Screening of “Camille Redouble”

Fri 15 Nov 2013, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the film screening “Camille Redouble” (France, 2012, 115 mins) directed by Noémie Lvovsky. This is a “dazzling of tenderness”. (Le Figaro).

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

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.

Tickets:

Ticket price: 40 000 VND

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

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Screening “In Memoriam of S.N. Goenka”

Wed 13 Nov 2013, 7.30 pm

The Hanoi Bicycle Collective

44, lane 31 Xuan Dieu Str, Hanoi

Due to the success of the first Vipassana screening night, we are pleased to create a repeat event ” In Memoriam of S.N.Goenka”. We’d love to invite you to join the cinema night of Cinexin Hanoi this week.

Film programme:

S.N Goenka UN Peace Summit speech (15 min)

“Doing time, doing Vipassana” (52 min)

Satya Narayan Goenka (January 30, 1924 – September 29, 2013) was a noted Burmese-Indian teacher of Vipassanā meditation. Born in Burma, he followed the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin, under whom he trained for 14 years. In 1969, he shifted to India and started teaching meditation, and started a mediation centre at Igatpuri, near Nashik in 1976. In time, he became an influential non-sectarian teacher of the Vipassana movement and a pioneer of the Vipassana meditation in India.[1] He trained more than 1300 assistant teachers and each year more than 120,000 people attend Goenka led Vipassana courses.

The technique which S. N. Goenka teaches represents a tradition that is traced back to the Buddha. Goenka emphasizes that, “The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma – the way to liberation – which is universal”[2] and presents his teachings as non-sectarian and open to people of all faiths or no faith. “Liberation” in this context means freedom from impurities of mind and, as a result of the process of cultivating a pure mind, freedom from suffering.[3] Goenka calls Vipassana meditation an experiential scientific practice, through which one can observe the constantly changing nature of the mind and body at the deepest level, a profound understanding that leads to a truly happy and peaceful life.

He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2012 for social work.

Free entrance.

Photo Exhibition of Coup de Pouce Vietnam

Opening: Fri 15 Nov 2013, 7 pm

Exhibition: 15 Nov – 06 Dec 2013

Brasserie Le Pavillon of the Mercure-Hanoi Hotel

94 Ly Thuong Kiet, Hanoi

A retrospective of its best pictures has been organized and the inauguration takes place on Friday 15th, 2013. The exhibition will remain open for 3 weeks during which the pictures will be on sale to the benefit of Coup de Pouce Vietnam’s projects.

Exhibition by Swiss Artists Anthony Bannwart

09 and 10 Nov 2013, 5 – 8 pm

Work Room Four

Building E, Floor 4

9 Tran Thanh Tong, Hanoi

We have a miniature exhibition this weekend by Swiss Artists Anthony Bannwart.

Anthony has spent the last week using our space to create work that will be on show this coming weekend.

From ethereal installation to delicate water colour abstraction to film and found then constructed Objet D’art Anthony represents a lot of what we love about art… honest, interdisciplinary, conceptual and in places quite beautiful.

Art Talk of NEW FORM Sculpture Project and NEW FORM 1st Exhibition

New Form 1

Art talk: Sun 10 Nov, 2 pm

Exhibition: 08 Nov – 06 Dec 2013

Vietnam Sculpture Gallery

12 Quan Su Street

Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

Opening hours: Daily, 9 AM – 9 PM

You are invited to the Art Talk of NEW FORM Sculpture Project and NEW FORM 1st Exhibition.

This Art Talk is time to meet and discuss between NEW FORM’s members with colleague and audience. The discussion will focus on all of works during the first phase of NEW FORM project, the criteria and results after the exhibition.

NEW FORM Sculpture Project is an experiment program of contemporary sculpture. It aims to bring new criteria of concepts, ideas and practice of doing sculpture in Vietnam today. The members of project are sculptor Thái Nhật Minh, Khổng Đỗ Tuyền, Phạm Thái Bình, Trần Trọng Tri, Lê Lạng Lương, Nguyễn Hữu Thái, Nguyễn Huy Tính. The manager of project is Nguyen Anh Tuan, art researcher.

Course Draping Costumes for the Stage and Screen

Start date: 6 – 9 pm, Tue 19 Nov 2013

Duration: 5 weeks on every Tuesday and Thursday

London College for Fashion Studies (Hanoi)

No. 48 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi

Course Draping Costumes for the Stage and Screen with tutor Rebecca Coleman will be opened next week.

The course will introduce students to the process of draping period costumes for the Stage and Screen. Students will study the art of draping period styles from Classical Greek to the Elizabethans.

Course fee: 6,990,000VND. For more information, you can contact: info@fashionstudies.com.vn.

Film Screening and Discussion “Water Stories”

Tue 12 Nov 2013, 6 pm

Wed 13 Nov 2013, 2 pm

L’Espace

24 Trang Tien Str, Hanoi

You are invited to the special event titled “Water Stories” of Idea and Film Festival within the framework of 40 year celebration of diplomatic relation of France – Vietnam. The audience will have chance to enjoy two documentaries, two short films and a documentary with the theme of water, followed by a debate.

Free entrance.

Language: French – Vietnamese simultaneous interpretation.

Exhibition “Nicholas Roerich – Ethnic Bond”

Opening: Mon 11 Nov 2013, 3 pm

Exhibition: 11 – 17 Nov 2013

2nd floor, building B, Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts

66 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi

The exhibition will feature 63 copies of artworks from The State Museum of Oriental Art’s Collection in Moscow. Among the largest museums, this institution is considered to own one of the best collections by Nicholas Roerich in Russia and all over the world.

With knowledge of Russian history, myth and epic as well as interest in Oriental history and religion, Nicholas Roerich found out that historical figures and legends in the old days passed down moral injunctions about life and responsibility to descendants. From the beginning of his creative career, Nicholas Roerich publicly stated his knowledge about historical signal. Though his topics were various (e.g Russia, Europe, Tibet, Mongolia, India), his main theme about the beauty of Earth and outstanding behaviors of famous figures and spiritual leaders stayed the same.

Exhibition “Where there is love, there is family”

Exhibition: 06 – 12 Nov 2013

Women’s Museum

36 Ly Thuong Kiet, Hanoi

This year, the organizations of CCIHP, LIGHT, ISEE, CGFED and Rutgers WPF under the Sexual Rights Alliance have worked in collaboration to organize an Installation Exhibition about Family Theme with the message: “Me+: Where there is love, there is family”.

Thanks to the consultation of artists namely Do Tuong Linh, Le Huong Giang, and Nguyen Quang Vinh, the volunteers from universities have supported the groups of the disabled, migrants, sex workers, LGBT, HIV infected people, single moms in collecting artifacts and stories for the exhibition.

‘Encounter’ Presents Dr. Truong Thi Kim Chuyen

Fri 8 Nov 2013, 6.30 pm

Room 5.2.02/03

RMIT, Pham Ngoc Thach campus

21 Pham Ngoc Thach, D. 3, HCMC

‘Encounter’ warmly welcomes Dr. Truong Thi Kim Chuyen, specialist in Geography & Development Studies from Ho Chi Minh City, to talk about “Reviving and nourishing material culture for creative purpose”.

