Photo Exhibition “Live III” at the Metropole Hanoi

Opening: Sun 16 Nov 2014, 10 am

Exhibition: 16 – 23 Nov 2014, 10 am – 6 pm

Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi

15 Ngo Quyen Str, Hanoi

One year after the Leica photo exhibition “Live II”, the third edition “Live III” is back at Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi featuring daily activities from all walks of life and beautiful sceneries from Northwest – Tây Bắc. Fourty coloured and black & white photos by over 30 authors from Leica Club Vietnam are exhibited as the reminiscence of everyday life in Vietnam North-western mountains.

In addition to veteran photographers such as Do Anh Tuan, Nguyen Viet Thanh, Doan Ky Thanh, Tran Viet Dung, Hoang Minh Tri, Nguyen Trong Tung and Do Quoc Khanh, the exhibition also draws the participation of freelance photographers including Nguyen Ngoc Khanh, Nguyen Khoa Hai, Truong Thi Mai Huong, Trinh Quoc Trung and Quang Vu with a fresh and creative look on life through the eye of Leica cameras.

Free entrance.

Exhibition “Talent Prize 2014″

Hanoi: Opening: Thu 13 Nov 2014, 4 pm

Exhibition: 13 – 19 Nov 2014, 9 am – 5 pm

Nha San COLLECTIVE

2nd floor, 24 Ly Quoc Su, Hanoi

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HCMC: Opening: Fri 14 Nov 2014

Exhibition: 14 – 21 Nov 2014

Workshop on photography and Talent Prize 2014 Announcement: Sat 21 Nov 2014, 2 pm

HCMC Fine Arts Museum

97 Pho Duc Chinh, Dist 1, HCMC

You are invited to the exhibition of selected works from competition “Talent Prize 2014″ - CDEF Fund 2014 on the theme “Climate Change in Photography” for young artists (open for all photographers, including non-professionals) in Vietnam.

The competition has attracted numerous photographers competing for one Grand Prize up to 2,500 USD.

Exhibition “Sorry, Can You Wait One Minute?”

Fri 14 Nov 2014, 6 pm

Exhibition: 14 Nov – 05 Dec 2014

Chula

6 Nhat Chieu, near Water Park, Tay Ho, Hanoi

Come to the exhibition “Sorry, Can You Wait One Minute?” by Jamie Maxtone-Graham.

The exhibition presents portraits and video of Jamie Maxtone-Graham produced during the open studio in December 2012 at Japan Foundation as part of Skylines With Flying People.

Exhibition Showcase ‘New Form II: Sculpture – Architecture – Space’ at Module 7

Opening: Fri 14 Nov 2014, 5.30 pm

Exhibition: 14 Nov – 04 Dec 2014

Art Talk: Sun 16 Nov 2014, 3 pm

MODULE 7

83 Xuan Dieu Str, Tay Ho, Hanoi

Exhibition Showcase ‘New Form II: Sculpture – Architecture – Space’

Artists: Nguyen Ngoc Lam, Le Lang Luong, Pham Bao Son, Tran Trong Tri, Pham Dam Ca

Curator: Nguyen Anh Tuan

Module 7 and New Form sculpture group cordially invite you to the showcase of the experimental sculpture works called ‘New Form II: Sculpture – Architecture – Space’. The exhibition is an activity in the project New Form phase II, 2014 – 2015.

NEW FORM, a contemporary sculpture project, aims to study and experiment new creative possibilities in sculpture as well as bring sculpture closer to the modern living space. The group was founded by sculptors living and working in Hanoi. New Form project was developed and operated in the time frame of three years in three phases. Each phase has its own strategy and orientation.

In the phase I of the project in 2013, the members conducted research and experiments for new innovative ways to create works, such as: the study of the language of the shapes, changing the forms of the sculptures, leading sculpture to organize and control the exhibition space, combining lights into the artwork structure as well as the experimentation of materials. The members of the project can pursue in one and more than these directions mentioned above. This direction combined with the own distinctive art style or transformed into a totally new way of expression. These experimental strategies were introduced in New Form 1 at Vietnam Sculpture Gallery, 12 Quan Su, Hanoi early November 2013.

The second phase in 2014, New Form aims to connect the sculpture works into the everyday life architectural space. In Manzi during October 2014, we displayed the works of artists Pham Thai Binh, Thai Nhat Minh, Khong Do Tuyen and Hoang Mai Thiep. This show tries to implement the experimental ideas in the art space in combination with the bar, café as well as other performance events. The second exhibition in Module 7 – in an interior design and fashion space – contains the works of artists Nguyen Ngoc Lam, Le Lang Luong, Pham Bao Son va Tran Trong Tri. With the criteria of the second phase on the space element of the works and creates an dialog with the actual space, the experimental sculpture works of New Form don’t just meet challenges from the internal change inside the nature of sculpture but also seek to get connected with the space. The space has the determined shades, functions and life, which lies in different contexts and quite distinctive from a pure art space.

One of the earliest members of New Form, this is the first time Nguyen Ngoc Lam showcases his works in the project exhibition. From the idea expressing the relations between nature and man-made objects, which the artist has been pursued for recent years, Lam seems to be not trying to refresh this time but more focus on the reality of sculpture with its surrounding context. A natural tree with a sexy shape for decorative display, Nguyen Ngoc Lam put into it stainless cubes. This was then put inside the space of Module 7, the artist wants to find the connection between sculpture and modern furniture: this lies in the contrast between the natural and artificial form of the artwork, as well as the exoticism of the artwork within this unique aesthetic space.

