Exhibition “Returning Day 1″

Opening: Sun 08 Feb 2015, 5 pm

Exhibition: 08 – 12 Feb 2015

Vietnam Fine Arts Museum

66 Nguyen Thai Hoc St. Hanoi

You are invited to a group exhibition titled “Returning Day 1″, which features 53 artworks by 7 painters and sculptors with different approaches in art.

Artist Line-up:

– Pham Ha Hai (1974)

– Tran Manh Hung (1977)

– Tran Ngoc Hung (1983)

– Le Quoc Huy (1968)

– Nguyen Anh Nguyet (1960)

– Nguyen Khac Quan (1962)

– Nguyen Xuan Tiep (1956)

Film Screening “Princesas”

Tue 10 Feb 2015, 7.30 pm

La Bicicleta

44, lane 31 Xuan Dieu Str, Hanoi

Welcome to the screening of film “Princesas” (2005, 113 mins).

About the film

Princesas is a 2005 film by Spanish director Fernando León de Aranoa.

The Princesas in the film are two prostitutes: Caye, a Spaniard who is hiding her profession from her family, and Zulema, who is saving money to send to her family in the Dominican Republic. The two women ply their trade on the streets of Madrid.

Caye (Candela Peña), finds rival prostitute Zulema (Micaela Nevárez) badly beaten. Even though the attacker was one of Caye’s regular clients, she takes the other woman to the hospital and watches over her. The two become friends, forming a bond over their common desire for a better life.

Free entrance.

Language: Spanish – English subtitle

* The top image is taken from the internet

The Spring with Paintings and Muong Ceramic Exhibition

Opening: Sun 08 Feb 2015, 10 am

Exhibition: 08 – 28 Feb 2015

The Muong’s Cultural Museum

202 Tay Tien road, Hoabinh city, Hoabinh province

You are invited to exhibition “The Spring with Muong Paintings and Ceramics” by Phan Cam Thuong, Vu Duc Hieu and Tran Thi Thu on the occasion of early spring 2015.

Art critic and researcher Phan Cam Thuong has many years of pursuing paintings besides writing books, research and art critic. He’s very successful with works on Do paper, silk, lacquer and wood carving… He’s good at using natural colors and skillful in his dreamy but deep and full of the Eastern spirit. In this showcase, he presents a series of new works of oil on canvas and acrylic. He gets inspiration from the woods, possibly due to the reason that he’s recently lived and worked in Hoa Binh.

Vu Duc Hieu, director of Muong Cultural Space Museum, is also an artist himself. Ceramic is one of his recent art practice and although just in a short time there’s already remarkable achievements. After the ceramic showcase in Module 7 at the end of 2014, this time, Hieu wants to introduce new works with lot of changes in forms, sizes and especially the new enamel color exploring after field trip in Huong Canh, Cay and Bat Trang ceramic villages.

Tran Thi Thu is an artist who has been closely attached to Hoa Binh for many years. Having a perfect fine art technique and a rich palette, the works of the female artists showed a strong exploration of the abstract art language. The trees, leaves, grass, female portraits, the visible things seem to be floating in the paintings of Tran Thi Thu under the dreamy feminine shades but still having the gentle and outspoken characteristic of the Central land.

Films Screening “Argo” and “12 Years a Slave”

Screening of “Argo”: Fri 06 Feb 2015, 7.30 pm

Screening of “12 Years a Slave”: Sat 07 Feb 2015, 7.30 pm

Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents

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

On the occasion of the 87th Oscars held on February 22 and New Year Festival (Tet Holiday) in Vietnam, you are invited to the screening of two most recent Oscar winners: 12 Years a Slave and Argo.

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

About film

Argo

Argo is a 2012 American political thriller film directed by Ben Affleck.

The film received seven nominations for the 85th Academy Awards and won three, for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing and Best Picture. The film also earned five Golden Globe Award nominations, winning Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director, while being nominated for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for Alan Arkin. It also won Best Film, Best Editing, and Best Director at the 66th British Academy Film Awards.

12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave is a 2013 historical drama film and an adaptation of the 1853 slave narrative memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free African-American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841 and sold into slavery. Northup worked on plantations in the state of Louisiana for twelve years before his release.

The first scholarly edition of Northup’s memoir, co-edited in 1968 by Sue Eakin and Joseph Logsdon, carefully retraced and validated the account and concluded it to be accurate.

The film won three Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress for Nyong’o, and the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Ridley. The film was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts recognized it with the Best Film and the Best Actor award for Ejiofor.

[ Wikipedia ]

Entry: 20,000 VND (donation for TPD’s fund for movie talents)

Painting Exhibition to Welcome the Year of Goat

Opening: Fri 06 Feb 2015, 5 pm

Exhibition: 07 – 15 Feb 2015

Van Ho Exhibition Center

2 Hoa Lu, Hanoi

You are invited to the exhibition featuring 74 Goat paintings by Trang Thanh Hien and Le Tri Dung to inspire a year full of energy and love.

Le Tri Dung is famous for paintings on Eastern Zodiac animals, especially the Horse. This year, he introduces to the public over 50 Goat paintings with various meanings and tastes to welcome the lunar new year.

Different from Le Tri Dung’s, the goat in Trang Thanh Hien’s paintings is a more feminine and symbolizes love. The lips in her paintings appear as flowers and leaves representing female flowers in the love garden.

She already had a solo exhibition “Đáy sóng” on Aug 2014.

Redroom Jazzy Session with La-Nai Gabriel – The BLiND Collective – Ayush Shrestha – Âu Cơ Duo

Fri 06 Feb 2015, 9 pm

Hanoi Rock City

27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho

Pop in this Friday for a Jazzy session with our amazing musicians!

* La-Nai Gabriel: We don’t need much introduction for this brilliant Pianist/singer song writer anymore do we ? Since arriving in Hanoi, she’s been delivering the best performances all over town with amazing energy.

* The Blind Collective: Jazzy, folksy with a bit of experimental element, the last time these guys were in the red room, it was magical, if you missed it last time, we highly recommend you to give it ago if you want to experience something completely new and so chilled !!

* Ayush Shrestha: A very talented Nepalese singer/song writer with his acoustic guitar will take you on beautiful journeys, just sit back, relax and let your imagination go !

* The Âu Cơ Duo: An amazing combination with Paul Kinsman on the keys with Danny Healy on his Sax and flute. Unmissable !!

Free entry.

Music Nights with Le Cat Trong Ly: The Winter of Lý

10 and 11 Feb 2015, 8 pm

Manzi Art Space

14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi

Le Cat Trong Ly with her winter songs.

Great news for music lovers of Hanoi – Le Cat Trong Ly, the Blue Bird of Vietnamese music will be back at manzi this Feb.

For two nights and only at manzi, Le Cat Trong Ly will perform her latest creations as well as some of the most beloved song of all ages.

The concerts also feature Hanoi string quartet including Violinists Lê Tuấn Anh, Nguyễn Văn Hạnh, Violist Hồ Việt Khoa and Celloist Nguyễn Thanh Tú.

Contact Hotlines: 0979564722 or 01203888697 or via email: manzihanoi@gmail.com to reserve seats.

PS: Free mulled wine will be served during the nights

Artist’s Talk with Trong Gia Nguyen, New York

Mon 09 Feb 2015, 7 pm

Goethe-Institut Hanoi

56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

Trong Gia Nguyen (born 1971, Saigon, Vietnam) shows his exhibition “The Leavers” in Gallery Quynh in HCMC this February. The Goethe Institute Hanoi invites him on 05.02.2015 to present his work to an interested audience in Hanoi, and so to encourage artistic exchange between the two cities.

Trong Gia Nguyen’s broad spectrum of creative work examines structures of power in their myriad forms, questioning the weak foundation upon which contemporary life plays out, often behind a façade of fairness, honesty, reliability, tradition, celebrity, objectivity, and civility.

Whether taking the form of sculpture, painting, iPhone applications, film, or web-based performance actions, Nguyen’s conceptual approach walks the fine line between humor and sorrow, subtlety and blatancy, night and day, and beauty and ugliness. His recent “coloring book” paintings, on view at Galerie Quynh, view the artist’s family history through the indulgent lens of memory.

In collaboration with: Galerie Quỳnh and Manzi

Language: English, Vietnamese

Free Admission.    

