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Sat 18 Feb 2012, 8 pm
ATK73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi
Vu Nhat Tan performing with live bassist, Bush Lam represents an exciting collaboration as Hanoi’s old guard hooks up with its hottest young talent.
Tan has been flying the flag for experimental and electronic music in the capital for as long as anyone can remember. Through his noise groups, DJ sets, classical compositions and lectures at the Hanoi Conservatory,
Tan has introduced a generation of Hanoians to a world of music which wouldn’t otherwise reach them. It’s fitting then that for his ATK performance on Saturday the 18th, he’ll have one of Vietnam’s most exciting young musicians accompanying him on live bass. Anyone who’s heard any of Bush’s myriad musical projects or seen one of his filthy, bass heavy DJ sets knows he’s one to watch.
Free entry.
Audition for HITS Spring Comedy Show
18 and 19 Feb 2012, 3 pm
Cinematheque
22A Hai Ba Trung Str, Hanoi
We hope you have had such a great holiday and have now returned to the lovely city of Hanoi, ready to enjoy HITS’ upcoming activities and shows – and especially to hop onboard if you’ve had a dream of acting onstage since you were a kid. No acting experience required. Plus, our greatly missed prodigal director, Joe Ruelle, is taking the reins on our next show and is sure to help you make that childhood dream come true!
Music Night with DJ Alex Millan
Thu 16 Feb 2012, 7 pm
IDECAF, 28 Le Thanh Ton, Distr 1, HCMC
You are invited to an electronic music night with Alex Millan. Alex Millan started with electronic music from 1997 in Montpellier. With his increasing popularity, in 2010, he joined Villa Rouge, a famous French club with famous artists of electronic music. He has performed with Laurent Garnier, Sven Väth, Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin, Derrick May…
Alex Millan will have a performance in Hanoi on 18 Feb.
He creates his own music style by combining rhythm, melody and sadness. With his experience and emotion, he is one of the most popular electronic music stars.
Free entrance.
Group Exhibition at Galerie Quynh
Exhibition: 08 Feb – 03 Mar 2012
Galerie Quynh
65 De Tham, Dist 1, HCMC
Galerie Quynh is pleased to announce our new presentation of recent and never-before-exhibited works by gallery artists, Hoang Duong Cam, Nadege David, Sandrine Llouquet, Tran Van Thao, Nguyen Trung, and Lien Truong.
For inquiries please contact Lisa (English and French) at lisa@galeriequynh.com / 0126 464 2885, or Tung (Vietnamese) tung@galeriequynh.com / 0903 613 698.
Galerie Quynh is open Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 6pm, Sunday and Monday by appointment.
Vietnam – Korean Exchange Exhibition
Opening: Tue 14 Feb, 4.30 pm
Exhibition : 14 – 18 Feb
Discussion: Fri 17 Feb 2012, 10 am
Korean Cultural Center, 49 Nguyen Du, Hanoi
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Viet Nam and Korea, the Korean Cultural Center organizes an exchange exhibition among Vietnamese and Korean artists. This exhibition includes oil paintings, lacquer paintings, graphic designs of 8 talented Vietnamese artists (Ngo Quang Nam, Doan Hong, Nguyen Van Cuong, Tran Yen The, Vu Bach Lien, Cong Quoc Thang, Ha ANh Tuan, Vu Viet Cuong) together with art lecturers and ceramic artists from Korea (Min Gi Hi, Lee Myung-Ah, Jang Jin, Han Hyung Lim, Ro Hae Sin và Kim Jong In).
Each of the art works describe different characteristic of different cultures. If the Vietnamese artists often draw the scenery, the Vietnamese people, the buffalo, the bamboo trees, the soldiers, etc, the Korean artists represent the delicacy on ceramic.
In addition, the talk on 17th Feb is an opportunity for the artisans of two countries to learn from each other and exchange ideas for the future art scenes.
Screening of “With or Without me” at DOCLAB
Sat 18 Feb 2012, 6 pm
Big Hall, Goethe Institut, 56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học, Hanoi
You are invited to a film screening “With or Without Me”, a work partnered by Phương Thảo Trần (Vietnamese) and Swann Dubus (French), the film won Planète Rouge 2011 award by Marseille International Film Festival 2011 and was featured at Torino Film Festival 2011.
Thi and Trung live in the lush, rice-terraced mountains of Vietnam’s far northwest territory of Điện Biên. Like many young people in this region (which is on the main heroin route from Laos to China), they are addicts and are also HIV positive. Forced to live a life marked by the efforts of family members, friends and doctors to keep them away from drugs, Thi wants to kick his habit but Trung just wants to die.
Showing the daily struggle of living with drugs and the devastating consequences of addiction, the camera becomes a part of their existence and reveals how their ‘habit’ destroys their hopes and dreams. Through showing the destinies and tragedy of two individual lives, the film sheds a light upon a wider unfolding story about drug use in Vietnam and, in doing so, it hopes to contribute to the debate about how best to tackle this issue.
Screening followed by Q&A with filmmakers!
Languages: In Vietnamese with English subtitles.
Free admission.
If you’re interested in getting news, announcements from DOCLAB for its activities, workshops, and schedule of film screenings, etc., please email us at hanoidoclab@gmail.com to subscribe to DOCLAB news.
Music Night with Xu Shaoyang and Sha Sha
Fri 17 Feb 2012, 9 pm
Hanoi Rock City, 27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi
The Duo from Hong Kong / Denmark will hit HRC this Friday 17/02.
Xu Shaoyang has over 10 years touring and playing in many different stages across Europe, America, Asia and now Vietnam. Taking influences from bands / artists such as The Pastels, Dan Hill, Tori Kudo, Joao Gillberto, Faye Wong…Xu Shaoyang has defined his own unique style in the genres of Blues / Chinese Pop / Soul.
Record label: Ko-ishi (Japan), Igloo (Japan), Bsbta (Demark)
Support for the night, we’ll welcome back Jordan Senior, who rocked HRC in the last mini Folk festival last August.
The party would never be complete without the special Zippy Doiron also on the line up.
Ticket
Ticket price: 50 000 VND (at door)
Hanoi Green Drinks
Joma Bakery Cafe
22 Ly Quoc Su, Hanoi
This time around, we will have someone from Live&Learn sharing her experiences about the recent Climate Change Conference in Durban, South-Africa (COP17). What did she expected? Did it meet the expectations? What’s the result? What will happen after Durban?