Continue to work on the idea “Landscape sculpture”, Le Lang Luong has significant changes in the structure and display plan of the work. In New Form 1, Luong showed the works as combination of the solid and the hollow pieces. There’s the softness of the paper and the flatness, coldness but sexiness of the metal cast. The displaying of the works both in the wall and in the ground seems to find the reflection or connection between two contrast pieces in the same work. In New Form II, the artist wants to strengthen the “conceptualization” of the sculpture by combining the real shapes and its shadow on the wall. The appearance of two types of entities and the silhouettes of the sculpture in the structure of an artwork in conjunction with the installation, the natural space and the surrounding space, this shows that the artist has gone further in the study of experimental research that requires more multi-dimensional awareness. This also gives the viewers more options to enjoy the artwork: from the outside, go inside, among the real work and its shadow on the wall, the borderlines between reality and concepts in life.

One of the artists pursuing experimental expression in the project, Pham Bao Son has presented works with the high changes in shapes, materials as well as the displaying. In New Form 1, Son expressed the idea of wind-rain-water, unshaped things by sculpture in combination with glass, wood, iron and LED lights. The artwork certainly has the inspiration from architecture and design as well as the boldness in implementing a new sculpture language. In this exhibition, the artist uses the old material and language to experiment a sculpture developed in the vertical axis with strong interaction with the architecture. The piece is a cylindrical square from the floor to the ceiling, which is made of glass, stainless steel and lights. The idea of the dialog with the architecture isn’t just in the sculpture language but there’s connection between the interior columns as well as the communication between the objects and the design spirit of this space.

Before taking part in New Form, Tran Trong Tri has always followed the new ways of expression both in forms and installation of experimental sculptures. This shows that the artist’s creative thinking as well as his flexibility in creating new works. Participating in New Form 1, the artist implemented a site specific piece, which was a 12 meter-high steel cylinder under the narrow space of tube house stairs – a pretty typical architectural style of urban Hanoi, with egg-shapes glowing sticking around. In New Form 2, there’s a total new experimental direction between sculpture and architecture. A boat-shaped object was placed in the exhibition space as a work of art. From here, the artist wants to pose questions on the meaning of an art work: does it lie in the conscious mind of an artist, during the art making process, in the location and display, or inside the mind of the audience that stands in front of the work and interacts with it. (Where they can lie or sit on the work)

The presence of designer Pham Dam Ca brings new graphical solution for the show. Besides the objective of identifying the exhibition, the artworks, guideline and sending the message, the design implement a new creative way visually with the major theme of using the lines and combining the solid and empty blocks. From the shapes identified in phase 1, this graphic compilation continuously changes in towards many variations (the combination of the solid and empty arrays as well as lines) and recombinant (distributed and arranged in different order). The parallel of the graphic language and sculpture combining the auxiliary functions of the work and its distinctive expressive possibility makes the graphic works become an independent creative idea as a work of art.

The showcase of sculpture in real life space is a changing step in New Form 2 project. If in phase 1, the artists can only experiment in certain ways and there are still limitations in the gallery space, which is considered to be more or less favourable. In phase 2, putting the sculpture in an actual space creates more challenges for the artists in handling and controlling the works with the complexity of the exhibition space and its everyday function, which includes the environment, lighting and audience engagement. Therefore the experimental elements requires more complex observation, the advantages and limitations appeared is needed for such a project. But the effort towards linking the arts with the living space is something valuable.

Formed by a group of sculptors living and working in Hanoi, New Form project was established with the desire to seek, research and experiment new creative possibilities of sculpture and connecting arts with the current living conditions and contexts.

Started in 2013, New Form project first aimed towards the experiments in sculpture in the changing of forms and artwork content. In the next phases, New Form aims towards bringing these sculpture experiments connecting to living spaces and its everyday life so that it can find the possibilities to bring arts closer to human beings. New Form also tries to generate an experimental space for new creative faces of sculpture and visual arts in Vietnam.

Founded in 2002, Module 7 is a leading company in interior design consultancy in Hanoi with many innovative products pursuing their own style of simplicity, sophistication, elegance inspired by Asian cultural essence.

The design of Module 7 is the seamless combination of contemporary design and Vietnamese cultural essence. Products are designed and made in traditional craft villages across the country. Each item holds long-standing cultural values of traditional artisanal know-how with a resonance of modernity.

Film Screening of 48 Hour Film Project 2014

15, 16 and 17 Nov, 6.45 pm

L’Espace

24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

FILM SCREENING – PREMIERE: 44 short films in WD 48 Hour Film Project 2014 in Hanoi at L’Escape (24, Trang Tien, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi) in only three days: November 15, 16, 17th.

Each screening contain 14 – 15 short films which are made in only 48 hours. All films are with fine English subtitle.

Program

Screening Group A (November 15):

1. TBR – BIỆT ĐỘI “SIU” ANH HÙNG

2. MARIO TEAM – MUỘN

3. MISFITS – CHUYỆN CÁI ĐÈN

4. THE PINK – TIẾNG CHUÔNG

5. DOG – BLOOD TEENAGERS – 50/50

6. THIẾU MỘT XÚC XÍCH – TÌNH YÊU MIAO

7. FACTOR – FEDORA

8. THE NAMER – PHẦN THƯỞNG

9. JAHOVA’S FILM – NHƯ MỘT

10. SÔNG HỒNG – TỈNH NGỘ

11. DZE PRODUCTIONS – THIẾT NGHĨ

12. 282 PRODUCTION – CHÚNG TA ĐANG NÓI VỀ AI VẬY?

