Do paper Exhibition “That time” by Luong Hung

Exhibition: 17 – 21 Jul 2015

Vietnam Fine Arts Museum

66 Nguyen Thai Hoc St., Hanoi

You are invited to the Do paper exhibition “That time” by painter Luong Hung.

The exhibition will feature over 40 artworks in Do traditional paper with free and fresh lines. The nostalgia for the past, of an artists over 70 years of age (born 1945) is really moving.

Film Screening “The Artist is Present” – a performance by Marina Abramović

Sun 19 Jul 2015, 6 pm

Nha San Collective

2nd floor, 24 Ly Quoc Su, Hanoi

Nha San Collective would like to invite you to the screening of “The Artist Is Present” documenting a performance of artist Marina Abramović.

Marina Abramović (born November 30, 1946) is a Serbian performance artist based in New York. Her works explore the relationship between performer and audience, the limits of the body, and the possibilities of the mind. Active for over three decades, Abramović has been described as the “grandmother of performance art.” She pioneered a new notion of identity by bringing in the participation of observers, focusing on “confronting pain, blood, and physical limits of the body.”

Abramović performing “The Artist Is Present”, Museum of Modern Art, March 2010.

From March 14 to May 31, 2010, the Museum of Modern Art held a major retrospective and performance recreation of Abramović’s work, the biggest exhibition of performance art in MoMA’s history. During the run of the exhibition, Abramović performed “The Artist Is Present”, a 736-hour and 30-minute static, silent piece, in which she sat immobile in the museum’s atrium while spectators were invited to take turns sitting opposite her. Ulay – her former lover and collaborator of 12 years made a surprise appearance at the opening night of the show.

Abramović said the show changed her life “completely – every possible element, every physical emotion”.

Music Night with Kryshe, Simone Whetham and Sound Awakener

Sat 18 Jul 2015, 8 pm

ATK

73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi

Come to “Live From The Forest”… with Kryshe, Simone Whetham, and Sound Awakener.

sonic explorations – ambient soundtracks – raw material manipulations

KRYSHE

Kryshe’s exquisitely subtle and detailed ambient work resonates with chilly grandeur. Across spacious vistas reminiscent of the collaborative work of Eno and Budd, delicate yet assured melodies unfurl before being subjected to delicate manipulation. This is enveloping, minimal music with a fragility that belies its emotional potency.

SIMON WHETHAM

For almost a decade Simon Whetham has developed a practice of working with sound recordings as a raw material for composition and performance. These are often environmental sounds he has captured employing a variety of methods and techniques, in order to obtain discreet or obscured sonic phenomena. More recently, when presenting work in a performance or installation, for him the space and the objects within become instruments to be played.

Simon has a number of works published through labels including Crónica, Line, Dragon’s Eye and Entr’acte; performed extensively internationally; collaborated with musicians, performance artists, painters, video artists and dancers; given listening and field recording workshops in UK, Estonia, Colombia, Chile and Australia; and received a large number of commissions and awards for projects and installations – notably for the project “Active Crossover”.

He had had a live concert in Hanoi and a performance in HCMC in 2012.

SOUND AWAKENER

“Sound Awakener” is an experimental music project of Nhung Nguyen from Hanoi.

In this project Nhung tends to create an endless and possibly dark sonic world and time/space deformation by using field recordings, instrumentation and manipulation. This results in a variety of different moods in her music – from soft, soundscapes – based tracks to harsh ones. In some cases, she pushes the sounds to their limits with concrete, dynamic and complex approach.

With highly-concentrated textures, rich layering and precise sound arrangement, Nhung Nguyen explores different methods of musical development to enable a pure form of sound – creating and listening.

“Sound Awakener” has participated in a live music night in Hanoi and an experimental music night for Nepal earlier this year.

Tickets: 50,000 VND at door

Fundraising concert “Mùa đi qua phố”

Sat 18 Jul 2015, 7.30 pm

AnCafe

173 Xuan Thuy, Hanoi

From the organizer:

You are invited to “Mùa đi qua phố”, an acoustic night in romantic atmosphere.

Join with us to live in tender melody of acoustic songs, give your soul a break, slow down your tempo of life and listen to Hanoi’s breath when seasons change. You will also enjoy other amazing performances, play with mini games and get to know about our Project.

