EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR Nov. 1 - 15 (daily updated) Hanoi Photography Workshop by Justin Mott 24 – 27 Jan 2014 83 Xuan Dieu, Tay Ho, Hanoi Experience what it’s like to be an assignment photographer learning from editorial and commercial photographer Justin Mott. Mott is a frequent contributor to The New York Times along with working for such international publications such as TIME, WSJ, Forbes, Conde Nast Traveler, IHT, and numerous others. This workshop is aimed at amateur, aspiring, and professional shooters looking to sharpen their skills and become a more well rounded photographer. If you want to make a living as a photographer you have to be versatile, the goal of this workshop is to teach versatility. The 4 day hands on workshop will take place in Hanoi and revolve around the build up Tet (Vietnamese New Year) holiday. Along with daily discussions and a portfolio review each student will receive a daily assignment. The assignments will range from portrait, travel, news, and profiles and will be treated like a real editorial assignment. VIETNAM Party Congress PRICE $500USD (Your place can only be reserved by paying the full fee via Paypal). STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO: -Be able to communicate in English -Have an understanding of photography and your camera (This class is not teaching basic photography). -Have your own equipment To register please contact: Claire Nguyen Producer at Mott Visuals ngoc@mottvisuals.com +84 946861139 Registration is open to all ages and all nationalities. REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN (ONLY 15 SPOTS AVAILABLE) Classical Concert with Jean-François Heisser and Marie-Josèphe Jude Thu 14 Nov 2013, 8 pm Hanoi Opera House Số 1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội You are invited to the classical concert with the performance of two French artists Jean-François Heisser and Marie-Josèphe Jude and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Vietnam National Academy of Music. The program is within the framework of 40 year celebration of diplomatic relation of France – Vietnam. Jean-François Heisser - pianist, conductor and teacher – developed the project of the Poitou-Charentes Orchestre, which reached the highest level of French musical training, when he conducted 5 Beethoven piano concertos. In cooperation with VNSO, he and Marie-Josèphe Jude, who is well-known for her recordings of the complete Brahms piano solo and the co-founding of Heisser-Jude in 1997 together with  Jean-François Heisser, will perform at a special concert this November. Tickets: Ticket price:  500,000 VND, 350,000 VND, 200,000 VND Special price for students: 100,000 VND For delivery, please call: 0913 48 98 58 0983067996 Booking via: ticketvn@gmail.com Subsciption Concert Vol. 65 “Mozart’s Night” 08 and 09 Nov 2013, 8 pm Hanoi Opera House 1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội You are invited to Subsciption Concert Vol. 65 “Mozart’s Night” with conductor Claude Brendel, piano soloist Pham Quynh Trang and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra. For more information about program and tickets, see below: Program W. A. Mozart : Die Entfuerunghs aus dem Serail Overture W. A. Mozart : Piano Concerto no.23 A major K.488 W. A. Mozart : Maurerische Trauermusik in C minor K.477 W. A. Mozart : Symphony no.29 major K.201 Tickets Ticket prices: 200.000, 350.000, 500.000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over ticketvn@gmail.com For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.    Screening of “L’Illusionniste” Fri 08 Nov 2013, 8 pm L’Espace 24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội You are invited to the cartoon screening titled “The Illusionist″ (France, 2010, 80 mins) directed by Sylvain Chomet . This is “A touching, intelligent and delicate film, such an animation we are rarely offered”. (L’Ecran Fantastique) For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post. Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle. Tickets: Ticket price: 40 000 VND Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 20 000 VND Tickets are available at L’Espace. Diwali 2013 – Festival of Lights Sat 09 Nov 2013, 5.30 pm American Club 19-21 Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi Come to celebrate one of the biggest festivals of the year, the ‘Festival of Lights’ – ‘Diwali’ in Hanoi. Like previous years the celebrations will feature Bollywood Music, Dance Performances, Indian Cuisine from the royal pavilions of Northern and Southern states and various other stalls featuring western and Asian cuisines and other activities. As a lot of Indians tend to be musically oriented, Bollywood Music will become a major part of the function. For this year’s celebrations some dance groups will showcase spectacular dance performances from various regions of India for our guests and they also perform bring the tunes of Bollywood and Western Music to all participants. Tickets Special tickets before 1st November, 2013 is VND150,000. Tickets from 1st Nov and at the gate, adult ticket price is VND200,000. Children ticket is VND50,000 (5-10 years). Tickets are available at: 1. Incham Office: Heritage hotel, 625 De La Thanh, Ba Dinh Dist., Hanoi. Tel: 04 37724 248 2. Foodshop 45: 59 Truc Bach Str., Hoan Kiem Dist., Hanoi. Tel: 04 3716 2959/ 3715 1465 3. Tandoor: 24 Hang Be Str., Hoan Kiem Dist., Hanoi. Tel: 043 824 5359 4. Namaste Hanoi: 47 Lo Su Str., Hoan Kiem Dist, Hanoi. Tel: 043 935 2400/01 5. Little India Restaurant: 32 Hang Tre Str., Hoan Kiem Dist., Hanoi. Tel: 043 926 1859/ 3935 0473/ 0906 115 786 6. Platinum Cineplex: 4th Floor, The Garden Shopping Mall, Me Tri, Tu Liem Dist., Hanoi. Tel: 043 7878 555. 7. Tay Tap Bar & Grill: 100A Xuan Dieu Str., Tay Ho Dist., Hanoi. Tel: 043 718 6917 8. Tracy’s Sport Pub: 40 Xuan Dieu Str., Tay Ho Dist., Hanoi. Tel: 04 6675 9838 Music Night with Indie Band The Cribs Fri 08 Nov 2013, 8 pm Q4 / Cargo Bar 7 Nguyen Tat Thanh, D.4, HCMC You are invited to a music night with indie band The Cribs. The Cribs are an English 3-piece indie band from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England which formed in 2001 and consists of twins Gary and Ryan Jarman and their younger brother Ross. In August 2008 Johnny Marr, former guitarist for The Smiths and Modest Mouse, became the official fourth member of the band. On April 11th 2011, Marr’s departure from the group was announced on their website, and The Cribs now continue as a 3-piece again. Tickets Ticket price: 200,000 VND student discount / 350,000 VND book in advance Booking: 30 Ly Tu Trong, 9 Nguyen Tat Thanh Asia Kitchen, 185/22 Pham Ngu Lao Email: q4.info@saigonsoundsystem.com Toyota Classics 2013 Tue 05 Nov 2013, 8 pm Hanoi Opera House 1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) would like to announce that Toyota Classics 2013 – the 16th annual concert held in Vietnam by Toyota Motor Asia – Pacific and Toyota Motor Vietnam in cooperation with Vietnam Performing Arts Centre (Dept. of Performing Arts – Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) – is going to take place only one night at Hanoi Opera House on November 5th, 2013. This year, with the memorable presentation of the North Czech Philharmonic Teplice, Toyota Classics 2013 will bring classical music lovers in Vietnam a remarkable program of symphonic masterpieces from Eastern Europe music to Piazzolla under the conduction of Canadian-born charismatic conductor, Charles Olivieri-Munroe, with the fresh and exquisite performance of the talented young trumpeter Manuel Blanco. Especially, with the participation of Vietnamese talented violinist Nguyen Huu Nguyen, Toyota Classics 2013 promises inspirational moments with the music of this extraordinary orchestra. So far, Toyota Classics concerts have been held successfully, becoming one of the most expected music events of the year. Toyota Classics presents Toyota’s efforts not only to make contribution to culture development of Vietnam but also to create an opportunity for local musical students and teachers to learn experiences in performance of world-famous orchestras. Tickets: Tickets of Toyota Classics 2013 will be sold from 23/10/2013 at Hanoi