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Saigon Reggae Festival 2015
Sat 26 Sep 2015, 6 pm
Cargo Bar
7 Nguyen Tat Thanh, D.4, HCMC
Welcome to Saigon Reggae Festival 2nd Edition – an event dedicated to Music – Food – Art.
//Musical Program//
12 hours of Non Stop Reggae Music.
Saigon Reggae Festival covers all main sub genres of Reggae music such as
Roots – Ska – Rocksteady – Rub a Dub – New Roots – Dancehall – Digital – Dub
Live Music by Mekong Delta Force to provide the best warm up for this festival:
12 Selecta / DJs
3 MCs + guests ☺
The line up of SRF#1 was already wicked – this one is just Insane!
//Food Corner//
Saigon Dub Station is preparing a mini international food festival. Get a chance to taste home made dishes from all over the world, cooked by passionate people with the best ingredients.
Jamaican Food – Mexican Food – French Food and many other surprises. Sweet – salty.
We will reveal our Menu 10 days before the festival so warm up your taste buds!
//Live Art//
The live painting contest at SRF#1 was just dope, so we are doing it again
Main stage
6 teams – 6 canvas / Let the creativity flows!
//Hand Made Art Corner//
Since we don’t have the art exhibition this time, we invited artists who are making Hand Made Crafts to show you their work. Find some unique pieces of hand made jewels and other treasures at our Hand Made Art Corner… More details coming soon.
TICKETS
Ticket price: 250,000 VND (includes 1 drink before 10 pm)
Buy tickets at ticketbox.
Talk and Solo Performance by Musician Otomo Yoshihide
Sat 25 Sep 2015, 7 – 10 pm
Nha San Collective
15th floor, Hanoi Creative City, No 1 Luong Yen, Hanoi
Ensembles Asia Orchestra is a project started in 2014 with the aim of establishing an orchestra that enables free styles to non-professional musicians.
This September, Mr. Otomo Yoshihide (musician), Mr. Fuji Hiroshi (artist), Mr. Ishikawa Naoki (photographer) and 6 students from the Tohoku region of Japan travel to Hanoi to find the city’s every-day life materials, and – together with the local artists – create “instruments”.
On Friday, September 25th, Nha San Collective will collaborate with Japanese artists and the Japan Foundation to hold a talk introducing the project and the following programme. In addition, Otomo Yoshihide will also conduct his first live solo performance in Hanoi to introduce his musical practice.
Joining in the talk will be a special guest, artist Tran Luong and two artists from Nha San Collective Nguyen Ban Ga and Phung Tien Son.
This event is open to the public and does not require pre-registration, but the organizers will be able to limit the number of visitors in case the venue is at full capacity.
Concert with Two Soloists from Singapore
Fri 25 Sep 2015, 7.30 pm
HCMC Conservatory of Music
112 Nguyen Du Street, Ward 1, HCMC
Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music is proud to introduce the concert “Singapore’s Golden Jubilee & Friendship Vietnam – Singapore” to celebrate the Singaporean 50th National Day, and the wonderful collaboration 40th year between Vietnam and Singapore at our Concert Hall on September 25th, 2015.
The concert is performed by the Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra, with Conductor-Music Director Adrian Tan and two soloist from Singapore: Yew Shan – violinist and Noella Yan – cellist.
Yew Shan has studied at many prestigious music institutes in the world such as Koninklijk Conservatorium – Belgium, Yale University – USA, Sydney Conservatorium of Music – Australia. He has been the concertmaster of many orchestras and frequently performed as the soloist and chamber musician.
Noella Yan is a cellist who has the musical tradition in family. She has awarded many prizes and scholarships, graduated the Double Masters in both Performance and Chamber Music at the University of Michigan. With different chamber music groups, she has performed in many countries in the world, and becomes an avid musician in premier the contemporary compositions.
Tickets:
Ticket prices: 200,000 and 300,000 VND.
Buy online tickets at ticketbox.
Noella Yan (cello)
Classical Concert with quartet “Verano – Hanoi”
Fri 25 Sep 2015, 8 pm
Heritage Space
Dolphin Plaza, 28 Tran Binh, My Dinh, Ha Noi
Following the success of the previous music programs, in September, “Classical Music” will welcome the quartet “Verano – Hanoi” including: Ngo Hoang Linh, Nguyen Thu Nga, Nguyen Trung Dung, Nguyen Thu Binh. Art Director: violinist Ngo Hoang Linh. The quartet will perform masterpieces by Josef Haydn, Antonio Vivaldi, A. Villoldo, etc…
Program:
Part 1: Josef Haydn: String quartet No. 2; Op. 76
I. Allegro
II. Andante, opiu tosto allegretto
III. Menuetto: allegro ma non tropo
IV. Final: Vivace assai
Part 2: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op. 3 , No. 11:
I. Allegro
II.Allegro
III.Largo e Spiccato
IV. Allegro
Part 3: Nguyễn Trọng Đại: “Hội Làng”
Part 4: A. Villoldo “El Choclo” Tango
Part 5: Elton John: “Can you feel the love tonight”
Part 6: J. Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
Come to listen and feel the multiple emotional tones with Verano – Hanoi in the chilling atmosphere of autumn.
Ticket price: 200, 000 VND, for students: 100, 000 VND.
Hotline: 090 282 6769.
Exhibition “Facing the Climate”
Opening: 16:00, 28/09/2015
Exhibition: 28/09 – 02/10/2015
Hanoi National Library
31 Tràng Thi, Hà Nội
“Facing the Climate” is presented by Swedish Institute together with Embassy of Sweden, Manzi, National Library of Vietnam and ten Swedish and Vietnamese cartoonists. The exhibition was developed by the Swedish Institute in collaboration with the Swedish cartoonists.
Five Vietnamese and five Swedish cartoonists take a sharp and disturbing look at the climate issue.
The exhibition will be on display: 28/09/2015 – 02/10/2015
Opening hours: 28/9: 16:00-20:00, 29/9-2/10: 08:00-20:00
Film Screening “Poetry” by Lee Chang-dong
Fri 25 Sep 2015, 7.30 pm
Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents
51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi
In the last week of Korean film month, you are invited to the film screening “Poetry”, the most impressive film recently when winning the best screenplay at Cannes Film Festival 2010. Language: Korean with Vietnamese subtitles.