Vietnamese Contemporary Fine Art Group Show in Brussels Belgium

Exhibition: 05 – 09 Feb 2015, 11 am – 6 pm

Tour et Taxis exhibition hall, Brussels, Belgium

The Vietnamese contemporary fine art exhibition, on display from 5 – 9 February at Tour et Taxis exhibition hall, Brussels, will feature works on paper and wood, in lacquer and watercolor, by contemporary Vietnamese artists all living and working in Hanoi.

Exhibiting artists: Dinh Thi Tham Poong, Phan Cam Thuong, Vu Thu Hien, Trinh Tuan, Dinh Hanh, Vu Duc Trung, Ninh Thi Den.

The oldest, Phung Pham, is 80 years of age and the youngest, Vu Duc Trung, is 33. Trinh Tuan, considered a master teacher as well as artist, is the third male lacquer artist in the show. Dinh Hanh has, over the past decade, achieved renown for his graceful and minimalist lacquer paintings of women.

The two women watercolor artists in the exhibition, Vu Thu Hien and Dinh Thi Tham Poong, are both 44 years of age and were in the same graduating class of the Fine Arts Academy in Hanoi, and work in watercolour on handmade paper. Ninh Thi Den works in collage and Phan Cam Thuong in mineral colors on handmade paper.

The juxtaposition of handmade do paper and traditional lacquer painting with contemporary artistic techniques bridges the temporal worlds of past and present, and spans the cultural divide of East and West. Stylistic elements of Impressionism, Expressionism, figurative art, Cubism and Fauvism intermingle with purely traditional Vietnamese themes of emotional experience and spiritual values as represented by the village, the buffalo, ancient dances.

Mime Solo Act “The Comeback of Pantomime”

07 and 14 Feb 2015, 8 pm

Hong Ha Theatre

51 Duong Thanh, Hanoi

You are invited to two pantomime performances titled “The Comeback of Pantomime” with young artist Nguyen Hoang Tung. Tung has traveled in Japan and and many other countries to perform and, at the same time, learn about pantomime.

“The Comeback of Pantomime” incorporates classical pantomime techniques and modern body movements to tell the story of contemporary life from the viewpoint of the artist. Each performance carries a particular theme, philosophy, reflection, emotion which undoubtedly will bring to the audience unforgettable experiences.

Tickets: 80,000 – 100,000 – 150,000

Online tickets are available at:

Ticket for 07 Feb 2015.

Ticket for 14 Feb 2015.

Exhibition of Ho Chi Minh Folios at Bookworm

Exhibition: 04 – 28 Feb 2015

Bookworm

44 Châu Long, Hà Nội Now open every day 9am – 7pm

To celebrate the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam in Hong Kong on February 3-7, 1930, the Bookworm is exhibiting a limited number of folios that each contains 19 approved images of Ho Chi Minh produced by Vietnamese artists from 1946 until 1974.

The folios were printed in the early 1980ies and originally sold for 7.d 00

The images, measuring 23.5 x 33cm, were reproduced on glossy paper that has yellowed with age.

The images are of Ho Chi Minh and are presented in the folio according to mediums used in the execution of the original works

The earliest work is a 1946 oil painting by To Ngoc Van

The latest is a bust sculptured in 1974, by Nguyen Van Ly

Collectors of Ho Chi Minh memorabilia are advised that only a limited number of complete folios are available

There are two sets of images that will be sold individually.

Red & Black Ball Fundraising Night

Sat 07 Feb 2015, 6 pm

Hanoi Rock City

27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho

We humbly request your heartfelt presence for a Victorian/Burlesque/Cabaret inspired evening. This Valentine’s event will surely bring your heart joy and love as you revel and join in all of the evening’s fascinating festivities!

DJs:

A wet dream of the finest acts Hanoi has to offer.

Incognegro

Kulture

Matt Gooch

Vaughan

Spectrum

Blip Blop

Live Music:

Positively, the most refined players in Hanoi.

Hannah Rebekah

Lawrence and Ella

Cuong Le

David Fryer

Fantashtique

The 3d

Taylor Moore

Performances and workshops by:

Hanoi Fire Collective

The Burlesque Poets of the Poetry Boudoir

Liv, the Lady of the Crowns and Masks

Nic Sando, Extraordinaire

Plus:

Parlour Games

Valentines

Kissing Booth

Special Cocktails and Treats

Costume Contest

Prizes, Surprises…

and More!

This is a fundraiser for ART HOUSE Hanoi.

Art House was established to create opportunities for local and international artists to connect, perform, train and learn from each other within an open and socially responsible community.

Our vision at Art House is to provide a conduit for artists, performers, musicians, students and innovative doers to meet, explore, exchange and create together. Through classes, events, performances, art installations, artist residencies, and much more, Art House will connect and inspire the growing community of creative thinkers in Hanoi.

Tickets: 100k (students: 50k)

Exhibition “Life of TET”

Opening: Sat 07 Feb 2015, 6 pm

Exhibition: 07 Feb – 07 Mar 2015

 Art Vietnam Gallery

24 Ly Quoc Su (2nd Floor), Hanoi

Tet, the annual celebration of the beginning of the lunar New Year fills the city of Hanoi with a joyful anticipation of new beginnings, a renewal with the promise of new hopes and dreams.

It is celebrated in a myriad of ways from the traditional making of Dong Ho woodblock prints to hang on ones door, preparing TET Banh chung cake, cleaning and refreshing of the house for entering the new year clothed in new fashion in which to celebrate in style.

Altars are cleaned and adorned with all kinds of special offerings, five fruits in a glorious display of color, persimmon colored mounds of sticky rice, lovely vegetables and soups all topped off with a boiled chicken bearing a rose in its mouth.

Visiting friends, family and ancestral grave sites play a big part in this rich celebration of honoring the past and celebrating the present with its promise of what is to come.

Art Vietnam Gallery is pleased to be celebrating this New Year of the Goat 2015 with a playful exhibition of two eclectic Hanoian artists, Nguyen Quang Thang and Lolo Zazar.

Thang will present the 12 year cycle of animals that make up the zodiac, the diagram of one’s destiny, expressed in Nom, a Sino-Vietnamese language that was widely used between the 15th and 19th centuries by Vietnam’s cultured elite. In the early 1900’s the Latin based Vietnamese replaced Nom with the resulting effect that today only a small number of scholars are able to read and write in this historic text.

While Nom characters are still used for decorative, historic and ceremonial value as well as symbols of good luck, Nom is rarely studied these days. The Institute of Han Nom Studies and scholars such as Thang are trying to revive this old language.

Thang is one of the members of Zenei, the new Gang of Five, a group of avante garde calligraphers and Nom scholars started by Art Vietnam’s well known artist and Buddhist scholar Le Quoc Viet. These five artists are to be celebrated and recognized for using Nom in performance, calligraphy and abstract painting making the language come alive in a modern context.

A Hoang Phi (horizontal frieze) of the 5 tastes of life and two cau doi (columns of parallel sentences) comprised again of the twelve animals of the zodiac complete Thang’s depiction of the life of TET

As Thang honors tradition by creating his Nom script zodiac, artist Lolo Zazar presents a more modern depiction of the zodiac with his playful photo montage sculpted animals full of whimsy and life reflecting the modern day life in Vietnam.

Lolo Zazar, an artist and animation film maker from France that settled in Vietnam years ago, sees this world of Tet and the zodiac through childlike eyes, full of wonder and excitement over the simple joys of life and its encounters.

Over the years Lolo has taken photos of the life in Vietnam as if seen through the eyes of an innocent, reveling in all manner of ordinary pleasures. For the last seven years he has photographed the walls of Hanoi with their graffiti and graphic numbers that project day to day life. The artist has taken these photos and assembled them into magical 3D creatures that seem to dance with mirth and gaiety. Each sculpted animal’s shape reveals its intrinsic character, accentuated with witty and playful photos.

This freedom of abandon exuded by all these magical creatures fills the viewer with a hopeful anticipation of indeed a new year of promise in the New Year of the Goat.

Event “Glow: Mystical Forest”

Fri 06 Feb 2015, 8 pm

Hero Club

Last October, we brought you to the world of Glow with Shayne Ward. There, you were able to discover a world full of lights, colors and sound where you marveled in its magnificence and beauty. This year, we will take you on a journey, a journey into the unknown, a journey deep inside the world of Glow, where discovery of the unknown will leave you in awe, where the journey itself will be a memory to keep for a lifetime.