Originality and creativity are crucial attributes that encourage establishment and development of a locality’s material culture.  Through analysis of a particular material – here with the rare black silk from Tan Chau, An Giang Province – Dr. Truong Thi Kim Chuyen, Senior Lecturer of Geography Department, University of Social Sciences and Humanity HCMC, will discuss how to maintain and renew tradition by examining the crucial relationship between location, community, material and creative reality. Dr. Chuyen considers the challenges in nourishing and reviving local material culture, in the context of a society where there is strong interest in imported products. She will provide example of how to nurture and sustain creative innovation in cultural material and object in order to encourage learning of their meaning and appropriation in modern life.

Language: Vietnamese with English translation.

Free entry. Seats in are limited, please arrange your time to arrive early for your seating convenience.

Japanese Film Festival 2013: Bond

Hà Nội: 13 – 24 Nov 2013

National Cinema Center

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Đà Nẵng: 06 – 08 Dec 2013

Lê Độ Cinema

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Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu: 13 – 15 Dec 2013

Bà Rịa Cinema

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Vietnam – Japan diplomatic relationship, The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam is proud to present Japanese Film Festival “Bond” which takes place from 13 Nov – 15 Dec 2013 in Hanoi, Da Nang and Vung Tau.

Japanese Film Festival 2013 is titled “Kizuna”, the main theme for Year of Friendship. Kizuna in Japanese literally means the connection and represents the importance of diplomatic relationship and friendship.

8 films screened this year includes: Tokyo family (directed by Yoji Yamada/ 2013), Grave of the Fireflies (directed by Isao Takahata / 1988), Someday (directed by Junji Sakamoto / 2011), Rebirth (directed by Izuru Narushima/ 2011), Star Watching Dog (directed by Tomoyuki Takimoto / 2011), The Last Ronin (directed by Shigemichi Sugita/ 2010), Linda Linda Linda (directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita/ 2005), Half a Confession (directed by Kiyoshi Sasabe/ 2004). These famous Japanese films have been showcased in international film festivals and won grand prizes.

For more information about films, you can see below:

Tokyo Family

Someday

Rebirth

Star Watching Dog

The Last Ronin

Linda Linda Linda

Half a Confession

Grave of the Fireflies

Hà Nội: 13 – 24 Nov 2013

National Cinema Center (87 Láng Hạ Str, Hà Nội)

Tickets are run out.

Đà Nẵng : 06 – 08 Dec 2013

Lê Độ Cinema (46 Trần Phú Str, Đà Nẵng City)

Free tickets can be collected:

From 9 am – 6 pm, Mon to Sun, starting from 27/ 11/ 2013 at Lê Độ Cinema.

Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu: 13 – 15 Dec 2013

Bà Rịa Cinema (Cách Mạng Tháng Tám Str, Bà Rịa City)

Free tickets can be collected:

From: 7.30 – 11 am and 1.30 – 5 pm, Mon to Fri

Starting from 4/12/2013 at Bà Rịa Cinema

UK Now Music Workshop

UK Now 2013

Fri 08 Nov 2013, 6 pm

ATK

73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi

The British Council Vietnam will host a Musical Workshop on Friday 8 November.

The workshop will be an opportunity for young musicians to meet a broad spectrum of professional British artists to discuss music related issues and to take part in an informal practice session.

The workshop will be especially interesting for those keen to learn more about electronic composition and production, as well as songwriting, guitar, bass, drum, DJ and singing techniques. Translators will be available for those who don’t speak English.

Present at the workshop will be two British music acts, Anushka, an electronic duo featuring a producer/DJ and singer, and Bwani Junction, a four piece indie rock band. Participants will have the opportunity to meet the bands, ask them question and even play with them in an informal setting, so please bring your instrument!

To register for the workshop, participants should contact:

Phạm Minh Hồng

British Council

Tel: 0904.235.483

E-mail: hong.pham@britishcouncil.org.vn   

Scuplture Exhibition “New Form 1″ – Opening of Vietnam Sculpture Gallery

Opening: Fri 08 Nov, 6 pm

Art discussion: Sun 10 Nov, 2 pm

Exhibition: 08 Nov – 06 Dec 2013

Vietnam Sculpture Gallery

12 Quan Su Street

Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

Opening hours: Daily, 9 AM – 9 PM

NEW FORM is an experimental contemporary sculpture project that aims to overcome the stereotypes of traditional sculpture and to stimulate new thinking and creative possibilities involving this art form. In their desire for professional development, sculptors who live and work in Hanoi founded NEW FORM to explore innovative ways to experience working in a professional, collaborative environment. The project consists of three phases, the first of which has now been completed, and the results are presented in the NEW FORM 1 Exhibition.

Participating Sculptors:

Khổng Đỗ Tuyền

Lê Lạng Lương

Nguyễn Huy Tính

Nguyễn Hữu Thái

Phạm Bảo Sơn

Phạm Thái Bình

Thái Nhật Minh

Trần Trọng Tri

Project Manager: Art Researcher Nguyễn Anh Tuấn

The NEW FORM Sculpture Project was designed to extend over a period of 30 to 36 months and is divided into three consecutive phases. Each phase will last approximately 10 to 12 months and has specific objectives:

Phase 1: To identify and develop the orientation and theme for the work.

Phase 2: To explore and implement the approach to creating the work.

Phase 3: To exhibit the work and report the result.

The criteria for participating in the NEW FORM Sculpture Project are as follows:

• Seek the intrinsic language of traditional sculpture and develop it to change the shape, form, and response to the sculptural blocks.

• Experiment with the relationship between the sculpture and its installation space, including the space as an integral part of the sculpture and viewing the sculpture as a way of organizing the space.

• Experiment with new, diversified materials during the creative process and be less dependent on traditional sculpting materials.

• Explore the interaction between light and the sculpture, treating light as a component that directly contributes to the aesthetics and structure of the work.

NEW FORM 1 is an exhibition designed to introduce the experimental works created by the first group of artists between January and October 2013, during Phase 1 of the NEW FORM project. The works that resulted from the 10 months of collaboration among the eight participating artists and the curator are displayed in three galleries. This collaboration involved discussions about the process, the development of ideas, the method of experimentation, the selection of materials, planning the presentation, and the organization of space for the exhibition. Each creation represents the artist’s attempt to fulfill one or more of the criteria set out in NEW FORM, the nature of their innovation, and new directions for the next phase.

In addition to the sculptures featured in the exhibition NEW FORM 1 are contributions by the sound artist Nguyen Van Thao and the designer Phạm Đam Ca.

Nguyen Van Thao created an audio composition that is implemented within the exhibition space. This composed sound serves both as an independent source of auditory stimulation and as a collaboration with certain aspects of the sculptures that helps to guide the viewer in perceiving the arts, aesthetics, and spirit of modern culture.

Phạm Đam Ca provided the graphic design for the exhibit, from the logo and banner to the descriptions of each artist and the individual works. His design is based on modern typography corresponding to the NEW FORM criteria.

The NEW FORM1 Exhibition presents the first experiences of the artists in responding to the criteria for the art direction of the project. The results will prove valuable to the artists in revealing the end points achieved or not achieved by each composition; the extent of the visual effects, aesthetics, and messages of the composition; and the response from colleagues and the public. This knowledge will serve to help the artists understand their work better and will prepare them for the second phase of the project. Thus, the objectives of the first phase of the NEW FORM Sculpture Project and the NEW FORM1 Exhibition have been successfully achieved.

Free entrance.