“POETRY” (Hangul: 시; hanja: 詩; RR: Si) is a 2010 South Korean drama film written and directed by Lee Chang-dong. It tells the story of a suburban woman in her 60s who begins to develop an interest in poetry while struggling with Alzheimer’s disease and her irresponsible grandson. Yoon Jeong-hee stars in the leading role, which was her first role in a film since 1994.
The film was selected for the main competition at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Best Screenplay Award. Other accolades include the Grand Bell Awards for Best Picture and Best Actress, the Blue Dragon Film Awards for Best Actress, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress.
Entry: 20,000 VND (donation for TPD’s fund for movie talents)
Full Moon Festival Program
Sat 26 Sep 2015, 3 – 11 pm
Madake
81 Xuan Dieu Str, Tay Ho Dist, Hanoi
Come to Mid-Autumn full moon festival with exciting Vietnamese traditional activities, promising creative and fun time while your star lanterns shine the sky.
Program:
3:00-6:00 pm: Workshop
– Paper Mache Mask painting on your own color palette
– Traditional lamp for Full moon festival
6:00-7:00 pm
– Preparation for ceremony, cutie puppy making from grapefruits!
– Role preparation for lion dance
7:00-8:00 pm
– Full moon ceremony & lion dance
– Traditional music
8:00-9:00 pm
– Lion dance in the neighborhood
9:00-11:00 pm: Music
Entrance ticket: 80.000 VND with a *secret* gift set on hand.
QUEER DISCO – Fall Party
Sat 26 Sep 2015, 8 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi
FALL Queer Disco party, featuring some of our most favourite DJs, movers and shakers. This is a free-for-all night of glamour and style. We will take you on a disco adventure, with all the best pop and underground hits from the 70s, 80s, 90s ’til today!
Expect: fem-pop, nu-wave, R&B, disco, Madonna, Prince, 80s, Beyonce, Kylie! Two rules: be glamorous + dance!
DJs: residents: Analogeliza, Hanoi Panic! DJs
Free entry.
Live Music with Mai Khoi
Thu 25 Sep 2015, 8 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi
Come to a night of intimate live music with Mai Khoi!
Her music draws on a wide variety of influences, from traditional Vietnamese folk to blues, soul and rock, seamlessly mixing languages, melodies and rhythms. Mai Khoi won the “Vietnam Television Song” contest and “Album of the Year” Award in 2010.
7 albums under her belt and on her way to play more festivals around the globe, catch her while you can.
Book Launch and Discussion “Creativity and Urban Development in Vietnam”
Fri 25 Sep 2015, 7 pm
Goethe Institut
56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
A year ago, the Goethe-Institut and partners jointly organised the conference “Creativity and Urban Development” with representatives of independent creative hubs from Vietnam, Germany and Great Britain, as well as Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia. The participants were introducing their initiatives and the cultural, social, financial and political aspects of their work.
Now an e-book with the conference contributions has been published: The editor and research coordinator of the conference, Michael Waibel, introduces it and wraps up the big cultural and economic potential of creative spaces for the development of a city. Michael Waibel is a researcher and project manager at the University of Hamburg.
How have the creative spaces in Vietnam developed by now? The legendary Zone 9 is still unforgotten and an important source of inspiration. What are the lessons learned for creatives of Hanoi Creative City, X89, Area 21 (Haiphong) or Workroom 4? What part do the initiatives play in the city and what are their perspectives? This is the subject of the discus“ion between the representatives of the creative hubs and the audience.
Language: English and Vietnamese.
Free entrance.
Positive Mass of September 2015
Fri 25 Sep 2015, 8 pm
St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Hanoi
“Positive Mass”, and event inspired by an international event called Critical Mass. It is a bicycle ride to promote cycling for all its benefits.
“Critical Mass” is a cycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month in over 300 cities around the world. The ride was originally founded in 1992 in San Francisco. The purpose of Critical Mass is not usually formalized beyond the direct action of meeting at a set location and time and traveling as a group through city or town streets on bikes.
In Hanoi, Positive Mass (PM) is called “Đạp cho sướng”, literally meaning cycling for pleasure. Bikers meet on the last Friday of every month at St. Joseph Cathedral (Nhà thờ lớn) and travel around Hanoi following a prepared route with the ending point at the Cathedral. The first PM in Hanoi started in October 2012. After one year, since October 2013, PM has also been held in HCMC, Thai Nguyen and Son La.
Film Screening “The Assassin” at L’Espace
25 Sep – 17 Oct 2015
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
Come to watch “The Assassin” at L’Espace from 25 Sep. Director by the great cinema master Hou Hsiao Hsien, “The Assassin” won the “Best Director” Award at Cannes Film Festival 2015.
– Director: Hou Hsiao Hsien (Taïwan 105′)
– Cast: Shu Qi, Chang Chen
During the ninth century, a general’s young daughter is kidnapped and trained to become an exceptional assassin. When she doesn’t execute a mission, she is ordered to kill her betrothed, forcing her to choose between love, family and the assassins.
For more information about synopsis, please refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Screening calendar:
Friday 25th September – 18:00
Sunday 27th September – 18:00
Sunday 27th September – 20:00
Monday 28th September – 18:00
Monday 28th September – 20:00
Tuesday 29th September – 18:00
Tuesday 29th September – 20:00
Wednesday 30th September – 18:00
Wednesday 30th September – 20:00
Thursday October 1st – 18:00
Thursday October 1st – 20:00
Tuesday October 6th – 20:00
Sunday October 11th – 20:00
Tuesday October 13th – 20:00
Saturday October 17th – 18:00
Language: Chinese original language, with English and Vietnamese subtitle.
Tickets:
Ticket price: 60 000 VND
On sale at L’Espace reception desk
Tel: (04) 39 36 21 64
Graffiti and Doodle / Dynasty of Vietnam Wearable Art Exhibition at Lucy’s Dream Hoi An and HCMC
Exhibition: 19 Sep – 19 Oct 2015
Lucy’s Dream in Hoi An and HCMC
Lucy’s Dream would like to present you with our latest Wearable Art collections, featuring artist PHUONG LE (Graffiti and Doodle Art Collection) and artist CONG THANH (Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam Collection).
The idea behind Lucy’s Dream is turning ART created by Young Artists of Vietnam into WEARABLE CLOTHING pieces.
Website: www.lucysdream.net
➡Lucy’s Dream Flagship Store – 95 Bach Dang, Hoi An, Vietnam. Opening Hours: 10AM – 10PM daily.