Glow Mystical Forest is the first of two mini-parties series before Glow 2015 Festival. For one special night, Hero Club will be transformed into the Mystical Forest of Glow. Come take a sneak peek at what is awaiting you at Glow 2015 Festival as we introduce our first land.

Activities:

– Installations

– Cage dancers

– Glow in the dark body/face painting

– Glow in the dark paint wall

– Register and receive 50% discount off your ticket purchase to Glow 2015 Festival

– Lucky draws: free GA and VIP tickets to Glow 2015 Festival

– Other fun prizes!

Featuring:

– DJ Huy DX

– DJ Trang Moon

– Freedom Crew

– And special guest DJ/Singer: Kimmese

This is the first Glow party you DON’T want to miss!

Tickets

Ticket price: 119,000 VND

First 200 through the door will receive a free Glow t-shirt.

“The Mask” – Exhibition of Wearable Art Pieces at Lucy’s Dream

Exhibition: 04 – 14 Feb 2015, 01 – 10 pm

(during the last week before Tet Holiday, we are only open during these hours)

Showcasing our latest collaborative wearable art collection featuring Viet Phuong Le, the artist with his outstanding Digital Art Manipulation and Hand-drawing Skills.

“THE MASK” is a unique collection that utilizes digital hand-drawn patterns of symbolic stage masks of Vietnam, and has them printed on the finest crepe fabric, which is light-weight and almost wrinkle-free. Stage characters such as “Chú Tễu”, etc. play an important part in forming the soul of the print art collection. Our aim is to engineer visually-striking objects of art around the human forms, to create an innovative collection that will be remembered for its design aesthetic as well as function.

This is the story of how Lucy’s Dream came to life.

I was just another girl working full-time for a finance corporation when suddenly it dawned on me that my purpose in life was to create a truly original made-in-Vietnam East-meets-West style Wearable Art Lifestyle Brand; and at the same time, to found a learning platform for young passionate beginners to study art and create art.

By Mid-2012, I had recruited a great team, composed of young Vietnamese artists who wanted to make a difference in the fashion & lifestyle scene of Vietnam. Lucy’s Dream was born in December 2012.

Our production process consists of hand-painting, digitally tracing, printing our own designs on fabrics, and manufacturing unique and whimsical lifestyle products out of these self-designed fabrics.

For 2 years of constant effort, we have grown Lucy’s Dream from an online platform at www.lucysdream.net to one brick-and-mortar mini concept store at 31 Hàng Giầy Street, Hanoi – where we put our wearable art pieces on display, one learning centre at 20 Tràng Tiền Street, Hanoi and one learning center at 130 Pasteur Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – where we train young beginners to be the future value creators of Vietnam. The next concept store in Ho Chi Minh City stocking our latest wearable art products is bound to open by mid-summer 2015.

Tết Art 2015 – The First Contemporary Tet Art Fair

Opening: Thu 05 Feb 2015, 6 pm

Tet Art Fair: 05 – 15 Feb 2015

Hang Da Galleria

1 Hang Da Str, Hanoi

TẾT ART is proud to present its Grand Opening on 05 Feb 2015 in the heart of Hanoi’s Old Quarter.

The opening is marked with an exhibition by three renowned Vietnamese artists, Tran Huy Oanh, Trinh Tuan and Le Huy Tiep, who have a lot of influence on the development of Vietnamese art and its connection to the world. Especially, a live Body Art Performance will be delivered by artist Pham Minh Duc, composer Vu Nhat Tan, and a team of international models. DJ The Only Living Boy in Hanoi will continue to spin the evening with a mix of dance and ambient tunes that will melt your heart.

Inspired by a nearly-lost tradition in which Vietnamese people in the past often went to the market and bought paintings to welcome Tet (Vietnamese New Year), TET ART is the First Contemporary Tet Art Fair in Vietnam. More than 350 curated artworks by 88 renowned and talented Vietnamese artists will be on display at TET ART 2015, from Feb 5th to February 15th. Many exciting events including Art Tour, Art Talk, Art Workshop, Art Films, and Art Performance also take place during this period.   

Enjoy the Year of Goat at Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

Sat 07 Feb 2015, 8.45 am

Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

Nguyen Van Huyen, Cau Giay, Hanoi

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is organizing a special program to celebrate the Lunar New Year Festival with the participation of 16 H’Mong people from Si Ma Cai district, Bac Ha, Muong Khuong, Lao Cai province. This is an opportunity for the audience to learn about the life and culture of H’Mong people, especially Gau Tao festival in Si Ma Cai.

8.45 am – 10.45 am (H’Mong House, Kite House)

Building Ritual trees ceremony in Gau Tao festival

Playing khen (a traditional musical instrument), flute, hat ong folk singing of H’Mong people in Bac Ha, Muong Khuong, Si Ma Ca

8.30 am – 12 am (in front of Kite House, Folk architecture garden)

Calligraphy, phao dat (clay cracker – a folk game), Dong Ho painting, to he, swinging

(with the participation of people from Hai Duong, Bac Ninh, Ha Noi)

Playing folk games of Tho, Cao Lan, Hmong, Dao, Tay, Bo Y people

Trying ethnic costumes; Drawing 12 animals in the Eastern Zodiac

Muong Cuisine: Ca day khay ot, buffalo meat with fresh leaves

10 am, 11.30 am, 2.30 pm, 4 pm (in front of Viet House): Water Puppet show

Talk (11 am – 11.30 am, in front of Kite House)

– 16 H’Mong people from Lao Cai

– Dr. Tran Huu Son, a folklore researcher

Entrance tickets:

Adults: 40,000 VND

Children: 10,000 VND

Student: 15,000 VND

Tickets are available at the museum.

Architecture Exhibition “Small Utopias”

Opening: Fri 06 Feb 2015, 6 pm

Exhibition: 06 Feb – 02 Mar 2015

Casa Italia

18 Le Phung Hieu, Hanoi

The Italian Embassy has the pleasure to present the architecture exhibition «Small Utopias» in the framework of Y-Viet program 2015.

The exhibition consists of 10 panels dedicated to the work of as many architecture studios, selected by MAXXI Architecture.

The MAXXI – Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo (National Museum of the 21st Century Arts) – is a national museum of contemporary art and architecture in Rome. The museum is managed by a foundation created by the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage. It was designed as a multidisciplinary space by Zaha Hadid and committed to experimentation and innovation in the arts and architecture.

MAXXI architettura (the section dedicated to architecture) is the first national museum of architecture in Italy.

The selection of images presents the most vital ‘new’ Italian architecture, carried out through a process based on three parallel directions: the authors, the projects, the themes.

The introduction of the authors and their biographies portrays the training of Italian architects and how they today integrate in the cultural and global professional scenarios.

The presentation of the projects allows to highlight a number of absolutely outstanding examples, very often realized on commission of a mixture of private and institutional clients.

The third direction features a new attention for the topics related to the most recent ideas of research, understood as expressive, social, scientific, technological and environmental innovation.

The combination of these points of view allows you to locate some of the most interesting Italian architects and a glimpse on the horizon of a world in rapid evolution.

Special attention is reserved to: environment and sustainability, integration with new technologies, public space and relationship with the life of old and new communities, attitude to recycling of existing assets, quality of the landscape (urban and not), quality and innovation in the residential projects, relationship to the historical heritage.

Exhibition “Sole Imprint of a Wood Flux”

Exhibition: 29 Jan – 29 Jun 2015, 9 am – 9 pm

Phuong My Flagship Store

81 Le Thanh Ton, Dist 1, HCMC

Wood-flux – a wooden flow – seems to be a contradictory phrase for how can something as sturdy as wood also stream so fervently. Such a concept indeed recalls a Japanese genre of woodblock prints on silk and paper – ‘Ukiyo-e’ – meaning ‘pictures of the floating world’. Inspired by the caliber of Ukiyo-e woodblock and the textile pattern of PHUONG MY’s Spring Summer 2015 collection, artist Nguyễn Hữu Trâm Kha showcases various fascinations of a ‘Wood-flux’.

Both Trâm Kha and Phuong My love utilizing contrasts in subject, material, form, and composition. For example, Phuong My has a Japanese textile designer create delicate and feminine patterns; she then weaves them into particular rigid fabric to style powerful silhouettes. Meanwhile, Trâm Kha meticulously carves a wooden surface – a solid medium – to characterize flora and abstract creatures as if they are floating.