Photography Exhibition “Live” 2013

Exhibition: 09 – 16 Nov 2013

Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi

15 Ngo Quyen Str, Hanoi

You are invited to the 2nd “Live” Photo Exhibition of Leica Vietnam from 09-16 Nov 2013 at Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi which features numerous beautiful moments of daily life.

In addition to photographs by some well-known photographers such as Đỗ Anh Tuấn, Dương Minh Long, Nguyễn Việt Thanh, Đoàn Kỳ Thanh, Trần Việt Dũng, Lê Quang Nhật, Hoàng Minh Trí, there will be artworks by amateur ones, with a fresh and creative view on life, for example Trương Thị Mai Hương, Trịnh Quốc Trung, Phan Minh Chính, Nguyễn Ngọc Khánh, Dương Trường Giang, etc.

The exhibition features about 50 colored and black&white photos from 40 photographers. The main theme is not to cover  hot-burning events or social issues but to deliver the message of enjoying life in every simple moment of it.

Concert with Katharina Padrok and Boris Schönleber

Sun 10 Nov 2013, 8 pm

Goethe Institut

56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học

Ba Đình, Hà Nội

This year we celebrate the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner (1813-1883). Next to his composing of great music dramas like Parzifal, Tristan and Isolde or The ring of the Nibelung he also composed songs. His (unfulfilled) love for Mathilde Wesendonck, the spouse of a patron, inspired him to create a song cycle according to poems she wrote. Richard Wagner’s songs of Wesendonck are in an exciting musical relation to works of two other great composers: Franz Liszt, whose daughter Cosima became the second wife of Richard Wagner, and Richard Strauss.

Katharina Padrok

Mezzo-soprano, studied Violin at the conservatory Hannover and vocal pedagogy and school music at the University of Fine Arts Berlin. Her soloist repertoire is very multisided and contains a variety of song programs, contemporary music and Tango songs from Astor Piazolla, which she has adapted and restaged in a fascinating manner. Besides her active stage career Katharina Padrok is working as a vocals tutor at the conservatory in Frankfurt as well as at the University of Arts and Music Büdingen.

Boris Schönleber

is a freelance pianist in Berlin. He studied with Alexander Malter and visited master classes with considerable pianists. In July 1998 he passed his “Performers Diploma” at the “Guildhall School of Music and Drama” (London) with distinction. Boris Schönleber is acting as piano soloist, vocal accompanist and chamber musician in Berlin and all over the German Republic.

In addition to the chamber concert both of the artists arrange a master class for students of the National Academy of Music who study the subject Vocals from 11th to 15th of November.

Free entrance.

Exhibition “Right Fiction”

Opening: Thu 07 Nov, 6 pm

Exhibition: 07 Nov 2013 – 24 Jan 2014

Sàn Art

3 Mê Linh, Bình Thạnh District, HCMC

Come to ‘Right Fiction’ – a group exhibition by Nguyen Hong Ngoc and Phan Thao Nguyen, concluding their time with ‘San Art Laboratory: Session Three’.

Hong Ngoc is a fresh art critique graduate from Hanoi Fine Arts University who has always been passionate and intuitive about art. Coming to the Laboratory with a broad interest in concepts of light, she embarked on finding a more methodic approach to working with her creativity. Ngoc’s resulting artworks are full of intricate detail with the use of surprising materials.

Thao Nguyen returned to Vietnam this year after finishing an MFA in Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago. Nguyen has a long-standing fascination with how objects and materials are related and tell stories. During her time at the Lab, she further explored the idea that all personal perceptions are fictional, a perspective crystallized from her earlier inability to create works that could adequately recount someone else’s story.

Exhibition “Pieces of Life”

Opening: Fri 15 Nov 2013, 6 pm

Exhibition: 15 Nov – 04 Dec 2013

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the art exhibition titled “Pieces of life”, with portrait, self-portrait and cartoon works featuring life of people in Hanoi.

With the participation of artists: Lê Chí Hiếu, LinhRab, Nguyễn Kim Duân, Nguyễn Thanh Phong, Nguyễn Thị Mai Hoa, Trần Thu Hương, Tạ Lan Hạnh, and Ma Xó Hà Nội (Gérald Gorridge).

Opera “The Magic Flute”

09 and 10 Nov 2013, 8 pm

HCMC Opera House

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

You are invited to the opera concert “The Magic Flute”, one of three most famous works by Mozart, the greatest musical prodigy in history of world music.

There will be performance of internationally-known opera vocalists: Magnus Staveland (Tenor), Halvor F. Melien (Baritone), Hege Gustava Tjonn (coloratura soprano), Derek Anthony (Bass) and admirable artists of HBSO: Thanh Nga, Duy Linh, Cho Hae Ryong, Ngọc Tuyền, Thu Hường … Some artists from Tronheim Solitene, Forsvarets musikk (Norway) will participate in the orchestra.

The program is conducted by renowned Norwegians maestro, Magnus Loddgard.

Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto: Emanuel Schikaneder

Conductor: Magnus Loddgard

Chorusmaster: Lars Notto Birkeland

Tamino (tenor): Magnus Staveland

Pamina (soprano): Cho Hae Ryong, Võ Thuỵ Ngọc Tuyền

Papageno (baritone): Halvor F. Melien

Papagena (soprano): Nguyễn Thị Thu Hường

The Queen of the Night (coloratura soprano): Hege Gustava Tjønn

Sarastro (bass): Derek Anthony

Monostatos (tenor): Trần Duy Linh

3 ladies (2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano):

Nguyễn Thị Thanh Nga, Nguyễn Thị Đoan Thuỳ, Hồ Hoàng Ngọc

Nguyễn Thị Thanh Nga, Nguyễn Thị Đoan Thuỳ, Nguyễn Thị Thanh Huyền

3 boys (treble, alto, mezzo-soprano):

Hồ Thị Kim Ngọc, Nguyễn Thị Thanh Nguyên, Nguyễn Thị Duyên Quỳnh

Khánh Ngọc, Kiều Bích Hiền, Huỳnh Hà Thu Thảo

Performing: concertmaster Sveinung Lillebjerka (concertmaster), Brass Quintet (Na Uy)

Tickets

Ticket price: 650.000 – 550.000 – 400.000 – 150.000(Students only)VND

Ticket on sale at:

HBSO Box Office: 7 Lam Son Square, Ward Ben Nghe, District 1, HCMC.

Booking and delivery: 08 3823 7419; Ms.Hương: 0989874517 – 0909 49 39 38 (Ms Ngoc)

Email: lamngochbso@gmail.com; info@hbso.org.vn.

Participative Event “1960 Times”

Thu 14 Nov 2013, 8 pm

Barbetta

Zone 9, 9 Tran Thanh Tong Str, Hanoi

After “White Sheet, welcome to Unreality” in June, come a new unexpected creation: 1960 Times.

1960 Times is not only a play, a concert, or a party, it is a participative event, FULL of happenings in which you’ll get a good glimpse at the 60′s popular culture worlwide. Join us and travel back in time like never before!

1960 Times will recreate an original atmosphere from the 60’s and put you right in the middle of it. You will hear, feel and breathe nostalgia with the greatest live rock & roll music from the 60’s from all around the world. Historical events, huge and small, will be presented to you in a way you can’t expect. Be ready! You must wear accordingly!