13. JUNEONE – SẢN PHẨM THỬ NGHIỆM

14. THÌ CHO BIẾT – ĐÓI

Screening Group B (November 16):

1. Berserk Bros – Tôi là đèn

2. Ba Chấm – Đường tắt

3. TV Team – Văn phòng im lặng

4. Tổ làm phim – Buông

5. Awesome film – Hai tên trộm

6. Ngược – Khăn đỏ

7. Away Team – Nơi ánh sáng trở về

8. Phannguyen Film – Vòng lặp

9. LOADING – Bóng đèn

10. VIC Team – Khương Phô Trương

11. 4Fun – Sự lựa chọn

12. Light Shape Studio – Chung chạ

13. 21st – Sợi dây

14. Illuminati – 70124

15. Highlights film – Mạng Lưới đen

Screening Group C (November 17):

1. FTU2 Films – Thì Phải Làm Sao

2. Monotone – Dừng lại

3. RUA – Bóng đêm

4. SGMedia – Ba cái bóng đèn

5. Crick – Chạm

6. Fireflies – 5

7. Baba Team – Mặt Nạ Cười

8. Tay Rau Muong – Laura

9. Mân Mê Team – Lưỡng Cực

10. Cam có hạt – Chuyện tào lao

11. emiin – Con Dao

12. The Real Film – Tên trộm

13. MAM Studio – Sổ hồng thiên mệnh

14. Koy Team – Đường về

15. Pỏn – Mai

Tickets

- Price: 60,000 VND/ ticket

Call our hotline 097 342 6533 to purchase tickets

Special Film Screening “Why is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?” and “Far from Vietnam”

Sat 15 Nov 2014, 3 pm

Salon Van hoa Ca phe Thu Bay

1st Floor, Trung Nguyen Coffee, 19B Pham Ngoc Thach, Dist 3, HCMC

This special screening will showcase two films by cinema greats of the ‘Third Cinema Movement’ a movement that began in Latin America in the 1960s/70s denouncing neocolonialism, the capitalist system and the Hollywood model of producing cinema for mere entertainment. Both Tahimik and Marker are considered pioneers of essay filmmaking – a film genre that takes the style of the documentary with oral commentary and composed with the signature style of the auteur. It often blends fiction and experimental narratives. These films, which do not separate political content from aesthetic enquiry, demonstrate an aesthetic in which editing is considered a political act.

PROGRAM

3pm:

‘Why is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow’ (174mins)

Kidlat Tahimik (Philippines)

Tahimik’s virtually unknown masterpiece chronicles Tahimik and his young son’s lives as they traverse the tumultuous 1980s and early 1990s in the Philippines—a great democratic revolution deposes a dictator; a massive volcanic eruption covers the world in ash—and asks how one might build a new and better future out of the disasters.

* Language: English with Vietnamese subtitle

7pm:

‘Far from Vietnam’ (115mins)

Chris Marker (France)

This epic 1967 collaboration between cinema greats Chris Marker, Jean-Luc Godard, Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch and Alain Resnais was made in protest of American military involvement in Vietnam “to affirm, by the exercise of their craft, their solidarity with the Vietnamese people in struggle against aggression (Marker).” The film includes documentary footage; a fictional vignette and a monologue that dramatize the self-interrogation of European intellectuals; including interviews with Fidel Castro and Anne Morrison amongst others.

* Language: French with English subtitle

Exhibition “Colourful Beliefs”

Exhibition: 15 Nov – 15 Dec 2014, 9 am – 6.30 pm

Dong Phong Art Gallery

03 Ly Dao Thanh Street

Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

Open everyday from 9.30 am to 6 pm

On the occassion of the upcoming Christmas season, Dong Phong Art Gallery is pleased to introduce a new exhibition called “Colourful Beliefs” which is featuring an interesting co-ordination between the talented Ly Hung Anh’s paintings and well-established Vuong Thao’s living fossils with a new nuance.

These are Ly Hung Anh’s impressions and feelings when he created and chose paintings for this Show: “Belief should be a huge or a tiny issue, shouldn’t it? What does the innocent believe in? Do we see that charm or beauty ? Does creativeness go along with belief? I want to be the innocent guy with a small belief even if I have only one day with it. I follow simple things and find my own belief in them!”. the paintings at the show have expressed his belief: gentle, innocent, simple, no grand declaration…

Meanwhile, Vuong Thao’s transparent fossils are rough and cracked, but reflect the glittering lights in many directions like an aureola which makes the statues inside of the fossil cubes looked like they are floating in the air. All fossilized “Uncle Teu” or “Buddha” statues have portrayed larger beliefs. Do these beliefs portray wisdom or stupidity (or naivety)?!

Please come to the Exhibition “Colourful Beliefs” from 15 Nov. to 15 Dec at #3 Ly Dao Thanh street and enjoy these beautiful pieces and find your own true answers.

Improvisational Acting Course “The First Meeting” in November

Sat 15 Nov 2014, 9 am – 12 pm

And Sun 16 Nov 2014, 9 am – 4.30 pm

The Black Box

56 Nguyen Khuyen, Hanoi

“The first meeting” is designed to have specific exercises on improvisational acting which allow participants to get out of comfort zone and enjoy what’s coming next.

The course offers participants chances to experience:

- The sense of neutrality

- Secrets of present moments and the inner world

- Giving and taking

“The first meeting” is provided to theater lovers who wish to discover themselves. Participants are not required to have acting skills. The course may include performances at the end of the second day depending on participants’ readiness.

Registration fee: 350,000VND/ 3 sessions

Registration contacts: 097 7700 869

Information for bank transfer for fee payment:

Account holder: Đỗ Phương Linh

Account number: 061 100 166 8501

Vietcombank, Cua Nam Branch

Coordinating Artist

Dang Minh Thu received intensive training by David Glass Theater (the UK) and the Vietnam Theater Artist Association in 2002-2003. Dang Minh Thu is among few Vietnamese artists involved in Art in Development. So far, with about 12 years’ experience, she has been working as an independence specialist in the mentioned field.   

Pop-Latin Music Night

Sun 16 Nov 2014, 9 – 10.30 pm

Barbetta – The Center

No 2 Ngo Huyen, Hoan Kiem Dist, Hanoi

You are invited to the Pop-Latin night show performed by Fingersband with famous music works and songs.