In the past, Ukiyo-e required collaboration between artist, engraver, printer, and publisher. In contemporary art and design, such collaboration still plays an important role. Trâm Kha designs the artwork for the carver who executes her drawings in these woodblock sculptures. The Japanese designer creates textile pattern inspired by Phuong My’s ideas of femininity and nature; and then Phuong My will utilize that print design across her whole subsequent collection. In this forthcoming collaboration between Phuong My and visual artist, Trâm Kha, the history of the ukiyo-e woodblock aligns harmoniously with Phuong My’s print textile. One unique woodblock can produce multiple prints, just as one unique textile pattern can be shaped into multiple garment pieces for a collection. This is an essential relation between originality and reproduction in art and fashion design.

The exhibition is curated by Arlette Quỳnh-Anh Trần.

Exhibition “Goat”

Opening: Sun 01 Feb 2015, 5 pm

Exhibition: 01 Feb – 01 Mar 2015

Flora Cafe

713 Lac Long Quan, Tay Ho, Hanoi

You are invited to the group exhibition titled “Mùi” (Goat) to celebrate the 2015 Lunar New Year.

10 participating artists are recognized names who have had successful solo or group exhibitions before. They are Phuong Binh, Hoang Thi Phuong Lien, Nguyen Phan Bach, Pham Tran Quan, Tran Gia Tung, Tao Linh, Le Thiet Cuong, Le Dinh Nguyen, Do Dung, Trinh Tu.

In the romantic and delicate space of the Cafe, the artists will bring in a range of artworks with the theme of “Goat” made from different materials such as oil, do paper, pastel, torn paper, statue, etc.

Exhibition “Dan – Movements”

Opening: Sun 01 Feb 2015, 4.30 – 6 pm

Exhibition: 01 – 05 Feb 2015

Vietnam Fine Arts Museum

66 Nguyen Thai Hoc Str, Hanoi

At the age of thirty three, Nguyen Duc Dan is confident enough to launch his first solo lacquer exhibition with 55 artworks created in the last three years. Born in a delta district (My Duc, Ha Tay), Nguyen Duc Dan pursues lacquer art career only with his own passion. In 2002, Nguyen Duc Dan started learning lacquer paiting in Traditional Fine Art Deparment, Hanoi University of Industrial Fine Arts. Graduating in 2007, Dan became a freelance artist, devoted entirely to painting and lives on the proceeds of his works.

Gradually, the artist has developed his own style which combines reality and expression inspired by traditional roots, similar to the material that he is pursuing. That orientation is “the culture of mother tongue, the voice I speak, the rice I eat, the plots of old memories, the present life …”. He realized that, apart from the mood absorbed in his generation, there is an endless source of themes inspired from the ancestral art, such as ancient literature, Thanh Giong, the Kieu story … In his solo exhibition, a series of artworks inspired from the character – Thuy Kieu in the Kieu Story will be featured. Most of these paintings illustrates Kieu playing the lute in contradictory moods, in condensed form and obsessive color…

In his first solo exhibition, Nguyen Duc Dan expresses his effort and love for art, in addition to all the greatness and nonperformance. However, the source of traditional culture is endless. We all believe that Nguyen Duc Dan is moving on the right path.

Artist Nguyen Duc Dan

Studio: No. 39, Lane 53, Vu Trong Phung, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi.

Website: nguyenducdan.com

Workshops, Readings and Panel Discussions with Distinguished International Writers

Workshop: Wed 04 Feb 2015, 11 am – 5 pm

Readings with WrICE Writers: Wed 04 Feb 2015, 6.30 – 7.30 pm

Manzi Art Space

14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi

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Panel Discussion with Readings: Thu 05 Feb 2015, 3 – 4.30 pm

The National Library of Vietnam

31 Trang Thi, Hanoi

WrICE Vietnam events will be held at Manzi Art Space and the National Library of Vietnam, Hanoi in February.

Readings with WrICE Writers: Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz, Omar Musa and Xu Xi

Wed 04 Feb 2015, 6.30 – 7.30 pm

Manzi Art Space

Co-hosted by RMIT University, Thế Giới Publishers and Copyright Agency

Language: English

Manzi -WrICE

A group of distinguished writers from Australia, Vietnam and the Philippines will read from their critically acclaimed work, writing that combines the personal and the poetic with observation and immersion in the world around us. Omar Musa is a Malaysian-Australian rapper and poet, Xu Xi is the author of nine books of fiction and essays, currently writer in residence at City University, Hong Kong. Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz is an award-winning writer who teaches literature and creative writing at the University of the Philippines Mindanao.

Workshops at Manzi

11am – 1pm: Contemporary Approaches to Fiction: Cate Kennedy and Xu Xi

This workshop focuses on the nature of storytelling and techniques such as character, voice and structure. Cate Kennedy is an acclaimed Australian writer who writes across genres, and is published as a novelist, short story author, poet and essayist. Xu Xi is the author of nine books of fiction and essays. She is currently writer in residence at City University, Hong Kong.

1pm – 3pm: Contemporary Approaches to Poetry: Nyein Way and Bao Chan Nguyen

This workshop presents an opportunity for participants to explore different forms of poetry, with a focus on language, rhythm and imagery. Nyein Way is a contemporary Myanmar poet, multi-disciplinary artist, post-conceptual writer, text-based artist and educator. ‘Whenever a poet comes, substance and essence of REALITY in multi-faceted beings -and-becomings zone is awakened, noumenal, natural & anew.’ Bao Chan Nguyen is a Vietnamese poet who writes about what she has experienced in her life and hopes to bring her works to a wider world to share her thoughts and feelings with many others.

3pm-5pm: Contemporary Approaches Nonfiction: Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz and David Carlin

This workshop will allow participants to explore the traditions and principles of nonfiction storytelling such as form, narrative and technique. Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz is an award-winning writer who teaches literature and creative writing at the University of the Philippines Mindanao. David Carlin is a essayist and memoirist and is Associate Professor and co-director of the WrICE at RMIT University, Australia.

All events are free but places are limited. To register your interest RSVP to

s3426085@rmit.edu.vn stating clearly which workshop/event you would like to attend.

NLV -WrICE

Panel Discussion with Readings

Thu 05 Feb 2015, 3 – 4.30 pm

The National Library of Vietnam, Hanoi

Co-hosted by RMIT University, the National Library of Vietnam and Copyright Agency

Language: English with simultaneous translation into Vietnamese

Bao Chan Nguyen, Cate Kennedy and Suchen Christine Lim in conversation with Francesca Rendle-Short

This event features a panel of distinguished writers from Australia, Vietnam and Singapore, who will discuss the contemporary vitality of writing around the world today. This event is part of the WrICE (Writers Immersion and Cultural Exchange)program and will provide a platform for writers from around the world to discuss their critically acclaimed work and engage with local readers and writers. Bao Chan Nguyen is a Vietnamese poet who writes about what she has experienced in her life, Suchen Christine Lim is a leading Singaporean novelist and Cate Kennedy is an acclaimed Australian writer who writes across genres, and is published as a novelist, short story author, poet and essayist.

Exhibition “The Leavers”

Opening: Thu 05 Feb 2015, 6 pm

Exhibition: 05 Feb – 28 Mar 2015

Galerie Quynh

Level 2, 151/3 Dong Khoi Str, Dist 1, HCMC

You are invited to exhibition “The Leavers” – an exhibition of new work by Brooklyn-based artist Trong Gia Nguyen. For his second solo exhibition at the gallery, Nguyen will exhibit a series of paintings informed by his ongoing film project, DONG, an exploration of family history through the imperfect lens of memory.

The colorful and playful paintings belie a deep reflection on history, culture, and the psyche of those uprooted and transplanted to foreign lands. Sourced from old family photographs, the paintings depict coloring book images that have been filled in but with the black outlines removed, suggesting the skewed ways in which we remember, shape, and colorize the past. Nguyen asks of the viewer to mentally redraw the missing lines, to give definition to this fuzz. Employing oil pastels, a medium that never fully dries, Nguyen reiterates how memory is organic and ever shifting.

Driving stuffed together in a little Renault Dauphine from his uncle’s house to the dock, the artist and his immediate family of 11, plus 3 relatives, fled on the last boat to leave Saigon on April 30, 1975, the day of reunification. Immigrating to the United States, they became assimilated in American culture and literally never spoke of those events again, moving on and leaving the past behind. This forgotten history is the starting point for Nguyen’s documentary project DONG, in collaboration with artist, collector, and film producer David Raymond. Narrated through the unconventional lens of art, the film also enfolds Nguyen’s creative process for The Leavers, as it is specifically tied to the instability of memory, one that embellishes, misremembers, and forgets.