➡Lucy’s Dream Mini Pop Up Store – 177 De Tham, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Opening Hours: 11AM – 11PM daily.
➡Coming soon to selected AIRPORT DEPARTURE LOUNGES of Vietnam.
Film Screening “Aya de Yopougon” at L’Espace
Fri 25 Sep 2015, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “Aya de Yopougon” (France, 2013, 84 mins) by:
– Director: Marguerite Abouet, Clément Oubrerie
– Cast: Aïssa Maïga, Tatiana Rojo, Tella Kpomahou
Clément Oubrerie and Marguerite Abouet bring to the screen their comic “Aya de Yopougon” in a remarkable animation. “The comics in six volumes published by Gallimard
have become a dynamic feature film.” – 20 minutes
For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.
Tickets:
Ticket price: 50 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
‘Cliché of a Landscape’
Goethe-Institut Hanoi, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc St., Ba Dinh Dist., Hanoi
‘Cliché of a Landscape’ is a photographic exhibition by artist Inga Kerber. The artist records classic subjects and motifs such as flower bouquets, landscapes, or animals, taking not just one but several analogue photos and changing the camera’s perspective very slightly with each image. Free admission.
‘Trace The Mountain’
Nha San Collective, 15th floor of HNCC building, 1 Luong Yen, Hai Ba Trung Dist., Hanoi
A solo exhibition by one of Japan’s most promising young artists, Taihei Kimura, presenting his past works and the new project he realized in Vietnam.
Continuing his interest of conversing with the past, tracing the transformation of environment - resource depletion, moreover learning personal and collective's memories and history, Taihei Kimura has travelled to Hanoi, Quang Tri and Quang Ninh for research and filming. His work allows the audience to think of the past remain and contemplate the relationships between human and nature, the contradiction between construction and deconstruction as well as the vulnerability of our every day existence.
Nha San is pleased to invite you to a solo exhibition ‘Trace The Mountain’ by artist Taihei Kimura at 6:00pm, Thursday 17 September 2015 at Nha San’s new space at
Taihei Kimura will also talk about his practices at 4pm, Thursday 17th September 2015.
Cham tower reopens after four-year upgrade
One of the Cham towers within the UNESCO-recognised My Son Sanctuary in the central province of Quang Nam has reopened to tourists after nearly four years of restoration. Archaeologists unearthed nearly 200 objects inside and around the tower during the restoration, which were handed over to the My Son Relic and Tourism Management Board for protection, public display, and research. Spanning 142 hectares, the My Son Sanctuary consists of eight groups of 71 standing monuments and innumerable unearthed relics. The sanctuary was recognised by UNESCO as a world heritage site in 1999.
New climbing routes in Quang Binh
After nearly a month of construction, the country’s highest partly-artificial climbing routes at Hang Toi (Dark Cave) in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park in the central province Quang Binh have been completed. The climbs are 30 metres high, including two climbing lines and a number of hand holds. The routes were designed and built by the EVERREST Viet Company and Mr. Pham Van Nhien, who won a silver medal for mountain climbing at the SeaGames and is one of only three Vietnamese climbers to have conquered Mt. Everest. The climbs are expected to attract more international visitors to the region.
Queer Forever’s Short Film Program in September
Sun 20 Sep 2015, 6 pm
Nha San Collective
15th floor, Hà Nội Creative City Bld.,
No 1 Lương Yên str., Hà Nội
Queer Forever!, Nhà Sàn Collective and Marcus Mạnh Cường Vũ are pleased to invite you to see four short films in our September’s program.
At the end of 2013, when Queer Forever! Festival took place the first time, Marcus curated a LGBTIQ documentary film program called “YxineFF loves Queer Forever”. The
screening received great responds from Hanoi’s audience. This time, Marcus is introducing four new fiction short films by young Vietnamese and Vietnamese American filmmakers, showing their personal, daring perspectives on LGBTIQ world.
We are thrilled and happy that Huỳnh Nguyễn Đăng Khoa, film director-cum-actor of “Jack’d” (and also of famous “My best gay friends”) will fly from Sài Gòn to Hà nội to be with us to do the Q&A. Of course, Marcus will be here to talk, too.
Hope to see you at the event, to watch films, to find our own world in the filmmakers’ cinematic world, and to talk about films together.
September’s four films:
“Mùi” (2014), 23 min, by Lê Bảo (Việt Nam)
The film tells story of Mùi and her friend – two among pregnant girls living together in an apocalyptic looking house alongside a river.
“Talking to my Mother” (2014), 17 min, by Leon Lê (USA)
An young Asian American is struggling between his own happiness and responsibilities of the only son of his mother – the burden of tradition he thinks he has to bear.
“The lover” (2012), 12 min, by Chu Trần Minh Đức (Việt Nam)
Words about one’s secret life spoken softly by a person who use the word “I” but whose face we cannot see clearly, seem to bring us into an intimate relationship via
telephone. Do we want to know who is at the second side of the phone?
“Jack’d” (2014), 33 min, by Huỳnh Nguyễn Đăng Khoa (Việt Nam)
At the last night of his trip, where does Andy – a fresh faced who-has-it-all go, do, and with whom? The film gazes sharply at spaces – physical, imaginary, emotional that
are possessed by and that possess city gay men.
All films with English subtitles.
The event is free. Although to support Queer Forever! and Nhà Sàn Collective to keep on going with future programs, please donate a small amount of money, from 30.000
VND when you come to see the films. It includes a free soft drink.
Exhibition “Once upon a Magnificence” by Nguyen Minh Nam
Opening: Fri 18 Sep 2015, 6 pm
Exhibition: 18 – 24 Sep 2015, 9 am – 8 pm
Blue Gallery
28 Trang Tien, Hanoi
You are invited to the exhibition “Once upon a Magnificence” by artist Nguyen Minh Nam which features 25 paintings produced after a hardworking period of time.
From the viewpoint of a young artist living between the late 20th century and the early 21st one, when cultures conflict and be unstable. Painter Nguyen Minh Nam has
observed and then reflected the culture and lifestyle of young people as well as of previous generations on his paintings.
Exhibition “Khói sóng” by Ha Manh Thang
Opening: Fri 25 Sep 2015, 6 pm
Exhibition: 26 Sep – 31 Oct 2015
Galerie Quynh
Level 2, 151/3 Dong Khoi, Dist 1, HCMC
Come to “KHÓI SÓNG”, an exhibition of new work by Hanoi-based artist Ha Manh Thang.