Entrance Fees : 150k VnD (including a free beer)

Students : 80k VnD ( with valid student ID card)

Dual Exhibition with Nguyen Son and Richard Streitmatter-Tran

Opening: Mon 11 Nov, 6.30 pm

Exhibition: 12 Nov – 03 Dec 2013

MAM – Art Projects

Floor 5, 36 Ly Thuong Kiet, Hanoi

Come to dual exhibition with Nguyen Son and Richard Streitmatter-Tran.

Artist Nguyen Son

“To me painting comes natural as breathing. Black ink on thin paper coming from the East together with structural analytic ideology from the West on my own and unique perception helps me express all the nuances in my state of mind. The more I paint, the more clearly I see that my path is connected closely to nature, to the art community and always so it would be. I know one day I would fade away to nothingness but my works will still become beautiful memories left somewhere on this living earth.

Born in Hanoi.

Date of birth : 1974

Living and working in Ho Chi Minh city since 1989.

Graduated university the fine art Ho Chi Minh city 2001.

Artist Richard STREITMATTER-TRAN

Born in Bien Hoa, Vietnam.

Date of birth: 1972

Living and working in Ho Chi Minh City.

He received his degree in the Studio for Interrelated Media (SIM) at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston.

Exhibition “Little flowers”

M.studio

Floor 4, Building A, 9 Le Thanh Tong, Hanoi

The exhibition’s meaning is expressed by different and various kinds of art such as painting, paper sculpture, installation, performance … Using recycled paper as the major material, a group 20 artists from the North, South and Central of Vietnam will introduce an unique exhibition to the Hanoian.

Exhibition presents art pieces by 20 young artists from all over Vietnam: Nguyễn Hồng Phương, Nguyễn Ngọc Thanh, Đỗ Xuân Thắng, Phương vũ Mạnh, Phạm Tuấn Tú, Nguyễn Huy Lộc, Trần Đình Bình, Phạm Trà Mi, Nguyễn Phi Hổ, Nguyễn Phan Bách, Triệu Tuấn Long, Nguyễn Đức Phương, Hương Na Nguyễn, Trần Bích Vân, Phạm Khắc Hân, Nguyễn Tuấn, Kù Kao Khải, Phương Bình, Lê Anh Hoài, Trần Giáp, Duy Khánh, Quách Bắc. With the participation of an Australian artist: Claire driscoll.

Exhibition “Traces of Old Times”

Opening: Sat 02 Nov, 10 am

Exhibition: 02 – 24 Nov 2013

Tu do Gallery

53 Ho Tung Mau, Dist 1, HCMC

Art House Cinema – Muscle Shoals

Tue 05 Nov 2013, 7.30 pm

Snap Cafe

32 Tran Ngoc Dien, District 2, HCMC

You are invited to come to the film screening of “Muscle Shoals – A Story about Soul and Rock and Roll” (2013, 111 mins) by director Greg ‘Freddy’ Camelier.

A spellbinding documentary that tells the story about a little corner of America filled with magic and music, legend and folklore, which has lured some of the greatest Rock and Roll and Soul legends of all time, and drawn from them some of the most uplifting, defiant, and important music ever created.

This is a surprising documentary that takes the lid off perceptions of race and music. With the voices of Aretha Franklin, Paul Simon, Mick Jagger, Candi Station, Jimmy Cliff, Percy Sledge and Keith Richards amongst many others.

Tickets: FREE (donations for our chosen charity Wildlife at Risk are gladly accepted).

Hanoi Photography Workshop by Justin Mott

24 – 27 Jan 2014

83 Xuan Dieu, Tay Ho, Hanoi

Experience what it’s like to be an assignment photographer learning from editorial and commercial photographer Justin Mott. Mott is a frequent contributor to The New York Times along with working for such international publications such as TIME, WSJ, Forbes, Conde Nast Traveler, IHT, and numerous others.

This workshop is aimed at amateur, aspiring, and professional shooters looking to sharpen their skills and become a more well rounded photographer. If you want to make a living as a photographer you have to be versatile, the goal of this workshop is to teach versatility.

The 4 day hands on workshop will take place in Hanoi and revolve around the build up Tet (Vietnamese New Year) holiday. Along with daily discussions and a portfolio review each student will receive a daily assignment. The assignments will range from portrait, travel, news, and profiles and will be treated like a real editorial assignment.

VIETNAM Party Congress

PRICE $500USD

(Your place can only be reserved by paying the full fee via Paypal).

STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO:

-Be able to communicate in English

-Have an understanding of photography and your camera (This class is not teaching basic photography).

-Have your own equipment

To register please contact:

Claire Nguyen

Producer at Mott Visuals

ngoc@mottvisuals.com

+84 946861139

Registration is open to all ages and all nationalities.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN (ONLY 15 SPOTS AVAILABLE)

Classical Concert with Jean-François Heisser and Marie-Josèphe Jude

Thu 14 Nov 2013, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

Số 1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the classical concert with the performance of two French artists Jean-François Heisser and Marie-Josèphe Jude and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Vietnam National Academy of Music. The program is within the framework of 40 year celebration of diplomatic relation of France – Vietnam.

Jean-François Heisser - pianist, conductor and teacher – developed the project of the Poitou-Charentes Orchestre, which reached the highest level of French musical training, when he conducted 5 Beethoven piano concertos. In cooperation with VNSO, he and Marie-Josèphe Jude, who is well-known for her recordings of the complete Brahms piano solo and the co-founding of Heisser-Jude in 1997 together with  Jean-François Heisser, will perform at a special concert this November.

Tickets:

Ticket price:  500,000 VND, 350,000 VND, 200,000 VND

Special price for students: 100,000 VND

For delivery, please call: 0913 48 98 58 0983067996

Booking via: ticketvn@gmail.com

Subsciption Concert Vol. 65 “Mozart’s Night”

08 and 09 Nov 2013, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to Subsciption Concert Vol. 65 “Mozart’s Night” with conductor Claude Brendel, piano soloist Pham Quynh Trang and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra. For more information about program and tickets, see below:

Program

W. A. Mozart : Die Entfuerunghs aus dem Serail Overture

W. A. Mozart : Piano Concerto no.23 A major K.488

W. A. Mozart : Maurerische Trauermusik in C minor K.477

W. A. Mozart : Symphony no.29 major K.201

Tickets

Ticket prices: 200.000, 350.000, 500.000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over ticketvn@gmail.com

For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.   

Screening of “L’Illusionniste”

Fri 08 Nov 2013, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the cartoon screening titled “The Illusionist″ (France, 2010, 80 mins) directed by Sylvain Chomet . This is “A touching, intelligent and delicate film, such an animation we are rarely offered”. (L’Ecran Fantastique)

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

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.

Tickets:

Ticket price: 40 000 VND

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

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Diwali 2013 – Festival of Lights

Sat 09 Nov 2013, 5.30 pm

American Club

19-21 Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi

Come to celebrate one of the biggest festivals of the year, the ‘Festival of Lights’ – ‘Diwali’ in Hanoi.

Like previous years the celebrations will feature Bollywood Music, Dance Performances, Indian Cuisine from the royal pavilions of Northern and Southern states and various other stalls featuring western and Asian cuisines and other activities.

As a lot of Indians tend to be musically oriented, Bollywood Music will become a major part of the function. For this year’s celebrations some dance groups will showcase spectacular dance performances from various regions of India for our guests and they also perform bring the tunes of Bollywood and Western Music to all participants.