Fingersband, a music band in Hanoi with young and high-rating artists, brings to all of you a hot music night.

Free Entry.   

Film Screening “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull”

Screening of “Taxi Driver”: Fri 14 Nov 2014, 7.30 pm

Screening of “Raging Bull”: Sat 15 Nov 2014, 7.30 pm

Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents

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

This November marks the Martin Scorsese film month on every Friday and Saturday night. In the first week, you are invited to the film screening “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull”, 2 typical works in the early years of Martin Scorsese’s career.

About film

Taxi Driver

TAXI DRIVER is a 1976 American crime/vigilante film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. Set in New York City soon after the end of the Vietnam War, the film stars Robert De Niro and features Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, Cybill Shepherd, Peter Boyle, and Albert Brooks.

The film is regularly cited by critics, film directors, and audiences alike as one of the greatest films of all time. Nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, it won the Palme d’Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. The American Film Institute ranked TAXI DRIVER as the 52nd-greatest American film on its AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) list.

(Wikipedia)

Raging Bull

RAGING BULL is a 1980 American biographical sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, produced by Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler and adapted by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin from Jake LaMotta’s memoir RAGING BULL: My Story.

It stars Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta, an Italian American middleweight boxer whose self-destructive and obsessive rage, sexual jealousy, and animalistic appetite destroyed his relationship with his wife and family. Also featured in the film are Joe Pesci as Joey, La Motta’s well-intentioned brother and manager who tries to help Jake battle his inner demons, and Cathy Moriarty as his wife. The film features supporting roles from Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana and Frank Vincent.

(Wikipedia)

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

Film Screening “Mientras Duermes” (Sleep Tight)

Sun 16 Nov 2014, 7.30 pm

La Bicicleta

44, lane 31 Xuan Dieu Str, Hanoi

Welcome to the screening of a horror-thriller film “Mientras Duermes” (Sleep Tight) (2011, 102 mins).

About the film

Mientras duermes (Sleep tight) is a Spanish horror thriller film directed by Jaume Balagueró and was written by Alberto Marini.

Apartment concierge Cesar (Luis Tosar) is a miserable person who believes he was born without the ability to be happy. As a result, he decides his mission is to make life hell for everyone around him. A majority of the tenants are easy to agitate, but Clara (Marta Etura) proves to be harder than the most. So Cesar goes to creepy extremes to make this young woman mentally break down. Things get even more complicated in this twisted relationship when her boyfriend, Marcos (Alberto San Juan), shows up.

Free entrance.

Language: Spanish – English subtitle

Art Talk of New Form Project

Sun 16 Nov 2014, 3 pm

MODULE 7

83 Xuan Dieu Str, Tay Ho, Hanoi

Join the talk of New Form group in Module 7 as they each give short, illustrated talks followed by a panel of New Form project with questions from the audience. A talk is within the context of the New Form sculpture project and New Form Exhibition 2nd.

- Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, curator of New Form project.

- Members of New Form group: Phạm Thái Bình, Thái Nhật Minh, Khổng Đỗ Tuyền, Hoàng Mai Thiệp, Phạm Bảo Sơn, Nguyễn Ngọc Lâm, Lê Lạng Lương, Trần Trọng Tri.

- Guest: sculptor Đào Châu Hải, Ms. Phuc (owner of Module 7) and Ms. Tram (owner of Manzi Art Space).

Free entrance.

Talk “Lion and Nghê Figure in Vietnamese Ancient Sculpture”

Sat 15 Nov 2014, 9 am – 11 am

Heritage Space

Dolphin Plaza, 17 Tran Binh, My Dinh, Ha Noi

You are invited to the talk “Lion and Nghê figure in Vietnamese ancient sculpture” with the participation of fine art researcher Tran Hau Yen The to explore, discuss and share the beauty of these icons in traditional fine art.

Free admission. Due to the limited space, please pre-register by email: heritagespacehn@gmail.com

Music Night with Le Cat Trong Ly “Ngày hôm qua ở đâu”

14 and 15 Nov 2014, 8 pm

Nguỵ Như Kon Tum Hall

19 Le Thanh Tong, Hanoi

You are invited to Le Cat Trong Ly’s concert “Ngày hôm qua ở đâu” with artists:

Cello Thanh Tú

Flute Sương Mai

Piano Quốc Việt

Harp Ái Linh

And the choir

For booking tickets, contact 0987 666 418

A Night at the Opera – La Bohème

Sun 16 Nov 2014, 7 pm

Hanoi Cinematheque

22A Hai Bà Trưng, Hà Nội

Come to the screening of a classic version of La Bohème by the composer Giacomo Puccini.

La Bohème premiered in 1896 in Turin, and has been in the opera repertory since its premiere. It is the most popular Puccini opera, and one of the most popular operas overall. It is based on the 1851 novel by Henri Murger, La Vie de Bohème. The libretto of the opera was freely adapted from the novel, combining comic elements of the impoverished life of the young protagonists with the tragic aspects, and romance is woven throughout the story.

Puccini’s own life as young man in Milan served as a source of inspiration for elements of the libretto. During his years as a conservatory student he experienced poverty similar to that of the bohemians in La Bohème, including chronic shortage of necessities like food, clothing and money to pay rent.

This opera is considered by many to be the ideal introduction to opera for students and beginners to the art form.

Language: The opera will be screened in the original Italian with English subtitles.

For those with membership at the Cinémathèque, make a reservation as usual by phoning the Cinémathèque, daily between 14:00 – 21:00 at 3936-2648. A limited number of tickets are also available through the Opera Guild, send an email to info@hanoioperaguild.com. A donation of VND 60,000 is suggested.   

