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Exhibition “Vietnamese Lacquer Story”
Opening: Fri 15 Apr 2016, 5 pm
Exhibition: 15 Apr – 02 May 2016
Hanoi Old Quarter Culture Exchange Center
50 Dao Duy Tu Street, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi
Exhibition “Vietnamese Lacquer Story” presents an overview of Vietnamese traditional lacquer art (with photos, tools artifacts, techniques) and Vietnamese Contemporary Lacquer Art (with the participation of 8 painters and representatives from the art’s villages).
This event aims to promote and celebrate a traditional craft of Vietnam, within the framework of the Old Quarter craft year 2016 in Hanoi.
Contemporary Art Show with Creative Group NONI
Thu 14 Apr 2016, 6 pm – 7.20 pm
Long Bien station, Tran Nhat Duat, Hanoi
You are invited to the Contemporary Art Show titled “Memories – Things to remember” with Creative Group NONI from Korea.
In 2016, Long Bien station is chosen to be the context of this program. This kind of art is associated with a specific site, also known as art for space, which is not common in Hanoi, Vietnam.
The audience will wear headphones and enjoy the performance space like they are taking on a trip. They will encounter things and people in every familiar space, or pre-prepared images in specific performance spaces through their mobile phones. The journey of discovering shapes and objects, old and familiar space and time will reflect the real values embodied in them.
Limited space: 10 people.
Contact:
Ms Oanh: 04.3944.5980 (ext.100)
Kim Bo Ryung: 04. 3944. 5980 (ext.115)
Email: lain.br.kim@gamilcom
Mask and Movement Workshop #2
Wed 13 Apr 2016, 6.30 – 9 pm
The Black Box
56 Nguyen Khuyen, Hanoi
In Mask and Movement # 2, artists Daniel Potter (Mystic Paper Beasts Theater) and Doan Phi (BlackBox Theater) will instruct you how to make masks and use body and movement to express feelings and the character’s personality. This means you will make a mask and make it a unique character.
Besides guiding the theater mask making with special techniques of his own, Daniel Potter will have an A&Q session about storytelling through dance and mime that used in Mystic Paper Beasts Theater he co-founded.
Mystic Paper Beasts Theatre Company was founded in 1976. Since then, they have been travelling internationally (US, U.K., Sweden, France, Italy) in various forms. The tales told by the Mystic Paper Beasts are original and re-told dreams and myths of transformation expressed through humor and dance, performed in the witty and whimsical masks for which the beasts have gained international renown. These performances have delighted audiences of all ages and many nationalities. The beasts invite viewers to join them on their magical journeys.
Who should join this workshop? All lovers of improvisation and creativity, aged 18 years and older.
Fee: 180.000 VND (including tools and material)
– Registration here before 4:30pm, 12 April 2016
Please pay attendance fee at Life Art
or transfer:
Dinh Thi Hanh Trang, Account number: 0021001026809, Vietcombank.
(Add your name and workshop name when transfering, for example: Lê Ngọc H_Mask)
Hotline: 0975 46 1984 hoặc 0943 48 78 98.
Hue – Film Screening “La Prochaine Fois Je Viserai le Coeur”
Fri 15 Apr 2016, 7.15 pm
Institut français de Huế
01 Le Hong Phong, Hue
You are invited to the film screening “La Prochaine Fois Je Viserai le Coeur” (France, 2014, 111’).
Director: Cédric Anger
Casting: Guillaume Canet, Ana Girardot, Jean-Yves Berteloot
An astonishing performance from Guillaume Canet in this thriller based on a true story.
Film synopsis:
For several months, between 1978 and 1979, the inhabitants of the Oise in France live in a state of terror and anxiety: a maniac is on the prowl, and young women are his prey. After trying to run over several women with his car, he final manages to injure and kill female hitch-hikers he picks up at random. The man is everywhere and nowhere, eluding the traps set up by investigators and avoiding roadblocks. He’s so good at escaping because he is in fact a timid, young cop who lives an ordinary life and doesn’t stand out amongst his squad. As a model cop, he is responsible for investigating his own crimes until the maps of his murderous journey slip from his grasp.
Language: Original language with Vietnamese subtitles
For more information about synopsis, please refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Free entrance.
HCMC – Classical Concert “With Strings Attached”
Fri 15 Apr 2016, 7.30 pm
Grand Concert Hall, Ho Chi Minh city Conservatory of Music
112 Nguyễn Du St, District 1
From the organizer:
Following serial concerts to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music, we proudly presents a concert in April performed by Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra.
“WITH STRINGS ATTACHED”
The Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra presents a program of music for string orchestra including Bartok’s “Romanian Folk Dances”, Grieg’s Holberg Suite and the Viola Concerto by Henri Casadesus famously (but falsely) attributed to J.C. Bach featuring viola soloist Phạm Vũ Thiên Bảo. The highlight of the concert is the highly underrated Double Concerto for two string orchestras, piano and timpani composed by Bohuslav Martinu. To commemorate the HCM City Conservatory of Music’s 60th Anniversary this year, the orchestra will also present Peter Heinrich’s entertaining Variations on “Happy Birthday” in the style of the great composers.
Conductor: Adrian Tan
Violist: Phạm Vũ Thiên Bảo
Program:
1. B.BARTOK – Romanian Dances Sz.68 (6’)
2. J.C BACH/CASADESUS – Concerto for Viola in C minor (15)
3. D.MARTINU – Double Concerto for 2 strings orchestra, piano and timpani (22’)
Giải lao / Intermission
4. E.GRIEG – Holberg Suite Op.40 (21’)
5. FOLK SONG – Ly Hoai Nam (arranged by Ngo Hoang Quan) (4’)
6. P. FRIEDRICH – Happy Birthday Variations (8’)
7. DANG HUU PHUC – Pizzicato Vietnam (4’)
Tickets prices: Standard 200.000 VND, VIP 250.000 VND
Hotline: 0903.034.112
Vietnamese Cinema to Celebrate Vietnam’s Reunification Day
9 am, 13 – 17 Apr 2016, 09:00
Cinema 1, Ngoc Khanh cinema
523 Kim Ma, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
From the organizer:
Vietnamese cinema program to celebrate the 41th anniversary of Vietnam Reunification (30 Apr 1975 – 30 Apr 2016)
– Time: 9 am 13 – 17 Apr 2016
– Place: Cinema 1, Ngoc Khanh Cinema
1. Wed 13 Apr 2015
– Film: Cuộc đời Yến
2. Thu 14 apr 2016
– Film: Bảo mẫu siêu quậy
3. Fri 15 Apr 2016
– Film: Cầu vồng không sắc
4. Sat 16 Apr 2016
– Film: Tôi thấy hoa vàng trên cỏ xanh
5. Sun 17 Apr 2016
– Film: Gái già lắm chiêu
Language: Original Vietnamese. Free tickets are available at Ngoc Khanh cinema from 8 Apr 2016.
Tel: 04 3771 2750
Elizabeth Rush – “Still Lifes of a Vanishing City”: Solo Exhibition and Book Launch
Opening: Fri 15 Apr 2016, 6 pm
Exhibition: 16 – 29 Apr 2016
Art Vietnam Gallery
2nd floor, 24 Ly Quoc Su Str, Hanoi
A Poet’s Eye
Art Vietnam Gallery is honored to present “Still Lifes from a Vanishing City”, photographs and essays from Yangon, Myanmar. This soulful exhibition is the work of the photographer, poet and accomplished writer Elizabeth Rush. “Still Lifes from a Vanishing City” (Global Directions/ Things Asian Press 2015) catalogues the intimate beauty of Yangon, Myanmar, a city once held at arm’s length from the outside world, as it transforms into another of South East Asia’s development meccas.
Elizabeth spent some years in Hanoi, capturing the ancient fading beauty of this city. She curated the exhibition and publication “Lost & Found Hanoi” (Global Directions/ Things Asian Press 2014), a compilation of five photographers. This was a daring composition of images that celebrated the lives led at the end of the alleyways in the heart of this ancient city, in all of their naturalness and simplicity. Not a pretty picture book, “Lost & Found Hanoi” is a book of life living life.