Tickets

Special tickets before 1st November, 2013 is VND150,000.

Tickets from 1st Nov and at the gate, adult ticket price is VND200,000. Children ticket is VND50,000 (5-10 years).

Tickets are available at:

1. Incham Office: Heritage hotel, 625 De La Thanh, Ba Dinh Dist., Hanoi. Tel: 04 37724 248

2. Foodshop 45: 59 Truc Bach Str., Hoan Kiem Dist., Hanoi. Tel: 04 3716 2959/ 3715 1465

3. Tandoor: 24 Hang Be Str., Hoan Kiem Dist., Hanoi. Tel: 043 824 5359

4. Namaste Hanoi: 47 Lo Su Str., Hoan Kiem Dist, Hanoi. Tel: 043 935 2400/01

5. Little India Restaurant: 32 Hang Tre Str., Hoan Kiem Dist., Hanoi. Tel: 043 926 1859/ 3935 0473/ 0906 115 786

6. Platinum Cineplex: 4th Floor, The Garden Shopping Mall, Me Tri, Tu Liem Dist., Hanoi. Tel: 043 7878 555.

7. Tay Tap Bar & Grill: 100A Xuan Dieu Str., Tay Ho Dist., Hanoi. Tel: 043 718 6917

8. Tracy’s Sport Pub: 40 Xuan Dieu Str., Tay Ho Dist., Hanoi. Tel: 04 6675 9838

Music Night with Indie Band The Cribs

Fri 08 Nov 2013, 8 pm

Q4 / Cargo Bar

7 Nguyen Tat Thanh, D.4, HCMC

You are invited to a music night with indie band The Cribs.

The Cribs are an English 3-piece indie band from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England which formed in 2001 and consists of twins Gary and Ryan Jarman and their younger brother Ross. In August 2008 Johnny Marr, former guitarist for The Smiths and Modest Mouse, became the official fourth member of the band. On April 11th 2011, Marr’s departure from the group was announced on their website, and The Cribs now continue as a 3-piece again.

Tickets

Ticket price: 200,000 VND student discount / 350,000 VND book in advance

Booking: 30 Ly Tu Trong, 9 Nguyen Tat Thanh

Asia Kitchen, 185/22 Pham Ngu Lao

Email: q4.info@saigonsoundsystem.com

Toyota Classics 2013

Tue 05 Nov 2013, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) would like to announce that Toyota Classics 2013 – the 16th annual concert held in Vietnam by Toyota Motor Asia – Pacific and Toyota Motor Vietnam in cooperation with Vietnam Performing Arts Centre (Dept. of Performing Arts – Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) – is going to take place only one night at Hanoi Opera House on November 5th, 2013.

This year, with the memorable presentation of the North Czech Philharmonic Teplice, Toyota Classics 2013 will bring classical music lovers in Vietnam a remarkable program of symphonic masterpieces from Eastern Europe music to Piazzolla under the conduction of Canadian-born charismatic conductor, Charles Olivieri-Munroe, with the fresh and exquisite performance of the talented young trumpeter Manuel Blanco. Especially, with the participation of Vietnamese talented violinist Nguyen Huu Nguyen, Toyota Classics 2013 promises inspirational moments with the music of this extraordinary orchestra.

So far, Toyota Classics concerts have been held successfully, becoming one of the most expected music events of the year. Toyota Classics presents Toyota’s efforts not only to make contribution to culture development of Vietnam but also to create an opportunity for local musical students and teachers to learn experiences in performance of world-famous orchestras.

Tickets:

Tickets of Toyota Classics 2013 will be sold from 23/10/2013 at Hanoi Opera House (1 Trang Tien, Hanoi) and Toyota Motor Vietnam, Hanoi branch (8th floor, Viglacera Building, 1 Thang Long Avenue, Me Tri, Tu Liem, Hanoi).

There are 3 classes of ticket: Class A (1,200,000 VND/ticket), Class B (1,000,000 VND/ ticket), and Class C (700,000 VND/ ticket).

Hotline for contact: 09.0511.0512 or (04) 35536878 – ext: 135.

All ticket proceeds are used for charity and from 2009 for “Toyota Scholarship for Young Vietnamese Music Talents”.

Music Concerts by Kuricorder Quartet

Concerts for general:

Fri 01 Nov 2013, 8 pm

VOV Theatre

58 Quan Su, Hanoi

Sat 02 Nov 2013, 8 pm

Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam

Concerts for family (Everybody (even a o years old baby) can join the concert):

Sat 02 Nov 2013, 2 pm

Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam

27 Quang Trung

Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội

In celebration of the Japan – Vietnam Friendship Year 2013, the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly presents music concerts by a popular Japanese band “Kuricorder Quartet” on Friday 1 & Saturday 2 November 2013 in Hanoi.

Kuricorder Quartet is a polyphonic multi-instrumental ensemble formed in 1994 by four Japanese virtuosos who are all composers/arrangers as well as masters of a variety of musical instruments.

They have become known in Japan to a wider public through their musical contributions to visual works such as the NHK’s TV program “Pythagora-Switch”, the animation film “La Maison en Petits Cubes” (winner of Academy Award for Animated Short Film in 2009), and collaborations with a variety of famous Japanese singers.

As the quartet’s name implies, their main instruments are recorders (“Kuri” means “Chestnut” in Japanese and “corder” bit comes from “recorder”), from the small soprano, to the giant great bass, via alto and tenor, and the ukulele. What makes them unique is their sincere attempts to create innovative music from simple combinations of such humble musical instruments.

The music of Kuricorder Quartet is, according to Paul Fisher, the founder of Far Side Music in London, “delightfully unclassifiable, encompassing jazz, folk, blues, classical, medieval, funk among others,” and it is a “rich, warm, polyphonic tapestry of sounds.”

Unclassifiable maybe, but we hope their first-ever concerts in Hanoi will bring smile on your face, through their relaxed, joyous, and brilliantly played songs.

The concerts will be held three times, all free admissions, two times for general, at VOV Theatre (58 Quan Su, Hanoi) from 20:00 on Friday 1 November and at the courtyard of the Japan Foundation (27 Quang Trung, Hanoi) from 20:00 on Saturday 2 November. One more concert is a unique concert for family, inviting all generations of children from 0 years old, at the courtyard of the Japan Foundation from 14:00 on Saturday 2 November.

Free tickets are available at the Japan Foundation from 14:00 on Friday 18 October.

Kuricorder Quartet is a quite brilliant, rather eccentric multi-instrumental group from Japan. Never in the history of music has the humble recorder, (kuri by the way is the Japanese for ‘chestnut’, the corder bit comes from recorder) sounded this fresh and exciting. And never would you have thought the recorder, from the small soprano, to the giant great bass, via alto and tenor, this capable of playing the most innovative of music.

Photo Boot Camp with Julie Vola

02 and 03 Nov 2013, 8.30 am – 5.30 pm

Clickspace

5th floor 28 To Ngoc Van, Hanoi

Are you a budding photography addict who wants to take better pictures? The proud owner of a new camera with more nobs and buttons than the Starship Enterprise? Our TWO-FULL-DAY Photo Boot Camp will help you get the best photos from your camera whether you have a compact point-and-shoot or a pro DSLR. The workshop will emphasize:

• Photo fundamentals

• Practice, practice, practice

• Exercises between sessions

• Pro feedback on your shots

• A pamphlet of photo tips to take home when the workshop is over

Language: This is an English-language workshop.