N.B. Trong Gia Nguyen will be giving an artist talk at the Goethe-Institut Hanoi on Monday, the 9 February. Please check back for details.

ABOUT TRONG GIA NGUYEN

Trong Gia Nguyen is a multi-disciplinary artist known internationally for his diverse body of works that often examines structures of power in their myriad forms, making attempt to scrutinize the soft foundation upon which contemporary life plays out, often behind the façade of fairness, sincerity, tradition, and civility. Nguyen’s work includes everything from iPhone applications (Metaphysical GPS) to installation, film, painting, sculpture, performances, and web-based projects. Nguyen received his MFA from the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA. He has exhibited internationally in numerous solo and group exhibitions, and has received awards and residencies from the Museum of Arts & Design (New York), Artist-in-Residence in the Everglades, LegalArt Miami, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Harvestworks Digital Media Center, Bronx Museum of the Arts, and Puffin Foundation.

Trong Gia Nguyen lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Burkhard Beins – Experimental Percussion and Electronic Music

Workshop: 02 – 05 Feb 2015, 2 – 5 pm

3/61 Lương Ngọc Quyến (by invitation only)

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Concert: Sat 07 Feb 2015, 8 pm

Goethe-Institut Hanoi

56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học, Ba Đình, Hà Nội:

After his successful performances at the Hanoi New Music Festival in 2013, Hanoi is pleased to once again welcome the composer and percussionist Burkhard Beins. He will conduct a workshop with the musicians of the DomDom Centre for Experimental Music and Sound Art, managed by composer Kim Ngoc.

During this workshop participants will develop together with Burkhard Beins a version of his graphic score Adapt/Oppose which combines composition, improvisation and guided group interaction. The focus of the workshop will be on analyzing musical situations and on relating to them by contributing individual musical material. The results of this working process will be premiered at the concert.

Burkhard Beins

Born in Lower Saxony/Germany in 1964, Burkhard Beins is a composer/performer working in the fields of experimental music and sound art he is known for his definitive use of percussion in combination with selected objects. Furthermore he works with electronics, electro-acoustic instruments, and devices . Since the late 1980’s he performs at internationally renowned venues and festivals throughout Europe, America, Asia, and Australia. He works solo or in collaboration with musicians like Keith Rowe, Sven-Åke Johansson, Chris Abrahams, John Tilbury, or Charlemagne Palestine. He is also a member of several long-standing experimental music groups such as Activity Center, Polwechsel, Mensch Mensch Mensch, Perlonex, The Sealed Knot, Phosphor, Trio Sowari, and Splitter Orchester. Burkhard Beins lives in Berlin since 1995.

‘Burkhard Beins is best known as one of the most distinctive percussionists in European free music.’ – The Wire –

‘ …simply one of the most imaginative percussionists around, indeed making the tag ‘percussionist’ seem hopelessly deficient.’ – All Music Guide –

Concert: Free Entrance.    

Asian Youth Jazz Orchestra Pre-Concert – A Jazz Concert by 6 Japanese Musicians

Asian Youth Jazz Orchestra Pre concert

Tue 03 Feb 2015, 8 pm

Youth Theatre

11 Ngo Thi Nham, Hanoi

From Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam:

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam presents Jazz Concert by six Japanese musicians in Hanoi.

The Japan Foundation plans to organize “Asian Youth Jazz Orchestra” by young musicians from ASEAN countries and Japan in autumn of 2015. On the occasion the leaders of this project and young Japanese musicians come to Vietnam to hold the audition to select Vietnamese musicians who will take part in “Asian Youth Jazz Orchestra”, they will perform a Jazz concert.

This concert will be what we call “Pre-Concert for Asian Youth Jazz Orchestra”. 6 Japanese musicians (Piano, Saxophone, 2 Trombones, Electric Base, Drums) presents the jazz which they want to create with young ASEAN musicians. They will perform not only standard jazz but also their original pieces.

Asian Youth Jazz Orchestra will consists of young musicians from ASEAN countries and Japan.

From ASEAN countries, 16 musicians will be selected by auditions. Their part will be Trumpet, Saxophone, Clarinet, Piano and so on. After having training camp in Japan coming summer, they will travel and perform in ASEAN countries and Japan next autumn.

Tickets

Free ticket distribution from 14:00 on Tuesday 27 Jan 2015 onward at:

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam

27 Quang Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi

Opening hours: 09:00 – 18:00 (Sundays closed)

Note: Please refrain from taking children under 6 years old.    

Exhibition “My Pleasure”

Exhibition: 30 Jan – 07 Mar 2015

Cuci Fine Art

2nd floor, 22a Hai Ba Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi

Opening hours: 9 am – 6 pm, from Tuesday to Sunday

You are invited to the group exhibition titled “Rất Hân Hạnh” (My Pleasure), the first collaboration between the organizer and 5 young artists: Quach Bac, Ha Manh Chien, Le Bao Ngoc, Nguyen Thi Kim Nga, Pham Ngoc Ha Ninh. They share the same concerns and thoughts on contemporary social issues.

This exhibition will feature 5 artworks in many art forms such as painting, installation, performance, video art and convey a message “What is the real value in personal and community life”.

Video Night “The Youth”

Sun 01 Feb 2015, 8 pm

Hanoi Social Club

6 Hoi Vu Str, Hanoi

Have a relax Sunday night with Video Club. We will be showing short movies and short videos in the topic of The Youth. This will also be a night for socializing with other people with same interests of watching movies or making films. At the end of the night, feel free to share your own videos.

Please come a bit early to order your drink on the first floor, before getting your favorite seat on the second floor.

Note: This event will be run mostly in Vietnamese.

Free entrance.

Artist’s Talk: Curator Lab Public Art

Thu 05 Feb 2015, 7 pm

Goethe-Institut Hanoi

56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học

Ba Đình, Hà Nội

Public Art, i.e., artistic projects in public space, has become an established element of contemporary art and has a strong interface with the creative industries, as public art actions give increased visibility to the creative scene of a city.

The Goethe-Institut would like to contribute to making public art more widely known in Vietnam and has therefore organized, in collaboration with Manzi, a series of artist- and curator talks.

The 5th of February Lena Prents from Berlin and Yusvatria Adri and Rio Julian Akbar of the artist collective Sembilan Matahari in Bandung, Indonesia, will present public art projects, talk about framework conditions and their own experiences and discuss culturally different concepts of public space.

The following day, 06.02.2015, artists are invited to share concepts and designs for public art projects as part of a workshop. On invitation only.

Contact and Workshop Registration: thuha.dang@hanoi.goethe.org

Language: English, Vietnamese

Free Entrance.   

Knowmads Hanoi Open Workshop

Sun 01 Feb 2015, 2 – 5 pm

Rauta House Cafe

No. 1, Alley 97 Nguyễn Chí Thanh, Hà Nội

– Have you ever wanted to turn your hobby to a business or a job that can earn a livelihood?

– Do you feel lack of courage, experience, knowledge, or network make that happen?

– Have you ever felt lost in your study or career? Have you ever wondered “is there more to life?”

– Have you ever wondered “Who am I?” “What do I want?” “What am I capable of?” “What can I bring to this world?” “How do I lead a meaningful life?”

If you answer yes to any of those question, it’s time for you to claim the real education. Knowmads Hanoi can help you. Give us a try at our free Open Workshop on 1 Feb 2015.

After 2 successful courses in 2014, we has activated a community of young people who are entrepreneurial, creative, curious, brave, action-oriented. Thanks to our program, they have understood who they are, what they want, what they can bring to the world, and HOW to create projects and businesses to make that happen.

This is a chance for you too! Come feel the Knowmads spirit, learn and have fun with us!

Film Screening “Atame”

Tue 03 Feb 2015, 7.30 pm

La Bicicleta

44, lane 31 Xuan Dieu Str, Hanoi

Welcome to the screening of film “Atame” (1990, 111 mins).

About the film

Atame is a 1990 Spanish dark romantic comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, and starring Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril. The plot follows a recently released psychiatric patient who kidnaps an actress in order to make her fall in love with him. He believes his destiny is to marry her and father her children.

Free entrance.