Exhibition “Yin” by Nguyen Khanh Toan

Opening: Thu 13 Nov 2014, 5.30 pm

Exhibition: 13 Nov – 13 Dec 2014

Cuci Fine Art

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

You are invited to a solo exhibition ‘YIN’ by artist Nguyễn Khánh Toàn.

He will present the works from past to present in this solo show at Cuci Fine Art. The gallery walls will be drawn with collages of figures from the paintings to create a separate space. Many of the human images are distorted, curt, broken with clinging primordial bodies, animals, nature and temples, and shrines combined with the imaginations of human characters, and objects in the hell.

Exhibition “Journey to a Green Vietnam”

Opening: Mon 10 Nov 2014, 6.30 pm

Exhibition: 10 – 16 Nov 2014

Viet Nam University of Fine Arts

42 Yết Kiêu, Hà Nội

You are invited to the installation exhibition titled “Journey to a Green Vietnam”, a collaborated project between curator Tran Luong and talented artists: Nguyen The Son, Phan Thao Nguyen, Luong Hue Trinh, Truong Cong Tung, Tran Tuan.

Among the most emblematic artworks is “8m2″ by artist Nguyen The Son. This synthetic artwork simulates the 8m2 living space of workers in Southern industrial zones resulted from his journey to industrial zones.

Artist Nguyen Son states:

“From the curiosity to experience a life different from one in a colorful prosperous city, I have joined a research group of the project ” Journey to a green Vietnam ” to visit an industrialized zone in the Southern part of the country in order to live a life like many farmers who left their rice fields to come to the big city, chasing their dreams for a better future. Thousands of individual lives with hundreds of reasons to leave their home villages have gathered here sharing life together in these tiny living spaces only a few meters square next to the industrialized zone, constantly working day and night without resting. These industrialized zones are considered to be the locomotive of the train in the campaign ” industrializing, modernizing” the country which has been working for 20 years since the Doi Moi ( New change policy) . These people – the ” workers” have lived a life that doesn’t belong to them. Witnessing the struggle of their daily living condition, being trapped in a tiny room of 8 m2, I truly understand the life of these people whose days and nights directly participated in the campaign of ” industrializing” the country. What can they gain from this trade off they have made? With my “8m2 square” photography project, I would like to document the smallest corners of that living space, I would like to borrow their household daily objects, letting them speak themselves.

I remember 8m2 was a standard, a minimum requirement of living space for one person during the subsidized economy, or even previous to that, it was the number of living space applied to the campaign ” housing improvement” since 1954. Nowadays, after half a century struggling, many people still have to toss and turn in that 8m2 square, but it is not 8 m2 square for just one person, at times it is 8m2 for 8 people…”

Exhibition “Change in Stasis”

Opening: Sat 15 Nov 2014, 6 pm

Exhibition: 15 – 18 Nov 2014

Art Tunnel Gallery

16 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to the solo exhibition of an Indian contemporary artist – Andrew Ruolngul.

Andrew’s paintings reflect an emotional anxiety, perhaps a certain pessimism, relating to the human condition. Change is constant and ever expanding in today’s society. He tried to capture this essence of change through the imagery of waves or “pulses.” Like a heartbeat or the mathematical waveform of a sound.

Fall Fashion Event 2014

Sun 16 Nov 2014, 3 – 6 pm

Green Mango Restaurant

18 Hang Quat Str, Hanoi

You are invited to an exclusive Fall Fashion Event 2014. The fashion show will take you to a marvellous world of substance and style. The collection is a delightful introduction to the perfect synthesis of expressing ideas of Chula combined with the classic elegant fashion style of Magonn.

Please contact 0906 210 212

Or email to magonndesign@gmail.com to register for invitation.

Hatch! Fair 2014

Sat 15 Nov 2014, 9 am – 7 pm

Ladeco Building

266 Doi Can, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

The second HATCH! FAIR 2014 – the biggest start-up fair by HATCH! PROGRAM in Vietnam will be kicked off on Sat 15 Nov 2014, at Ladeco building, 266 Doi Can Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi.

Themed on “Start-up Plus”, the main activities of Hatch! Fair 2014 including start-up exhibition and conference will give the audience an overview about Vietnamese start-up market in the first 10 months of 2014. “PLUS” is reflected in some aspects: The potential start-up gets access to not only capital resources (emerging issues in 2013) but also to organizations, individuals and professional advisors in the industry. In addition, “PLUS” encourages each start-up more proactive about seeking and confident in establishing relationships with resources and potential partners.

Exhibition tickets: Free

Program “Start with ArtSee”

Center for Contemporary Art (5th floor, Vietnam Women’s Museum – 36 Ly Thuong Kiet St., Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi) proudly introduces the special program ArtSee to take advantage of art in forming and developing such “21st century skills” as problem solving skill, teamwork skill, time management skill, critical thinking, self-directed, creative thinking, etc.

Within the framework of art education programs “ArtSee” at Center of Contemporary Art, you are invited to the first course titled “Start with ArtSee”, designed for children from 6-12. However, in the near future, there would be similar courses for the adult.

For more information, please visit website: www.artsee.vn

Soundwalk Creation Workshop

Register for Soundwalk Creation Workshop

Deadline: 15 Nov 2014

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Workshop: 17, 19 and 20 Nov 2014

Phu Sa Studio

21/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi

DomDom and Echoes project present a joint workshop for creating soundwalks. Get the chance to create your own soundwalk during three days of workshops with Hans Sydow, sound artist extraordinaire from Denmark, the Echoes team, and Đom Đóm. You’ll learn all the skills necessary to create a soundmap, and get the chance to experience it! Only 200,000vnđ for three fun-packed workshops.

* Who can participate?

Any musician (self taught accepted) who: can record sound and has a computer.

* When?

