the portrait that director Max Kestner painted of the Danish capital. The film is exactly what it says on the tin, and then much more. We meet a group of Copenhagen citizens.

They are, amongst others, architects, estate agents, social workers, tire-shop employees, antique dealers, poets, musicians, separated couples, children of separated couples, sons, daughters, and above all – dreamers. We hear about their experiences, sometimes mundane, sometimes surreal: he likes to bike across a snow-covered Kongens Have, she likes to watch the tracks disappearing behind her on the train, he loves taking the ferries when it rains, she loves hearing the rain patter on the Palm House roof.

And what do they dream of? A new larger flat with high ceiling, an Eiffel tower by the lakes, more parks and squares and benches painted Copenhagen-green, buildings that grow out into the ocean…, dreams big and small, realistic and otherwise.

Like Patrick Keiller’s ‘London’, the film is also a ‘city symphony’ about the place that inspires and lives its inhabitants’ dreams. “The people are usually out of focus or on the periphery of the framework that constitutes a central part of the film’s aesthetics. [..]Copenhagen is the main character of the film; the people are just passing bit players whose job it is to draw out the distinctive features of the protagonist. “

Accompanying the film is an original score courtesy of veteran Iceland-born, Copenhagen-based post-classical composer Jóhann Jóhannsson. With Jóhannsson’s subtle blending of the classical and the electronic, the melancholic and the hopeful, the music could easily stand alone in its own right, but works best when placed alongside Kestner’s lyrical cinematography, sometimes even taking on the narration role.

Over the course of 70 minutes, we learn about the essence of Copenhagen. If you have ever sat in the café listening to fragments of conversations around, or felt the nostalgia of the last days in a rented room before moving out, then this is the film for you. It is life itself.

Opening the proceedings are 3 short films about Copenhagen directed by Martin De Thurah (the director who makes music videos for Mew, James Blake, Fever Ray etc). With lush cinematography plus an eclectic selection of soundtrack (Jónsi (Sigur Rós), Mew’s Jonas Bjerre to Chopin and Bach), these shorts add yet another dimension to the portrait of Copenhagen.

Language: the film is in Danish and English (with subtitles in Vietnamese and English).

FREE ENTRY

Lecture & Demonstration on Android & Robot

Lecture Demonstration Android Robot
HANOI: Mon 13 Aug 2012, 2 – 5 pm
Room 202, Detech Building, FPT University
8 Ton That Thuyet, My Dinh, Tu Liem, Hanoi
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HCMC: Wed 15 Aug 2012, 9 – 12 am
Hall B4, HCMC University of Technology
268 Ly Thuong Kiet, Ward 14, District 10, HCMC

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam and FPT University, in cooperation with HoChiMinh City University of Technology, proudly present a lecture & demonstration on Japan’s cutting edge of technology, Android & Robot, by Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro (School of Engineering Science, Osaka University) & Mr. Nobuo Yamato (President & CEO of Vstone Co., Ltd.).

Regarded as one of the world’s top 100 living geniuses, Prof. Ishiguro has been devoting himself in researching and developing the lifelike androids called “Geminoids” in order to explore what it means to be human.

Mr. Yamato, meanwhile, runs a robot production venture company Vstone Co., Ltd that utilizes Prof. Ishiguro’s technology. Mr. Yamato is also a manager of “Team Osaka (an industry-academia-government collaboration team in Osaka)” which has won the 5th consecutive victory at the world championship of the internationally recognized autonomous robot soccer project “Robocup.”

In this event, Prof. Ishiguro will first deliver his lecture focusing on his discoveries what are the differences between androids and humans, with moving images and slides from his most updated researches, followed by Mr. Yamato’s demonstration of robots produced by Vstone Co., Ltd. Experience and witness the Japanese genius’s inventions!

Languages: The event will be delivered in Japanese with Vietnamese interpretation.

Free of admission.