PRICE: VND 3,500,000. Pay in advance and enjoy a discounted price of VND 3,000,000.

Register today here. For more info (e.g., pricing and special offers), contact info@clickspace.vn or Ms. Hau: 0936 534 453.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: An artist photographer, JuLie Vola is a graduate of the prestigious National School of Photography in Arles, France. She has been offering photography workshops in Vietnam since 2010. Learn more about Julie at her website and have a sneak peek at her recent project on Hanoi Grapevine’s blog.

Grapevine Selection – Volume 1

Opening: Sat 02 Nov 2013, 6 pm

Exhibition: 01 – 04 Nov 2013

Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts

66 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi

Exactly 6 years ago on 11 October 2007 Hanoi Grapevine was established by Canadian artist Brian Ring and since then the Grapevine has grown to become more than just a website, it is now a community of arts and culture lovers. We have also supported countless art exhibitions as well as music and cultural events as communications partner and have been very successful in bridging the arts and its audience.

And this year, together with our 6th anniversary, we want to push a step forward by putting together our first ever art exhibition with the aim to develop an appealing platform for potential buyers and an international art audience. It is an initial step for us to start realizing our mission of contributing to building an art market in Vietnam.

The Grapevine Selection is a private initiative by the Grapevine team with the assistance and advice of well-known experts of Vietnamese contemporary art scene:

• Natasha Kraevskia (founder of the famous Salon Natasha and member of the Hanoi Grapevine Board of Advisors)

• KVT (Grapevine’s well-known and prolific commentator on the arts in Hanoi)

• Suzanne Lecht (founder and director of Art Vietnam)

as well as support from Friederike Krentz, an international PR consultant whose past work involved Aedes Berlin – International Forum for Contemporary Architecture, Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art and São Paulo Architecture Biennial.

With its innovative, artist-centered format, The Grapevine Selection Series, which we aim to organize annually, is consciously focused on artistic practice. Invited artists represent specific positions of contemporary Vietnamese art. They may range from younger artists still at a relatively early stage in their careers to artists who have already established strong international reputations.

Volume I of the Grapevine Selection welcomes 8 internationally-known artists to exhibit their work in a four-day program at the renowned Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts.

This exhibition offers a unique opportunity to encounter an outstanding selection of contemporary Vietnamese art and to acquire quality work to add to or begin your collection. Furthermore, 5% of the proceeds of any artworks sold will be donated to KOTO‘s training centers for disadvantaged youth in Vietnam.

Hanoi Grapevine is pleased to welcome you to The Grapevine Selection – Volume 1 with the participation of:

Vuong Van Thao

Ha Manh Thang

Nguyen Quang Huy

Pham Huy Thong

Nguyen Minh Thanh

Pham Ngoc Duong

Nguyen Huy An

Le Quy Tong

KOTO Bike Ride 2013

Sat 09 Nov 2013, 8 am – 4 pm

KOTO Bike Ride is an annual fundraising event which aim to raise fund for rental cost of Training Centre and trainee’s houses for 200 trainees in 1 year. This year we are organizing the 11th KOTO Bike Ride on Saturday 9th November 2013 with a fresh return riding route and a new beautiful destination.

We will join to have a fun biking day with many interesting activities, networking chances and valuable prizes for the people who raise most fund for KOTO trainees. This shows your warm heart towards Vietnamese disadvantaged youth and also raise the Social Responsibility for people around you.

With the fundraising amount of $70 ( for individual ) and $50 ( for group – from 10 people up ), you will lend KOTO a hand to help KOTO trainees and Vietnamese street and disadvantaged youth. The renting bike is $15 if requested.

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra – Vietnam Tour 2013

Hanoi: Sun 03 Nov 2013, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

1 Trang Tien, Hanoi

HCMC: Thu 31 Oct 2013, 8 pm

HCMC Opera House

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

Come to the Vietnam Tour 2013 of Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra in Hanoi and HCMC.

With the performance of conductor Claus Peter Flor, piano soloist Tengku Ahmad Irfan and Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra.

In Hanoi

Program

Anonymous Ly Hoai Nam arr.by Ngo Hoang Quan

Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.2

Dvorak Symphony No.9

Mokhzani We are One

Tickets

Ticket prices: 200 000, 450 000, 600 000 VND. All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over ticketvn@gmail.com

For delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.

In HCMC

PART I:

Folk Song from Central Vietnam (Arrangement for string orchestra: Ngô Hoàng Quân)

Datuk Mokhzani Ismail We are one

Conductor: Mer. A Trần Vương Thạch

Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, op.16

1. Andantino-Allegretto

2. Scherzo: Vivace

3. Intermezzo: Allegro moderato

4. Finale: Allegro tempestoso

Piano: Tengku Ahmad Irfan

Conductor: Claus Peter Flor

PART II: Antonin Dvorak Symphony No.9 ”From the New World” in E Minor, op.95

1. Adagio – Allegro molto

2. Largo

3. Scherzo: Molto vivace – Poco sostenuto

4. Allegro con fuoco

Tickets:

Ticket prices: 400.000 – 350.000 – 200.000 – 80.000(Students only)VND

Tickets are available at: HBSO Box Office: 7 Lam Son Square, Award Ben Nghe, District 1, HCMC.

Booking and delivery: 08 3823 7419; Ms.Hương: 0989874517 – 0909 49 39 38 (Ms Ngoc)

Email: lamngochbso@gmail.com; info@hbso.org.vn

“Personal Mountains / Common Ground” Concert

Fri 01 Nov 2013, 8 pm

Hanoi Rock City

27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho

Hanoi is home to many amazing artists who strive to explore new sounds, new ways of creating and expressing things through music… and whose exciting creations, sadly, often remain a closed book to audiences not accustomed to such things.

That is why we are launching this series of events, to invite them to try and communicate with the audience. To bring their personal musical universe, all its wealth and subtlety, and make an effort to share it. Be accessible. Talk. Give the audience some keys to appreciate and understand. Meet us on the common ground, and help us enjoy the view on their personal mountains.

For this first edition, four musicians accepted to lend themselves to the experiment: Vũ Nhật Tân, Sébastien Gesell, Dan Henneberry, and Mathias Rossignol. They will each share their sound — and we made them promise, no sonic aggression, no “wall of sound”, no abstruse noise! But maybe, outworldly atmospheres, silence, or harmonies in unexpected places… Who knows?

And to close the evening, dance! Vũ Nhật Tân will switch to his DJ persona and fill the dancefloor with smart beats and powerful sounds until… late.

THE ARTISTS

Vũ Nhật Tân probably doesn’t need an introduction anymore… Explorer of musical genres, godfather of the Hanoi avant garde music scene, discoverer of new talents, and always an unpredictable performer…

Sébastien Gesell arrived in Hanoi less than two years ago, and soon realized that if he wanted to hear the kind of music he liked, he’d better get behind the decks and play it himself. Since then, he’s come to be recognized as one of the most versatile and original DJs around, as good with clear minimal beats on the dancefloor as with warm voices in a dark, candle-lit room…

Dan Henneberry is known as the guy with the guitar and pedals (and beard, too, but he doesn’t play that), and he has been exploring sounds with that setup either solo or in collaborations (notably with Dao Anh Khanh, or as member of the “astral groove” quartet the Tone Ripples). This time, however, he will forego his stringed instrument and create a set connecting an iPad to his famed effect pedals.