Come and discuss with us and other interested people how we move ahead in 2012.
As usual, after a brief talk, there is plenty of time for some green networking.
Screening of “Mother’s Soul”
Cinematheque, 22A Hai Bà Trưng, Hà Nội
Friends of Vietnam Heritage is pleased to invite you to our film showing of Mother’s Soul (Tâm hồn mẹ) on Wednesday February 22nd at Cinematheque Hanoi. The latest film by reputed female director Nhuệ Giang, Mother’s Soul won Best Actress Award at Dubai International Film Festival 2011 for the heartbreaking and nuanced performance of the 12-year-old actress Phùng Hoa Hoài Linh.
Based on a short story of the same name written by Nguyễn Huy Thiệp in the late 1980s, Mother’s soul tells the story of a mother and her daughter who live on an island in the middle of the Red River in Hanoi.
When her mother falls in love with a driver, the nine-year-old girl suffers from the lack of maternal attention. As the mother become more and more obsessed with her lover, the daughter unwittingly takes on a maternal role herself to the orphan next door until an accident changes their lives forever. Through these tender human relationships, Mother’s Soul looks at the effect of capitalism on a former communist economy.
Language: Vietnamese with English subtitle
Cost: 130,000 VND (half-price tickets for students with valid student ID)
Limit: 90 people
To Register: Please email Thu at fvh.films@gmail.com. Please leave your mobile phone number so we can contact you in case of any last minute changes.
Music Night with Tiny Monster
Sat 18 Feb 2012, 9 pm
Hanoi Rock City, 27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi
HRC Presents: Tiny Monster
“…A spontaneous blend of pop, rock and alternative integrated with Vietnamese traditional folk and electronic ambient sound.”
Tiny Monster became something of a phenomenon in late 2011 as familiar faces from the likes of Gat Tan Day, Microwave and Little Wings re-emerged from the shadows to form this mellow super band. Moving forward from their animated indie pop rock pasts, Tiny Monster are writing lyrically mature music that sounds delightfully delicate, calm and composed.
With an impressive presence at Rock Storm, the HCMC-based band marked their first outstanding steps into the music scene with acclaimed, 12 track debut album “Đường Về” (The Way Home). Tender and affectionate, Bot delivers his self-composed vocals with a genuine expression, reflecting that his lyrics are based on “real experiences in life and music.”
Ripe and ready to perform in front of their huge Hanoi fanbase, HRC is pleased to present one of the hottest prospects in the country, supported by Nu Voltage who will entertain with a special post-rock set, tailor-made for this memorable night.
In the words of Tiny Monster: “…to be able to create, to express true feeling is the best form for passion. Passion of Tiny Monster”.
Nu Voltage: 9PM
Tiny Monster 9:40PM
Ticket price: 100 000 VND (at door)
*Tickets available on the door. Arrive early to avoid disappointment. This will be a sell out gig.
Video Screening and Talk with Meiro Koizumi
Fri 17 Feb 2012, 6 pm
Big Hall, Goethe Institut, 56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học
Hanoi DOCLAB is pleased to present a video screening and talk with Japanese artist Meiro Koizumi. Dislocation and the fetishisation of relationships underlie the work of Koizumi. The artist uses video in a way that documents performances, conversations and constructed scenarios to explore the psychology of urban relationships and modern living.
Meiro Koizumi was born in Gunma in 1976, he currently lives and works in Yokohama, Japan. He studied in London at Chelsea Art and Design School and in Amsterdam at Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten Institute. Selected solo exhibitions include: ‘Broken Hero, Beautiful Afternoon’ Artspace, Sydney, Australia; ‘Total Ecstasy’, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; ‘MAM Project 009: Meiro Koizumi’, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo.
Koizumi will screen and talk about his works and art practice.
Koizumi’s talk is made possible with supports from Japan Foundation and Goethe Institut Hanoi.
Photo credit “My Voice Would Reach You”, Video Installation, 16min45sec, 2009
If you’re interested in getting news, announcements from DOCLAB for its activities, workshops, and schedule of film screenings, etc., please email us at hanoidoclab@gmail.com to subscribe to DOCLAB news.
Performance of AUN
Tue 14 Feb 2012, 8 pm
Youth Theatre, 11 Ngo Thi Nham Str, Hanoi
You are invited to the performance titled “The Miracle of Japanese Sounds” of the Orchestra AUN with the participation of 3 drum artists, 3 string artists and 1 artist playing traditional Japanese instrument in collaboration with artists from Vietnam National Academy of Music
About AUN
A dynamic group of young musicians on the traditional Japanese music scene has recently begun a great new adventure. Innovative and with a high level of artistry, their first project has already proven a tremendous success. It won’t be long before all come to know the name, AUN!!!
Japan’s traditional stringed, wind and percussion instruments share a history of more than one thousand years, during which their uniquely beautiful sounds have evolved. Mixing the traditions of old with the sounds of today, this exciting group of artists has spawned a truly original fusion.
Program
1. CHAPPA solo
2. SOUL’S VILLE (Drum TAIKO)
3. FUE solo
4. PLAYBACK (SHAMISEN)
5. To the South
6. FU-MA TENKU (SHAMISEN・Drum TAIKO・NARIMONO)
7. GROUND ZERO- (Drum TAIKO)
Playing TAIKO drum and talk with the audience
Performance with Vietnamese artists
8. MONOCHROME〜YATAIBAYASHI
9. CARPEDIEM
10. KAIRYU
11. Be BLUE
12. Von Voyage
13. 74
14. AUN SHAMISEN
15. 1969
Tickets are available for pick up at the Japanese Embassy from 07 Feb 2012.
Music Night with Machete.Sex.Mix and Gỗ Lim
Sat 11 Feb 2012, 8.30 pm
Hanoi Rock City
This Saturday, two prominent bands of Hanoi who have really put the word ‘live’ into ‘live music’ go head to head in a night that will be so loud you’re likely to still hear the echoes on Valentine’s Day.
Go Lim’s first show since …December 2011. The last show of Machete.Sex.Mix. In the words and spirit of Led Zep, that adds up to a whole lotta love and a whole lotta minutes of great music.