Language: Spanish – English subtitle

Stand-up Comedy “Laughing Matters”

Fri 06 Feb 2015, 8.30 – 10.30 pm

House of Son Tinh

31 Xuan Dieu Str, Tay Ho Dist, Hanoi

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Sat 07 Feb 2015, 8.30 – 10.30 pm

Dai Vernon Cafe Lounge

3, lane 52 Giang Vo, Dong Da Dist, Hanoi

A weekend double-header showcasing Hanoi’s blossoming stand-up comedy talent …

FEATURING …

Alastair Hill

Bigg

Blake Nichols

Jill Kester

MinhHa Pham

Nick Sando

Tien Dung

Tom Hosker

Tickets: 80,000 VND (on the door)

EARLY BIRD PROMO: There will be 20 ‘early-bird’ tickets for each evening available for just VND50K each … first come, first served!

* If you are interested in performing at future stand-up comedy events please contact Alastair Hill on alastairkghill@gmail.com   

Hang Trong Folk Painting Exhibition

Talk: Sat 31 Jan 2015, 3.30 – 5.30 pm

Exhibition: 01 – 07 Feb 2015

Zó Project

No 3, lane 124/22 Au Co, Hanoi

Hang Trong folk paintings used to be the pride of Hanoians in the old days. However, until now, there is only one person who still preserve these masterpieces: Mr. Le Dinh Nghien in Cua Dong (Hanoi).

The exhibition will feature Trang Trinh’s collection of Hang Trong paintings and will be a platform to share the passion for folk paintings as well as the love for culture and tradition.

This is a non-profit program to honor artisans and support young artists.

Scheduled program:

3.30 – 5.30 pm 31 Jan 2015: Talk led by Le Dinh Nghien and Phan Ngoc Khue (only for guests).

01 – 07 Feb 2015: Exhibit personal collection of Hang Trong paintings by Trang Trinh (open to everyone).

Mentored Open Online Course: Managing the Arts – Marketing for Cultural Organizations

MOOC Managing the Arts: Marketing for Cultural Organizations calls for registration

Deadline to register: 18 Feb 2015

Course timeline: 19 Feb – 28 May 2015

Goethe-Institut Hanoi

56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

The online course for cultural managers will begin in February – register now!

In this three month Mentored Open Online course, you will learn about challenges for cultural managers around the world, acquire marketing and management skills and gain direct insights into contemporary arts organizations. Who are the audiences of the future? How do I manage an arts organization efficiently without losing creativity or artistic independence? Join in to share your ideas about these issues and gain arts marketing and management skills.

Frankenstein Theatre Performances in Vietnam

ADGE Europe presents TNT Theatre Britain in:

FRANKENSTEIN

The Monster and the Myth

By Paul Stebbings and Phil Smith

inspired by the Mary Shelley novel and the Hollywood movies.

Performances in English

HANOI OPERA HOUSE

Wed 18 Mar 2015, 8 pm

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HCMC OPERA HOUSE

Fri 20 Mar 2015, 11 am

20 and 21 Mar 2015, 8 pm

Tickets information below

From ADGE:

FRANKENSTEIN is one of the most potent modern myths. TNT revives its internationally acclaimed production in autumn 2014. Too many stage versions and even films ignore that this story is not a novel but a myth that has grown out of Mary Shelley’s original; so our production combines Boris Karloff’s immense impact with that of the original story to create a fascinating and entertaining new work. This FRANKENSTEIN is a Gothic comedy and a gripping a horror thriller that explores the darker themes within the myth. Should scientific research be held back by irrational prejudice or religious belief? Is human cloning or stem cell research immoral? Should humanity seek to create artificial life? Can science ever be restrained?

These pressing questions are explored through melodrama, high comedy and spine-tingling terror as the Monster is revealed in all his lonely suffering. There is even time for a love story – who is the true Bride of Frankenstein?

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The play is directed by Paul Stebbings who has explored this style of “serious” Gothic comedy in productions such as the MURDER OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, BRAVE NEW WORLD, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE WAVE and DR JEKYL & MR HYDE, which have been hugely successful, winning prizes at the Edinburgh Festival and performing in over forty countries in Europe and Asia. FRANKENSTEIN incorporates music and sound effects by noted composer Paul Flush that weaves through the drama in the manner of a film score. The theatrical style is highly visual and the pace fast and furious. The production appeals to a wide audience, including those whose first language is not English. This powerful work reveals why the name ‘Frankenstein’ resonates in the modern world like few others. FRANKENSTEIN is perhaps our most potent symbol for our fear of a future beyond human control.

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Ticket prices: 600 000 VND for adults (night performance)/500 000 VND for adults (day performance). 50% discount for students pupils. Prices are for ALL seats.

You can buy tickets here:

In Hanoi:

– Box office, Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi

– Vietnam Performing Arts Centre, 6th Floor, 32 Nguyen Thai Hoc St., Hanoi . Tel.: (04) 3747 8658

In HCMC: Box office at HCMC Opera House (left wing), No. 7 Công trường Lam Sơn, Dist. 1. Tel: (08)38299976

Online tickets will soon be available for purchase.

Mime Solo Act “The Comeback of Pantomime”

07 and 14 Feb 2015, 8 pm

Hong Ha Theatre

51 Duong Thanh, Hanoi

You are invited to two pantomime performances titled “The Comeback of Pantomime” with young artist Nguyen Hoang Tung. Tung has traveled in Japan and and many other countries to perform and, at the same time, learn about pantomime.

“The Comeback of Pantomime” incorporates classical pantomime techniques and modern body movements to tell the story of contemporary life from the viewpoint of the artist. Each performance carries a particular theme, philosophy, reflection, emotion which undoubtedly will bring to the audience unforgettable experiences.

Tickets: 80,000 – 100,000 – 150,000

Online tickets are available at:

Ticket for 07 Feb 2015.

Ticket for 14 Feb 2015.

Tet Market for the International Community in Hanoi

Sat 07 Feb 2015, 11 am – 3 pm

International School of Vietnam

No. 6-7 Nguyen Cong Thai Street, Dai Kim Urban Area, Dinh Cong, Hoang Mai, Hanoi

Come to a Tet market event for the international community in Hanoi.

While the Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Tet) reflects the diversified culture of the Vietnamese people, a Tet market is regarded as a specific cultural activity. Traditionally, a typical Tet market offers an abundance of sticky rice, green leaf, rice wine, flowers and all kind of food, fruit and decorative plants for the Lunar New Year. When Tet approaches, people not only go to Tet market for shopping, but also to enjoy cultural activities and meet friends. Visiting a Tet market is really a fascinating experience, full of sights, sounds, scents and emotions.

At the Tet market, traditional Vietnamese Tet foodstuffs and decorating items will be on sale, and there will be cooking class to demonstrate a traditional new year’s eve dinner. We will show how to prepare and cook “Banh-Chung” and not forgetting our usual favourites: Mut-tet (traditional sweets), Cha-gio (spring rolls), Vietnamese tea & spirits, wine and homemade foodstuffs. The participating vendors will surprise and delight you with a variety of other high quality, handmade goods, Tet decorating plants as well as Vietnamese traditional games and activities, dragon dancing, calligraphy handwriting, Bonsai art exhibition, and Dong Ho painting for children.

What you will see:

Tet stalls: Tet food, gifts, and jewellery

Handcraft stalls

Bookstore

Cooking classes: banh chung, traditional Tet New Year’s Eve dinner.

Food corner

Tet decorating plants: kumquat bonsai, flower shop, peach blossom

Games: traditional dance, dap nieu, ca-kheo, lottery

Calligraphy master

Exhibition: children’s painting, gemstone pictures

Lion dance

Entrance:

Entrance ticket will be on sale from 21st January 2015. Please call +84 (0) 435 409183 (extension 131) for ticket reservations.

Pre-event price: 80.000 VND

At the gate: 100.000 VND

Red & Black Ball Fundraising Night

Sat 07 Feb 2015, 6 pm

Hanoi Rock City

27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho

We humbly request your heartfelt presence for a Victorian/Burlesque/Cabaret inspired evening. This Valentine’s event will surely bring your heart joy and love as you revel and join in all of the evening’s fascinating festivities!

DJs:

A wet dream of the finest acts Hanoi has to offer.

Incognegro

Kulture

Matt Gooch

Vaughan

Spectrum

Blip Blop

Live Music:

Positively, the most refined players in Hanoi.

Hannah Rebekah

Lawrence and Ella

Cuong Le

David Fryer

Fantashtique

The 3d

Taylor Moore

Performances and workshops by:

Hanoi Fire Collective

The Burlesque Poets of the Poetry Boudoir

Liv, the Lady of the Crowns and Masks

Nic Sando, Extraordinaire

Plus:

Parlour Games

Valentines

Kissing Booth

Special Cocktails and Treats

Costume Contest

Prizes, Surprises…

and More!