Listen to his soundcloud.

Mathias Rossignol has been tinkering with music for a while, but only recently started presenting his creations on the stage. His sound is mostly based on processed field recordings, aiming at revealing the music in “ordinary” sounds, with a fully open mind as to genre, loudness… Anything goes! For this series of concert, he’s started building sound-making machines that will be running on stage, and whose sound will be incorporated into the music.

Listen to his soundcloud.

Tickets: at doors 100k (50k for students).   

“Anima” – A Solo Exhibition by Finnish Artist Maritta Nurmi

Opening: Fri 01 Nov, 6 pm

Exhibition: 01 – 30 Nov 2013, 9 am – midnight

Manzi Art Space

14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi

Art Vietnam Gallery, Manzi Art Space and the Embassy of Finland are pleased to present the new works of Maritta Nurmi, in her upcoming solo exhibition “Anima” opening at Manzi Art Space, November 1, 2013 in celebration of the 40 year anniversary of the diplomatic relationship between Finland and Vietnam.

The works of Finnish artist Maritta Nurmi, Hanoi resident for over 20 years, continually explore the metaphysical and the unknown. The artist continues this challenge with her intellectual probing into the concrete meaning and essence of form and spirit. Depicting animals has long been the domain of artists since the first recorded Paleolithic cave paintings in France and Spain which recent findings have discovered were largely created by women.

The artist’s current works use the animal form in many guises. In this new body of work, Nurmi seems to be questioning the necessity of man to create form, to suggest a bond between human and nature, and the implications of such a need or desire. The artist muses, “Many contemporary artists have chosen to use animals in their work as the ultimate “other”, as metaphor, as reflection.” As she ponders this Nurmi questions whether this need to depict animals is an attempt to understand what it means to be animal or is it an expression of our increasing alienation to nature, a loss of this primal connection?

Nurmi was trained as a biologist so this exploration and fascination with the animal world is not a new realm. Her works are at once physical, and yet they seem to yearn to be free from constraint. She questions this apparent human need to have form, boundaries, is it a fear of the limitlessness of eternity, a fear of death, a fear of the unknown?

Accustomed to the northern white light of her native Finland, the artist uses metal leaf extensively in her work to reflect an otherworldly light, an energy source that emits a kind of limitlessness that rebukes and negates boundaries.

The animal figures in the current work are formed from pattern, layer upon layer, colliding and combining in a whimsical animated fashion, producing works humorous on one hand and thought provoking on the other.

Beetles Doo Dung are highly patterned expressions of scarab beetles rolling balls of dung across the ground, an act that the Egyptians saw as a symbol of the forces that move the sun across the sky. As they inch their way along their task the aluminum leaf surface evokes a sense of stillness and grandeur to their action. A movement beyond the physical world, towards the divine.

The monkey paintings seem to exist and not exist. Formed by using a popular metallic wallpaper, Nurmi seems to suggest their form is superficial, playing once again to the human need to conceptualize form for a sense of security and relevance. The bird series also suggests a sense of existence and non existence, the birds appearing and disappearing as the viewer alters his view.

Dogs n’ Roses and Dogs n’ Dots are the anchors of the exhibition. Unabashedly playful, the colorful patterned surfaces of the dogs with their bright confrontational gaze seem to demand of the viewer a response, a reckoning of this need to conceptualize reality. Do they exist or do they not? Are they mere flights of fancy, or are they real? Is it important to be or not to be?

Anima is will, consciousness, thought, breath, life, spirit. The question remains with the viewer, a provocation to examine what remains beyond matter, beyond form.

Maritta Nurmi, a visual artist born in Finland, has been based in Hanoi, Vietnam since 1994. Her artistic practice includes painting and installation. Maritta’s background both in Art and in Natural Sciences together with her long term stay in Asia all give a multilayered and multicultural influence into her art. Maritta has also been active as cross-cultural link between the Finnish and Vietnamese cultures.

Apart from her intensive solo exhibitions in Finland, Vietnam, Thailand, Sweden and the United States, Maritta took part in over 30 group exhibitions in Finland, Vietnam, Thailand, Macao, France, Germany, Sweden, UK and the United States.

Music Night with Nepalese Singer Ayush Shrestha

Fri 01 Nov 2013, 8 pm

Hanoi Social Club

6 Hoi Vu Str, Hanoi

From playing The Moksh in Kathmandu and the musicians mecca – Blue Frog, in Mumbai, comes Nepalese singer-songwriter, Ayush Shrestha. Contemporary folk and traditional Nepali all in one night.

Ayush brings a fresh musical taste to Hanoi coupling his contemporary folk songs with the six strings and a dash of traditional Nepali melody. Ayush continues his roaming with an exclusive performance at The Hanoi Social Club.

Tickets: 100k @ the door

“Encounter” Lecture with Dr. Ute Meta Bauer

Sat 02 Nov 2013, 6 pm

Auditorium D

HCMC University of Social Sciences and Humanities

10 – 12 Dinh Tien Hoang, Dist 1, TP HCM

Come to the second ‘Encounter’ lecture with Dr. Ute Meta Bauer, curator and art historian from Berlin, who has recently been appointed Founding Director of the Center of Contemporary Art (CCA) Singapore.

Artistic practice has gone through significant changes in the last century. Today, the arts articulate themselves less through mastering skills, moving more towards a practice of reviewing and rewriting history as a way to reflect on todays societies through artistic expression and their means. As with the knowledge produced by scientists, artist contribute to our understanding of the complexities of an ever changing world. Developing their own methodologies and language artist contribute in a different but nevertheless substantial way to the global production of knowledge. This presentation will introduce a range of recent examples of artists whose projects invest in transdisciplinary research and collaboration.

Translation will be provided (English to Vietnamese).

Seats in are limited, please arrange your time to arrive early for your seating convenience.

The event is free of charge.

Dr. Ute Meta Bauer is working as a curator of exhibitions and presentations on contemporary art, film, video, and sound, with a focus on transdisciplinary formats.   

Green Drinks in November

Tue 05 Nov 2013, 6.30 – 8.30 pm

Bizu Cafe

The House of Saigon, Second Floor

16-20 Thu Khoa Huan, Ben Thanh Ward, Dist 1, HCMC

Can Ethics & Profitable Manufacturing Co-Exist?

Join Green Drinks for a new experience with a fresh Speaker this November. Rachael Carson will talk about the nuances of building a social enterprise in the economically and environmentally vulnerable region of Hue, Vietnam.

Come armed with your business cards, questions and opinion’s and be ready to meet green-minded businesspersons, students, architects and scientists from Vietnam and around the world.

About our Speaker

Rachael Carson is a founding member of Fashion4Freedom, a socially minded design house based in Vietnam and New York. After living and working among a network of 40 rural entrepreneurs and craft villages in central Vietnam, Rachael developed a mantra against charity and in favor of strong business.

Note: Presentations begin at 19:00 and will last for 45mins, followed by networking.

WHO: Environmentalists, CSR People, Marketers, Investors, Architects, Brands…Anyone working with an environmental interest at heart.

A Night of Romantic Ballet

Fri 01 Nov 2013, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

Come to a night of romantic ballet with choreographers Frank Andersen (Denmark), Sasha Evtimova (Macedonia) and Vietnam National Opera and Ballet.