After leaving Vietnam, Elizabeth was drawn to Yangon, Myanmar a city many described as being similar to the Hanoi of the mid-80s — a soulful capital poised on the edge of profound change. In 2010 and 2011, as Myanmar’s military junta was transitioning to a parliamentary system, they auctioned off over 80% of the countries state owned assets. Many of the former capital’s colonial era ruins were on the chopping block. But it wasn’t the buildings so much that drew Elizabeth in, rather the lives led inside of them. Realizing that a particular way of life would soon fall prey to so-called development, the artist began to photograph the living rooms of those who had been ordered to vacate the premises, while, at the same time, she conducted countless interviews that would serve as a record of the lives of the inhabitants.
This body of work is a journey of rumination. Elizabeth, in her engaging simple candor, enters the homes of the soon to be displaced, documenting the history of the life lived as it is forced to move on. The residents, charmed by her simple honesty and curiosity, her genuine appreciation of the life they are living, her innate wisdom of what is precious and worthy, opened their homes and hearts to Elizabeth so she might weave the fabric of their history.
The photographs are a poignant tableaux — a shelf of medicines, stacked televisions, a fish tank, a hanging comb, stacked sacks of coal—mundane objects of life elevated to the sublime. They are suspended in time as objects of beauty. For isn’t this, what life is? A series of simple moments, quotidian objects that, when isolated in the lens of a poet, are divined to an eternal existence.
Still life with sanctuary and falling poster. Life is running.
Still life with sound system, washcloths, and monk portrait. Life is listening.
Still life with hand drawn hot air balloon. Life is dreaming.
Still life in Gandhi Hall. Life is hopeful.
Still life with jasmine flowers and shrine. Life is beautiful.
Still life with telephone numbers, moving poster, and stacks of unfolded cement knife boxes. Life is living.
These haunting images, replete with emotion, are little moments of history recorded, never to be experienced again in the same way. One can imagine the life lived there, but where did it go? Elizabeth’s work expands beyond the boundaries of Yangon, Myanmar begging the viewer to ask what becomes of displaced people? Throughout the world populations are outgrowing their boundaries, whether they be economic, political or religious. In her small way, Elizabeth honors the lives of the displaced by recording a little of the beauty that is lost on development’s rough edge.
Elizabeth Rush was recently invited to present “Still Lifes from a Vanishing City” at the prestigious Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, October of 2015, in Bali. She is the recipient of an Andrew Mellon Fellowship, a Society for Environmental Journalism Award, and will be writer-in-residence at the H J Andrews Experimental Forest in Oregon during the summer of 2016. She is the author of two children’s books published by ThingsAsian Press of Hong Kong, “H is for Hanoi”, with illustrations by Art Vietnam Gallery artist Nguyen Nghia Cuong, and “I is for Indonesia”, a collaboration with celebrated artist Eddie Hara. An accomplished and recognized writer publishing work in Granta, The New Republic, Orion, Le Monde Diplomatique, Witness, the Huffington Post, Asian Geographic, and many other publications, Rush currently resides in Providence, Rhode Island and teaches creative writing at Bates College, Maine.
We are honored to present the soulful works of a young artist, who gifts us a world of dignity and grace amidst the detritus, the ruins upon ruins, produced by mankind’s headlong pursuit of progress.
Suzanne Lecht
Art Director, Art Vietnam Gallery
HCMC – Onslaught Live In Vietnam
Fri 15 Apr 2016, 9 pm
Saigon Ranger
5/7 Nguyen Sieu Str, Dist 1, HCMC
UK thrash metal Onslaught legends are celebrating their 30 years of their career, and as part of this celebration they would play for their first time ever in Vietnam. They would be playing the masterpiece of thrash metal and one of their most influential albums on thrash/death metal ‘The Force’. Famous musicians like Phil Campbell have done some collaborations with Onslaught.
Tickets
Ticket price: 300,000 VND. You can buy tickets online at ticketbox.vn.
Ticket at door: 380,000 VND
Exhibition “The Street Dreams”
Exhibition: 11 Apr – 11 May 2016
Toong Co-working Space
3rd, 08 Trang Thi, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
You are invited to the exhibition “The Street Dreams” with Nguyen The Duy.
With a history of thousands of years and through numerous vicissitudes with dynasties, Hanoi becomes a city with rich and diversity architecture. But it remains the antique soul of Asian beauty. This is the inspiration for numerous artists including Nguyen The Duy.
The exhibition “The Street Dreams” includes 15 works that focus on the subject of Hanoi with old streets and ancient temples. His works revive in our mind the image of an old Hanoi which was industrious, serene and peaceful. There was neither rush nor animation as in industrial cities, Hanoi “36 artisan guilds and old streets” with the interference of the local culture and the modern features of Western culture. But, from those pictures, what remains in the viewer’s artistic mind is the beauty of traditional art and the nation’s marked cultural identity.
Artist Nguyen The Duy was born in 1956 in Hanoi. His early paintings were made when he was in primary school. In 1983, he graduated from the University of Industrial Fine Art. But in 1996, he was no longer amongst the state’s regular staff but dedicated himself to making painting with the subject of downtown. At present, Artist Nguyen The Duy is a member of the Hanoi Fine Arts Association, as well as of the Hanoi Music Association and the composer of the song “First Love”.
His works on the leitmotif of “Downtown” is delivered to a lot of exhibitions all over the world such as “Art Creative Studio” in South Korea, Solo exhibitions in Hygienic Gallery New London (USA), International Artist in Residence Program of Griffis New London (USA), and also numerous exhibitions in different cities in Vietnam.
Film Screening “Manieggs” at L’Espace
10, 11 and 17 Apr 2016
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “Manieggs at L’Espace.
Director: Zoltán Miklósy (Hungary, 2014, 90 mins)
Starring: Titanilla Bogdányi, Imre Csuja, Gábor Csöre
Distributed internationally by the French company Reel Suspects, this original Hungarian animation was selected at Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2014. This is a hilarious parody of American action films, whose heroes are… eggs.
Two people remained fifteen days behind bars for a crime they did not commit. When they get out, they have one thing in mind: revenge. This film denounces certain aberrations of our time and injustice around us.
Film screening
Sun 10/04/2016: 14:00, 20:00
Mon 11/04/2016: 18:00, 20:00
Sun 17/04/2016: 14:00, 20:00
Language: Vietnamese dub
Ticket
Ticket price: 60.000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
The Photo Scavenger Hunt
Sat 09 Apr 2016, 10 am – 8 pm
Rec Room, 20th floor, Hanoi Creative City
No. 1 Luong Yen
Steering through the city on your own two feet with the camera set for exploring, the workshop facilitators, photographer Nikolaj Svennevig and fine artist/ educator Martin Haufe, will provide you with guidance and themes allowing you to experience and photograph Hanoi from a new angle.
Bring good shoes, your camera and your inner adventurer.
Program:
10.00 am – Introduction to the concept. Run of the day. The facilitators will dress you up for exploration.
11.30 am – The first round starts, with each participant getting theme envelope.
2.00 pm – Meet up at Rec Room. Quick Q&A on the first round.
2.30 pm – The second round starts. New themes provided and participants disperse in to the city.
4.00 pm – Voluntary Q&A at Rec Room.
6.00 pm – End of City exploration. All participants meet up at Rec Room, select and hand in one picture from each category. Break until the final slide show at 7.30 pm
7.30 pm – Slide show of all participants’ chosen images.
8.30 pm – Wrap up – Chill, share experiences or disperse into the night.
Fee: VND 100,000
Film Screenings “Fallen Angels” and “Living in Fear”
Fri 08 Apr 2016, 7.30 pm: Screening of “Fallen Angels”
Sat 09 Apr 2016, 3 pm: Screening of “Living in Fear”
Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents
51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi
FALLEN ANGELS
A 1995 Hong Kong movie written and directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Leon Lai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Michelle Reis, Charlie Yeung, and Karen.
FALLEN ANGELS can be seen as a companion piece to ‘Chungking Express’. It was originally conceived as the third story for ‘Chungking Express’, but FALLEN ANGELS can be considered a spiritual sequel due to similar themes, locations and methods of filming, while one of the main characters lives in the Chungking Mansions and works at the Midnight Express food stall.
LIVING IN FEAR
Director: Bui Thac Chuyen
Cast: Tran Huu Phuc, Hanh Thuy, My Uyen, Ngoc Phuong
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 110 mins
Plot: Post-war Vietnam was full of mines and unexploded bombs. Not everyone wants to risk his life clearing them up, but some had little choice. Such as Tai. As a former soldier for the NME, he can’t get a job and has two families to maintain. With true contempt for death, he starts disposing of mines. This is a dangerous, almost suicidal job, but thanks to his disregard for death, from that moment on Tai is able to earn his living. (Gertjan Zuilhof)
Entry: 20,000 VND (donation for TPD’s fund for movie talents)
Children Painting Exhibition “Talent Incubator” for Charity
Opening: Sun 10 Apr 2016, 10 am
Exhibition: 10 – 14 Apr 2016
Exhibition Centre of Fine Arts, Photography (29 Hang Bai, Hanoi).