Each band comes with their respective quirks and an array of refreshing electronic and guitar effects that combine with a classic instrument set up to build songs that sound fresh. Stylistically as well as technically, Go Lim and Machete.Sex.Mix have creatively distinguished themselves so far apart and beyond the ‘same old indie’ stereotype that it feels misleading to apply the term at all. Throw into the mix the perpetual energy of the band members and on-stage antics of the two, skinhead lead vocalists (front woman Nhi of Go Lim and Jacques ‘The Wolf’ of MSM) and you end up with something that is not only musically but also visually distinctive.
Whatever words you might choose to describe their music – experimental, punk, metal, rock, electronic, contemporary, all or none of the above, or something that there isn’t even a name for yet, none of this can give more than a fraction of insight into the experience of seeing these bands perform in action.
What we’re saying is, if you’ve been in the front row of one of their shows then you’ve probably been jumped on. If you’ve been in the back row of one of their shows then you’ve probably been jumped on.
We don’t know about you, Hanoi, but we like being jumped on.
Ticket
Ticket price: 50 000 VND (at door)
Screening and Talk with Yu Araki
Sun 12 Feb 2012, 6 pm
Big hall, Goethe Institut
Hanoi DOCLAB is pleased to present a screening and talk with young Japanese video artist Yu Araki. YU ARAKI has participated in numerous national and international screenings, including “Theory of Everything” (7th and 8th screening, curated by Yuki Okumura), and was selected for the 56th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (with MIACA).
Araki received his B.F.A. in Sculpture from Washington University in St. Louis Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts (USA), and his master’s degree in New Media from Tokyo University of Arts. His research concerning ‘the relationship regarding the camera and the self’ is highlighted in the work “Deep Search,” a voyage in which the artist swallows a miniature camera to search for a small figurine in his internal organs. He was one of the four artists selected to participate in the Local-Creator-in-Residence Program at Tokyo Wonder Site Aoyama in 2011-12.
Free entrance.
YAMASHITA Yosuke 70th Birthday Concert
25 and 26 Feb 2012, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi
You are invited to the Yamaha Jazz Special Concert with conductor HONNA Tetsuji, pianist YAMASHITA Yosuke, saxophones Quyen Van Minh, Quyen Thien Dac, Nguyen Bao Long.
Program
Glen Miller Moonlight Serenade
YAMASHITA Yosuke Mt.Semba
Strayhorn Take the A train
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue – Special Version
Tickets
Ticket prices: 250 000, 400 000, 600 000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over www.ticketvn.com, ticketvn@gmail.com
For free delivery Call: www.ticketvn.com, 0913489858, 0983067996, 35651806, 66617859.
Screening of “Pièce monté”
Fri 24 Feb 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi
You are invited to the film screening titled “Piece monte” (The Horrible Wedding) of director Granier-Deferre at L’Espace. The La Croix newspaper said that “This is a hilarious comedy with the perfect installation style”.
Languages: French with Vietnamese subtitle
For more information on the film’s synopsis in Vietnamese, click here.
Ticket price: 20 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 10 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Spring Concert
Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi
You are invited to a Spring Concert with conductor Jonathan Webb and Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra. Famous works of J. Brahms and A. Dvorak will be performed. For more information, see below:
Program
J. Brahms
Academic Festival Overture
Briten
Simple Symphony
Interval
A. Dvorak
Symphony No.7
Ticket
Ticket prices: 150000, 250000, 350000, 500000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over www.ticketvn.com, ticketvn@gmail.com
For free delivery Call: www.ticketvn.com, 0913489858, 0983067996, 35651806, 66617859.
Screening of “Bran Nue Dae”
Mon 13 Feb 2012, 7 pm
Youth Cultural House, 04 Phạm Ngọc Thạch St., District 1, HCMC
The Australian Consulate – General and the Youth Cultural House in Ho Chi Minh City are proud to present a screening of the musical movie “Bran Nue Dae” to mark the 4th anniversary of Australia saying sorry to the stolen generations and indigenous Australians in 2008.
“Bran Nue Dae” is a feature film adaptation of the 1990 musical Bran Nue Dae. Released in 2010, the film has won numerous awards, including the Melbourne International Film Festival Award and Audience Award for Best Feature Film. The film highlights Australian Indigenous culture, tradition and humour.
For tickets: please email Ms Hang at chau-thuy.hang@dfat.gov.au.
Film Screening in Feb at IDECAF
Sat 11, 18, 25 Feb 2012, 3 pm
IDECAF, 28 Le Thanh Ton, Distr 1, HCMC
You are invited to the film screenings in February including: Andalucia, Special Screening of Short Cartoons, Madamoiselle Chambon. All films are original and have Vietnamese subtitles.
For more information about the screening schedule and the ticket price, see below:
Screening schedule:
Sat 11 Feb, 3 pm: Screening of “Andalucia”
Sat 18 Feb, 3 pm: Special Screening of Short Cartoons
Sat 25 Feb, 3 pm: Screening of “Madamoiselle Chambon”
For more information, you can see here.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.
Ticket:
Ticket price: 15 000 VND.
Tickets are available at IDECAF.
A Solo Exhibition by Paramodel
Opening: Thu 16 Feb, 6 pm
Exhibition: 17 Feb – 11 Mar 2012, 9 am – 6 pm
Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange
Workshop: Fri 17 Feb 2012, 2 – 4 pm
The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly presents an art exhibition “the plastic model of paramodel is paramodel” by an internationally acclaimed art unit paramodel. paramodel is an art unit formed in 2001 by Hayashi Yasuhiko and Nakano Yusuke. Their title is essentially a manifesto in sum – fusing the words Paradise, Paradox, and Model. In addition, it plays upon the Japanese word Puramoderu (toy plastic dioramas).
Through elaborate combinations of plastic toys parts with other everyday objects, they attempt to create blueprints of Paradise whilst underscoring life’s paradoxes. paramodel’s expansive artworks range from massive, room-scaling installations, to mini-sculptures, with videos, drawing, and photography, and other media in between.
Their artworks are fun, pop and eye-catching, and always invite viewers to feel back in their childhood. They simply use toys and everyday objects in ways that anyone, without any knowledge of art, can easily understand.