This is a fundraiser for ART HOUSE Hanoi.

Art House was established to create opportunities for local and international artists to connect, perform, train and learn from each other within an open and socially responsible community.

Our vision at Art House is to provide a conduit for artists, performers, musicians, students and innovative doers to meet, explore, exchange and create together. Through classes, events, performances, art installations, artist residencies, and much more, Art House will connect and inspire the growing community of creative thinkers in Hanoi.

Tickets: 100k (students: 50k)   

Legendary Metropole Tet Market

06 – 08 Feb 2015, 4 – 8 pm

Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi

15 Ngo Quyen Str, Hanoi

Following the tradition, the annual Tet market will be held in Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi’s dreamy garden, spreading traditional festive spirit throughout the hotel and bringing Hanoian New Year flavours closer to guests and travelers in town.

In honour of the Lunar New Year, the hotel is decorated in a elegant theme with a touch of exotic element from Sapa which provide a warm, festive atmosphere. The lobby is lit up with splashes of colours of the peach blossoms, mandarin oranges and colourful brocade. Bamboo stalls will be assembled, selling Vietnamese delicacies, fresh products, handicrafts and colourful traditional paintings in Dong Ho style.Visitors can also pass by a stand of the calligraphy master to bring home some luck or have their portrait sketched by a street artist.

The atmosphere will be warmed up with a special selection of fascinating competitions such as banh chung making contest, spring roll making contest, bamboo dance performance, ‘tò he’ making contest and drawing competition. Let’s start a wonderful year of the goat!

Free entrance.

Burkhard Beins – Experimental Percussion and Electronic Music

Workshop: 02 – 05 Feb 2015, 2 – 5 pm

3/61 Lương Ngọc Quyến (by invitation only)

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Concert: Sat 07 Feb 2015, 8 pm

Goethe-Institut Hanoi

56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học, Ba Đình, Hà Nội

After his successful performances at the Hanoi New Music Festival in 2013, Hanoi is pleased to once again welcome the composer and percussionist Burkhard Beins. He will conduct a workshop with the musicians of the DomDom Centre for Experimental Music and Sound Art, managed by composer Kim Ngoc.

During this workshop participants will develop together with Burkhard Beins a version of his graphic score Adapt/Oppose which combines composition, improvisation and guided group interaction. The focus of the workshop will be on analyzing musical situations and on relating to them by contributing individual musical material. The results of this working process will be premiered at the concert.

Burkhard Beins

Born in Lower Saxony/Germany in 1964, Burkhard Beins is a composer/performer working in the fields of experimental music and sound art he is known for his definitive use of percussion in combination with selected objects. Furthermore he works with electronics, electro-acoustic instruments, and devices . Since the late 1980’s he performs at internationally renowned venues and festivals throughout Europe, America, Asia, and Australia. He works solo or in collaboration with musicians like Keith Rowe, Sven-Åke Johansson, Chris Abrahams, John Tilbury, or Charlemagne Palestine. He is also a member of several long-standing experimental music groups such as Activity Center, Polwechsel, Mensch Mensch Mensch, Perlonex, The Sealed Knot, Phosphor, Trio Sowari, and Splitter Orchester. Burkhard Beins lives in Berlin since 1995.

‘Burkhard Beins is best known as one of the most distinctive percussionists in European free music.’ – The Wire –

‘ …simply one of the most imaginative percussionists around, indeed making the tag ‘percussionist’ seem hopelessly deficient.’ – All Music Guide –

Concert: Free Entrance.   

Opera “Bamboo Princess”

06 and 07 Feb 2015, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to Opera “Bamboo Princess” composed by Numajiri Tatsunori with the participation of:

Conductor: Honna Tetsuji

Orchestra: Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra

Chorus: Vietnam National Opera & Ballet

Stage Director: Le Hung, Miura Yasuhiro

Language: Japanese with Vietnamese subtitles

Singers:

Koda Hiroko: Bamboo Princess

Fukushima Akiya: Old man (bamboo-cutter)

Kano Etsuko: Old woman

Vũ Mạnh Dũng: Mikado (Emperor of Japan)

Minh Tới: Prince Ishizukuri

Oyama Daisuke: Prince Kuramochi

Đinh Khánh Cường: Grand Counselor

Phan Mạnh Đức: Minister of the Right

Nguyễn Huy Đức: Middle Counselor

Hà Phạm Thăng Long: Envoy from the moon

Stage Manager: Kondo Moto

Lighting Design: Inaba Naoto

Stage Design: Suzuki Toshiaki

Set Carpenter: (Mr. Le Hung’s Team)

Assistant Conductor: Kumehara Yusuke, Fukuda Kotaro

Assistant Stage Director: Inayama Akiko

Tickets

Ticket prices: 300000, 500000, 700000 VND. All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House or can book online at vnso.org.vn.

For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.   

Exhibition “More than D2″

Exhibition: 02 – 28 Feb 2015

VinGallery

6 Lê Văn Miến, Thảo Điền, District 2, HCMC

The wonderful paintings of Doan Xuan Tang will be centre stage at our first exhibition of 2015. His beautiful studies of Highland girls aim to reveal, to the viewer, the strength and sadness behind the charming smiles.

The streaks in his paintings are like a veil through which we see the present day and all of their history. The look in their eyes asks ‘what will happen next’.

His works have made their way into private collections all over the world. Tang’s work is that of a first class, maturing artist whose style is developing as he finds new ways to express the emotions behind the themes.

In contrast we have the constructionist works of Indonesian artists Agung Tato and Heri Cahyono. These powerful images represent architecture as art, using elements from the built environment to reflect on cultural issues. They are hugely engaging and surprisingly emotive.

This exhibition is the Saigon debut for these artists and we feel sure they will be enthusiastically received by art lovers and collectors alike.   

Tet Fair 2015

Sat 07 Feb 2015, 10 am – 2 pm

British International School, Hanoi

Hoa Lan Str., Vinhomes Riverside, Long Bien, Hanoi

Join us at our Tet Fair where we can really start this festive period with an abundance of colour and excitement.

With the aim of educating students about Vietnamese traditional values, culture and customs through handicraft workshops, games, food stalls and costumes. The event will be held on school campus where students, families and friends can have an enjoyable and fun time together.

This is the opportunity to see some of the classical activities of a bygone era or observe the skills of To He or the elegant curves of Vietnamese calligraphy as well as the comic charm of water puppetry.

Online registration: please fill in the form here and press “Submit”.

For more information please contact: + 84 (0)4 3946 0435 – Ext: 222

Exhibition “Dan – Movements”

Opening: Sun 01 Feb 2015, 4.30 – 6 pm

Exhibition: 01 – 05 Feb 2015

Vietnam Fine Arts Museum

66 Nguyen Thai Hoc Str, Hanoi

At the age of thirty three, Nguyen Duc Dan is confident enough to launch his first solo lacquer exhibition with 55 artworks created in the last three years. Born in a delta district (My Duc, Ha Tay), Nguyen Duc Dan pursues lacquer art career only with his own passion. In 2002, Nguyen Duc Dan started learning lacquer paiting in Traditional Fine Art Deparment, Hanoi University of Industrial Fine Arts. Graduating in 2007, Dan became a freelance artist, devoted entirely to painting and lives on the proceeds of his works.

Gradually, the artist has developed his own style which combines reality and expression inspired by traditional roots, similar to the material that he is pursuing. That orientation is “the culture of mother tongue, the voice I speak, the rice I eat, the plots of old memories, the present life …”. He realized that, apart from the mood absorbed in his generation, there is an endless source of themes inspired from the ancestral art, such as ancient literature, Thanh Giong, the Kieu story … In his solo exhibition, a series of artworks inspired from the character – Thuy Kieu in the Kieu Story will be featured. Most of these paintings illustrates Kieu playing the lute in contradictory moods, in condensed form and obsessive color…

In his first solo exhibition, Nguyen Duc Dan expresses his effort and love for art, in addition to all the greatness and nonperformance. However, the source of traditional culture is endless. We all believe that Nguyen Duc Dan is moving on the right path.