The children’s paintings exhibition “Talent incubator” aims to raise money for children at K hospital with the latest artworks created by more than 100 students from AZDESIGN and ART TALENT classes, aged 5 to 15.
The exhibition provides a colorful art space for the public and share feelings and reflections on art to educate the youth about aesthetics and creativity.
Free entry.
Art Course for Children: Great Artists 2
Sun 24 Apr, 8, 15, 22 and 29 May 2016, 1.30 – 3 pm
Clickspace
No. 15 Lane 76 To Ngoc Van
Get your children to learn about other great artists — their lives, major works and their techniques, and they will make their own masterpieces in their styles!
VINCENT VAN GOGH, EMILY KNGWARREYE, EDVARD MUNCH, HENRI MATISSE, KENOJOAK ASHEVAK
This is a limited course offer for a maximum of 12 children aged 8-13, following popular demand from the Innovative Art Course for Children.
The FIVE sessions will be run at Clickspace (#15 Lane 76 To Ngoc Van) on Sunday afternoons from 1.30 – 3.00 pm. The total cost for the course is US$100/ 2,200,000 VND per student which includes all art supplies and artist information.
The sessions are run by Melbourne artist Leigh Gibbens who has been exhibiting and selling art in Australia for the past 10 years and Suzette Mitchell, qualified teacher and obsessive crafters. Please make full payment at Clickspace by 18 April to guarantee your slots as we do not accept payment at start of class when space is strictly limited.
Contact: leeleegproductions@yahoo.com, 0911478869
Hennessy Concert 2016
Sun 10 Apr 2016, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
The 20th Hennessy Concert will be held at the Hanoi Opera House on 10 Apr with the opera “La Bohème” by Puccini, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
You are invited to Hennessy Concert 2016 with Artist’s Repertory Theatre Australia including 27 artists and technicians, choreographed by Matthew Barclay, director of the Theatre.
The event will be streamed live via a big screen, located at the August Revolution Square to serve a large number of classical music lovers.
“La Bohème” is a famous 4-act opera composed by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini during the period 1893-1896 and was premier performed in Turin in 1896. A year later, the opera continues to be performed in the UK, US, etc…
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica wrote the lyrics for this opera based on the novel “Scènes de la vie de bohème” by Henri Murger.
This new version of “La Bohème” will introduce a new approach to classical opera. The background screen will show graphic and famous works of French art in 20th century. The backdrop opposed to the character’s costume was inspired by classical style in 90s to the urban and hip hop style now.
The Hennessy Concert is organized by the The Department of Performing Arts under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in collaboration with Hennessy held annually in Vietnam.
By invitation only.
Film Screening “Kirikou et la Sorcière”
Sun 10 Apr 2016, 4 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “Kirikou et la Sorcière” (Kirikou and the Sorceress) (France, 1998, 70 mins) directed by Michel Ocelot.
This magical animation is the debut feature that launches French director Michel Ocelot into the worldwide fame.
For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace’s website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitles
Tickets
Ticket price: 50,000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40,000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Into Thin Air – An Art in Public Project by Manzi
Time: Sat 09 Apr, 3 pm – Tue 19 Apr 2016
Manzi Art Space
14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi
Ready to go art hunting, Hanoi?
‘Into Thin Air’
Taking artwork out of the galleries and onto the streets
Turning viewers into co-creators
WHAT:
1 city
10 days and counting
10 site-specific, contemporary artworks
10 public spaces
WHEN: 3.00 pm Sat 09 April to Tues 19 April 2016
WHERE: Oh, a number of unexpected locations across Hanoi. You will just have to go look for the works.
HOW TO FIND THE WORKS:
02 ways to hunt:
1. A Map!
Just follow the map!!!!
2. An App
This nifty thing acts as your pocket guide and is filled with information about the WHEN, WHO & WHERE
Both are being kept secrets (shusshh) and will be available/shared with you soon!
All information about the project, the artists and the artworks can be found on Facebook page of ‘Into Thin Air’.
Use #intothinair to keep us updated on how you are getting on.
‘Into Thin Air’ is brought to you by Manzi, the Prince Claus Culture and Development Fund & the Goethe Institut
Our sincere thanks goes to: Cao Minh, BOO, Hanoi Creative City, Luala, RMIT and our communications partners: the word, &ofotherthings, Hanoigrapevine for their valuable suppport.
Music Night “Jungle Beats”
Sat 09 Apr 2016, 9.30 pm
Hanoi Rock City
27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho
Jungle Beats is back with another huge lineup!!!
We have 4 heavyweight UK DJs who will be bringing you the newest and best Underground music from the UK. Expect anything from UK House to Garage to Grime to Jungle and of course a large dose of Drum&Bass!!!
DJ’s:
Spectrum (LDN Underground)
Pete T (Quest Festival)
Vaughan (Zeros & Ones)
Quickfire (Guy) (Hanoi Bass & Beats)
Entrance: 50,000 VND + FREE SHOT for first 100 people
FREE before 9:30 pm
Performances of Electric Yard Dogs in April
The Electric Yard Dogs continue to have regular dates at the following Bars and Clubs in Hanoi:
THE KNEIPE 52 To Ngoc Van – Thursday 7th April – Wednesdays (13th, 20th & 27th April) 9pm – 11pm
+84 BAR 23 Ngo Van So – Fridays (1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th April) 9pm – 11pm
Docker’s Natura Bar (Below Nha Hang Phuong Nguyen) To Ngoc Van – Saturdays (9th, 16th, 23rd & 30th April) 9pm – 11pm
1900 Le Theatre 8 Ta Hien – Sundays (3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th April) 8.30 -10pm
In various incarnations, The Electric Yard Dogs have been performing in Hanoi for over five years. Original members Jez Hartley and Simon ‘Otis’ Redington, who hail from the ‘70s London Punk Rock scene, have now been joined by Le Havre rocker Ricardo Canu on drums and Louisiana wildcat Scott ‘Shyboy’ Reynolds on Blues harp in a new revitalised Rockabilly, Rock’n’Roll outfit.
The music is a highly dance-able mix of fast rock, rhythm and swing, a style reminiscent of Dr Feelgood, the Texas Bar Room Blues of Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Fabulous Thunderbirds with a touch of Chuck Berry and Jimmy Reed thrown in for the hell of it!
Apart from local music venues around town in Hanoi, the band also tour regularly down south to Danang, Saigon and Phnom Penh where they have an increasing reputation for doing what they do best: Electric Blues with Soul & Style!
Call for Entries: Saigon Chamber Music Festival 2016
Saigon Chamber Music Festival 2016 calls for entries
Deadline: 15 May 2016
Saigon Chamber Music is proud to call for applications to its 3rd season in August 2016, hosted by Transposition Programme and Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music, in association with the Goethe-Institut Viet Nam. Founded in 2014, Saigon Chamber Music, the first summer music festival in Ho Chi Minh City and Viet Nam, provides inspiring professional training and unique opportunities for international exposure to gifted young artists as they begin their musical careers. During the week-long festival, the faculty of internationally acclaimed artists worked with each participant to encourage them to develop their unique style and to assess further development needs.
Saigon Chamber Music Festival 2016 will take place from 11 to 19 Aug 2016 at Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music.
Screening of Animated Shorts by Stéphanie Lansaque and François Leroy
Screening films in Vietnamese with French subtitles: Fri 08 Apr 2016, 8 pm
Screening films in Vietnamese with English subtitles: Sun 10 Apr 2016, 6 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the screening of animated shorts by Stéphanie Lansaque and François Leroy (France, 2005-2015, 58′).
This program of 4 animated shorts invites you to discover Asia through the eyes of Stephanie Lansaque and François Leroy.
It is a selection of 4 shorts inspired by Vietnam and Asia. “Goodbye Mister Chu” takes place during the lost souls festival. “Mei Ling” is about a young Chinese girl and her octopus. “Red River, Sông Hông” tells the story of 3 brothers from the countryside who discover Hanoi. “Cold coffee”, not recommended under 12 years old, depicts the evolution of a young girl abandoning her studies to run the family business.