“KHÓI SÓNG” reflects the artist’s ongoing engagement with Vietnam’s culture and history and belongs to the larger “Vietnam Landscapes” project (2010 – present), which
began with the artist’s observations of some of the country’s most iconic structures and sites and the ideologies and roles they embody. The new work marks a dramatic
shift from depicting symbolic, physical structures to pondering the metaphysical question of non-existence. A poetic meditation on the passage of time, memory and place,
the paintings speak to viewers about mindfulness and the vicissitudes of life.
The artist states: “According to ancient Vietnamese architectural concepts, lakes, or Shui (Water) have a close connection with the philosophy of Feng-shui. A small pond,
a lake, a stream or a river in front of a pagoda or a communal house, the latter seen as a silhouette with its existence in the former, is a common sight. I intended not to give
clarity to the surrounding landscape, context and architecture. Instead I drew only the basic structural sketches through a vertical axis. On the top of each vertical structure
along the axis, be it a pagoda or a communal house, I pictured its corresponding floor plan. As for the central architecture below, I painted it in the most basic structural
format, i.e. cross section, floor plan, or elevation. Below each of these, I painted a different lake, with the silhouette of the pagoda all year round.”
By dividing the canvases into three registers, Ha Manh Thang seems to draw a parallel with the sea, earth and sky. The division between the three realms, however, is at
times indistinct, and the mood and atmosphere of natural weather patterns and conditions prevail. In contrast to his previous works, the new paintings are created with heavy
impasto and favor a palette of soft pastels. Through the controlled layering of paint, precise etching and the casual presence and disappearance of the stenciled phrase
“THIS IS HEAVEN” or “THIS IS NOT HEAVEN”, Ha is engaged in a deliberate act of erasure and restoration – an apt metaphor for our own struggles of self-actualization.
“KHÓI SÓNG” refers to the smoke [‘khói’] on the waves [‘sóng’] in an ocean, lake or other body of water. Alluding to the atmosphere – the sound, humidity, fog, air – on the
surface of water, the title is inspired by the 8th century Tang Dynasty poem Lầu Hoàng Hạc or Hoang Hac Temple by Thôi Hiệu. A reflection on the idea of home, Lầu Hoàng
Hạc closes with a poignant if melancholic reference to haze on the river.
ABOUT HA MANH THANG:
Born in 1980 in Thai Nguyen Province, Ha Manh Thang is one of Vietnam’s most important young painters. He has been featured alongside acclaimed artists such as
Gerhard Richter, Marlene Dumas and Peter Doig in several international publications including “Painting Now” (Thames and Hudson, 2015) and “Painting Today” (Phaidon,
2009). Having graduated from the Hanoi Fine Arts University in 2004, Thang has held a number of notable regional and international exhibitions including Pueblos en
Resistencia, 1 Bienal del Sur, Caracas, Venezuela (upcoming: Nov 2015 to Feb 2016); Instruments of Meditation: Works of Art from the Zoltán Bodnár Collection, Reök
Palace, Budapest, Hungary; Connect: Kunstzene Vietnam, ifa Galleries, Berlin and Stuttgart, Germany; The rain and the small stream presented by Ernst & Young’s Asean
Art Outreach program, Singapore; and Post-Doi Moi: Vietnamese Art After 1990, Singapore Art Museum. Ha Manh Thang currently lives and works in Hanoi.
Film Screening “Les Contes de la Nuit”
Sun 27 Sep 2015, 4 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “Tales of the Night” (France, 2011, 84 mins) at L’Espace.
– Director: Michel Ocelot
– Cast: Julien Beramis, Marine Griset, Michel Elias
The series of six tales with shadows as characters is a constant delight for the retina!
For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.
Tickets:
Ticket price: 50 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Film Screening “3-IRON” by Kim Ki-duk
Fri 18 Sep 2015, 7.30 pm
Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents
51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi
In the 5th week of the Korean film month, you are invited to the film screening “3-Iron” directed by Kim Ki-duk. Korean movie with Vietnamese subtitles.
This is one of the most outstanding works in his career. Whether you like Kim Ki-dul’s style or not, it can’t be denied that he has contributed substantially to Korean movie industry for more than one decade.
About the film:
3-IRON (Hangul: 빈집; RR: Bin-jip; lit. “Empty House”) is a 2004 South Korean romantic drama film directed by Kim Ki-duk. The plot revolves around the relationship between a young drifter and an abused housewife. The film is notable for the lack of dialogue between its two main characters.
Entry: 20,000 VND (donation for TPD’s fund for movie talents)
Exhibition “Face”
Opening: Sat 19 Sep 2015, 9 am
Exhibition: 19 Sep – 10 Oct 2015
lAcA Cafe
2nd floor, 24 – 26 Ly Quoc Su, Hanoi
Following the Mid-autumn festival program “Create Authentic Vietnamese masks”, the exhibition “Face” will be held on 19 Sep with the participation of 7 artists with fascinating activities such as: artist Duc Pham painting faces for the models, mask painting for kids.
Mask painting fee: VND 100,000/ticket. The profit will be used to pay materials and build schools and library in Suoi Bau primary school, Phu Yen, Son La province.
Participating artists: Tao Linh, Tran Gia Tung, Pham Tran Quan, Nguyen Quoc Thang, Ngo Thi Nhi Binh, Nguyen Trung Kien, Duc Pham and Le Thiet Cuong.
Number of masks: 28 pieces.
Film Screening “Belle et Sébastien”
Fri 25 Sep 2015, 7.15 pm
Institut français de Huế
01 Le Hong Phong, Hue
You are invited to the film screening “Belle & Sebastian” (France, 2013, 104 mins).
“If history has very little to do with the original Cécile Aubry, charm persists through a clever mix of genres. Go for it!” – Elle.
Language: Original language with Vietnamese subtitles.
For more information about synopsis, please refer to Vietnamese version of this post.
Free entrance.
Improvisational Concert by Hanoi Collective Orchestra
Sun 27 Sep 2015, 2 – 7 pm
Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam
27 Quang Trung
Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội
The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly presents “Hanoi Collective Orchestra” which is audience participatory, improvisational orchestra performance on 27th of September in Hanoi. Before the performance, we will also hold a workshop to create “Music Instruments”.