Most importantly, this event is our fundraising activity for helping farmers to change their cultivation methods, get rid of chemicals in agriculture. We have received professional support from experts, Centre for Sustainable Development Studies Vietnam, British Council and other NGOs. Farmers also give us positive feedback on our activities. In this event, we would raise fund from a portion of your beverages or from your direct contribution.

Let’s enjoy music and support social activities!

Free entrance.

“Long Live The Party” – an evening of French electro-pop

Fri 17 Jul 2015, 8 pm

ATK

73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi

For one night only, femme-fatale-French-electro-pop obsessed DJs take over the stage in “Vive La Fete – Soiree of French Electro-Pop” (“Long Live the Party – an evening of French electro-pop”) music program.

DJs: DJ Arbre (Canada), Analogeliza (UK)

From the banks of Paris’ Seine to the shores of Hanoi’s Red River, let’s kick it to diva-chic, Chanson Française, dark electronica, St. Tropez beats, electro-clash + more!

Expecting: Vive la Fete, La Femme, Sexy Sushi, Stereo Totale, Feu! Chatterton, Stereolab

Free entry.

‘One Country’

09 AM, 26 June - 06 PM, 25 July

Craig Thomas Gallery 27i Tran Nhat Duat, D.1, HCMC

Craig Thomas Gallery will celebrate its sixth anniversary with a group exhibition entitled ‘One Country’, featuring works from 15 young and mid-career Vietnamese visual artists, including Lim Khim Ca Ty, Bui Tien Tuan, Tran Minh Tam, Nguyen The Hung, Ngo Van Sac, Pham Huy Thong, and Mac Hoang Thuong.

The One Country collection features works from artists at Vietnam’s three most prominent fine arts academies, in Hanoi, Hue and HCMC. Each brings different artistic styles, with colours and ideas that make for uniqueness and diversity

Choose To Move

09 AM,01 June - 06 PM,30 July

Saigon Domaine 1057 Binh Quoi, Binh Thanh Dist., HCMC

San Art is presenting the works of resident artists Tran Tuan (Hue), Ta Minh Duc (Hanoi), and Orawan Arunrak (Bangkok, Thailand) in Session 6 of the San Art Laboratory program entitled ‘Choose to Move’. Encompassing installations, videos, and photography, the exhibition investigates the power of self reflection juxtaposed against distinctive social and historical contexts in Vietnam.

Tran Tuan responds to the family story that has persistently followed his life and practice, only this time he chooses to experiment with video installation.

For Ta Minh Duc, who was born in the 90s, Vietnamese history is visualized differently. In his video, obsessed with a folk story where a wild pig rescues itself from being trapped, Duc set out to ‘hunt’, inspired by the animal’s exceptional will.

Meanwhile, Orawan Arunrak from Thailand is curious about the history of Vietnam. His work, The Owner, is an installation of 30 drawings representing people’s dreams displayed on two doors and a dozen bricks - the very foundation of a home.

‘Another Expedition’

12 AM,01 - 05 PM,17 July

L'Espace 24 Trang Tien, Hoan Kiem Dist., Hanoi

Composed of about 600 cyanotype prints (a monochrome photographic technique), ‘Another Expedition’ is an exhibition by US-Vietnamese photographic artist Pipo Nguyen Duy and brings together various botanical and geological specimens from the famous Monet gardens at Giverny.

Duy patiently collected his samples, exposed them to different light depending on the time of day, and then assembled different prints in a composition that reminds people of the lilies of Claude Monet.

The artist has received many awards and grants, including an En Foco Grant, a Professional Development Grant from the College Arts Association, an American Photography Institute’s National Graduate Fellowship, and a fellowship from the Oregon Arts Commission in Salem, Oregon.

Free entry.

Classical Concert with quartet “Verano-Hanoi”

Sat 18 Jul 2015, 8 pm

Heritage Space

Dolphin Plaza, 28 Tran Binh, My Dinh, Ha Noi

You are invited to the impressive classical concert by the quartet “Verano-Hanoi” including: Ngo Hoang Linh, Nguyen Thu Nga, Nguyen Trung Dung, Nguyen Thu Binh. Art Director: violinist Ngo Hoang Linh.