Through two weeks residency in Hanoi, paramodel will cover the whole space of the Japan Foundation’s house with Japanese and Vietnamese toys and everyday objects to create their site-specific installation.
They will also conduct a workshop from 14:00 to 16:00 on Friday 17 February at Vietnam University of Fine Arts (42 Yet Kieu Str., Hanoi). In the workshop, paramodel will explain how to create their artworks through power point presentation, and the participants will also try creating works in paramodelic ways.
Admission is free but pre-registration is required for the workshop.
About paramodel: An art unit formed in 2001 by Hayashi Yasuhiko (Fine Arts Graduate from the Kyoto City University of Arts) and Nakano Yusuke (a Nihonga [Japanese-style painting] graduate from the same university). They received the honor of Sakuya Konohana Award in 2008 from Osaka City, Japan.
VNSO and YAMASHITA Yosuke JAZZ COMBO
Tue 28 Feb 2012, 8 pm
Worker Theatre, 42 Trang Tien, Hanoi
You are invited to a jazz concert with VSNO and YAMASHITA Yosuke with conductor HONNA Tetsuji, Pianist YAMASHITA Yosuke, Violinist Dao Hai Thanh, drummer Phan Nam, double Bass Nguyen Quang Trung.
Program
Glen Miller Moonlight Serenade
Billy Strayhorn Take the A train
with VNSO Jazz players
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Ticket prices: 200 000, 300 000, 400 000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over www.ticketvn.com, ticketvn@gmail.com
For free delivery Call: www.ticketvn.com, 0913489858, 0983067996, 35651806, 66617859.
DJ Show with Bertrand Peret
Tue 14 Feb 2012, 8 pm
New Space Arts Foundation, Hue
Hue Crafts Village – Phuong Nam Cultural Center
15 Le Loi Street, Hue City
You are coridally invited to a very special show with French DJ, Bertrand PERET.
Free entrance.
Music Night with Bread and Circus
Fri 10 Feb 2012, 8 pm
Hanoi Social Club
6 Hoi Vu, Hanoi
Easily the most accomplished band in Hanoi - Bread and Circus is like a porridge of talent mixed with fresh, fruity lyrics, some crunchy, nutty beats, surrounded by milky, swirling vocals to bring you closer to a supernatural melange of bliss and joy all at once.
But actually – they are good. Really good. A keyboard, a guitar, a drum, and oh, the best voice this side of the Red River. Do yourself a favour.
Ticket price: 80 000 VND (at door)
Screening of “Chelsea Girls”
Thu 09 Feb 2012, 3 pm
DOCLAB, Goethe Institue Hanoi
Video Art Video cordially invite you to the screening of Chelsea Girls by Andy Warhol. Chelsea Girls is a 1966 experimental underground film directed by Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey. The film was Warhol’s first major commercial success after a long line of avant-garde art films (both feature length and short).
It was shot at the Hotel Chelsea and other locations in New York City, and follows the lives of several of the young women who live there, and stars many of Warhol’s superstars. It is presented in asplit screen, accompanied by alternating soundtracks attached to each scene and an alternation between black-and-white and color photography. The original cut runs at just over three hours long.
The title, Chelsea Girls, is a reference to the location in which the film takes place. It was the inspiration for star Nico’s 1967 debut album,Chelsea Girl. The album featured a ballad-like track titled “Chelsea Girls”, written about the hotel and its inhabitants who appear in the film.
The screening is non-profit and aims for studies and research only. Following the screening is Q&A session.
Languages: original film without English or Vietnamese subtitle.
Free admission.
Discussion “Japan – An Artist’s Playground”
Thu 09 Feb 2012, 7 pm
Galerie Quynh, 65 De Tham HCM City
San Art is pleased to present ‘Japan – an artist’s playground’ – an informal discussion between Tokyo Wonder Site, Japan; San Art and visiting artists Meiro Koizumi (Yokohama), Yu Araki (Tokyo); Ryusuke Kido (Tokyo); Masaru Iwai (Tokyo), Khvay Samnang (Phnom Penh), Tran Minh Duc (HCMC).
‘Japan – an artist’s playground’ will be a rare opportunity to hear the experiences of artists on residency with Tokyo Wonder Site. You will hear how they have been inspired by Japan and what kind of work they subsequently created/performed. You will discover how Tokyo Wonder Site works and how this dynamic organization might offer an opportunity for you!
Guest artists will speak specifically about their involvement in the TWS ‘Aoyama: Creator-in-Residence’ program, initiated in 2006, as a venue for creative individuals from all genres and nationalities to pursue their respective work in a shared process.
In 2011, San Art and Tokyo Wonder Site initiated an exchange residency program. Ho Chi Minh City-based artist Tran Minh Duc and Yokohama-based artist Meiro Koizumi are collaborative partners in this exchange and San Art welcomes Meiro to Ho Chi Minh City for his solo show, opening at San Art on 23 February, 2012.
This event is free and open to the public.
Event will be held in Vietnamese and English.
DJ Dance Party
Fri 10 Feb 2012, 9 pm
Hanoi Rock City, 27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi
No fewer than four DJs from three continents across the globe to mix up a delicious cocktail of R’N'B, hip-hop, drumstep, electro, deep house and tech house this Friday night.
Includes a set from special guest producer/DJ Black Diamond Kicks in from Australia (http://soundcloud.com/blackdiamondkicks).
★ DJ Cyber Snake ★
★ DJ Vaughan ★
★ DJ / Producer Black Diamond Kicks ★
★ DJ Dirty Fingrz ★
Free entry.
DocLab Student Film Re-screening 2012
Sat 04 Feb 2012, 6 pm
DOCLAB
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi
Happy New Year! With the beginning of the new year, we’re extremely delighted to present for the second time 8 DOCLAB workshop films freshly completed after 6 months of experimentation, and hard work. Through this process of experimental documentary film-making, we aim to foster the personal voice and independent visions on our contemporary society among young people, filmmakers and artists in Vietnam.
Films will be sreened in the program:
1. REMAINING by NGUYỄN TIẾN ĐẠT (13’)
2. “LETTER TO…” by BELLA TRẦN (5’)
3. THE GIFTS by NGUYỄN PHƯƠNG THẢO (10’)
4. COLORS by ĐỖ HÀ THU (11’)
5. MARRIAGE PRAYER by NGUYỄN HƯƠNG TRÀ (9’)
6. THE STORY OF ONES by PHẠM NGỌC LÂN (11’)
7. LADY PIANO by DẠ THẢO PHƯƠNG (13’)
8. PUBLIC LIVING by ĐẶNG ĐỨC LỘC (10’)
Screening followed by Q&A with filmmakers
Languages: In Vietnamese with English subtitles.