Ensembles Asia Orchestra is a project launched in 2014, with the mission of creating a free-form orchestra that engages with people who are not professional musicians by the Japan Foundation, with musician, Mr. Otomo Yoshihide.
After arriving at Hanoi, Mr. Otomo Yoshihide (musician), Mr. Fuji Hiroshi (artist) and 6 university students who has relation with Tohoku area will search materials which are used for everyday life in Hanoi. Then, they will create “Music Instruments” using these materials.
On 27th, we will hold a workshop for “Music Instruments creation” by using items for daily use. After the workshop, play together with participants by using “Music Instruments”.
We are welcome people who have never learned to play an instrument.
At the performance, we don’t use musical score. The sound we play depends on feelings, relationship, and conversation among participants.
Program
[Workshop] 14:00
Create “Music Instruments” using materials we use in our everyday life. With your creativity, produce something new “Music Instrument” different from the one we are accustomed to, such as guitar or trumpet!
Create “Music Instrument” at workshop and join orchestra performance. Parents, children, students… all are welcome!
[Performance] 17:00
Play the “Music Instrument” we create like Orchestra. All participants will play. you are not audience! If you have (normal) music instruments, you can join with it. If you don’t have, please join the workshop, and create your “Music Instruments”. We don’t use the musical score. Sound is all up to participants feelings. Let’s play our sound and enjoy together.
Free admission and registration is not necessary. But we might restrict entrance in case of the number of participants exceed venue’s capacity.
Though music instruments are not required, if you have and come to bring it, we are welcome.
With the artists:
Otomo Yoshihide (Musician, Artistic director of Ensembles Asia)
Fuji Hiroshi (Artist, Guest artist of Hanoi Collective Orchestra)
In cooperation with：
Nha San Collective
Vietnam – USA Collaboration Contemporary Dance Tour
Hanoi: Fri 25 Sep 2015, 8 pm
Youth Theater
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Halong: Sun 27 Sep 2015, 8 pm
Vietnam Japan Theater
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HCMC: Tue 29 Sep 2015, 8 pm
Ben Thanh Theater
Come to the Vietnam – America collaboration contemporary dance program, which will be performed in three different cities in Vietnam: Hanoi Sept. 25th – 2015, Ha Long Sept. 27th – 2015 and Ho Chi Minh City Sept. 29th – 2015. This project will feature the work of two artists-choreographers: Le Vu Long with “A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS” and Robin Becker with “Into Sunlight”, both express about individual and societal response to the Vietnam War and its aftermath.
This projects itself is a bridge for the cultural exchange for the people in America and Vietnam. Beyond that, it is also an unique way of nonverbal communication, using the motions of body languages to express the sophisticated emotions in contemporary dance.
Dance Works to Present
“GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS” is a contemporary dance work created as a part of a project “70s Vietnam”, by hearing-impaired dancers of Together Higher dance company. The piece portrayed to the audience the deep emotions of people and society in Vietnam in the 70s. The range of thinking and philosophy of the dance takes the audience not only on a historical journey of the time, but also leads the way to new experiences of the torn, and struggle of a person in the selection to be an independent individual or as an individual in a group, or merely a group of individuals.
– Choreographer: Le Vu Long
– Music: Tri Minh
“Into Sunlight” is an evening-length dance inspired by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and best selling author David Maraniss’s book – “They Marched Into Sunlight”. The performance by Robin Becker Dance constitutes a model for dance’s fundamental role in addressing the individual and societal devastation of war by offering a medium for healing and dialogue. Through the universal language of movement, this dance has the unique capacity to generate a deeply felt experience of healing. “Into Sunlight” demonstrates how dance can help us bear witness to life, awakening us to our state of being, and to our shared humanity.
– Choreographer: Robin Becker
– Composer: Chris Lastovicka
For more information regarding this project, please contact: togetherhigher@gmail.com or fb.com/togetherhigherdancecompany
This is an invitation only event, if you are interested in our dance projects please send you tickets inquiries to:
– Ha Noi: Luu Lan at togetherhigher@gmail.com or fb.com/togetherhigherdancecompany
Free invitations in Hanoi available from September 15, 2015 at the Vietnam Dance College, Ho Tung Mau Str.
– Ha Long: Nguyen Bich Tram at Vietnam – Japan theather, 16 Le Thanh Tong, Ha Long, Quang Ninh. Tel: 0333825431
Free invitations in Ha Long available from September 17, 2015 at Vietnam – Japan Theater
– Ho Chi Minh City: Pham Thi Lien Mai at Dance School of Ho Chi Minh city, 155Bis Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, Ward 6, District 3. Tel: 0839303492.
Free invitations in Ho Chi Minh City available from September 19, 2015.
Youth Theater
11 Ngo Thi Nham, Hanoi
Vietnam Japan Theater
16 Le Thanh Tong, Halong
Ben Thanh Theater
6 Mac Dinh Chi, Ben Nghe Ward, Dist 1, HCMC
ROME (Jerome Reuter) Live in Saigon
Sat 17 Oct 2015, 8 – 11 pm
Saigon Ranger
5/7 Nguyễn Siêu, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh
Lo and behold, better more enthusiastically, the comeback of Jerome Reuter to Vietnam this October 17th at Saigon Ranger. The 2nd and again the only show in Vietnam being part of ROME’s 10th year anniversary, the performance will present an even wider, diverse-r of his immensely expansive repertoire, not excluding material from his latest, acclaimed full length “Passage to Rhodesia” (2014).
Luxembourgish singer-songwriter jerome reuter founded ROME in 2005 and has since recorded and released groundbreaking albums in the underground folk and post-industrial music world at a breathtaking pace. ROME’s musical and lyrical world is genuinely unique, blending traditional songwriting craftsmanship, unusual arrangements and fine poetry into one monstrous and intimate musical output that combines chanson, dark ambient, apocalyptic folk, pop, acoustic rock, martial industrial, cold wave – all rolled into one impressive avant-garde package. Over a series of remarkable concept albums, the Luxembourgish artist has developed a unique “poetry of longing” which rings out from the dark melancholic mist of rootlessness and which gives expression to a comprehensive feeling of modern forlornness.
Rome-Jerome Reuter
A must for music lovers, with genres, inhabitants of nerdom and viewpoint differences thrown somewhere else.
Ticket price: 100,000 VND
Online ticket at ticketbox.vn.