The quartet will perform 10 masterpieces by Mozart, S.J. Bach, Beethoven, Giovanni Marradi with melodious, deep and tormenting sounds. The program will be divided into two parts with 10 classic compositions: Allegro vivace assai, Minuetto Moderato – S.J. Bach, Adagio – Giovanni Marradi, Allegro ma non troppo, Molto vivace – Beethoven, etc… Come and fell the classical moments with quartet “Verano-Hanoi”!

Ticket

Surcharge: 200,000 VND/pax

Student: 100,000 VND/pax

Art Talk “Japan & Me” by Vu Kim Thu

Fri 17 Jul 2015 Thu 23 Jul 2015, 7.30 pm

Blossom Art House

94B Tran Hung Dao, Hanoi

Travelling has been playing a very important role in Vu Kim Thu’s path of creativity. However, in recent years, Japan – one of the countries that she had an opportunity to travel to – has inspired her so much and opened new ideas in the way Thu works. In this Art Talk, she would like to present specifically her experiences of participating in Japan through 3 Artists Residencies programs which changed her works in idea, medium, cultural influences and interaction with people. Moreover, Thu would like to share her practice and developing experimentation in Japanese paper – Washi – in the current project during her most recent residency program in Sapporo in the fall of 2014. The talk will not only present Thu’s works but also focus on the daily lives, the organization and the culture of these 3 programs. This will also be a great opportunity for artists interested in applying for these programs in the future, and for audiences interested in Japanese Art and Culture.

The slides will be featured with images from Kamiyama “Artist in Residence” Program, Mino Paper Art Village, Sapporo “Artists in Residence” Program and Tokachi “Artists in Residence” Program.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Vu Kim Thu was born in 1976 in Hanoi. She earned her BFA from Hanoi University of Fine Arts in 1999, Vietnam and her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, United States in 2003. Focus on line drawing, paper material and using temporary spaces, she has been working on different projects through traveling to create a new experience based on how her line drawing, changing the atmosphere of each space. Thu has participated in a number of residencies worldwide including Vermont Studio Center (USA), Goyang National Art studio (Korea), Sanskriti Kendra (India), Kuenstlerdorf Schoeppingen (Germany), Mc Coll Center of Visual Art (USA), Rockefeller Bellagio Center (Italy), Museum of Contemporary Art in A Coruña (Spain)… which contributed a great influence in shaping her works into many directions.

In the past 3 years, Thu has been interested in Japanese culture, and her studies of Washi paper leads her to a new experimentation with paper sculpture and lighting based on her current experience in Japan: Kamiyama “Artists in Residence” Program.

Vu Kim Thu had held a talk about her exhibition “Journey with a line” in Hanoi in 2012.

Exhibition “Expressions” by Binh Dang

Open studio: 10:00 – 18:00, 14 – 19 Jul 2015, 10 am – 6 pm

Exhibition opening: Fri 24 Jul 2015, 6.30 pm

Exhibition: 24 Jul – 02 Aug 2015, 10 am – 6 pm

Artist talk: Sat 25 Jul 2015, 4 pm

Nha San Collective

2nd floor, 24 Ly Quoc Su, Hanoi

Nha San Collective proudly presents an “Open studio” session by photographer Binh Dang.

This July, Binh Dang will present his photography project started from 2014 in the form of open studio and exhibition. Binh has worked with a DIY camera mechanism of taking portrait photos of people’s faces deep in the water. He asks people to participate in this project, take them through an “unique photography experience” and the result is a photo series displaying various facial expressions, created by the same process of working and presenting. This series does not simply give a visual impression of the interaction between flesh and water but also makes the audiences recall the dawn of human-beings, back to the time when we were staying in our mothers’ wombs.

The project “Expressions” in its initial period has been chosen as one of the Contemporary Artists finalists within the Contemporary Talents prize of Foundation Francois Schneider and was also featured in a photography magazine – DODHO Magazine.

Bing Dang is one of the young photographers living and working in Hanoi. After graduating from University of Applied Art, Binh has been exploring and practicing documentary photography as a personal method of researching social issues. He has participated in well-known photography workshops like Angkor Workshop, Foundry Workshop, Panoramic Worskhop in the College of Arts in Eunic’s Open Academy Europe. Binh’s artworks have been exhibited in Paris, Phnom Penh, New Delhi, Hanoi,… and have been featured in various international magazines (Le Journal de la Photographie, Le Monde, Exposure Magazine…). Recently, Binh Dang is interested in doing personal photography projects as a way of presenting the abstraction of the thinking process.