Language:
On 08 Apr: Vietnamese with French subtitles
On 10 Apr: Vietnamese with English subtitles
Tickets
Ticket price: 50,000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40,000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Music Story of the Old Quarter in April
Fri 08 Apr 2016, 8 pm
Center of the Old Quarter’s Culture Exchange
50 Dao Duy Tu, Hanoi
Hanoi – the capital city of Vietnam has its proud 1000-year-old history and tradition. The music born here shares the same richness as the city’s history itself: diversified, unique and original.
“Music Story of the Old Quarter” is a chain of music shows whose objective is to introduce generally to the world the evolution of the Hanoi’s music, past to present.
The shows are to replicate the footsteps of the city’s music through history, using traditional voices, rhythms and beats combined with contemporary installation arts. The performance will be delivered by the top class singers and musicians.
Through portraying Vietnamese’s unique music, The Old Quarter’s story of music hopes to successfully communicate the core values inside Hanoi’s culture, history and humans to the audience, both foreign and native.
Incentive Idea: Vu Nhat Tan, Dam Minh
Create & arrange the show: People’s Artist Xuan Hoach, Thanh Hoa, Thanh Binh, Cong Hung and the team “Dong Kinh Co Nhac”
Artist: Ly Truc Son, Tran Duy Hung, Trinh Tin…
Contact Mr. Tan at 01249125212 or email: vunhattan@gmail.com or dongkinhconhac@gmail.com any further information.
Ticket price: 200,000 VND
Hue – Film Screening “Boule et Bill”
Fri 08 Apr 2016, 7.15 pm
Institut français de Huế
01 Le Hong Phong, Hue
You are invited to the film screening “Boule et Bill” (France, Belgique, Luxembourg, 2012, 90’).
Director: Alexandre Charlot et Franck Magnier
Casting: Franck Dubosc, Marina Foïs, Charles Crombez
A comedy that surely makes your kids laugh, is the first wide-screen adaptation from the well-known original comic novel of the same name.
Film synopsis:
Everything begins at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). A young cocker spaniel lies dejectedly in his cage. He can’t find the owner of his dreams. Suddenly, a young boy appears, his hair as red as the cocker spaniel’s coat. Birds of a feather stick together: it’s love at first sight. For Billy and Buddy, it’s the beginning of a great friendship. For Billy’s parents it’s the beginning of a whole bunch of trouble… And so begins a great family adventure!
Language: Original language with Vietnamese subtitles
Free entrance.
Chamber Concert with Woodwinds Quintet of Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra
Wed 13 Apr 2016, 8 pm
Goethe Institut
56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
You are invited to a chamber concert with the woodwinds quintet of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra. The “New Wind Ensemble” plays music by Strauß, Mozart, Cambini, Farkas and Ibert.
Flute: Nguyen Thi Dieu Quynh
Oboe: Hoang Manh Lam
Bassoon: Tran Minh Duc
Horn: Ta Tien Dat
Clarinet: Nguyen Minh Hoang
This year, the Goethe-Institut Hanoi and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) host a series of concerts, opened by two chamber concerts in spring. The wide repertoire of our first concert with the windwoods quintet of the VNSO covers lively Viennese dance music from the 19th century as well as cheerful Parisian tones from the 1930s.
Our program starts with an entertaining Polka by Johann Strauß the Elder (1804-1849). The so called “Damen-Souvenir-Polka“ is a joyful circle dance in vivid two-fourth meter. Also composed by the Father is the “Beliebte Annen-Polka”, which premiered at Vienna’s Volksgarten in summer 1842. Its atmospheric melody gives an idea about the festivity of the former balls in Vienna. Strauß dedicated the polka to Maria Anna, then Empress of Austria. His son, Johann Strauß the Younger (1825-1899), who is internationally known as “The Waltz King”, composed some marches, too. At this evening we will hear the “Egyptian March” from 1869.
Less prominent might be the Italian violinist and composer Giuseppe Maria Cambini (1746-1825), who primarily worked in Paris and played a key role concerning the development of the classic wind quintet comprising the instruments flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon. Besides Cambini, the Hungarian composer Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000) will be taken into account with his Hungarian Dances, before the ensemble performs a “Divertimento” by Mozart (1756-1791). The “Trois Pièces Brèves” by Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) will conclude the evening.
Program:
13.04.2016
Johann Strauß (the Father): Damen-Souvenir-Polka, op. 236
Giuseppe Maria Cambini: Quintett Nr. 2 in d-Moll
Johann Strauß (the Father): Beliebte Annen-Polka, op. 137
Johann Strauß (the Son): Ägyptischer Marsch, op. 335
Ferenc Farkas: Antiche Danze Ungheresi
W. A. Mozart: Divertimento Nr. 8 (KV 213)
Jacques Ibert: Trois Pièces Brèves
27.05.2016
L. v. Beethoven Streichquartett Nr. 4, op. 18
A. Borodin Streichquartett D-Dur
Due to the limited number of seats we kindly ask only visitors from the age of 12 and up to come.
Free tickets for 13th of April are available from Monday, 4th of April, at 9am at the Goethe-Institut Hanoi.
Electronic Music and VJ Concert “SAYCET” in Hanoi and HCMC
Hanoi: Sat 09 Apr 2016, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
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HCMC: Fri 08 Apr 2016, 8 pm
IDECAF
You are invited to the Electronic Music and VJ Concert “SAYCET” in Hanoi and HCMC.
One foot in his German electronics, another somewhere in Iceland and eyes mesmerized by minimal music, Pierre Lefeuvre (who owns a musical project entitled “Saycet”) has matured his world public through not only tours in Europe and Asia but also his works as a composer for the Pompidou Centre.
His latest album “Mirage” (2015) pushed this sonic and physical soil inspired by his recent tours. It opens to the pop prism and sound mirages in which one loses oneself intensely. Pierre Lefeuvre’s live music is more powerful, enriched by the video work by Zita Cochet who also plays on materials and abstract textures.
Attending artists:
Pierre Lefeuvre, musician
Zita Cochet, video performance VJ
TICKETS
Hanoi:
Ticket price: 170 000 VND
Ticket price for L’Espace memebr: 100 000 VND
Ticket price for students: 80 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
HCMC:
Ticket price: 250 000 VND
Ticket price for students: 150 000 VND
Tickets are available at: www.ticketbox.vn www.123go.vn
Photo Exhibition “Vietnam in 80s” by Michel Blanchard
Opening: Fri 08 Apr 2016, 7 pm
Exhibition: 08 – 30 Apr 2016
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the photographic exhibition “Vietnam in 80s” by Michel Blanchard at L’Espace.
Working as an AFP journalist from 1976 to 2006, Michel Blanchard was bureau chief of AFP in Hanoi for two years, from 1981 to 1983. He continued to visit Vietnam for over ten years as a writer of travel guides, first appeared on the region after the war.
The exhibition will be a unique opportunity for the Vietnamese to savor the nostalgia before the great transformation of the 1990s took place, as well as the economic boom that followed it.
The exhibition will be opened with Michel Blanchard’s conference about the life of a press correspondent in Hanoi in the 80s, at 5.30 pm on April 08.
Free entry.
Exhibition “Storyteller – Contemporary Art from Leipzig”
Opening: Wed 06 Apr 2016, 5 pm
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum
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Exhibition: 07 – 27 Apr 2016
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum (8.30 am – 5 pm)
Goethe Institut Hanoi (8.30 am – 6 pm)
56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
The works of eleven artists are telling stories which could occur in the exact same way: in a studio, on boulevards in Brooklyn or in one’s favorite pub in Leipzig-Lindenau. From the 6th until the27th of April 2016, the Goethe-Institut Hanoi presents the exhibition “Storyteller – Contemporary Art from Leipzig” in cooperation with the Leipzig Museum of Fine Arts at the premises of the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum. As part of the exhibition, you can find video works at the Goethe-Institut. Dr. Hans-Werner Schmidt, director of the Leipzig Museum of Fine Arts, opens the exhibition on the 6th of April at 5pm at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum. He will also guide you through the exhibition on the 7th of April, and hold a lecture about it on the 8th.
Since the 1970s the art world uses the term “Leipziger Schule”. However, it is not a consistent style which interconnects the associated artists Bernhard Heisig, Wolfgang Mattheuer and Werner Tübke, but their domain: the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig. The exhibition “Storyteller” presents works of the third generation, which has been shaped particularly by the students of Heisig and Mattheuer – Sighard Gille and Arno Rink – and which still reveals a tendency to tell stories.