– Monday, Nov. 17th 2014, from 9.00- 12:00

– Wednesday, Nov. 19th 2014, from 14.00- 17:00

– Thursday, Nov. 20th 2014 from 14:00 to 17:00

* Where? Phu Sa Studio 21/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi

* Registration: fill out an application here and click “Submit”. Deadline: 12:00 – 11/15/2014. We will announce the results of selection to all of those registered.

Echoes Workshop SOUND – LOCATION

A soundwalk, or soundmap, is a map of sounds, each of which has a specific location. When you physically get near each sound, it plays, creating a continuous audio experience as you walk from sound to sound. You choose the direction and the sounds follow you.

This is the concept of locative audio, and you’re probably already imagining the creative possibilities. The applications of our platform are numerous, from tourism: reactive audio tours of cities, custom themed tours where you can start and stop as you please and receive expert commentaries from a source you choose; to more subtle creative applications: musical experiences that react to your surroundings. We haven’t even mapped out the full possibilities yet.

In the workshops you’ll get the chance to work with Hans Sydow, we’ll give you an introduction to soundwalks and will present our experience with sound and the platform; a crash course in recording, preparing and editing sound (it helps if you have some experience, but it’s not necessary); and full instructions on how to create the soundwalks on the new web app.

In these workshops you’ll get an exclusive chance to use this brand-new platform (not yet released to the public) to create your own soundwalk, and you’ll get the chance to try what you’ve created out on the street!

Hans Sydow, who has been commissioned to create a soundwalk for Copenhagen, will be coming to Hanoi to work with Echoes, is an active sound artist and composer. He works in the field between poetry, sound and music, using language and concrete sound as a musical material. He received a three year grant in 2007 for work with music communication, and since 1996 worked to make history come alive through sonic retelling.

Photo Exhibition “VIETNAM – ITALIA: COLORI DISTANTI”

Opening: Fri 14 Nov 2014, 5.30 pm

Exhibition: 14 – 20 Nov 2014

Casa Italia

18 Le Phung Hieu, Hanoi

In the framework of Program “Y-Viet 2014”’, the Italian Embassy in Vietnam has the pleasure to announce the opening of the photo exhibition by Italian photographer Maurizio COFINI “Vietnam – Italia: Colori distanti”, on 14th November at 5,30 p.m. in Casa Italia (18, Le Phung Hieu, Hanoi).

Born in Rome in 1956, Maurizio COFINI started his activity in 1979, paying a special attention to photographic adaptation for theater, ethnics and geography.

Winner of many awards in Italy, Cofini is a passionate reporter who has travelled many times through the Far East and above all in South-East Asia, drawing extensive inspiration for a rich repertoire of images, sensations and emotions.

The exhibition “Colori distanti”, dedicated to Vietnam, has already been displayed in Rome in 2009, followed in 2010 by another showcase dedicated to Vietnam and Cambodia “Mosaico d’immagini. Vietnam e Angkor”. Since the end of 2009 Cofini has been working for the Vietnamese art and architecture magazine KIẾN TRÚC NHÀ ĐẸP that has published some of the pictures in the present exhibition. In May 2010 Casa Editrice Anicia, an Italian publishing house, has released his photo book “Mosaico d’immagini. Vietnam e Angkor”. Cofini works currently for the photo agency Le Clic.

The exhibit hosts images whose twisting colours, fading of lights and shadows, lines intersections contibute all to express the artist’s emottion and strong passion for the two Countries. Cofini finds his personal and passionate way to remind us that Italy and Vietnam may appear far away from each other on the map, but are still bounded by many common cultural and aesthetic features.

Exhibition “The Chain Links”

Opening: Sat 08 Nov 2014, 10 am

Exhibition: 08 – 28 Nov 2014

Tu Do Gallery

53 Ho Tung Mau Street, District 1, HCMC

You are invited to the oil and acrylic paintings exhibition titled “The Chain Links” by 6 young painters: Nguyen An, Do Nhu Tran Ngoc Tuan, Pham Dinh Tuan, Truong The Linh, Le Truong Thanh, Nguyen Van Tung.

Statement from the artists:

“Society is composed of numerous chain links that attach people together. Each link is a particular story of the society, based on human reaction to the surrounding environment. The reaction follows a unified process: receive, respond then combine together to promote human development.”

Future Shorts Vietnam – 5 Year Anniversary

Sat 15 Nov 2014, 7 pm

Saigon Outcast

188/1 Nguyen Van Huong, Thao Dien, Dist 2, HCMC

Future Shorts will be celebrating its fifth year in Vietnam with a screening under the stars at Saigon Outcast on November 15th at 7pm. For the special occasion, we’ll be showing the best of the best from the last five years of Future Shorts, and featuring music from DJ Stu Pot.

Future Shorts is the world’s largest pop-up short film festival, bringing audiences and filmmakers together in a worldwide community around challenging, entertaining and thought-provoking films, taking place in over 90 countries and 300 cities across the globe.

In 2009, Future Shorts Vietnam became the first Southeast Asian edition of this prolific and innovative organization, debuting in Ho Chi Minh City at the Hotel Equatorial. Since then, Future Shorts Vietnam has traveled not only across the city to new and exciting venues but has also expanded up to Hanoi and beyond. As HCMC continues to grow, Future Shorts Vietnam remains a unique beacon within its burgeoning arts and culture scene, creating a regular communal platform for audiences in Vietnam to connect to the world’s best short films and striving to foster arthouse cinema in HCMC.

Tickets

60,000vnd

30,000vnđ – students (w/ID)

FREE for filmmakers (must bring copy of work)   

Screening of Film “Tante Hilda”

Fri 14 Nov 2014, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to the film screening “Aunt Hilda” (France, 2013, 89 mins) directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd Benoît Chieux.

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.