Arc Mobile Reading Room at Manzi
Sat 19 Sep – Sun 20 Sep 2015, 10 am – 6 pm
Manzi Art Space
14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi
Arc mobile reading room will be resident at Manzi between 19th – 20th September. Come and browse over 200 artists books, zines, comics and other publications from around the world. Free entry!
Arc is a mobile reading room of artists’ books, small press and independent publications. From Asia to Europe to Africa to the Americas, the collection includes artists books, cultural journals, contemporary illustration zines, avant-garde comics, photobooks, experimental literature, digital projects, and much much more.
Arc is part of the Vietnam Artists’ Book Project.
Join us!
Free entry.
Roundtable Discussion “COP21: The last chance to save the climate”
Thu 17 Sep 2015, 3 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the round table discussion about climate change at COP21 with the participation of:
– Mr. Nguyen Van Tan – Deputy General Director, Department for Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change, MoNRE
– Mr. Wael Hmaidan – Director at Climate Action Network
– Mr. Koos Neefjes – UNDP Vietnam
With a view to point out the current status, relevance and interdependence among national processes in the field of climate change in Vietnam, particularly at COP or international negotiation level, the dialogue would like to bring together the government, development agencies as well as civil society representatives to discuss and share practical knowledge on this issue. Those representatives will be expected to share their knowledge on the overview of Vietnam’s Government current activities and priorities in the run up to Paris together with the contributions and engagement of CSO to the new CC agreement as well as the most pressing climate change issues in Vietnam.
Language: Vietnamese & English
Free entry.
Special Autumn Music Night “String in Air”
Fri 18 Sep 2015, 8 pm
V-art Club
2nd floor, 75th Tran Hung Dao street, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi
Autumn is coming along with passionate inspiration for music and the desire to immerse in it to free our soul. After stressful working days, you can come to enjoy a truly art room with flying and harmonious melodies of classical music in “STRING IN AIR”, and let the tunes help you find peace of mind.
“STRING IN AIR” is a special combination of Red River quartet – one of Vietnam top instrumental groups and two special guests – pianist Pham Quynh Trang and Korean oboist Seung Eun Lee. “String in Air” definitely is a promise night with full of surprises and new music flavor for audiences.
Program
1. Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 73 für Oboe D’amore und Klavier
2. F. Mendelssohn Trio No. 1
3. W. Mozart: Oboe quartet K. 370
4. A. Piazzolla: The Spring
Price: 200.000 VND. Hotline: 0462601459
An Evening of Stand-Up Comedy with Jinx Yeo and Kristel Zweers
HCMC: Thu 24 Sep 2015, 8 pm
Game On
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Hanoi: Fri 25 Sep 2015, 8 pm
House of Son Tinh
Singapore is a pretty serious kind of place, right? Not so say the Island State’s growing roster of professional comedians. And to prove this to you, we’re bringing two of the Lion City’s best stand-ups to Vietnam on Thursday September 24 (HCMC) and Friday September 25 (Hanoi).
The first runner-up at the 2011 Hong Kong International Comedy Competition, Jinx Yeo is archetypal Singapore… Serious yet hysterically funny, he’s sharply observant and with an imagination that bewilders even the most flexible of inflexible minds.
Flying over with him will be the Dutch-born Kristel Zweers. The founder of the venue Comedy Café Singapore, prior to relocating to Asia, Kristel was a household name in The Netherlands appearing on the Dutch version of “Whose Line is it Anyway?” and touring the Bene part of the Benelux countries with four, one-woman, 90-minute shows.
TICKETS
HCMC: 200,000 VND
Hanoi: 150,000 VND
Ticket price includes a complimentary drink at each venue. For more information or to book tables, email nick@saigoninternationalcomedy or dan@highway4.com.
Game On
115 Ho Tung Mau, Q1, Ho Chi Minh City
House of Son Tinh
31 Xuan Dieu, Tay Ho, Hanoi
Roundtable Discussion: French Literature in Vietnam
Wed 23 Sep 2015, 6 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the round table discussion entitled “French literature in Vietnam” to launch the French Literature series with the participation of professor and translator Le Hong Sam & Pham Xuan Nguyen.
French literature has been present in Vietnam for more than a century, a sufficient time to become an important component of the national literature. Discussing is a way for us to better understand a great literature that still continues to grow as well as its influence on writers, researchers, readers and generally Vietnamese readers.
This series on French literature is intended as a monthly meeting with the participation of writers, translators and researchers, who will share their approaches to the literature.
Language: Vietnamese
Free entry.
Go Creative Hanoi Workshop #3
Sun 20 Sep 2015, 9 am – 5.30 pm
No. 66, Alley 12, Dang Thai Mai Str, Tay Ho Dist, Hanoi
We are very happy to announce that Go Creative Hanoi is back with the third event just before the upcoming Mid Autumn.
We are going to open our doors on Sunday and we would like to invite all of you to join our lovely, inspiring creative event for many different “Do it yourself” (DIY) workshops and more.
There will be some special activities for kids including finger painting, playing with colors as well as a free space to exchange toys.
Workshop holders please apply for your workshop space in the attached Google Spreadsheet or via our website at here.
Free entry.
Ensemble Concert with Nguyen Huu Nguyen (violin) and Sarah Jacob (cello)
Sat 19 Sep 2015, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House
No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC
You are invited to the special ensemble concert with the participation of two guest artists from French National Orchestra: Nguyen Huu Nguyen (violin) and Sarah Jacob (cello).
PROGRAM
Johann Sebastian Bach | Sonate for violin & harpsichord in E Major
Violin: Nguyen Huu Nguyen
Harpsichord: Joo Eun Young
Johann Sebastien Bach Double Concerto in D Minor
Violin I: Nguyen Huu Nguyen
Violin II: Le Minh Hien
Luigi Boccherini | Strings Quintet in E Major
Violin I: Nguyen Huu Nguyen
Violin II: Nguyen Truc Thuyen
Viola: Bui Anh Son
Cello I: Sarah Jacob
Cello II: MA Nguyen Tan Anh
Antonio Vivaldi | Cello Concerto in A Minor RV 418
Cello: Sarah Jacob-Franck
Francesco Geminiani / Arcangelo Corelli | “La Folia”
Violin I: Nguyen Huu Nguyen
Violin II: Tang Thanh Nam
TICKETS
Ticket price: 550,000 – 400,000 – 350,000 – 200,000 – 80,000 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
Sonic Moon MMXV Music Festival
Fri 25 Sep 2015
Hanoi Cinematheque
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Sat 26 Sep 2015
Hanoi Rock City
SONIC MOON MMXV – the annual festival of electronic music and experimentation in multimedia arts – is coming back this September!