HCMC – Exhibition “This Cat Dreams in Color”

Opening: Fri 23 Jan 2015, 6 pm

Exhibition: 23 Jan – 22 Feb 2015

Craig Thomas Gallery

27i Tran Nhat Duat, Tan Dinh ward, Q.1, HCMC

Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday 11 am to 6pm; Sundays 1 to 5 pm; and by appointment

You are invited to exhibition “This Cat Dreams in Color”, a solo exhibition of new works by Saigon-based artist Lieu Nguyen Huong Duong.

Mèo Mơ Màu Mè translates into English roughly as “This Cat Dreams in Color.” The proverbial cat in this case is Duong himself who was born in the year of the cat (1975). Duong says his paintings are like his dreams brought to life. Made in his recognizable Action Painting style, the sixteen paintings of Duong’s latest collection vividly show that this cat does indeed dream in color.

HCMC – Exhibition “Sole Imprint of a Wood Flux”

Film Screening “Atame”

Tue 03 Feb 2015, 7.30 pm

La Bicicleta

44, lane 31 Xuan Dieu Str, Hanoi

Welcome to the screening of film “Atame” (1990, 111 mins).

About the film

Atame is a 1990 Spanish dark romantic comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, and starring Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril. The plot follows a recently released psychiatric patient who kidnaps an actress in order to make her fall in love with him. He believes his  destiny is to marry her and father her children.

Free entrance.

Language: Spanish – English subtitle

JF Garage Concert 05 – Japanese and Vietnamese Opera Songs

Sat 07 Feb 2015, 2 – 3 pm (no intermission)

Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam

27 Quang Trung

Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly presents its fifth act of the JF Garage Concert, “Japanese and  

Vietnamese Opera Songs” by well-known Japanese and Vietnamese opera singers in Hanoi on Saturday 7 February 2015.

Singers

Manami SUZUKI (Ms)

Daisuke OHYAMA (Mr)

Đinh Khánh Cường

Phan Mạnh Đức

Nguyễn Huy Đức

Minh Tới

Songs

Japanese Songs＞

M1”Koujou no Tsuki” ”Moon over the Ruined Castle” by Daisuke OHYAMA

M2 ”Karatachi no Hana”, “Three-Petaled Orange Blossoms” by Manami SUZUKI

M3 ”Karamatsu”, “Japanese Larch” by Daisuke OHYAMA

M4 ”Hamabe no Uta”, “Song of the Seashore” by Daisuke OHYAMA

M5 ”Yashi no Mi”, “Coconut” by Manami SUZUKI

M6 ”Pechka”, “Pechka (Russian Stove)” by Manami SUZUKI

＜Vietnamese Songs＞

M7：Hà Giang quê hương tôi 「私の故郷」 by Dinh Khanh Cuong

M8：Hoa thơm bướm lượn 「香りのいい花飛んでいる蝶々」 by Phan Manh Duc

M9：Bèo dạt mây trôi by Huy Duc

M10：Chiếc khăn Piêu「マフラー」 by Minh Toi

JF Garage Concert is a series of concerts at the garage and courtyard of the Japan Foundation in hope to provide musical diversity to Hanoi  

through the introduction of Japanese music played by distinguished musicians.

Free admission and no registration is required (first come, first served). (Capacity: around 100 guests)

Reading in Pyjamas with Katie

Sun 01 Feb 2015, 10.30 am

Bookworm Too

Lane 1/28, Nghi Tam Village, Hanoi

Bookworm Too presents “Reading in Pyjamas with Katie” for children 4 to 9.

Katie will host a pyjama party for young readers at Bookworm Too. This is a free event and Katie will read a selection of books to young readers.

12 lucky kids in their favorite pyjamas can attend….if a responsible adult accompanies them.

Katie, Bookworm Too’s volunteer, is 18 and when she returns to England she will start a university course in English Lit and Theater.

Free cookies and fruit for everyone!

15% disounts on all children’s books for participants

Booking essential at bookworm@fpt.vn or 04.3715331   

Video Night “The Youth”

Sun 01 Feb 2015, 8 pm

Hanoi Social Club

6 Hoi Vu Str, Hanoi

Have a relax Sunday night with Video Club. We will be showing short movies and short videos in the topic of The Youth. This will also be a night for socializing with other people with same interests of watching movies or making films. At the end of the night, feel free to share your own videos.

Please come a bit early to order your drink on the first floor, before getting your favorite seat on the second floor.

Note: This event will be run mostly in Vietnamese.

Free entrance.

Exhibition: 29 Jan – 29 Jun 2015, 9 am – 9 pm

Phuong My Flagship Store

81 Le Thanh Ton, Dist 1, HCMC

Wood-flux – a wooden flow – seems to be a contradictory phrase for how can something as sturdy as wood also stream so fervently. Such a concept indeed recalls a Japanese genre of woodblock prints on silk and paper – ‘Ukiyo-e’ – meaning ‘pictures of the floating world’. Inspired by the caliber of Ukiyo-e woodblock and the textile pattern of PHUONG MY’s Spring Summer 2015 collection, artist Nguyễn Hữu Trâm Kha showcases various fascinations of a ‘Wood-flux’.

Both Trâm Kha and Phuong My love utilizing contrasts in subject, material, form, and composition. For example, Phuong My has a Japanese textile designer create delicate and feminine patterns; she then weaves them into particular rigid fabric to style powerful silhouettes. Meanwhile, Trâm Kha meticulously carves a wooden surface – a solid medium – to characterize flora and abstract creatures as if they are floating.

In the past, Ukiyo-e required collaboration between artist, engraver, printer, and publisher. In contemporary art and design, such collaboration still plays an important role. Trâm Kha designs the artwork for the carver who executes her drawings in these woodblock sculptures. The Japanese designer creates textile pattern inspired by Phuong My’s ideas of femininity and nature; and then Phuong My will utilize that print design across her whole subsequent collection. In this forthcoming collaboration between Phuong My and visual artist, Trâm Kha, the history of the ukiyo-e woodblock aligns harmoniously with Phuong My’s print textile. One unique woodblock can produce multiple prints, just as one unique textile pattern can be shaped into multiple garment pieces for a collection. This is an essential relation between originality and reproduction in art and fashion design.

The exhibition is curated by Arlette Quỳnh-Anh Trần.

Workshop Cultural Event Management

21 Jan – 11 Feb 2015, 6.30 – 8.30 pm

Work Room Four

24th floor, Packexim Building, lane 15, An Duong Vuong Str, Tay Ho, Hanoi

Presented at the Work Room Four studio space in Hanoi this workshop will cover themes such as communication, concept, grant application, sponsoring, partnership development etc.

Once we get pas the boring bits the course will become more hands on as participants will be asked to draft proposals, present research and pitch their own concepts. At the end of the course, as a team, the group will organise from start to finish a small scale cultural event in a space outside of the classroom.

This course is to be presented by Elise Luong co-founder of Undecided Productions a Brussels based artistic events production house.

Fee: 2,100,000 VND/person

To join sign up here or write to: workrmfour@gmail.com

Note: The workshop starts from the 21st of January every Wednesday for 4 weeks.   

Exhibition “My Pleasure”

Exhibition: 30 Jan – 07 Mar 2015

Cuci Fine Art

2nd floor, 22a Hai Ba Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi

Opening hours: 9 am – 6 pm, from Tuesday to Sunday

You are invited to the group exhibition titled “Rất Hân Hạnh” (My Pleasure), the first collaboration between the organizer and 5 young artists: Quach Bac, Ha Manh Chien, Le Bao Ngoc, Nguyen Thi Kim Nga, Pham Ngoc Ha Ninh. They share the same concerns and thoughts on contemporary social issues.

This exhibition will feature 5 artworks in many art forms such as painting, installation, performance, video art and convey a message “What is the real value in personal and community life”.

Exhibition “Goat”

Opening: Sun 01 Feb 2015, 5 pm

Exhibition: 01 Feb – 01 Mar 2015

Flora Cafe

713 Lac Long Quan, Tay Ho, Hanoi

You are invited to the group exhibition titled “Mùi” (Goat) to celebrate the 2015 Lunar New Year.

10 participating artists are recognized names who have had successful solo or group exhibitions before. They are Phuong Binh, Hoang Thi Phuong Lien, Nguyen Phan Bach, Pham Tran Quan, Tran Gia Tung, Tao Linh, Le Thiet Cuong, Le Dinh Nguyen, Do Dung, Trinh Tu.

In the romantic and delicate space of the Cafe, the artists will bring in a range of artworks with the theme of “Goat” made from different materials such as oil, do paper, pastel, torn paper, statue, etc.