With works by:
Tilo Baumgärtel
FAMED
Henriette Grahnert
Julius Hofmann
Rosa Loy
Ulf Puder
Neo Rauch
Christoph Ruckhäberle
Annette Schröter
Sebastian Stumpf
Michael Triegel
Free admission.
“PSYCHE” – Solo Show by Tuyp Tran
Opening: Fri 08 Apr 2016, 6 pm
Exhibition: 08 Apr – 02 May 2016
Dia Projects
2nd Floor, 103 Dong Khoi Str, Dist 1, HCMC
This April, you are invited to an artwork showcase entitled “PSYCHE” by Tuyp Tran. The show features over 16 selected works, using the mix of intricate pen, color marker illustrations on elephant hide paper, and wood, to create labyrinthine illustrations that unravel and reveal more as they are scrutinized.
For the artist, painting is a modern language that crosses all boundaries – cultural, geographical, social and religious.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Tuyp Tran is a self-taught Vietnamese visual artist. Born in 1988.
PSYCHE will mark Tuyp’s second solo exhibition in his career.
Admission is free.
Performance of Ballet “Cinderella”
08 and 09 Apr 2016, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House
No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC
The classic ballet “Cinderella” is Norwegian choreographer Johanne Jakhelln Constant’s next success with the HBSO Ballet. The magical world of fairy tales coupled with the Sergei Prokofiev’s fantastic score has attracted audiences since the Ho Chi Minh City premiere in 2013 and has since become one of HBSO’s most awaited ballet annually.
“Cinderella” will be revived for two nights, 8 and 9 April, 2016 at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House, featuring talented artists such as Trần Hoàng Yến, Đàm Đức Nhuận, Nguyễn Phúc Hùng, Hồ Phi Điệp, Phạm Thế Chung, Chloe Glemot, Nguyễn Thu Trang, Phan Thị Hồng Châu…
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Choreography: Johanne Jakhelln Constant
Assistant choreography: Nguyễn Phúc Hùng
Scenography & Costume design: Johanne Jakhelln Constant
Lighting design: Nguyễn Phúc Hải
Cinderella: Trần Hoàng Yến
Prince charming: Đàm Đức Nhuận
Stepmother: Nguyễn Phúc Hùng
Stepdaughter: Phạm Thế Chung
Father: Lê Bá Nam
Fairy Godmother: Chloe Glemot
Spring fairy: Nguyễn Thu Thủy
Summer fairy: Trần Thị Hồng Vân
Autumn fairy: Đỗ Nguyễn Hải Anh
Winter fairy: Nguyễn Thu Trang
Fireflies: La Mẫn Nhi, Thạch Hiểu Lăng, Sùng A Lùng, Phan Thái Bình
HBSO Ballet
Tickets
Ticket price: 800,000 – 650,000 – 550,000 – 400,000 – 150,000 VND (for students only)
Booking and delivery: 08 38237419, Ms. Huong: 0989874517, Ms. Huong Ly: 0908057972
At HCMC Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square
Online Booking: www.ticketbox.vn
Book launch “How to be Parisian wherever you are”
Tue 12 Apr 2016, 4 pm
Embassy of France in Vietnam
49 Ba Trieu Str, Hanoi
Language: Vietnamese. For more information, please refer to Vietnamese version of this post.
Entry by invitation.
Photography Exhibition “Tokyo, Blind”
Opening: Fri 01 Apr 2016, 7 pm
Exhibition: 01 – 30 Apr 2016
DeciBel Lounge
79/2/5 Phan Ke Binh, D1, HCMC
You are invited to the first solo photography exhibition in Vietnam by Ryan Neilan.
Featuring 14 selected monochrome photographs that Neilan shot while visiting the Japanese capital, “Tokyo, Blind” represents a return to a primordial state of photography, where the immediateness of street photography and the instinctive moment prevail over well-composed and over-conceptualised pictures.
The approach of Daidō Moriyama – a Japanese photographer – to street photography was a major influence to Neilan, which inspired him to let his subconscious and his film camera capture the hectic life in the streets of one of the most highly populated cities in the world. Over a five-day period, the Saigon-based artist shot 40 rolls of film on a camera he had never used before.
The results are gritty, blurry and grainy images that show the high contrast both in terms of composition as well as in the life of Neilan’s subjects, which appear both swallowed by the ultra-modern urban landscapes and yet in a stark isolation.
ABOUT RYAN NEILAN
Born in Dublin (Ireland) in 1987, Ryan Neilan studied a portfolio course at Sallynoggin Institute of Further Education before going on to complete a BA in Photographic Media at Griffith College, Dublin.
After completing his studies, he lived in Philadelphia where he worked as a photographic intern for cities2night.com, a large US wide social events company. He moved to Vietnam to continue his photography career.
3D Painting Exhibition “World, Magic & Fun”
Exhibition: 20 Feb – 17 Apr 2016
(Weekday: 5 pm – 9 pm, Weekend: 10 am – 9 pm)
5th floor, Hanoi Creative City
01 Luong Yen, Hanoi
Following four successful editions in Belgium (one in Brussels and 3 at the Belgian coast during summertime), ‘3D World Magic & Fun’ starts its first edition in Hanoi.
‘3D World Magic & Fun’ is a unique event with huge painted backdrops and the visitor as the missing link. He or she completes the scene by carrying out some act, usually with a funny note. Meanwhile friends or family members take photographs of the performer-of-service.
The majority of sets consist of scenes with animals because the animal world is an inexhaustible source of fun confrontations with humans: together with a cute penguin you wake up a tall polar bear, or will you bring back home a lost dinosaur? Or why not frighten a giraffe with a small spider? But… ‘3D World Magic & Fun’ offers you so much more: an original encounter with The Minions, a game of tennis with an attractive Western lady, hiding for a big, big egg or – why not – becoming member of The Simpsons-family, or drinking coffee in a strange way?
This and much more at ‘3D World Magic & Fun Hanoi’ where the visitor is the hero, for it is he or she who completes the scene and makes the picture unforgettable.
Tickets
– Under 4 yrs: free
– Above 4 yrs : 50.000 VND
2% of the ticket price will be offered to the Charity Project “Chan am”
Exhibition “Morning in the Mountains” by Nguyen The Hung
Opening: Fri 25 Mar 2016, 6 pm
Exhibition: 25 Mar – 21 Apr 2016
Craig Thomas Gallery
165 Calmette Street, Nguyen Thai Binh Ward, District 1, HCMC
You are invited to exhibition “Morning in the Mountains”, a solo exhibition of mixed media paintings by Hanoi-based artist Nguyen The Hung.
Born and raised in Tuyen Quang Province in the north-eastern corner of Vietnam, much of Nguyen The Hung’s work is influenced by the cultures and traditions of the many ethnic minority groups that populate the mountains of his native region. Of his inspiration for the “Morning in the Mountains” series, Hung says: “The idea for this collection was born from a volunteer project to teach drawing to children in the Ha Giang Highlands that I participated in two years ago. While teaching the kids some basic skills, we teachers in turn learned from them a pure way of seeing things that we had possibly forgotten.”
“In this series I have concentrated on observing and depicting the Dao and H’mông ethnic groups. Their individual portraits, marked by a mixture of cheerfulness and shyness, left a strong impression on me. I observed with fascination and delight the way that they live in deep communication with the natural world that surrounds them.”
Perhaps best known for his use of Dó paper in many of his earlier collections, the twelve works of Hung’s “Morning in the Mountains” collection are an experimental combination of various styles including action painting, Dó paper, traditional lacquer painting, and vibrant coloration from contemporary art. The artist used a mix of materials including acrylics, Chinese ink, gold leaf, “cockroach” lacquer paint, and photographs for the series. Hung took special care in reproducing each pattern and accessory on the traditional clothing of the ethnic groups depicted.
Hung says: “I was confused with by the intense emotions the people of the mountains engendered in me. They live their lives immersed in nature. The way that they eat and drink is etched in my mind. Their charming way of speaking and unique colloquialisms echo through my thoughts; like happy musical notes. I felt that only an action painting style could fully express the joy, excitement and vitality of these special people.”
With his latest work, Hung once again displays the unique and appealing aesthetic first demonstrated in his well-received 2011 collection “And Flowers Showered”. Most impressively, he evidences his determination to explore new materials, subjects and modes of expression as part of his continuing evolution as a visual artist.