For those who want to experience the portraiture photography project, please send an email to binhdang.me@gmail.com including your full name and preferred time slot. The process is open to public at Nha San Collective.

Bookworm’s “Meet the Author” Series: Di Li in conversation with Dick Gebuys

Sun 19 Jul 2015, 7 pm

Bookworm

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

You are invited to a conversation with Di Li, popular Vietnamese author and translator, and Dick Gebuys, Dutch poet, historian, playwright.

Di Li will converse with Dick about his Vietnamese themed poetry that she has translated into Vietnamese and Dick will talk with Di Li about her popular short stories.

Di Li is one of Vietnam’s foremost and successful younger writers of short stories, crime thrillers, non-fiction and biography. Her written work enjoys huge popularity in Vietnam and her short stories have been published in English to great reviews. Di Li is also a recognized translator of popular English language fiction.

Dick Gebuys is a teacher of literature in Holland and a frequent research visitor to Vietnam. He is a recognized poet and playwright and active in cultural theater programs. A selection of his 30 poems about Vietnam were translated by Di Li and published in a leading literary magazine. At the present he is writing a book about Vietnam.

The conversation will be in English with some Vietnamese translation.

Free Entry but you can reserve a seat if you wish.

Enquiries: bookworm@fpt.vn, 0437153711 / 0912 561 800

Contemporary Dance Performance “The Mist”

Thu 16 Jul 2015, 8 pm – 9.30 pm

HCMC Opera House

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

You are invited to the contemporary dance performance “The Mist” directed by Tan Loc, performed by Arabesque dance group.

“The Mist” tells the story about a normal day of Southern farmers. With talent and enthusiasm, the artists have exposed a simple, rustic but poetic lifestyle. “The Mist” helps to refresh our souls and calm our minds in the noisy and chaotic life. The daily activities of the Southern farmers are expressed through body language, combined with sound, music and light.

Ticket

Ticket price:

– VIP: 800,000 VND (2nd floor)

– Type 1: 600,000 VND (middle of 1st floor)

– Type 2: 400,000 VND (two sides of 1st floor)

Contact for tickets:

– Ms. Nguyễn Trương Thiên Lý:

PV OIL, 14th floor Petrovietnam building/ 1-5 Le Duan, D.1, HCMC

Tel: 08.3910.6990 (ext: 444) – Cell phone: 098.263.1984/090.882.8288

Email: lyntt@pvoil.com.vn

– Ms. Lê Thị Thảo – Tel: 0121.604.0000 – Email: thaolt@pvcombank.com.vn

The show had previously taken place in HCMC in 2012 and 2014.

Film Screening “La Belle et La Bête” by Christophe Gans

Sun 09 Aug 2015, 4 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the film screening “Beauty and the Beast” (France, 2014, 112 mins) directed by Christophe Gans.

“This fairy tale populated by a little creature hiding charming surprises in the corridors of his beautiful castle.” – 20 minutes

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

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.

Tickets

Ticket price: 50 000 VND

Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

A Night of Classics from Walt Disney

Sun 19 Jul 2015, 8 pm

HCMC Opera House

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

You are invited to the program “A Night of Classics from Walt Disney” at HCMC Opera House under the baton of famous maestro Jan Stulen from Netherlands.

A concert with original soundtracks from the most famous movies by Walt Disney: The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Lion King, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Jungle Book, Mary Poppins Medley, etc. They have brought prestigious awards to the greatest movies of all time and contribute to spreading them all over the world.

Tickets

Ticket price: 800,000 – 650,000 – 550,000 – 400,000 – 150,000 VND (for students only)

Booking and delivery: 08 38237419, Ms. Huong: 0989874517, Ms. Huong Ly: 0908057972

At HCMC Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square

Online Booking: www.ticketbox.vn

Film Screening: “La Prophétie des Grenouilles” by Jacques-Rémy Girerd

Sun 19 Jul 2015, 4 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the animation screening “La Prophétie des Grenouilles” (Raining Cats and Frogs) (France, 2003, 90 mins) directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd.