Subscription Concert Vol.75 “Wagner – Bartok – Brahms”

13 and 14 Nov 2014, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

Hanoi Opera House

1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to Subscription Concert Vol.75 “Wagner – Bartok – Brahms” with:

Conductor: Honna Tetsuji

Viola Soloist: Imai Nobuko

Special Guest Oboe: Furube Ken-Ichi

and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra

Program

Richard Wagner

Prelude from Opera “Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg”

Vietnam Premiere

Bartok Bela

Viola Concerto op.posth

Interval

Johannes Brahms

Symphony no.1 c-minor Op.68

Tickets

Ticket prices: 200000, 350000, 500000 VND. All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House or can book online at vnso.org.vn.

For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.   

Saigon International Guitar Festival 2014

12, 15 and 16 Nov 2014

HCMC Conservatory of Music

112 Nguyen Du Street, Ward 1, HCMC

Saigon International Guitar Festival 2014 is a special performance event of the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory – is the first classical guitar festival in the City, and brings internationally acclaimed guitarists and educators to Viet Nam for the first time.

The festival will presents beautifully programmed concerts by some of the greatest guitarists from the US, Italy, Malaysia, Iceland, and the Philippines – and of course, artists from Viet Nam as well. More than just performances – we also offer masterclasses, workshops, and lecture recitals, along with concerts by talented young and emerging guitarists.

Concert I – Wed 12 Nov 2014, 8 pm

SIX CENTURIES OF GUITAR MUSIC

Wonderful music by J.S. Bach, C. Domeniconi, L. Narvaez, M. Guiliani, H. Villa-Lobos and J. Turina

Featured guest artists: Harris Becker (US), Paul Cesarczyk (US – Poland)

Concert II – Sat 15 Nov 2014, 8 pm

ROMANTIQUE GUITAR MUSIC

The romantique voices of the guitar, from J. Rodrigo, J.K. Mertz, L. Legnani and A. Barrios Mangoré

Featured guest artists: Salvatore Foderà (Italy – Switzerland), Gonzalo Noel Misa (Philippines)

Concert III – Sun 16 Nov 2014, 5.30 pm

20TH CENTURY & CONTEMPORARY GUITAR MUSIC

The contemporary playbill includes M.D. Pujol, J. Duarte and A. Piazzolla. The concert will be rounded by Saigon Guitar Quartet with the Fandango and Carmen

Featured guest artists: Ögmundur Þór Jóhannesson (Iceland), Simon Cheong (Malaysia)

Tickets:

Ticket price: 200,000 VND per concert, combo 500,000 VND for 3 concerts

Fashion Fringe Festival 2014

Sat 15 Nov 2014, 10 am – 4 pm, 8 pm – late

Hanoi Rock City

27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho

The Fashion Fringe Festival is the 1st ever young, creative and colourful fashion festival organised by a new generation of designers and makers in Hanoi. The event proposes a fresh new experience where people can discover the fabulous world of fashion together with art, design, film, music and much more.

Day or Night ticket will allow entry to multiple events such as design market, catwalk show, talks and lectures by industry experts, textiles and fashion workshops, fashion film screenings, exhibitions and after party celebrating into the night.

All profits from the days events will be awarded to the London College for Fashion Studies (LCFS) “New Clothes for a New Academic Year”, charity campaign.

Tickets

Day ticket 10 am – 4 pm: 50,000 VND

Designer market, talks and lectures, textile workshops, fashion film screenings and exhibition

Night Ticket 8 pm – LATE: 50,000 VND

LCFS Fashion Show, FFF Black and white after party

Joint Tickets 80,000 VND

All tickets available at:

London College for Fashion Studies

48 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi

Tel: 0437199706

Hanoi Rock City

27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho

Love’s Secret Dancefloor: Robert Piotrowicz + WXIV + DEE.F

Fri 14 Nov 2014, 8 pm

Hanoi Rock City

27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho

An evening of occult electronic music (that, indeed, will make you dance, hey ho). With live sets from

ROBERT PIOTROWICZ (Poland)

WXIV (Japan/ Thailan)

DEE.F (Vietnam)

TICKETS

(Early Bird and Advance tickets available at ticketbox.vn)

Early Bird: VND 40,000 (available NOW until 7 November)

Advance: VND 80,000 (available from 7 November until 12 November)

Doors: VND 120,000

Blissful trance-inducing kosmische techno. Occult electronic music that makes heads nod and move bodies. The monolith in the middle of the dancefloor.

WXIV was formed in 2014 by Bangkok-based sound artist Koichi Shimizu and visual artist Voranat Voraphitak, both sharing the same passion for electronic music and synthesizers.

They craft live performances with rich dynamic sounds completed by complex textures and layers of layers of analogue/digital hybrid instruments, playing around with the machine’s constantness and randomness to create the perfect balance between order and chaos, between the magickal and the earthly (all the while making your bodies move).

Koichi Shimizu has been active in the Bangkok music scene since 2013, organising live events and running independent a record label, both under the name SO::ON Dry FLOWER. He’s also been running an open art space called SOL since 2008 to showcase various types of event and workshops. He is also known as a music composer and sound designer for films and has provided music and sound-design work for international acclaimed works such as Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Palme d’Or award at Cannes 2010) and Syndromes and a Century by Aphichatpong Weerasethakul, Invisible Waves and Nymph by Pen-ek Ratanaruang, as well as Wonderful Town and Hi-SO by Aditya Assarat and more.

ROBERT PIOTROWICZ is one of the most prolific and well-known artists in the Polish experimental and improvised music scene.