Free admission.
Dance Night ”REHAB”
Sat 04 Feb 2012, 8 pm
Hanoi Rock City, 27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi
Stuff the magic dragon! It’s nearly the month of love!
Oil those jaded, January limbs at REHAB: a new, airy dance night for 2012 of electropop, disco and indie that will take place at random, spasmodic occasions through the year, breathing some bright puffs of melody into us until we’re all giddy with glee.
And cupid says: “buy one get one free” on Gin & Tonic between 8PM-10PM!
Fine, young talents lined up for the first Rock City REHAB:
DJC (aka as Debbie Clare), newcomers Purple D and Lethal Lizzle, and the mucky, ducky Dirty Fingrz all behind the decks.
Just what the doctor ordered.
Free entry.
Piano Recital of Marie Vermeulin
Tue 07 Feb 2012, 8 pm
HCMC Conservatory of Music
112 Nguyen Du Street, Ward 1, HCMC
You are invited to a piano recital with Marie Vermeulin.Student ofJacqueline Dussol, and then Marie-Paule Siruguet at Music Academy of Boulogne, she was the full time student from 2001 to 2004 at Lyon Music Academy under the guidance of Hortense Cartier-Bresson and Edson Elias.
At the same time, she received training for 4 years with Lazar Berman. After that, she was under the guidance of Roger Muraro, and it was the time she learnt more about French works in the 20th century.
In December 2009, she was awarded with the prize “Pro Musicis” to bring precious moment to the disabled and the underprivileged who could not have a chance to attend classical concert.
Ticket price: 200 000, 150 000, 100 000 VND
Tickets are available at HCMC Conservatory of Music.
Screening of “Madamoiselle Chambon”
Fri 17 Feb 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace
You are invited to the film screening titled “Madamoiselle” of director Stéphane Brizé at L’Espace. The film received the César Award in 2010 for Stéphane Brizé, Florence Vignon. The Ouest Francenewspaper stated that “This film is a deep and subtle melody of love.”
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitles.
For more information, visit L’Espace website.
Ticket price: 20 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 10 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Exhibition “One Corner of France”
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi
You are invited to the exhibition “One Corner of France” of artist Le Nguyen Duy Phuong. French portraits have come to Vietnam “the way I see my country in their experience”. The feelings are expressed towards the beauty of lights, the reflection of loneliness and the silents.
Apart from the portraits on the screen are photographs on alumec, reflecting a sensitive eyes.
After his participation in the National Photography University of Arles (France) in the end of 2008, the young photographer Le Nguyen Duy Phuong held his exhibition in October 2009 at the famous Quai Brandly Museum (France) titled “Photoquai – the Meetings of Perspectives”.
The exhibition “One Corner of France” is the result of 2 previous exhibition in France from 2008 to 2010: one collection of portraits that had been displayed in Vietnam and one collection “My Experience about France” depicting feelings on the beauty of the change of lights due to the change of season.
Free admission.
Music Night with Alex Millan
Sat 18 Feb 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi
You are invited to an electronic music night with Alex Millan. After successful performances in Hanoi in 2010 and 2011, Alex Millan, DJ and producer with many music works published all over the world, will be back and bring a wonderful music night at L’Espace.
Participated in Hanoi Sound Stuff in March 2010 and had successful performance at L’Espace in April 2011, Alex Millan will be back and bring a wonderful music night at L’Espace. In 2010, he released his album «The collection : Triple» (DJ Center). Many of songs in his album are songs with Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, Paul Kalkbrenner, Trentemoller, James Zabiela…
He creates his own music style by combining rhythm, melody and sadness. With his experience and emotion, he is one of the most popular electronic music stars.
Ticket price: 60 000 VND/ 2 people
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Exhibition “Vietnamese Barons”
Exhibition: 17 Jan – 04 Feb 2012
Exhibition House, 16 Ngo Quyen Str, Hanoi
You are invited the exhibition “Vietnamese Barons” of 12 young artists. Artists participated in the exhibition include: Tran Dinh Binh, Nguyen Thuy Duong, Do Hiep, Nguyen Xuan Hoang, Nguyen Van Ho, Trieu Tuan Long, Nguyen Minh Nam, Nguyen Duc Phuong, Nguyen Hong Phuong, Pham Tuan Tu, Nguyen Thanh Tung, Nguyen Dinh Vu.
Cabaret Night in February
Sat 25 Feb 2012, 8.30 – 9.30 pm
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi
Come to Cabaret Night at L’Espace, the stage for new music talents. Come to L’Espace to enjoy great drinks and listen to fabulous French, English and Vietnamese songs.
If you are a song-writer, singer or you can sing in French, Vietnamese or English, contact Cédric Drouard to participate in the Cabaret Music Night at L’Espace: cedminimum@hotmail.fr.
Free admission.
Rock Show with Ngu Cung and Thrasher
Fri 03 Feb 2012, 8.30 pm
Hanoi Rock City, 27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi
No smoke without fire, no dragons without roars. Vietnam’s number one progressive rock band Ngũ Cung return to the stage in their first live show of the new year. Simply titled, “Dragon”, this will be one heavy beast of a night to get 2012 off the ground. Support bands soon to be announced.
Ticket price: 100 000 VND at door (includes a free beer)
Exhibition “Drops of Spring”
Exhibition: 04 Feb – 05 Mar 2012
Tu Do Gallery, 53 Ho Tung Mau Str, Dist 1, HCMC
You are invited to an painting exhibition by artist Nguyen Quoc Dung titled “Drops of Spring”. Nguyen Quoc Dung follows the European Realism, a style consisting many criteria that became a main stream one in Vietnam with the establishment of Indochina Fine Arts College in 1926 in Hanoi. And while he’s obsessed by concepts in western classical art, Dzung is also influenced by eastern culture and by traditional style, too. This might be the only tiny deterrent in the understanding between viewers and painter.