‘”Raining Cats and Frogs” offers a funny and sensitive variation, giving voice to such spiritual creatures that boil their comicality.”‘ -Télérama

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

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.

Tickets

Ticket price: 50 000 VND

Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Live music with Australian musician Floyd Thursby

Sat 18 Jul 2015, 8 pm

Hanoi Social Club

6 Hoi Vu Str, Hanoi

From the organizer:

Songpoet Floyd Thursby creates uniquely evocative folk and country songs with striking lyrics and strong melodies. He performs solo: one guitar, one voice.

Based in Melbourne, Australia, Thursby will be performing his original songs at the Hanoi Social Club on Saturday, 18 July 2015, exploring the collective – and personal – unconscious: love and death, brimstone and ecstasy, the sacred and the profane.

Thursby’s critically-acclaimed debut album ‘A Thief’s Journal’ was released in 2007 on Ang Fang Industries through MGM. Thursby’s new album ‘Sinatra’s Bones’ is out now.

PRESS:

‘Finally, a folk/country record where you can tell one song from another… Thursby writes with just enough ornament to trigger your imagination, never straying into pretension… This album is hard to fault.’ – Forte Magazine

‘Floyd Thursby has a fascinating voice… But of course, all that would be insignificant without great songs as vehicles for that voice. Thursby has armfuls of them. There’s not an uninteresting moment on this debut LP… an endlessly rewarding recording.’ – Rhythms magazine

‘An intriguing sketch of brilliant songwriting… The band has delivered a masterpiece… “A Thief’s Journal” goes straight to the poolroom.’ – Rave Magazine (BRIS)

‘Lyrics from Bob Dylan’s new album? No, from Floyd Thursby’s debut self-titled 5-track CD. Go see him and hear for yourself. A powerful new addition to Australia’s most original singer/songwriters.’ – Billy Pinnell

Tickets at door: 100,000 VND

Vietnam International Fingerstyle Guitar Festival 2015

Fri 17 Jul 2015, 8 pm

Youth Theater

11 Ngô Thì Nhậm, Hà Nội    

Vietnam International Finger-Style Guitar Festival 2015 (Vietnam IFSGF 2015) takes place at Vietnam Youth Theatre (Hanoi) on 17 July 2015. With the participation of 6 famous artists from 6 different countries, the concert this summer promises to be an impressive cultural exchanging event where a whole spectrum of colorful emotions will be assembled. This is a rare opportunity for the Vietnamese audience to enjoy the special of international finger-style guitar. Among those, Paddy Sun is a phenomenon in Vietnam. He is the artist that has the most influence to the growth of this new guitar genre in Vietnam and is well known by the majority of music lovers thanks to his hit “Sunflower” released in 2009.

Artists performing in Vietnam IFSGF 2015:

– Huang Chia-Wei (Taiwan)

The differences in the environment around Huang Chia-Wei and in his life created the diversity in his music. Sometimes romantic and emotional, his music can calm you. Sometimes inspiring, his music will make you dance.

– Agustin Amigo (Spain)

Agustin Amigo has a strong passion for fingerstyle guitar. He owns a studio and makes high quality records by himself. His creative use of partial capo has become a special feature of him. This makes his melodies clearer and his tone more unique. Agustin frequently performs in different music festivals around the world and his performances are always highly appreciated.

– Andy Ngew (Malaysia)

Andy Ngew – the new generation of fingerstyle in Malaysia. His music is a lot like his personality, warm and generous. He learned classical when he was small, but later on he discovered fingerstyle and it became his passion. Andy joined many fingerstyle competitions to improve himself and he won many awards from them, such as Tommy Emmanuel’s, Adam Rafferty’s, and Sungha Jung’s competitions.

– Paddy Sun (China)

Paddy Sun, composer of a very famous song – “Sunflower ‘, which was a big sensation in Vietnam since this video was uploaded on Youtube in 2009. It’s a big motivation for a lot youngsters to learn to play a guitar and a new guitar line – fingerstyle. At the end of 2013, in the 1st Vietnam percussive fingerstyle guitar contest, he was invited to became an online examiner for an award that bore his name – the Paddy Sun award.