Performance and seminar schedule:
Day 1: Sonic Theatre – FRI 25/09
Venue: Hanoi Cinematheque – 22A Hai Ba Trung, Hang Bai, Hanoi.
Performances:
20:00 – 20:30 | Mathias Rossignol
20:30 – 21:00 | Arnont Nongyao
21:00 – 21:30 | Rastko
21:45 – 22:15 | Koichi Shimizu
22:15 – 22:45 | Kittiphan Janbuala
22:45 – 23:15 | Liew Niyomkarn
23:15 – 23:45 | Lafidki
Seminar:
16:00 – 17:00 | Art of Mixing: Dan Rodgers
17:00 – 18:00 | DIY everything, from instruments to software: Mathias Rossignol
18:00 – 19:00 | Thai Techno scene: Pi Mai
Day 2: Club – SAT 26/09
Venue: Hanoi Rock City, 27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi.
Performances:
22:00 – 22:45 | Multiple Lives
22:45 – 23:30 | ZK
23:30 – 00:15 | Nannue Tipitier
00:15 – 00:45 | XAI
00:45 – 01:45 | Nolens.Volens
01:45 – 03:00 | Dee.F
Seminar:
16:00 – 17:00 | Modular Synthesiser: Koichi Shimizu
17:00 – 18:00 | Mastering a track: Mark Godwin
18:00 – 19:00 | Music production school: Nannue Tipitier
For more information about the artists, visit the Facebook event page.
Tickets:
Admission: VND 150K / day or VND 200K for both days
All seminars are FREE.
Hanoi Rock City
27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi
Hanoi Cinematheque
22A Hai Ba Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
Film Screening “Allez Raconte” at L’Espace
Sun 20 Sep 2015, 4 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “Allez Raconte”.
A film halfway between the cartoon and the musical, light as a feather! A great success confirms the Olympic form of French animation.
For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.
Tickets:
Ticket price: 50 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
A Night at the Opera – “Tosca” by Giacomo Puccini
Sun 20 Sep 2015, 2 – 7 pm
Hanoi Cinematheque
22A Hai Bà Trưng, Hà Nội
Come to the screening of a classic production of Giacomo Puccini’s opera “Tosca”.
“Tosca” is a three-act opera by Giacomo Puccini, based on the melodramatic play by Victorien Sardou. The story involves the singer Floria Tosca, her lover Mario Cavaradossi, and the chief of police Baron Scarpia. When a prisoner escapes and his whereabouts are known only to Cavaradossi and Tosca, Scarpia uses the torture of Cavaradossi to wrest the information from Tosca. Tragedy ensues when all three characters wrongly assume they can get what they desire from the others.
“Tosca” is structured as a through-composed work, with arias, recitative, choruses and other elements musically woven into a seamless whole. Puccini used Wagnerian leitmotifs (short musical statements) to identify characters, objects and ideas. Three of the best known arias in the entire opera repertory are in the opera, one in each of the acts.
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.
Live Performance of French Jazz Duo Peirani-Parisien
Sat 18 Sep 2015, 7.30 pm
Hue Academy of Music
01 Le Loi, Hue City
You are invited to the live performance of French jazz duo Peirani-Parisien: Emile Parisien: saxophonist – “artist of the year” & Vincent Peirani: accordéon – “new artist” and “artist of the year”.
Vincent Peirani gained international recognition by winning the Django Reinhardt prize and “Best Musician of the Year 2013”. He also received the prize for “Best Newcomer of the year” at the Victoires du Jazz in 2014. Emile Parisien was awarded “Musician of the Year” at Victoires du Jazz in 2014 and “Best Musician of the Year” at the Django Reinhardt in 2013.
They met each other in the quartet of drummer Daniel Humair. They found out that they also shared a passion for intoxicating sound cascades, an open ear for exciting motifs across the entire range of styles, and a desire to improvise, free of all technical constraints. They have performed on many stages all over Europe, with their debut album “Belle Epoque”, in which the soprano saxophone and accordion pay tribute to the swing of Sidney Bechett.
That is really a phenomenon of Jazz!
Free entrance.
The Third Hanoi Open Exhibition
Opening: Sun 13 Sep 2015, 3 pm
Exhibition: 13 Sep – 04 Oct 2015
Work Room Four
24th floor, Packexim Building, lane 15, An Duong Vuong Str, Tay Ho, Hanoi
We are delighted to invite you to the opening of The Third Hanoi Open Exhibition. Exhibiting works from both professional and amateur Vietnamese and international artists the Third Hanoi Open Exhibition is unrivaled for diversity of artwork.
The exhibition is a large multidisciplinary contemporary art show contributed to by renowned professional and amateur artists of all nationalities living and working in Vietnam. This year we host a total of 123 art works by 79 different artists.
Collectively the 1st and the 2nd Open Exhibition has exhibited over 250 works by over 100 artists. Over 1500 visitors have enjoyed the exhibitions and tours and school trips are also offered to further engage the Hanoi community. It is expected that this year’s show will exceed the figures of previous years.
The show is inspired by the London Royal Academy of Art’s Summer Exhibition which is now in its 246th year.
em|body by Doan Hoang Lam
20 September
Manzi Art Space, 14 Phan Huy Ich St., Ba Dinh Dist., Hanoi
'em|body', an exhibition of both new and never before seen works by Doan Hoang Lam, one of Hanoi’s most accomplished painters.
Comprising four lacquer and five oil on canvas, em|body transforms the walls of Manzi into windows looking out into landscapes that are both cosmic and intimate, recalling images of the galaxy whilst revealing sensuous properties of the human body.
The partially rendered human-like shapes look vulnerable and concealed, but also confrontational and powerful, staring straight ahead, with their bare skin, disembodied figures and provoking positions all on display.
Distorted and exaggerated, the body is repeatedly abstracted through the artist’s manipulations of forms and shifts in scales, acting as much a symbol of desire and a celebration of beauty as an object of fetish and an embodiment of violence.