Nguyen The Hung graduated from the Hanoi Fine Arts University in 2009. In addition to his work as a visual artist, Hung has also has participated in various different projects in music, dance, theatre and fashion. He lives and works in Hanoi.
Exhibition “Hoa Dat Viet” by Artist Pham Luc
Exhibition: 08 Mar – 09 Apr 2016, 09 am – 6.30 pm
Toong Co-working Space
3rd, 08 Trang Thi, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
Exhibition “Hoa Dat Viet” by Artist Pham Luc consists of many selected works on the topic of women from the huge collection of Collector, Dr. Nguyen Si Dung. The exhibition is opened on the occasion of the International Women’s Day 8/3/2016 and will last for a month until 09/04/2016.
Artist Pham Luc (1943-) is one of the first generation of artists who studied at Vietnam University of Fine Arts from 1959 to 1964. Known as “Van Gogh of Vietnam”, Pham Luc is the only contemporary artist who has a club with more than 100 collectors and 6000 works.
Among them, Dr. Nguyen Si Dung – Former Vice Chairman of the National Assembly’s Office – is one of the biggest collectors with more than 800 pieces. He has organised various of exhibitions of Pham Luc’s works that connect art enthusiasts and high-profile politicians.
During our meeting in the early spring, Dr. Nguyen Si Dung emotionally recalled his special friendship with Artist Pham Luc that started from a coincidence in 1997. On the way to the airport, Dr. Nguyen Si Dung found himself drawn to a collection of paintings displayed along the dyke. Immediately fascinated by the daring colours and contours, he decided to buy some pieces as a gift for his wife. After the business trip, Dr. Nguyen Si Dung came back with his wife to visit Pham Luc and started collecting the artist’s works.
Pham Luc said at that time he thought the couples were oversea Vietnamese (‘Viet Kieu’) since “it was rare for a Vietnamese to be interested in art collection”. Since then, two fellow countrymen (Pham Luc’s mother land is Nghe An while Dr. Nguyen Si Dung was born and raise there) have become close friends and brothers. During nearly two decades, the artist and the art enthusiast have kept a strong bond of a shared passion for arts and the love for Vietnamese women.
More than half of Dr. Nguyen Si Dung’s collection from Pham Luc is about women. And for Pham Luc, women are his endless inspiration. His works about women are created in various materials at different periods of time; nevertheless all of them carry genuine and refined emotion, sometimes daringly, sometimes trembly, sometimes reverentially and sometimes endearingly.
Free entrance.
Exhibition “Shakespeare Lives in Photography”
Exhibition: 25 Mar – 15 Apr 2016, 9 am – 9 pm
Hanoi Creative City
1 Luong Yen Str, Hanoi
The best images from the “Shakespeare Lives in Photography” competition are to be exhibited in Hanoi from 25 March to 15 April 2016. The photo exhibition will take place in a special space inside disused cargo containers.
The exhibition kicks off the Shakespeare Lives global campaign in Vietnam. Shakespeare Lives is comprised of a series of events and activities throughout 2016 celebrating Shakespeare’s work on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of his death.
The “Shakespeare Lives in Photography” competition has attracted 200 entries and produced 11 winners choosing to creatively reference scenes from either Shakespeare plays, his influence on literature or capture a famous Shakespearian location.
The 11 winning photos will be displayed alongside commissioned images from live Shakespeare performances around the world, featuring scenes from “Richard III”, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, “Hamlet”, “Romeo and Juliet” and “Macbeth”, amongst others.
Entry is open to the public.
Screening of “Much Ado about Nothing”
Thu 24 Mar 2016, 3.30 pm
02 and 09 Apr 2016, 6.30 pm
Hanoi Creative City
1 Luong Yen Str, Hanoi
Under the framework of the “SHAKESPEARE LIVES IN PHOTOGRAPHY” exhibition, you are invited to three free screenings of “Much Ado about Nothing”.
“Much Ado about Nothing”, the romantic comedy which was directed by five-time Academy Award nominee Kenneth Branagh is to be screened during the exhibition. The film stars Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington and Michael Keaton who are all Academy Award winning actors.
They are part of a series of screenings throughout 2016 to showcase film adaptations of Shakespeare’s work, or filmed theatre productions as part of the 2016 ‘Shakespeare Lives in Film’ collection.
Free entry.
Photography Exhibition “Nhìn | Picturing Autism Vietnam”
Opening: Sat 26 Mar 2016, 3.30 pm
Panel Discussion: Sat 26 Mar 2016, 2 – 3.30 pm
Exhibition: 26 Mar – 09 Apr 2016, 8 am – 5 pm
MAM – ART Projects
5th floor, 36 Ly Thuong Kiet, Hanoi
“Nhìn | Picturing Autism Vietnam” is part of photographer Debbie Rasiel’s journey across disparate landscapes, language barriers and cultural divides to document the lives of families with living autism. In this exhibition, a collective portrait emerges of families and caregivers living with autism, loving their children, and continuing on with their lives.
Debbie Rasiel is a photographer and art historian. She has worked for NGOs in New York and South Africa. Debbie spent several years documenting a paper-making poverty relief program and an AIDS orphanage outside of Johannesburg. Her photographs from South Africa are included in a book, “Women on Purpose”, funded by the Ford Foundation. She has also written about and curated exhibitions for other artists, including a book and an exhibit on Dorothea Lange. Debbie received her BFA from the University of Florida, her MA from Tufts University, completed coursework toward a PhD at the City University of New York, and has had extensive training in digital media at the International Center of Photography. Her photographs are in many collections, both private and public, including those of Rutgers University, and the University of Johannesburg. She is represented by SoHo20 Chelsea Gallery in New York City.
Free entrance.
Contact: Ms. Giang (lhgiang@ccihp.org | 097 520 5814)
Film Screening “Les Vacances du Petit Nicolas”
Sun 03 Apr 2016, 4 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
Come to film screening “Les Vacances du Petit Nicolas” (France, 2014, 97’).
Director: Laurent Tirard
Casting: Valérie Lemercier, Kad Mérad, Dominique Lavanant, François-Xavier Demaison
When the summer holidays begins, Nicolas and his family will find themselves in a hotel near the beach, and a whole new series of adventures will begin.
Film synopsis:
“Holidays of Nicolas kid” is adapted from the famous novel by Sempe and Goscinny – the one that any French child would bring to the beach on holiday. This feature is made by director Laurent Tirard in nearly five years, following the successful launch first movie in 2010, which brings laughter to the audience. The new film selects the most subtle and humorous details from the original story, connecting them together to create a refreshing laughter to the audience. Along with expensive beach scenes, the film also is sophisticated in terms of costumes. A bustling colorful beaches with fragrant summer rooms and windy and beautiful bars gives viewers the spacious, teeming carefree vitality.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitles
Tickets
Ticket price: 50,000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40,000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Concert “Love of Blue”
Sat 02 Apr 2016, 8 pm
Vietnam National Academy of Music
77 Hao Nam Str., Dong Da Distr., Ha Noi
Come to join our concert with violist Nguyet Thu and Apaixonado quartet.
We have a cocktail party at 6.30pm that you can drink and enjoy the paintings of talented children with autism as 2/4 is the Autism Awareness day. Our big show will start at 8.pm with “You raise me up”, Palladio concert grosso or see the beautiful life with Viva la Vida. Anyway we are happy to share a musical life with you. Let’s share this beautiful life together!
Tickets
Ticket prices: 300,000 VND (VIP) – 150,000 VND – 100,000 VND for students and kids.
Contact to hotline to book a tickets by 0934590588 – 0936075153 or apaixonadoquartet@gmail.com.
All the tickets money will go to donate for 10 talented underprivileged children.
Exhibition “Mise en Scène”
Opening: Fri 25 Mar 2016, 6 pm
Exhibition: 25 Mar – 16 Apr 2016
Nha San Collective
15th floor, Hanoi Creative City Building, 01 Luong Yen, Hanoi
The French term “mise-en-scène” originates in theater to refer to the stage arrangement of a theater production. This arrangement helps suggest and dictate the mood and atmosphere of the production, whilst expressing the direction, attitude and style of the creator.
On a daily basis, most of the elements around us follow certain regulations that have the ability to dominate and control our actions and behaviors. Unconsciously or consciously, we become both the actors and the audience, control and being controlled. By referring to the language of theater and cinema, in combination with the use of non-traditional artistic expressions, artists participating in mise-en-scène deal with those concerns. Meanwhile, they also explore the themes of their individual projects as diverse narratives.