– Masa Sumide (Japan)

Masa Sumide, Japan’s premier solo guitarist, often called “King of Groovy Music”. His music is full of beats and rhythm. It will make you want to dance all the time.

– Jacques Stotzem (Belgium)

At the age of 16, Jacques Stotzem started learning guitars with Blue. Since then, guitar has been his passion, his life. Jacques’ style is a blend of romantic and acoustic rock songs. In his performances, he plays his own compositions as well as many rock rearrangements of Jimi Hendrix, U2 or Rory Gallagher.

Tickets

TYPES OF TICKET

Area 4 – 300,000 VND

Area 3 – 500,000 VND

Area 2 – 700,000 VND

Area 1 – 1,000,000 VND (Photo session with the artists before the concert)

Seat map

SELLING

– Ticketbox.vn

DISCOUNT 50%

Only 100 tickets until the end of 11/7

Area 4/ 3/ 2/ 1 discount to 150,000 VND/ 250,000 VND/ 350,000 VND/ 500,000 VND

(Booking on Ticketbox.vn, please enter discount code: VIFGF50)

– Vietnam Youth Theatre | 11 Ngo Thi Nham st

8:30am – 7pm (Mon -Sat)

091 261 1766 / 04 2240 9025

– Sol G | 337 Nguyen Khang st

8:30am – 6pm (all days) – 04 2216 1102

– TYGY | 95 Dang Tien Dong st

8am -7pm (all days) – 096 393 8183

– Dongdoshow.com

More details: HOTLINE: 098 161 0057 – Tung AG (Mr.)

Live Music Event “The Music Emporium” at Hanoi Social Club in July

09, 16, 23 and 30 Jul 2015, 8.30 pm

Hanoi Social Club

6 Hoi Vu Str., Hanoi

The Music Emporium – a new intimate live music event at The Hanoi Social Club. 8:30pm every Thursday night.

In a 100-year-old house with classic architecture in the old quarter, lots of cozy spaces, where you can enjoy the skills of the musicians and feel the music in a more laid-back environment.

Use your ears to listen and enjoy musical stories. It’s not an “event” as such, more like people playing music in your lounge room. Every week we have a different musician creating a set specifically for this event.

We’ll make you comfortable. It’ll be cozy, and intimate.

Tickets: 50,000 VND at the door

“Old Sounds of New Day” at Manzi – Encounter 1: Xẩm

Manzi Art Space

14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi

The first encounter in manzi’s traditional music series entitled ‘Old Sounds Of New Day’ will start next Friday, 17 July with an amazing Xẩm performance featuring two masters of traditional music in Vietnam: Xuan Hoach & Thanh Hoai, and other talented musicians of Hanoi.

Originally born from the street and performed by wandering artists, Xẩm is a form of folk music deeply rooted in the people, especially the inferior and outcast. With simple lyrics and brutally honest attitude, the narratives in Xẩm songs often describe life’s hardships, satirically comment on social degradation and discuss hotly-debated political issues.

Surcharge at door: 150,000VND (including one free drink)

Due to limited seating capacity (acoustic concert for 30 people only), please email us at manzihanoi@gmail.com before Wed 14 July to reserve seats.

‘Old Sounds of New Day’ is a series of traditional music concerts hosted by manzi as an effort to support these traditional values, and to tell a real story about traditional music in Vietnam.

Exhibition “Chòn Chòn” by young artists from Hanoi and Hue

Opening: Fri 10 Jul 2015, 5 pm

Exhibition: 10 – 17 Jul 2015

1st floor, Center for Contemporary Arts

17 Thanh Cong, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

You are invited to the group exhibition “Chòn chòn” by young artists from 10 – 17 July 2015. Inspired by the round shape, the young artists from Hanoi and Hue have launched the idea of an exhibition to promote cultural exchange among artists and their regions and create the diversified art beyond a specific area.

The exhibition will feature paintings, sculpture, installation artworks by 11 young artists from Hanoi: Do Hiep, Le Ba Cau, Pham Tra My, Pham Tuan Tu, Vu Duc Trung, Thai Nhat Minh, Trinh Minh Tien, Tran Van An, Nguyen The Hung, Hoang Duy Vang, Nguyen Hong Phuong and 12 artists from Hue: Nguyen Hoa, Ha Thi My, Hoang Anh Tu, Tran Huu Nhat, Truong The Linh, Nguyen Van He, Nguyen Dinh Hoang Viet, Hong Thien Quoc, Nguyen Van Duy, Ton That Minh Nhat, Tran Tuan.