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Subcription Concert Vol. 48″Brahms Cycle I”
15 and 16 Feb 2012, 8pm
Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi
You are invited to a concert with piano Soloist Michael Bourdoncle (France) and VNSO . The musicians will perform famous works of Johannes Brahms. For more information see below:
Program
Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No1. D minor op.15
Interval
Johannes Brahms Symphony No.1 C minor op.68
Ticket prices: 200 000, 350 000, 500 000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over www.ticketvn.com, ticketvn@gmail.com
For free delivery Call: www.ticketvn.com, 0913489858, 0983067996, 35651806, 66617859.
Music Night “Floating Memories”
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi
You are invited to the music concert to commemorate the famous Vietnamese musician Trinh Cong Son. “Floating Memories” reveals the feeling of 3 musicians in their ways to find the simple beauty and peace. For more information, see below:
In the sweet melodies of Anh Tu’s violin and the subtile of Anh Hoang’s guitar, Giang Trang will sing Trinh Cong Son’s songs about the beauty of the young people 20 of age – whose are unexperienced, naive with a touch of sadness.
Giang Trang - singing
Anh Tú - violon
Anh Hoàng - guitar
Ticket price: 120 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 60 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
PechaKucha Hanoi #3
Thu 23 Feb 2012, 8 pm
Hanoi Cinematheque
22A Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi
PechaKucha Hanoi returns to the Cinematheque on Thursday evening with the promise of another eclectic night of presentations in the 20 slides x 20 seconds format.
Speakers in this event: Tri Minh – electronic music, Rob Natoli – art, Arno Baude – photography, Michelle Stewart – art, Aaron Everhart – design, Lolo Zazar – film making, Thanh Hang – a personal story.
Entrance: 50 000 VND, free for students with valid card.
Open Mic Night in February
Wed 22 Feb 2012, 7 – 9 pm
La Habana Cafe
6 Cao Ba Quat, D.1, HCMC
For 2012, we’d like to welcome you to the second Open Mic Nite of the year (and First Open Mic Nite of the Dragon year). We’re welcoming any one with talent for music, poetry, acting, magic, jokes, or anything you want to say or perform! We’ll be at La Habana this time and will have some new fresh prizes and acts for the performers. If you’d like to perform, remember to Sign-Up here and if you’re coming to support, remember to bring your friends and your applause!
The stage is yours from 7pm to 9pm at La Habana (6 Cao Ba Quat, Q1) on Wednesday, Feb 22nd. Prizes will be awarded to the best acts of the night. Check out our sponsors on the left for a clue for the prizes.
You can email info@mic-oi.com for any questions or concerns or ideas.
Blackout – Painting Exhibition in Berlin
Blackout
Nguyen Xuan Huy – Painting
Guga – Sound Installation
till 26 Feb 2012
Galerie im Körnerpark
Schierker Str. 8, 12051 Berlin
The painter, who currently lives and works in Berlin, evokes the horrors of war through those who have been previously concealed from view. Thirty five years after the end of the Vietnam conflict , the delineations of Nguyen Xuan Huy transport them, from the gloomy depths of the jungle, into the light . Nguyen Xuan Huy’s paintings depict just a fraction of the more than four million people who, even now, due to alterations in their genotype as a result of dioxin exposure, are being born into the world with crippling birth defects; without arms, without legs and often mentally impaired.
“It’s insensitive to imagine that because I was born healthy that I am untouched by this issue” says Nguyen Xuan Huy. Because so many people are potential carriers of the altered genotype, this is a problem which could affect each and every citizen of Vietnam.
Nguyen Xuan Huy is moved to paint the resultant deformity because, in his words, “it belongs to my Vietnamese identity.” Nguyen Xuan Huy lived and studied in Vietnam until 1993, before which time he completed his A Level exams and began to study architecture in Hanoi, sporadically taking up his brush when he felt compelled to paint. He painted in the style instilled in him by his father –– that of realism, at which he clearly excelled.
His mother, then a foreign worker in the GDR, invited her son to join her in Germany in order that he benefit from a superior education. “I had to wait six months in Vietnam to get a visa” he recalls. During these six months he painted “and painted and painted” until he arrived at the profound realisation that he would not study architecture in Germany, but art. In 2005, now a student of Burg Giebichenstein Art and Design Academy in Halle, he decided to travel throughout Vietnam in search of malformed children, the victims of “Agent Orange”, intent on capturing these encounters on camera. His knowledge of the war at that time was limited merely to propaganda slogans and the stories recounted by his father, who himself fought in contaminated areas. At some point during his studies, Nguyen Xuan Huy had encountered photographs featuring crippled
and deformed subjects; this inspired him to record the modernday aftermath of a long forgotten war, on film, first hand. This was something he felt compelled to experience personally.
On his return to Germany he began to paint what he had seen, initially against a jungle background; a woman with two torsos squats amidst tree branches, a small boy without legs performs a headstand amidst a towering thicket of bamboo. Later, he also integrated the victims into his “Blackout” series, in which he not only depicts images of crippled children, but the cloud of poisonous gas billowing out across a valley; the view from the cockpit of an aeroplane and the resulting strike; a woman peering out from one of the small protective bunkers that still litter the landscape. Solitary black canvasses hang between each of the paintings,
symbolic of the blackouts that war leaves behind. Crippled bodies remain the focus of Nguyen Xuan Huy’s work, even after his “BLACKOUT ” series. Now however, they are stylised; running, striding and hovering in front of a white background. Nguyen Xuan Huy explains: “ I have attempted to create a fictitious, ‘ ideal world’ in which all the people depicted are malformed, yet still carefree, and who follow, convinced by, an exceptional ideology.”
Screening of “Bran Nue Dae”
Mon 20 Feb 2012, 8 pm
Water Resources University
Tue 21 Feb 2012, 6.30 pm
Hanoi Medical University
Wed 22 Feb 2012, 5.30 pm
University of Commerce
You are invited to the award-winning Australian musical film Bran Nue Dae. Bran Nue Dae is a charming Australian musical comedy which centres on the romantic adventures of a young aboriginal couple set against a spectacularly beautiful remote Australia. It highlights Australian Indigenous culture, tradition and humour. Released in 2010, the film won numerous awards, including the Melbourne International Film Festival Award. The film features several of Australia’s most popular stars, including Missy Higgins, one of Australia’s best known musicians, Geoffrey Rush, a former winner of the Oscar for Best Actor, and Magda Szubanski, one of Australia’s most loved and celebrated comic actors.