This exhibition is the outcome of the working and exchanging process between Vietnamese artists and Japanese new media art artist Ryota Kuwakubo and curator Hiroyuki Hattori.
Participating artists: Nguyễn Phương Linh, Nguyễn Thuỷ Tiên, Phùng Tiến Sơn, Tuấn Mami, Nguyễn Quốc Thành, Nguyễn Trần Nam.
Exhibition “Leisure and View” by Artist Nguyen Dinh Dung
Exhibition: 12 Mar – 12 Apr 2016, 9.30 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
Dong Phong Art Gallery is pleased to present solo exhibition” Leisure and View” by artist Nguyen Dinh Dung. Born in 1943, Dinh Dung is a self – taught artist and has been being among the top artists in Vietnam since 1980s. Famous for his theatre, lady in long dress, fighting cocks, general horse, street scenes… his works yield a surprisingly modernistic flavor of strong contrasting colour fields in pure hue and intensity while still deeply rooted in Vietnamese traditions. Today, he is still true to traditional topics and he still paints at leisure. His paintings are still full of youth that charm and allure the viewer’s interest.
Exhibition will be held at Dong Phong Art Gallery, #3 Ly Dao Thanh street, from 12 Mar.2016 to 12 Apr. 2016, everyday from 9:30 am to 6:30 pm.
Heritage Space Plus: Event of Visual Art – New Music – Architecture
Event of Visual Art – New Music – Architecture: Sun 27 Mar 2016, 4 – 8 pm
Exhibition “Heritage Space Plus”: 27 Mar – 24 Apr 2016
Heritage Space
Dolphin Plaza, 28 Tran Binh, My Dinh, Ha Noi
Welcome to the series of events of Visual Arts, Show of New Music and Films of Architecture History.
To start the activities of the year, in the afternoon of 27 March 2016, Heritage Space will hold a series of events of Visual Arts, Architecture and Music. For architecture, there shall be the film “Great Expectation” (director: Jesper Wachtmeister) provided by the Club of Architecture Cinema and implemented by Ashui.com. For Visual Arts, there shall be an exhibition of painting, installation, multimedia and concept works and entitled “Heritage Space +”. It presents the selected products of artists who have been cooperating with Heritage Space last time. For music, there is a show of New Music by Vu Nhat Tan, composer, and his collaborators. The product is Cõi Vắng (Empty World) that shall last about 50 minutes.
The mentioned activities are twofold important. The first is that Heritage Space introduces new projects and targets to support the contemporary arts development and to become a center for the performance, shows, education, exchanges in plastic arts, music and architecture. In the second, that is an occasion to present our new Management Board that is missioned to realize the targets of Heritage Space.
Program:
16:00 – 18:00: Film “Great Expectations”. Talk with the Club of Architecture Cinema at Library of Heritage Space (at the mezzanine)
18:00 – 18:30: Presentation of the new Management Board of Heritage Space at Exhibition Hall of Heritage Space
18:40 – 19:00: Opening of the art show Heritage Space+ at Exhibition Hall of Heritage Space
19:00 – 20:00: Performance of the New Music: The work “CÕI VẮNG” (Empty World) at Hall of the ground floor, Heritage Space
Further information about the program
Artists:
Ludwika Ogorzelec
Yun Woo Choi
Thierry Fontaine
Hà Trí Hiếu
Trần Trọng Vũ
Đinh Ý Nhi
Doãn Hoàng Lâm
Curator:
Vũ Huy Thông
Nguyễn Anh Tuấn
Performers:
1. Trương Thu Hương – T’rưng and traditional membranephones.
2. Nguyễn Thuỳ Chi – Đàn bầu (monochord) and traditional songs.
3. Nguyễn Thị Thanh Huyền – Đàn Tranh (a plucked zither of Vietnam) and body movement.
4. Vũ Nhật Tân – Electronic musical instruments and piano.
About the piece
It tells about the pleasure and the pains of three women in the life, when they make access to the Buddhism just like he children do with parents to have peace in mind, getting rid of the disorders.
The 50-minute performance is both an interaction and series of improvisations between traditional musical instruments (monochord, plucked zither, membranephones and the Ả Đào – tally card song) on the background of modern instruments (electronic instruments, laptop and piano). Musically, the work is composed based on the improvisations that feature the Vietnamese music and the chant poems accompanied by the piano sounds.
Cõi Vắng (Empty World) may be regarded as a product of the interaction between the traditional music and the contemporary one, or the New Tradition; also a kind of improvisation-based performance.
Architecture: Film “Great Expectations” of the Club of Architecture Cinema
The film, directed by Jesper Wachtmeister, gives us a voyage to the detached housed, resident buildings and the towns designed by architects Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer, Buckminster Fuller, Antti Lovage, Moshe Safdie, Jacque Fresco… and the architecture firms such as Archigram, Superstudio. These are typical examples for the products of which the architect is the “conductor of an orchestra” who has the full power of decision. Another issue is placed by the film: Has the architectural identity to be based on the traditional elements ? and should we look for an architectural “shape” to match such identity ? Please come to watch the film and discuss with the Club of Architecture Cinema.
* Subtitle is available in Vietnamese.
Introduction of Heritage Space’s activities this year
The irreversible trend of our era is characterized by the universal multicultural contexts where systems of values are getting in move, impacts, interference in large intensities. Paintings, music, movies, literature, sciences and technology etc… have been regarded as means to embody the human beings in historical and social contexts. But the boundary between these arts seems more and more imprecise. The utmost creativity together with capability of spatial, temporal and mind management has been opening multidirectional doors to the new horizons of cognition. Creativity has been conversing with and challenging the cognitive ability of the beneficiaries of arts, also their enjoyment, then bringing them new abilities and needs.
In this new cycle of development, Heritage Space appears as a niche of multi-sector individuals and groups with an expectation to the link between the various and new elements of creativity in the contemporary Vietnam.
There are activities of contemporary arts under the form of exhibitions, workshops, projects, lectures and presentations etc… involving national and foreign artists and curators, taking place regularly, aiming at popularizing the new values.
There is a New Music Space, administered by Vu Nhat Tan, musician and organiser, where the selected and varied programs of music shows take place monthly.
There are Architecture Activities with the cooperation and management of ASHUI.COM.
Free entry.
Film Screening “Happy Together”
Fri 01 Apr 2016, 7.30 pm
Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents
51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi
In the last week of LGBT film month, you are invited to the film screening “HAPPY TOGETHER” directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Leslie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu-wai. Not suitable for children under 16 years old.
The film screening is to celebrate Leslie Cheung’s 13th death anniversary (01 Apr 2003).
HAPPY TOGETHER is a 1997 Hong Kong romance film directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Leslie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu-wai, that depicts a turbulent romance.
The English title is inspired by The Turtles’ 1967 song, which is covered by Danny Chung on the film’s soundtrack; the Chinese title (previously used for Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blowup) is an idiomatic expression suggesting “the exposure of something intimate.”
The film received positive reviews from several film festivals, including a win for Best Director at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. [Wikipedia]
Entry: 20,000 VND (donation for TPD’s fund for movie talents)
Film Screening “Kung Fu Panda 3” at L’Espace
18 Mar – 01 Apr 2016
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the screenings of the film “Kungfu Panda 3” at L’Espace, from 18 Mar – 01 Apr.
Director: Jennifer Yuh, Alessandro Carloni (USA, China, 2016, 95 mins)
Dubbing: Manu Payet, Pierre Arditi, Alison Wheeler
DreamWorks and Antoine Antin, French leader of the American studio, deliver the third episode of spectacular fights, gags and tenderness!
Graduated from Gobelins in 2001, Antoine Antin began his 2D animator career with the short film Papillon – rewarded in Annecy Film Festival in 2002. He worked for several studios in Paris, Tokyo and Los Angeles. After several major successes of French animation (Mune, A Monster in Paris, the Illusionist and Zarafa) he is working with DreamWorks on Kung Fu Panda 3. This third episode sees Po who helped his father turn a clumsy horde of grinning pandas into martial arts experts, the formidable Kung Fu pandas!
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles or dub
Ticket:
Ticket price: 60 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Exhibition “Farmers’ Got Power” by Nguyen Manh Hung
Opening: Fri 18 Mar 2016, 6 pm
Exhibition: 18 Mar – 23 Apr 2016
Galerie Quynh
Level 2, 151/3 Dong Khoi, Dist 1, HCMC
You are invited to the exhibition “Farmers’ Got Power” by Nguyen Manh Hung, one of Vietnam’s most accomplished young artists. For his second solo exhibition at the gallery, Nguyen has created a new body of sculptures, paintings and photos depicting an absurd world under constant threat where the past, present and future collapse into one perpetual cycle.