After that, the exhibition will be on display at Hue museum of Culture, No. 23-25, Le Loi, Hue City.

Film Screening “La Cour de Babel” by Julie Bertuccelli

Fri 17 Jul 2015, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the documentary screening of “School of Babel” (France, 2014, 89 mins) directed by Julie Bertuccelli.

“They come from all over the world and learn French in a Paris school. This beautiful documentary tells their integration, their doubts and their hopes.” – Le Parisien

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

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.

Tickets

Ticket price: 50 000 VND

Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Liveshow by Canadian experimental pop band BRAIDS

Thu 16 Jul 2015, 8 pm

Cargo Bar

7 Nguyen Tat Thanh, D.4, HCMC

You are invited to a music night with Canadian experimental pop outfit, BRAIDS who are touring Asia on the back of their acclaimed album, ‘Deep In The Iris’.

Now three albums in, Braids’ latest release deals with some heavy subject matter: abuse, pornography and isolation. While this may be a little too much for some, there is still an ethereal beauty about the record that enchants while depicting a reality that resonates in equal measure.

Tickets

Advance: 250k // 150k (with student ID)

Door: 300k // 200k (with student ID)

Available from Ticketbox and Asian Kitchen (185/22 Pham Ngu Lao)

Call for Applications: Documentary Course at Hanoi DOCLAB 2015 (K7B)

Deadline: 15 Jul 2015

You are invited to the documentary course at Hanoi DOCLAB 2015 (K7B). This creative documentaries course is the first basic step for the one who wants to become an independent, personal, artistic or experimental documentary filmmaker (over 18 years old).

The first DOCLAB documentary course of this year (K7A) opened in May 2015.

For more information, please refer to Vietnamese version of this post.

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.

Vietnamese Lacquer Painting Exhibition in Korea

Exhibition: 15 – 20 Jul 2015

Ganaisa Art Center

Seoul, Korea

From the organizer:

Lacquer paintings exhibition of 14 Vietnamese artists will be held in Ganaisa Art Center, Seoul from July 15 to July 20, 2015.

Lacquer is a special type of material extracted from lacquer tree, appeared in Vietnam from 2500 years before, often used in making furniture, worshiping items and crafts. In 1925 the French founded the Indochina Fine Arts School, along with the acceptance of the academy art in Europe, Vietnamese lacquer artists transformed the material and put lacquer on their own works. The innovative combinations between material and the traditional way of shaping, between the spiritual life of the Vietnamese and the graphics, layout, color as well as art thought from Europe have created an art material that still highly appreciated by many national and foreign researchers. Many Vietnamese lacquer paintings were stored and kept at national prestigious museums and abroad. More and more foreign artists come to Vietnam to learn the techniques of lacquer.

Due to limited communication, difficulties in transportation and storage as well as lack of thorough understanding and confusion between art and fine art, Vietnamese lacquer is still not known and properly appreciated as its value yet.

42 artworks of 14 Vietnamese artists to Korea will be displayed at Ganaisa Art Exhibition Center, Seoul. This is the art center established since 1983, and from 1991 till now becomes the venue for exhibit many famous names of worldwide contemporary art such as Antoni Tapies (1990), Sam Francis (1991), Jasper Johns ( 1991), Roy Lichtenstein (1991), Joan Miro (1991), Wilfredo Lam (1991). The exhibition will be an opportunity to introduce Vietnamese lacquer art and inspire sense of creativity to all the artists pursuing the art of making lacquer paintings and promote cultural exchanges between the Vietnam and Korea.

• Of the 42 works exhibited, there are 12 works with traditional visual style from the 6 artists Ha Anh Tuan, Nguyen Duc Viet, Nguyen Nghia Dau, Nguyen Tan Cuong, Nguyen Hiep Anh and Duc Hung.

• The rest 30 pieces are of modern visual style from 8 artists: Nguyen Truong Linh (Gold Prize, National Fine Arts Exhibition 2010), Tran Phi Truong, Nguyen Hai Nam, Do Khai, Pham Thang Long, Hoang Huu Van, Ngo Hai Yen and Dang Hien.