Music Night with DJ Alefresh

Fri 03 Aug 2012, 9 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi

Fresh off the West Coast of the US of A, Alefresh, likes to do things old skool. That’s why we’ll be dusting off the CDJ200s (that’s right, 200s) for a set of Reggae, Hip Hop, Ghetto Funk and House mixed the good old fashioned way, beat for beat, in his only show in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Starting his Dj career in 1999 as “dj shorterm” Alefresh started playing underground house parties in his home state (and the birthplace of techno music) Detroit, Michigan. In 2000 he moved to Honolulu, Hawaii and and played parties on the North Shore, at such venues as The Wave and The Maze in Waikiki, and underground parties on the Big Island with long-time companion DJ Rundown playing a mix of reggae, hiphop, breaks, and funky house music.

After playing Burning Man Festival in 2003 he moved California and took a hiatus from his DJ career. He re-emerged as DJ Alefresh and after playing exclusively on vinyl and technics 1200′s he began to incorporate digital music into his sets. Since playing Burning Man 2011, Alefresh has catapulted himself back into the dj scene in the bay area and with his crew based out of Lake Tahoe.

His goal has always been clear – to put forth a seamless mix of genres including reggae, hip hop, ghetto funk, 80′s remixes, and house to get people on the dance floor. Shortly after his set at CAMA ATK, Ale will be heading back to California’s blue skies, so don’t miss out…

Doors open 6 pm; Alefresh from 9 pm

Free entry

Exhibition “Stories of Leaves and Flowers”

Opening: Sat 04 Aug, 10 am
Exhibition: 04 – 28 Aug 2012
Tu Do Gallery
53 Ho Tung Mau Str, Dist 1, HCMC

You are invited to the painting exhibition by artist Ton That Bang entitled “Stories of leaves and flowers”.

For more images of paintings by TON THAT BANG, please visit the gallery website.

Art House Cinema at Snap Cafe

Wed 1 Aug 2012, 7.30 pm
Snap Cafe
32 Trần Ngọc Diện, Thảo Điền Ward, Dist 2, HCMC

“Mê Phim” (Passionate about film) presents the film ‘METROPOLIS’ (1927) by famous director Fritz Lang at Snap Cafe on 1 Aug 2012.

Film synopsis: In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city’s mastermind falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

This film does not have Vietnamese subtitles and is not suitable for children. More information and trailers can be found on www.imdb.com

FREE ENTRY

Conference “Ai and Ky in the World of Invisible Numbers”

Thu 2 Aug 2012, 6 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

L’Espace invites you to an interesting talk on the newly published book “Ai and Ky in the world of invisible numbers” written by Professor Ngô Bảo Châu. Taking part in the talk will be Prof. Ngô Bảo Châu, poet Trần Đăng Khoa, Phd. Hà Huy Khoái and Nguyễn Phương Văn.

For more information, see L’Espace’s website

Language: French – Vietnamese simultaneous translation

Free entrance

Exhibition “Collisions of Clamor and Calm”

Exhibition: 28 Jul – 31 Aug 2012
Galerie Quynh
65 Đề Thám, District 1, HCMC

Galerie Quynh is pleased to present Collisions of Clamor and Calm, the gallery’s summer group exhibition of works by Do Hoang Tuong, Nguyen Manh Hung, Tran Van Thao, Lien Truong and The Propeller Group. Comprised of new and never-before see work, the exhibition also gives visitors the opportunity to view a selection of works recently presented by the gallery at the prestigious Hong Kong International Art Fair in May, 2012.

Respected Ho Chi Minh City-based artist Do Hoang Tuong will be exhibiting two earlier works that display the artist’s strength as a figurative painter. In keeping with his reflections on modern life and the isolation of contemporary living, Tuong’s somber paintings nonetheless celebrate the resilience of the human spirit.

A new addition to the gallery’s roster of artists, Nguyen Manh Hung presents three paintings that illustrate the Hanoi-born artist’s long-held preoccupation with the military. Depicting fighter jet planes soaring across the skies with oversized food items, Hung’s paintings recount the contradictions of present-day Vietnam.

One of the country’s most accomplished abstract artists, Tran Van Thao unveils two Rain in Sunlight paintings that depict the dramatic tropical skies of southern Vietnam during the spring and summer rainy seasons. Dominated by blue, the paintings illustrate the artist’s profound understanding of the local environment and the climatic conditions that characterize the region.