He began his music adventures in the 80s, playing the guitar in bands associated with Szczecin’s hardcore and punk scene. In the following years, Piotrowicz focused more intensely on experimentation and improvisation. He gave many concerts, often accompanied by acclaimed artists from electro-acoustic scenes around the world. Gazeta webzine described his impressions from a concert as follows:

<< Robert. Latino macho look, but with dreadlocks to his waist, tracksuit, as if he has just returned from Jamaica. They play improvised music. Robert plays guitar and analogue converters (including a mini oscillator and a ball of fabric). For most of the time, the guitar is lying on the table. Oh, and there is also a bow. Used in the conventional manner >>

Although his fierce live shows are mainly performed with analogue modular synthesizer and electric guitar, his recent album “When Snakeboy Is Dying” makes use of a broad spectrum of instruments (including piano and vibraphone) to create refined, subtle compositions. His other activities include electro-acoustic studio compositions, composing for theatres, participation in interdisciplinary art projects and sound installations. He is also known for collaborations with artists such as Anna Zaradny, Oren Ambarchi, Lasse Marhaug, Kevin Drumm and others.

Robert Piotrowicz’s performance is supported by Culture.pl. Follow his SoundCloud channel.

“Dee.F is an artistic side of Phu Pham, who in sound he attempts to capture its spectrum to codify the unstructured rhythm of being”.

Phu is one of the most active artists in the current Vietnamese music scene and has constantly striking his sounds through both solo and his band work – currently with “XAI”, a live techno punk band. Having performed from intimate venues to festivals, Dee.F continuously shapes his artistic expressions through experimental / obscure techno form.

Releases:

VLT (Original Mix) – ‘Collective Unconsciousness’ – Bangkok, 2014

TRANSITIONS (Original Mix) – Self Released – Hanoi, 2014

Unicorn Domination ‘Creatures for Rest’ , ‘Dripping’ (Dee.F Remix) – Portland, 2014

Đại Lâm Linh ‘Dệt Tầm Gai’ , ‘Nhật Thực’ (Dee.F Remix) – Hanoi, 2013

Trục Trặc (Original Mix) – Self Released – Hanoi, 2013

Trặc Trục (Original Mix) – “VS Compilation CD” – Bangkok, 2013

Tự Chuyện (Original Mix) – Self Released – Hanoi, 2013

Commissions:

‘Hanoi Stardust’ sound track (Original Mix) – “Europe meets Asia in Contemporary Dance Festival” – Hanoi, 2014

Commissioned by Goethe-Institut Vietnam.

Performances:

Hanoi Rock City – Hanoi, Vietnam

Delicate Decibel – Bangkok, Chiangmai, Thailand

Hanoi Sound Stuff – Hanoi, Vietnam

Domdom – Hanoi, Vietnam

Dao Anh Khanh – Hanoi, Vietnam

Numerous DJs and live performances through out Asia and the U.K from 2010.

Film Screening and Discussion on “Climate Strategy”

Thu 13 Nov 2014, 6 pm

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

In the Global South, people have to confront social issues such as employment and housing. Policymakers are concerned about the economic development while neglecting climate or environmental issues. Could urban areas of emerging countries address both issues of social inclusion, economic development and climate change at the same time?

A discussion on “Climate Strategy” with the participation of French Agency for Development (AFD) experts, Asia Centre and Vietnamese academia will be held at L’Espace. The event will be moderated by a Vietnamese journalist, preceded by the screening of subtitled documentary films, to put the theme into perspective.

Language of the film screening: French with Vietnamese subtitles

Language of the discussion: French and Vietnamese simultaneous translation

Free entrance.

Concert and Classical Ballet “Firebird”

11 and 12 Nov 2014, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

1 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to concert and classical ballet “Firebird”.

Program

Artistic Director: PhD. People’s Artist Phạm Anh Phương

Part I

Conductor: Đồng Quang Vinh

and the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet’s Symphony Orchestra

1. Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827):

“Egmont” Overture, Op.84 in F minor

2. Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904):

Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”, Op.95 in E minor

1st movement: Adagio – Allegro molto

2nd movement: Largo

3rd movement: Scherzo: Molto vivace

4th movement: Allegro con fuoco

Intermission

Part II

Classical Ballet “Firebird”:

Music: Igor Stravinsky

Choreographer: Lars Anderstam

Director: Harald Emgard

Stage choreographer: NSND/People’s Artist Kiều Ngân

Costume: La Hằng

Soloists:

Firebird: Phan Văn Lương

Prince: Hàn Giang

Princess: Như Quỳnh

Tyrant: Văn Nam

and other VNOB’s dancers

Tickets

Ticket prices: 200000, 350000, 500000 VND. All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House or can book online at ticketvn.com.

For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.

Exhibition “Meeting”

Opening: Sun 09 Nov 2014, 6 pm

Exhibition: 09 Nov – 09 Dec 2014

lAcA Cafe

2nd floor, 24 – 26 Ly Quoc Su, Hanoi

MEETING is the reunion of 6 artists: Le Thi Minh Tam, Pham Tran Quan, Doan Xuan Tang, Nguyen Dinh Vu, Thai Nhat Minh and Tran Anh Quan. These friends choose some of their favorite works which have been mostly finished in recent times to make MEETING.

In addition, MEETING is the reunion of painting, sculpture and music through the performance of Free bird band which is familiar to underground lovers in Hanoi (Leader: Cuong, Guitarist: Dung, Drum: Tuan, Organist: Kien, Voice: Tuan and Hoang).

Fanfic Contest: I love Japanese Literature

Time for Submission: 04 Nov – 03 Dec 2014

From Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam:

On the occasion of Japanese Literature Week (24 Dec 2014 – 31 Dec 2014), The Fanfic Contest titled “I love Japanese Literature” will be jointly held by Nha Nam Publishing and Communications Joint Stock Company and Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam.

Language in Submission: Vietnamese, for more information please refer to the Vietnamese version.

Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam

27 Quang Trung

Hoan Kiem, Hanoi

Tel: 3944 7419