• In particular, 3 artists Tran Phi Truong, Do Khai, Nguyen Hai Nam and curator D.G. Tran Quoc Hung are invited to attend the opening ceremony and introduce paintings for the exhibition.

This exhibition of Lacquer paintings in Seoul will contribute to promoting the cooperation and exchange of the art and culture between Vietnam – Korea, as well as introducing Vietnamese cultural traditions to foreign friends in Korea and worldwide. This is also an opportunity for artists to share their view of art and seek for new inspiration, to create more and more high-valuable artworks to serve all art lovers in Korea and Vietnam.

Film Screening “Le Roi et L’Oiseau” by Paul Grimault

Sun 12 Jul 2015, 4 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the film screening “Le Roi et L’Oiseau” (The King and the Mockingbird) (France, 1979, 87 mins) directed by Paul Grimault.

“The King and the Mockingbird” is simple but retains its strength and forever remains sublime.

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

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.

Tickets

Ticket price: 50 000 VND

Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Film Screening “Minions” at L’Espace

10, 11, 12, 17, 18 and 19 Jul 2015

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the animation screening “Minions” – blockbuster of Universal Pictures produced entirely in France by Illumination Entertainment – at L’Espace from 10-19 Jul 2015.

Screening schedule:

Fri 10 Jul 2015

14:00 and 18:00: English with Vietnamese subtitles

16:00: Vietnamese dubbing

Sat 11 Jul 2015

14:00 and 18:00: English with Vietnamese subtitles

16:00 and 20:00: Vietnamese dubbing

Sun 12 Jul 2015

14:00 and 20:00: Vietnamese dubbing

18:00: English with Vietnamese subtitles

Fri 17 Jul 2015

14:00: English with Vietnamese subtitles

16:00: Vietnamese dubbing

Sat 18 Jul 2015

14:00 and 18:00: Vietnamese dubbing

16:00: English with Vietnamese subtitles

Sun 19 Jul 2015

14:00 and 20:00: Vietnamese dubbing

18:00: English with Vietnamese subtitles

About the film:

The story of MINIONS by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment comes to us from time immemorial. Originally, from simple single-celled yellow organisms, Minions have evolved over the ages and served the most abject masters. Repetitive disappearances of these masters, from tyrannosaurs to Napoleon, made Minions plunge into a deep depression.

But one of them, Kevin, has an idea. Flanked by Stuart, the rebellious teen and adorable Bob, Kevin goes in search of a new evil boss to guide them.

Our three Minions embark on a thrilling journey that will lead them to their new master… who happens to be a master: Scarlet Overkill (Sandra Bullock, Oscar-winning), the first super-evil master in history. From Antarctica to New York 60s, our three friends finally arrive at London where they will face the most terrible threat of their existence: the annihilation of their species.

Tickets

Ticket price: 60,000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

“Future Now – Rave In Color” – a Brand New Playground for Youth

Sat 11 Jul 2015, 4 pm

Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center

799 Nguyen Van Linh, Tan Phu, HCMC

We are proud to announce our BRAND-NEW PLAYGROUND is “Future Now – Rave In Color” – a better, louder, crazier version of Future Now Music Festival 2014. This is a first painting event of EDM (Electronic Dance Music) events in VietNam. Not only the world best DJs, international dance music, but also the mood, the style, the color will blow your mind off, making you forget where you are & start singing together, promising the biggest & craziest crowd ever in Vietnam.

“Future Now – Rave In Color” will bring the fans into the ultimate mind blowing, head bumping experience not only by featuring the world best DJs and famous singers, but also by the uniqueness of multi-color UV paint blasting, fire shows, impressing them with the most unique techniques and other astonishing activities gathered in one show. Leading up to ever so memorable Rave party.

Audience, stage, everything will be soaked in color by paint cannons, high pressure pump machine, water guns etc. that you get to enjoy “for the first time”. “Future Now – Rave In Color” – there is no border and limit to having fun with friends – the way you want it to be in your own color.

With the performance of famous international and Vietnamese DJ and artists:

DJ Headhunterz

Tickets

Ticket prices:

GA: 550,000 VND

VVIP: 1,650,000 VND

Owner table: 3,000,000 VND