Images of soldiers, weapons, planes and fire trucks suggest a sense of urgency, calamity and danger, yet the addition of domesticated creatures (turtles, chickens and even a snail) pose little menace. An ambiguous violence is suggested within a calm, subdued atmosphere. Through keen, satirical humor with elusive narratives, the artist looks at issues of power, control and protection.
Nguyen states, “These works depict the precautions and preparations as a defense for an impending upheaval – one that is unknown yet strangely familiar from the past. Precaution has become an everyday routine, as natural as we live and breathe.”
A reference to the reality TV show “America’s Got Talent” (the Got Talent franchise is broadcast in Vietnam as “Vietnam’s Got Talent”), “Farmers’ Got Power” is also an awkward phrasing of what could be a public slogan or comedic film. Are Nguyen’s farmers – in the guise of the domesticated animals – the heroes who save the world?
ABOUT NGUYEN MANH HUNG
Nguyen Manh Hung (born 1976, Hanoi) has participated in numerous international exhibitions including Mien Meo Mieng / Contemporary Art from Vietnam, Bildmuseet, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; L’avventura – Lang Du, Musée d’Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne (MAC/VAL), France; 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia; Connect: Art Scene Vietnam, ifa Galerie Berlin and Stuttgart, Germany; Lim Dim: Young Vietnamese Artists, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, Norway; Strategies from Within, Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts, Shanghai, China; transPOP: Korea Vietnam Remix, ARKO Art Center, Seoul, Korea and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California, USA; and Thermocline of Art. New Asian Waves, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany. Nguyen Manh Hung has held residencies at Creative Fusion, The Cleveland Foundation, Ohio, USA; Musée d’Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, France; Asian Cultural Council, New York, New York, USA; and Art Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, New York, USA.
From 2008 – 2011 Nguyen Manh Hung was the Director of the dynamic Nha San Studio in Hanoi, one of the first non-profit artist-run spaces in Vietnam. Nguyen currently lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City.
Colourful Spring Art Market
Sat 02 Apr 2016, 10 am – 4 pm
Snap Cafe
32 Tran Ngoc Dien, Thao Dien, Dist 2, HCMC
Come to Colourful Spring Art Market with various products:
• Paintings, drawings, and limited edition prints
• Photography
• Handmade jewellery
• Fashion and accessories
• Ceramics, and sculpture
• Handmade homewares and gift items
The Art Market has become a regular event in the Saigon Calendar. We welcome people to join our Lucky Draw to win creative products available at the bazaar. There will also be pop-up workshops for both adults & children throughout the day.
Fatih Akin Film Series in HCMC
18, 19, 25, 26 Mar and 01, 02 Apr 2016, 7.15 pm
Cinema 3, Cinebox
212 Ly Chinh Thang Str., District 3, HCMC
As part of the Fatih Akin Film Series, the Goethe-Institut Vietnam presents a selection of films by the German director in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The work of Fatih Akin, who has a Turkish background, is more topical and relevant than ever, dealing with issues of migration and identity, culture and homeland. The Goethe-Institut will screen films of various genres: from a musical portrait of a bustling metropolis on two continents to an intercultural comedy to a historical drama – Fatih Akin’s films appeal to a variety of emotions. As every year, the Film Series offers a diverse and entertaining programme for the interested public. Please note that the age rating of all films is 16 years.
Fatih Akin, born in Hamburg 1973, is a movie director, scriptwriter, actor and producer of Turkish descent. In his movies, he deals with themes like identity, culture and home. Fatih Akin became internationally known in 2004 with his movie “Head-on”, for which he won the Berlin International Film Festival’s Golden Bear. Since then he has been awarded numerous prizes, for example at the Venice Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, the German Film Awards and the European Film Awards.
The programme for Ho Chi Minh City is as follows (click on the movie’s title to see its trailer):
Friday, 18 March 2016, 7:15pm
Solino
A family of Italian immigrants to the Ruhr region must cope with an unfamiliar way of life.
German with English and Vietnamese subtitles
Free tickets are available from Friday, 11 March 2016, 9am at Goethe-Institut Ho Chi Minh City
Saturday, 19 March 2016, 7:15pm
Kebab Connection
Ibo, stuck between the German and the Turkish culture, is about to fulfil his lifelong dream as important news turn his life upside down and he is forced to make a decision.
German with English and Vietnamese subtitles
Free tickets are available from Friday, 11 March 2016, 9am at Goethe-Institut Ho Chi Minh City
Friday, 25 March 2016, 7:15pm
Soul Kitchen
Bar owner Zinos finds himself close to bankruptcy as everything seems to take a sudden turn for the better. But will luck remain with him?
German with English and Vietnamese subtitles
Free tickets are available from Friday, 11 March 2016, 9am at Goethe-Institut Ho Chi Minh City
Saturday, 26 March 2016, 7:15pm
Crossing the Bridge – The Sound of Istanbul
Musical portrait of the bustling metropolis, where the melodies of the Orient and the Occident merge.
German with English and Vietnamese subtitles
Free tickets are available from Friday, 11 March 2016, 9am at Goethe-Institut Ho Chi Minh City
Friday, 1 April 2016, 7:15pm
The Edge of Heaven
Drama about six people whose fate is inextricably linked.
German with English and Vietnamese subtitles
Free tickets are available from Friday, 11 March 2016, 9am at Goethe-Institut Ho Chi Minh City
Saturday, 2 April 2016, 7:15pm
The Cut
Historical drama about an Armenian father who is forcibly separated from his family. After years in captivity, he starts a journey around the world to find his daughters.
German with English and Vietnamese subtitles
Free tickets are available from Friday, 11 March 2016, 9am at Goethe-Institut Ho Chi Minh City
Performance of Artist Group Klangkollektiv Alter Fritz and Friends
Fri 01 Apr 2016, 8 pm
Recroom
20th floor, Hanoi Creative City
Klangkollektiv Alter Fritz is an interdisciplinary artist group from Karlsruhe, Germany that focuses on sound art and radio play.
The performance will be an experimental sound-piece, brewed from assorted recordings and sounds from Germany and Hanoi, in collaboration with international artists, musicians and Hanoi Doclab.
The group had also held a video screening and sound workshop at DOCLAB on March 28 and 29.
Entry is free.
Film Screening “OSS 117, Lost in Rio”
Film screening with Vietnamese subtitles: Fri 01 Apr 2016, 8 pm
Film screening with English subtitles: Sun 03 Apr 2016, 6 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
Come to film screening “OSS 117, Lost in Rio” (France, 2013, 113’) at L’Espace.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Casting: Thierry Lhermitte, Raphaël Personnaz, Niels Arestrup
French Oscar winner Jean Dujardin plays a hilarious secret agent in this James Bond parody.
Film synopsis:
Twelve years after his adventures in Cairo (OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies), OSS 117 is back for another mission at the end of the world. Sent on the trail of a microfilm that could compromise the French government, France’s most famous secret agent must team up with the Mossad’s most attractive female lieutenant-colonel to capture a Nazi blackmailer. From Rio’s sunbaked beaches to the luxuriant Amazonian forests, it’s a new adventure that begins. No matter the dangers, no matter the challenges or risks, we can always count on Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath to come through unscathed.
Language:
On 01 Apr: French with Vietnamese subtitles
On 03 Apr: French with English subtitles
Tickets
Ticket price: 50,000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40,000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Piano Concert 2016
Fri 01 Apr 2016, 7.30 – 9 pm
HCMC Conservatory of Music
112 Nguyen Du Street, Ward 1, HCMC
Come to piano concert with the presentations by the international guests, piano faculty and students of of Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music.
In the concert, there is the chance to discover the particular sound of harpsichord – the precursor of piano – by highly skilled Dr. Paul Borg (Indiana State University) under the conducting of Dr. Glenn Block – Director of Orchestra from Illinois State University. In addition, there are other famous compositions such as Concerto No. 10 for 2 pianos of Mozart and Symphony No. 2 in D Major of Beethoven. Reward yourself a relaxing and mild weeknight with Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra by booking tickets right away!
Tickets
Ticket price: 300,000 – 350,000 VND
You can buy tickets at ticketbox.vn
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