New works by California-based artist Lien Truong include a selection from her Bomb Crater and social camouflage paintings. Exploring the sites of crater bombs that exist in various countries, Lien’s anxious yet elegant landscapes reveal the capacity for renewal amid destruction. Referencing historical or current relations of conflict, the Camo Chronicle paintings address the implication of culture in geo-political conflicts.

Ho Chi Minh City and Los-Angeles based art collective The Propeller Group (formed in 2006 by Phunam, Matt Lucero, and Tuan Andrew Nguyen) present three Collision panels from their most recent body of work entitled Static Friction. Using glossy and colorful vinyl decal stickers, the artists have created vibrant and surprising compositions that celebrate the rich aesthetics and complexities of motorbike culture.

Vietnamese Performance Artists in Singapore

International Performance Art Event: 01 – 05 Aug 2012
Goodman Arts Center, Singapore

Six Vietnamese artists (Nguyen An Huy, Hoang Duc Minh, Ngo Thanh Bac, Nguyen Song, Nguyen Duong Hai Dang, Tran Luong) will participate in this International Performance Art Event, together with performance artists from China, Poland and Singapore.

Artist Tran Luong will be a speaker in the performance and 2 Days of Performance Workshops.

For more information about the schedule, you can see in the poster.

Rock Music Night with BLACK INFINITY

Sat 04 Aug 2012, 8 pm
Hanoi Rock City
27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi

Hanoi Rock City and Vnrock would like to invite you to the music night with BLACK INFINITY. Come early for BLACK INFINITY’s signature on their DVD!

This should be the hottest event in the summer for Hanoian rock fan that you might have been waiting for.

Established on 6th June 2006 and with more than 6 year experience in performing, the band has contributed greatly to the Vietnamese rock scene.

Metal Hammer (203, 04/2010) is the only representative from Vietnam in CD Planet Metal of the UK magazine.

They belong to the Top 10 Metal band in Asia nominated by MTV.

For only one night. “…Sold the Souls for 666 Metal”

Guest performers: EPIONE, OringChains

Tickets

Ticket price: 100 000 VND (at door)

Music Night with DJ Glaser

Thu 02 Aug 2012, 9 pm
The Rooftop Bar & Restaurant
19th Floor, Pacific Place
83B Ly Thuong Kiet Str, Hoan Kiem Dist, Hanoi

Get ready to turn up the summer heat as DJ Glaser spins his personal mix of house and electro groove at The Rooftop!

DJ Jonathan Glaser came to Saigon five years ago and doesn’t imagine leaving any time soon. He started getting into music while at a school party in Stockholm when he was 19 years old. Before coming to Vietnam, he spent five years as an event planner in the coastal town. The young Swede has a knack for reading audiences and keeping crowds going for four to five hours on end. Glaser says he wants to be a part of a developing country. And he has learned a lot from watching Vietnam grow.

Contact us: 043 946 1901 – 0123 954 9900

Email: therooftop@vnn.vn

Future Shorts Event in August

Sun 12 Aug 2012, 7.30 pm
Fun Society
73 Mạc Đỉnh Chi, Đa Kao Ward, Dist 1, HCMC
Wed 15 Aug 2012, 7.30 pm
Snap Cafe
32 Trần Ngọc Diện, Thảo Điền Ward, Dist 2, HCMC

The Future Shorts Festival is the biggest pop up film festival of its kind, showcasing the most exciting short films from around the world. The Future Shorts Summer Programme will be screening twice in Ho Chi Minh City, on Sunday August 12th (@ Fun Society) and Wednesday August 15th (@ Snap Café).

Since November 2011, festival screenings have taken place in over 144 cities and 55 countries with an audience of more than 25,000 people experiencing a showcase of the best short films, often alongside live music, DJs and art.  From London to Tokyo, Cairo to Kabul, screenings have taken place across a massive network of music halls, cinemas, theatres, galleries, clubs, bars and warehouses.