Free entry.
Conference “Passions: the Sole Inspiration”
Mon 20 Feb 2012, 6 pm
L’Espace
You are invited to the conference to discussion about the book “Thoughts, Dreams, Writting…” of author Khanh Phuong as well as the concerns for literature with the participation of literature critic Do Lai Thuy, Poet Nguyen Quang Thieu, Giang Van and the author. The book reveals a frank and subjective opinion towards the literature from after 1945 until now, comparing the Northern and southern literature, and Vietnamese literature oversea…
Language: Vietnamese
For more information, see L’Espace’s website.
Free entrance.
International Colloquium on the Archeology of Vietnam
29 Feb – 02 Mar 2012
Goethe Institut
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học
Ba Đình, Hà Nội
In 2014/15 the biggest archeological exhibition on the city of Thang Long’s early days ever to be shown outside of Vietnam will take place in Germany. In preparation for this significant project of cooperation between Germany and Vietnam, the Kooperationsverbund organizes in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism, Department of Culture Heritage and Goethe-Institut Hanoi an international scientific colloquium from February 29th until March 2nd, 2012 in Goethe-Institut Hanoi.
22 lectures will aim to give an overview of Vietnam’s rich culture, ranging from the Stone Age up to the recent past. Renowned experts will comment on a number of archeological as well as historical questions from various fields.
Special attention will be given to the cultures of Northern Vietnam with its Dong Son culture as well as the current research on the citadel of Thang Long. Other parts of Vietnam and their relation to the North will also be discussed.
Mrs. Professor Sabine von Schorlemmer, the Saxon State Minister for Science and the Arts, will open the conference together with the head of the Ministry for Culture, Sport and Tourism in Vietnam with a short welcoming speech.
To express an interest in participation, please contact Mrs. Binh under thihoabinh.tran@hanoi.goethe.org. With this event being a specialist conference, we are able to accept a limited number of participants only. Your participation will be confirmed via a written invitation.
Languages: English and Vietnamese in simultaneous translation.
Participation by this invitation only.
A Talk with Masatsugu Ono on “The Song of Mermaid”
HANOI: Wed 22 Feb2012, 9 – 11.30 am
Trung Nguyen Cafeteria
36 Dien Bien Phu, Hanoi
HCMC: Thu 23 Feb2012, 9 – 11.30 am
Main Hall, Hoa Sen University
93 Cao Thang, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City
The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam, in cooperation with Tre Publishing House, share the delight of hosting a conference with Masatsugu Ono, one of the promising young writers in Japan, on his award winning novella “The Song of Mermaid”, which has been published in Vietnamese from Tre Publishing House in early February 2012.
Equipped with Ph. D in Literature at the University of Paris VIII, Mr. Masatsugu Ono has been actively working on literature, ranging from creations of novels, translations of foreign literatures, to literary critics and lectures at public spaces.
In March 2011, he conducted his first travelling seminars on contemporary Japanese literature in Hanoi, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City, and enjoyed stimulating conversations with Vietnamese writers/critics as well as with enthusiastic scholars and students.
One of Ono’s interesting comments at the time was:
“Haruki Murakami writes stories in the context of globalization and it attracts a plethora of youth in the world. But in fact in Japan, there still exist local areas surrounded by pre-modern atmosphere and environment, where only elders are living. In this aging society, I prefer, or I can say I feel comfortable, to write stories on elders and locals, adding humorous tastes by my own way”.
The essences of such Ono’s literary attempts are flourished in “The Song of Mermaid” and the Mishima Yukio Prize awarded novella “The Ship Piggybacked by Jolly Bay” (this story is also included in the Vietnamese edition of “The Song of Mermaid”).
The talks with Mr. Masatsugu Ono will be held from 9am on Wednesday 22 February at Trung Nguyen Cafeteria (36 Dien Bien Phu) in Hanoi and from 9am on Thursday 23 February at Hoa Sen University (93 Cao Thang, District 3) in Ho Chi Minh City. It starts from Ono’s introduction and thoughts on writing, followed by conversations with public intellectuals, Mr. Nguyen Qui Duc in Hanoi, and Mr. Le Hong Lam in Ho Chi Minh City. Literature fans can also enjoy 30% discount of purchasing Ono’s new book, and will have a chance to get his signature on the purchased book at the end of the talk.
About Masatsugu Ono
Born in 1970. Writer, translator, lecturer on French literature & French at the Faculty of Letters, Meiji Gakuin University. Graduated from College of Arts and Science, the University of Tokyo. Ph. D in Literature at the University of Paris VIII.
Free admission.
Exhibition “Five Years”
Exhibition: 21 – 25 Feb 2012
Exhibition House
29 Hang Bai, Hanoi
You are invited to the exhibition titled “Five Years”. This exhibition of 5 artists with 3 video arts and 2 installation is the reflection of each artist’s views on the society, their experience, the lesson learnt and the feelings towards Vietnamese society. It marks the 6th year anniversary of HanoiLink working in contemporary arts. An exhibition that you can not miss!
Artists and artworks include:
Nguyen Thanh Hoa: “ONLY A THREAD ” – installation of embroidery works.
Virginie Faivre D’arcier: “THE COCOONS ” – installation
Nguyen Hoa Van: “HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT ” – video art .
Nguyen Ban Ga: “THE PARTY” – video art installation.
Nguyen Tran Nam : “BU” – live video art installation.
Performance of “Visions of a Nomad”
Thu 23 Feb 2012, 3. 30 pm
D201 Hall, Foreign Trade University
91 Chua Lang Str, Hanoi
University of Commerce
Ho Tung Mau Str, Hanoi
Fri 24 Feb 2012, 3. 30 pm
H1 Hall, University of Commerce
Come to a concert with Australian band. Internationally acclaimed musical group Visions of a Nomad, which plays indigenous Australian-influenced jazz fusion music, will perform at the University of Foreign Trade and the University of Commerce. Visions of a Nomad from Australia plays an eclectic mix of World jazz Fusion and Classically influenced Music. The group’s highly original repertoire is both evocative and energetic and heavily accompanied by the didgeridoo.