Vietnamese Traditional Performing Art Tour “Tiếng Trống Chèo 2015”Quan Âm Thị Kính: Sat 05 Sep 2015
Đình Kim Liên (expected)
Lưu Bình Dương Lễ: Sat 12 Sep 2015
Đình Xuân Đỉnh (expected)
Kim Nham: Sat 19 Sep 2015
Đình Chùa Hà (expected)
Following the huge success of Windy Day 9: “Tiếng vọng ngàn năm” (held in 2013), “Tiếng trống chèo 2015” tour will come back with a series of famous performances.
A specialty of this tour is to preserve the stage, instruments and costume of the “old” Chèo that give the audience true experience of “Chèo”.
➟ REGISTER TO ATTEND here.
The program is supported by community funds from the participants and not for profit. Booking in advance to attend the tour is a way to contribute to the success of this year’s program.
Contact and enquiry: 0168 896 2332 (Mr. Công Lực)
Email: toixedich@gmail.com
Photo Exhibition “Cliché of a Landscape” by Inga Kerber
Opening: Fri 16 Sep 2015, 6 pm
Exhibition: 17 Sep – 04 Oct 2015, 9 am – 7 pm
Goethe Institut
56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
“Cliché” is a term that is used by artist-in-residence Inga Kerber in a deliberately ambiguous way. The artist explores the reproductive potential of photography as well as classic subjects and motifs. Under the title “Cliché of a Landscape, Jungle”, the Goethe-Institut Hanoi exhibits the photographic works of Inga Kerber from 17 September to 4 October. “Cliché of a Landscape, Jungle” deals with landscapes, forests and nature, which are also the subjects she wants to focus on during her time in Vietnam.
In French, the word “cliché” can mean “the act of taking a picture” and is simultaneously used for the photographic negative. But Inga Kerber’s works also refer to the German term “Klischee” that can stand for shoddy imitation, prejudice or the printing block (part of the letterpress printing process). The artist records classic subjects and motifs such as flower bouquets, landscapes or animals, making not just one but several analog photos, and changing the camera’s perspective very slightly with each image. This results in what at first glance are unspectacular, everyday images, which the artist then scans and prints, retaining all the flaws and errors that have occurred during the process. Arranged in triptychs, or in series of four or five, these sequences always exhibit variations and nuances in each motif, thereby acquiring an almost irresistible painterly quality.
Free admission.
Inga Kerber, born in 1982 in Berlin, lives and works in Leipzig. She studied photography at the Ecole Nationale Supérieur des Beaux-Arts de Lyon in France and the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, under Prof. Gütschow & Eiko Grimberg, among others.
Inga Kerber has received numerous awards and scholarships, including the working grant Schloss Plüschow and Marion Ermer Prize. She will be working in Hanoi in 3 months in the Artist-in-Residence program by the Cultural Foundation Saxony.
Exhibition “Trace The Mountain” by artist Taihei Kimura
Opening: Thu 17 Sep 2015, 6 pm
Artist talk: Thu 17 Sep 2015, 4 pm
Exhibition: 17 Sep – 15 Oct 2015, 10 am – 6 pm (opens from Wed to Sun)
Nha San Collective’s new space
15th floor, Hanoi Creative City Building, 01 Luong Yen, Hanoi
One of Japan’s most promising young artists, Taihei Kimura creates sculptural installations and performances created by deliberate demolition – vehicles falling from the ceiling, electric motors ripped apart by centrifugal force, bombs exploding inside a transparent resin structure. Puzzling, raw, and honest, his works are not only the result of careful research on architecture and physics, but also an evolving process of experimentation.
Continuing his interest of conversing with the past, tracing the transformation of environment – resource depletion, moreover learning personal and collective memories and history, Taihei Kimura travels to Hanoi, Quang Tri and Quang Ninh for research and filming. His work allows the audience to think of the past remained and contemplate the relationships between human and nature, the contradiction between construction and deconstruction as well as the vulnerability of our every day existence.
Nha San is pleased to invite you to a solo exhibition “Trace The Mountain” by artist Taihei Kimura at 6:00pm, Thursday 17 September 2015 at Nha San’s new space at 1 Lương Yên, 15th floor of HNCC building. The exhibition will present his past works and the new project implemented in Vietnam.
The artist will give an artist talk on his practices on the next day at 4PM same day, Thursday 17th September 2015.
Artist Talk with Inga Kerber: “Trends in Photography Today”
Sat 26 Sep 2015, 7 pm
Goethe Institut
56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
Which trends can be indicated in photography and what will be the progression of contemporary photography? Within an artist talk on September 26 at 7 PM, artist-in-residence Inga Kerber discusses the trends of contemporary photography with the award-winning photo artist Maika Elan and the well-known visual artist Nguyen The Son and compares the current situation of Germany and Vietnam.
Inga Kerber explores the reproductive potential of photography as well as classic subjects and motifs. Under the title “Cliché of a Landscape”, the Goethe-Institut Hanoi exhibits the photographic works of Inga Kerber from 17 September to 4 October.
Maika Elan started her career in the field of fashion photography. Her first documentary project “The Pink Choice” is dealing with homosexual couples. The project won several awards, especially the World Press Photo Prize, amongst others.
Since 2012, artist Nguyen The Son has been working as a lecturer at the University of Fine Arts Vietnam and has been represented in many group – and solo exhibitions. His latest project “8m²” addresses the life and living environment of the migration workers in Vietnam.
Free admission.
“Old Sounds of New Days” at Manzi – Encounter 2: Lullaby
Fri 18 Sep 2015, 8 pm
Manzi Art Space
14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi
A universal form of musical activity, lullaby singing is shared and appreciated among all cultures. It is said that within each melody and lyric of a lullaby one can find the original traits of a people. As part of Manzi’s “Old sounds of New days” concert series, “Encounter two: Lullaby” will introduce some of Vietnam’s most enduring lullabies through various genres of ancient and traditional local chamber music such as Ca trù, Chèo, Chầu văn and Xẩm.
Featuring masters Xuân Hoạch, Thanh Hoài, Thanh Bình
Charge: 250,000 VND (incl. 01 free drink)
Due to limited seating capacity (acoustic concert for 30 people only), please email us at manzihanoi@gmail.com before Wed 16 Sept to reserve seats.
“Old Sounds of New Days” is a series of music concerts hosted by manzi as an effort to support and tell an authentic narrative about the different ancient and traditional musical genres in Vietnam.
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