Highlights include: Grant Orchard’s BAFTA and Sundance Jury Award-winning short “the Morning Stroll”,  the experimental documentary “We’ll Become Oil” about the Gulf of Mexico, and the stop-motion animated “Notes on Biology”, the winner of Best Short at SXSW. In “Street Vendor Cinema” from Brazil, a filmmaker and his team set up a stall that makes and sells short films on demand, where wild fantasies come to life in the middle of a bustling marketplace.

Screening of “Les Chansons D’Amour”

Fri 03 Aug 2012, 8 pm
Institut Français de Hanoi – L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the screening of “Les Chansons D’Aumour” (“The Love Songs”) (2007, 100′) of director Christophe Honoré. The film has received many awards and was nominated for the César awards. “The film brings about touching moments and a hint of sadness that is quite common in the world we are living”- Figaroscope Magazine.

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitles

Tickets:

Ticket price: 20 000 VND

Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 10 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Screening of “Qui M’Aime Me Suive”

Fri 10 Aug 2012, 8 pm
Institut Français de Hanoi – L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the film screening “Qui M’Aime Me Suive” (“Who Loves Me, Follow Me” (France, 2006, 1h40mins) of director Benoît Cohen. “A comedy of existentialism and at one point, it reminds the audience of Claude Sautet’s great films” – Le Parisien.

Film synopsis: At the age of 35, Maxime is an excellent doctor. He has a normal life with his wife who is a lawyer, amicable friends and a wonderful family. But then, he gives up a successful career to start a rock band.

Language: French with Vietnamese substitles
Tickets:
Ticket price: 20 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 10 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

A Design Exhibition “The World of Interior Toy”

Exhibition: 12 Aug – 09 Sep 2012
Opening & Designer’s talk: Sat 11 Aug, 4 pm
Workshops: Sat 11 Aug, 3 pm & 4.30 pm
The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam
27 Quang Trung, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam, in cooperation with Koto Co., Ltd, shares the delight of introducing cute and charming toys created by “twelvetone” (Designer: Takashi Tsunoda) through the design exhibition “The World of Interior Toy” from August to September 2012 in Hanoi.

Music is composed only with 12 (twelve) tones but the combination of the tones is almost infinite. It implies that there are a lot of complicated things in the world, but the essence within the things is very simple, just like twelve-tone in music.

Go back to the origin of the simplicity and create things. This is the design philosophy of Takashi Tsunoda (twelvetone) who has won the Good Design Awards of Japan twice for his interior toys. His products are all simple but cute and adorable with a variety of characters.

Piperoid (Good Design Award 2007) is a paper robot craft kit for both kids and adults. All you need is a pair of scissors. No glue, no tape. Just cut, fold, and connect the pipes to build your own robot with movable joints in less than 30 minutes! Each character has a unique background story, and after assembly it can be used as an accent for home or office décor and even as a memo holder.

Play-deco (Good Design Award 2011) is a unique craft for home décor that combines wooden “bone” with paper “skin.” Each package includes paper texture sheet and wooden bone sheet that is perforated and precut so there are no tools required – not even scissors!

Apart from such award-winning toys as Piperoid and Play-deco, Monster Cube which Tsunoda created by the inspiration from traditional Japanese handicrafts, will be all displayed.

The opening of the exhibition starts at 14:00 on Saturday 11 August with the designer’s talk “How to design kawaii (cute) characters” at the Japan Foundation Exhibition Hall (27 Quang Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi). The workshops to make interior toys will be also held at 15:00 and 16:30 on the same day at the same place.

We hope that this exhibition will be a good showcase of excellent design from Japan and you will enjoy the world of interior toys by twelvetone.

Free of admission but registration is required for the workshops.

About designer Mr. Takashi Tsunoda

Born in 1975. Graduated from Faculty of Design, Kyoto City University of Arts, Japan. During working as a game designer at KOTO Co., ltd, he created Piperoid series and received Good Design Award of Japan in 2007. In 2009, he left KOTO Co., ltd. and became an independent designer as “twelvetone.” In 2011, he designed Play-deco which is made of paper and wood, and received Good Design Award of Japan in 2011.