They like to make music with ” substance”, a cohesion of ART and MUSIC accessible to the masses, covering all genres and drawing on all of the world’s musical influences, you cannot really categorize this group, hence the name ” Visions of a Nomad”, they have created a niche of their own and simply don’t like to be put in a box.
Internationally acclaimed, this group has received rave reviews on their tours around the globe! From theatres, concert halls, festivals and the club scene, they have a repertoire to suit every occasion. These Aussie Nomads like to cross musical boundaries and they never fail to experiment, this is not your average “band”
Free entry.
The Next Chapter of Noi Hanoi
Sun 26 Feb 2012, 8 pm
ATK, 73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi
Join us for a night of adventurous spoken word in English and Vietnamese!
Noi Hanoi is an adventurous monthly spoken word series for writers of all kinds to share their work. Poets, writers, storytellers and assorted wordsmiths will all speak their minds. Each night has a theme, and this month’s is APPETITES. So join us as we explore the implications of hunger, desire, and appetites in all forms!
The motivation behind the event is to bring together Hanoi’s diverse community of poets, short fiction writers, bloggers, essayists, and creative text message crafters. With the goal of exchange across culture, Noi Hanoi is open to writers of any language, aspiring or professional. Each spoken word event includes an audience participation event and a brief open mic session.
Join us for the next chapter of Noi Hanoi at 8 p.m., Sunday, February 26 at CAMA ATK Bar at 73-A Mai Hac De Street. Entrance is free!
More info at Noi Hanoi’s website.
Screening of Naked World: America Undercover at Hanoi Doclab
Thu 23 Feb 2012, 3 pm
DOCLAB
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học, Ba Đình, Hà Nội
Video Art Video presents the screening of Naked World: America Undercover, a documentary by director Arlene Nelson. Contemporary art has taken various forms over the last few decades; installations, performances, photography, ready-made objects, documents, they are all examples of elements of art in today’s art scene, which is commonly referred to as conceptual art.
The metamorphosis of the art object and the artist has transformed the art making to a holistic, interactive process, thus, turning the product to a timeline consisting of making, presenting, comprehending and reinterpreting.
Spencer Tunick is an American artist who has been documenting live nude in public since 1992, by video and photography. He has made large scale installations in various cities in the world, such as Montreal, Barcelona, Melbourne and London and he has been to every continent, from Europe to Antarctica, photographing nude individuals, all in public spaces. Naked World: America Undercover is an HBO documentary presenting the artistic voyage of Tunick in his intercontinental project. It is the second documentary in the series, following Naked States (2000), about Tunick’s journey, photographing, throughout United States.
The screening is non-profit and aims for studies and research only.
Language: English
If you’re interested in getting news, announcements from DOCLAB for its activities, workshops, and schedule of film screenings, etc., please email us at hanoidoclab@gmail.com to subscribe to DOCLAB news.
Hanoi Rock City Skate Jamp
Sat 25 Feb 2012, 2 pm – 2 am
Hanoi Rock City
27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi
Saturday nights have been calling out for something fresh! You guessed it, or maybe you didn’t but it has happened! HRC is delighted to announce that the city’s very first skate ramp has landed and will be having its grand opening in HRC this Saturday night!
An energetic mini fest to enjoy live skating from some of the top skaters in town, plus live canvas painting, breakdancing, visuals, DJs and more. A total wheel-turning, tune-spinning blast with totally free admission. One night you won’t want to let fly by.
★ Half pipe skateboarding ★
★ Graffiti/Painting on canvas ★
★ Break-dancing ★
★ Skate videos projection ★
Free entry.
Short Film Screening with Heinz Hermanns
Mon 27 Feb 2012, 6 – 9 pm
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học
Ba Đình, Hà Nội
Goethe-Institute invites you to a short film night including a lecture by Heinz Hermanns, director of Interfilm Berlin, one of the most renowned short film festivals worldwide. From animation to experimental short film – Heinz Hermanns presents the newest and most interesting short films shown at recent short film festivals and gives an overview of the history and the development of short film. Enjoying an entertainment evening with inspiring short films from around the world!
Heinz Hermanns was born in Duisburg, Germany. He studied Politics in Berlin, Germany, and in Italy. He has been the director of Interfilm Berlin since the internationally renowned festival’s founding; in addition to this Hermanns co-directed the short film festival”Pollicino” in Catania, Italy/Sicily from 1990 to 1996. He is the director and co-founder of the super short film festival „Going Underground“, which is held in the trains of the Berlin subway, and, since 2011, also in the subway of Seoul, South Korea. He also is the co-founder and curator of Zebra Poetry Short Film Festival, a bi-annual festival which has been presenting short films inspired by poetry since 2002.
Free Admission.
Art Event “Clash”
Hanoi Cinematheque
22A Hai Bà Trưng, Hà Nội
Project Black is showing “Clash” the fifth of its series on Wednesday 29th. This time we feature Chu Viet Cuong, a young artist who lived a street thug life style in the country. Frustrated with problems such as gambling, drinking and drug dealing, the contact with the traditional art craft of lacquer helped him to turn over a new leaf in life.
He started from his rustic origin and constructed series of realistic country scenery lacquer painting. However, living under this transforming historical period inVietnam, the traditional way of life and the newly imported foreign culture are constantly influencing conflict and attempts to resolve conflict in imperceptible ways. The implication between his old thug like habits and his passion of art and new lifestyle, he soon figures that his own life was no exception from the conflict. In his new series of works, he painted women with traditional costumes but composing erotic, sexual and even outraging gestures as if to mark this awkward phase of modernity inVietnamand within himself.
Opening the show we have “Art FaceVietnam” an action art perform by Nguyen Xuan Hoang.
Free entry, limited seats.
Free Art House Cinema
Snap Cafe
32 Tran Ngoc Dien, Thao Dien, Dist 2, HCMC
You are invited to a free art house cinema at Snap Cafe. This week, film Human Traffic will be screened. Human Traffic is a cult British film that follows 5 friends on a hedonistic weekend in Cardiff, Wales. Provocative social commentary on the early 90′s rave scene and an overall live for the weekend vibe is explored through the central characters and the odd cameo appearance from the likes of Howard Marks.
Watch the trailer
Films do not have Vietnamese subtitles. Films are not suitable for children.
Free entrance.
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