Program

Part I

The Danish Classical Ballet

- La Ventana

“La Ventana” is his way of showing how Danish and classical dance can be harmonized to yield a graceful and charming unity.

- Flower Festival in Genzano

the pas de deux from “the Flower Festival in Genzano” is one of Bournonvilles most attractive and accomplished compositions. Light, lively and elegant

Interval

Part II

The Macedonia Contemporary Ballet “Secret Garden”

choreographed and staged by Sasha Evimova is combined with digital animation

performed by the Dancers of the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet

Tickets

Ticket prices: 200000, 350000, 500000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over ticketvn@gmail.com

For delivery call: 0913489858, 0983067996.

Fukushima Festival in Hanoi

02 and 03 Nov 2013, 10 am – 4 pm

Vietnam Women’s Museum

36 Lý Thường Kiệt, Hà Nội

Fukushima Festival in Hanoi is one important event included in the series of activities celebrating the 40th anniversary of Viet Nam and Japan diplomatic relations, to introduce a “new” Fukushima to Vietnamese people. The suspicion raised from tsunami radiation will disappear, and the city of Fukushima is featured as a healthy, safe area with traditional culture and sustainable development .

Fukushima Festival takes place in 2 days (2 and 3 Nov 2013) at Vietnamese Women’s Museum with some interesting activities including:

Exhibiting Fukushima traditional industries and specialty booths; Displaying tsunami event and 2-year process of rebuilding the city; Films about Fukushima; The Kimono costumes, folk dances, Ikebana flower arrangement, Japanese tea ceremony.

Free entrance during Festival.

Screening of “Kai Po Che!”

Sat 02 Nov 2013, 2 pm

Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents

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

On Saturday November 2nd 2013, TPD Centre will host next session of Two Thumbs Up Movie programme. We will screen Kai Po Che! (2012), directed by Abhishek Kapoor .

Kai Po Che! is a 2013 Indian drama buddy film directed by Abhishek Kapoor based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel The 3 Mistakes of My Life, with music by Amit Trivedi and lyrics by Swanand Kirkire. Sushant Singh Rajput, Raj Kumar Yadav and Amit Sadh star as the three main protagonists while Amrita Puri plays the female lead. The film title Kai Po Che! is originally a Gujarati phrase that means “I have cut the kite” which refers to Makar Sankranti (known as Uttarayan in Gujarat) where one of the competitors uses his kite to cut off another competitors kite and yells “Kai Po Che!” The shooting started mid-April in Vadnagar and Ahmedabad.

Set in Ahmedabad, the story revolves around three friends, Ishaan (Sushant Singh Rajput), Omi (Amit Sadh) and Govind (Raj Kumar Yadav), who want to start their own sports shop and sports academy. The film tracks their deep friendship, and innocence tarnished by religious politics and communal hatred, which results in their fallout, and an eventual death. Kai Po Che! had a world premiere at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festivalon 13 February 2013 where it was the first ever Indian film to feature in the World Panorama section. Kai Po Che! released world wide on 22 February 2013 and met with critical acclaim among Indian reviewers, but mixed to negative reviews internationally.

A Lacquer Painting Exhibition by SAEKO ANDO “Japan in Me”

Opening: Sat 09 Nov, 10 am

Exhibition: 09 Nov – 01 Dec 2013, 9 am – 6 pm

Related events (details below): Sun 17 Nov 2013

Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam

27 Quang Trung

Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội

In celebration of the Japan – Vietnam Friendship Year 2013, the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly presents a lacquer painting exhibition “Japan In Me” by Saeko Ando in Hanoi.

Son Mai lacquer painting is a truly unique and original art form that is shared with the rest of the world by its Vietnamese creators. Saeko Ando, an artist from Japan – a country with a long and established lacquer tradition – has lived in Hanoi and pursued her passion as a Son Mai artist for 18 years and has mastered the art here in Vietnam.

Saeko’s works depict aspects of life in the natural world that people usually fail to notice. Her command of Son Mai techniques, use of rich colours and bold compositions, and creation of elaborate textures, enable her to transform these into enchanting characters each with their own stories.

She creates the illusion of texture using colours and materials that are built up in complex layers until they look almost three-dimensional. This layering suggests that traditional Son Mai paintings are impossible to sand to a flat finish, yet Saeko’s paintings are astonishingly flat. This is just one way in which she challenges established theory about Vietnamese lacquer work.

Saeko has a mission: to introduce the fascinating art of Son Mai to the world through her exhibitions, lectures, and the symposia she attends. Because of her devotion to the Son Mai craft and her profound understanding of Vietnamese culture, she has often appeared in magazines and on television in Japan and Vietnam. She is the first foreign member accepted by Hanoi Art Association and her “Vietnameseness” has always caught people’s attention.

At this exhibition – JAPAN IN ME – Saeko will offer a new insight into herself, proudly presenting, through her work, her Japanese side. For the first time, her “Japaneseness”, its philosophy and aesthetic, comes under the spotlight. Although the materials and techniques Saeko uses are almost all Vietnamese, art critics and fellow artists agree that Saeko’s Japanese Soul exudes from her work. Along with her art, the exhibition will offer a series of short essays Saeko has written to explain the secrets of her works.

Free admission.

The opening will include:

- A congratulatory speech by Mr. Hideo Suzuki (Minister, Embassy of Japan in Vietnam)

- An artist talk by Saeko Ando

- Free coffee served by KOK Coffee

Everyone can attend the opening.

Related events

Date: Sunday 17 November 2013

Venue: The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam

14:00 – 14:40

A lecture on “Japanese Lacquer Arts & Crafts: Its current status and artistry”

By Ms. Fumie Sasai (Japanese lacquer artist)

Japanese lacquer arts & crafts can be split into two distinct categories; handicrafts mainly made by artisans, and artworks mainly created by artists. Such handicrafts and artworks in contemporary Japan, along with the history of Japanese lacquer as well as its methods and techniques, will be explained. Concepts/messages in each work by each artist are effected as “expressions” resulting in the emergence of artistic value within the work, and it is this value which differentiates artworks from handicrafts. The meaning of artistry in arts & crafts will also be explored.

14:50 – 15:30

A talk on “JAPAN IN ME – Japan coming into sight through lacquer art”

By Ms. Saeko Ando & Ms. Fumie Sasai

Throughout history Japan and Vietnam have developed their own individual styles and techniques of lacquer as an established artistic medium. How is lacquer art from Japan, which developed in quite a different direction format from Vietnam’s, reflected in the eyes of the Vietnamese people? Despite using Vietnamese materials and techniques, Japanese sensitivity exudes from Saeko’s lacquer paintings. The secret, which Saeko will explain through her exhibition “JAPAN IN ME”, may provide a further hint to identify the individual characteristics of both Japanese and Vietnamese lacquer art. Fumie, who is active in the Japanese lacquer art scene, and Saeko, who is a lacquer painter as well as a researcher on lacquer art, will talk on the issue inviting the audience to think together.

15:30 – 16:30

A tea party – Enjoying the tea ceremony with original teacups by ceramic artists participating in the exhibition “Art of KOGEI, Spirit of KYOTO – 2013”

Presented by CHIKUYO Tea Ceremony Club (School of Yabuuchi)

- All related events will be delivered in Japanese with Vietnamese interpretation.

- All related events are also free admission, no registration is required.