Opera House (1 Trang Tien, Hanoi) and Toyota Motor Vietnam, Hanoi branch (8th floor, Viglacera Building, 1 Thang Long Avenue, Me Tri, Tu Liem, Hanoi). There are 3 classes of ticket: Class A (1,200,000 VND/ticket), Class B (1,000,000 VND/ ticket), and Class C (700,000 VND/ ticket). Hotline for contact: 09.0511.0512 or (04) 35536878 – ext: 135. All ticket proceeds are used for charity and from 2009 for “Toyota Scholarship for Young Vietnamese Music Talents”. Music Concerts by Kuricorder Quartet Concerts for general: Fri 01 Nov 2013, 8 pm VOV Theatre 58 Quan Su, Hanoi Sat 02 Nov 2013, 8 pm Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam Concerts for family (Everybody (even a o years old baby) can join the concert): Sat 02 Nov 2013, 2 pm Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam 27 Quang Trung Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội In celebration of the Japan – Vietnam Friendship Year 2013, the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly presents music concerts by a popular Japanese band “Kuricorder Quartet” on Friday 1 & Saturday 2 November 2013 in Hanoi. Kuricorder Quartet is a polyphonic multi-instrumental ensemble formed in 1994 by four Japanese virtuosos who are all composers/arrangers as well as masters of a variety of musical instruments. They have become known in Japan to a wider public through their musical contributions to visual works such as the NHK’s TV program “Pythagora-Switch”, the animation film “La Maison en Petits Cubes” (winner of Academy Award for Animated Short Film in 2009), and collaborations with a variety of famous Japanese singers. As the quartet’s name implies, their main instruments are recorders (“Kuri” means “Chestnut” in Japanese and “corder” bit comes from “recorder”), from the small soprano, to the giant great bass, via alto and tenor, and the ukulele. What makes them unique is their sincere attempts to create innovative music from simple combinations of such humble musical instruments. The music of Kuricorder Quartet is, according to Paul Fisher, the founder of Far Side Music in London, “delightfully unclassifiable, encompassing jazz, folk, blues, classical, medieval, funk among others,” and it is a “rich, warm, polyphonic tapestry of sounds.” Unclassifiable maybe, but we hope their first-ever concerts in Hanoi will bring smile on your face, through their relaxed, joyous, and brilliantly played songs. The concerts will be held three times, all free admissions, two times for general, at VOV Theatre (58 Quan Su, Hanoi) from 20:00 on Friday 1 November and at the courtyard of the Japan Foundation (27 Quang Trung, Hanoi) from 20:00 on Saturday 2 November. One more concert is a unique concert for family, inviting all generations of children from 0 years old, at the courtyard of the Japan Foundation from 14:00 on Saturday 2 November. Free tickets are available at the Japan Foundation from 14:00 on Friday 18 October. Kuricorder Quartet is a quite brilliant, rather eccentric multi-instrumental group from Japan. Never in the history of music has the humble recorder, (kuri by the way is the Japanese for ‘chestnut’, the corder bit comes from recorder) sounded this fresh and exciting. And never would you have thought the recorder, from the small soprano, to the giant great bass, via alto and tenor, this capable of playing the most innovative of music. Photo Boot Camp with Julie Vola 02 and 03 Nov 2013, 8.30 am – 5.30 pm Clickspace 5th floor 28 To Ngoc Van, Hanoi Are you a budding photography addict who wants to take better pictures? The proud owner of a new camera with more nobs and buttons than the Starship Enterprise? Our TWO-FULL-DAY Photo Boot Camp will help you get the best photos from your camera whether you have a compact point-and-shoot or a pro DSLR. The workshop will emphasize: • Photo fundamentals • Practice, practice, practice • Exercises between sessions • Pro feedback on your shots • A pamphlet of photo tips to take home when the workshop is over Language: This is an English-language workshop. PRICE: VND 3,500,000. Pay in advance and enjoy a discounted price of VND 3,000,000. Register today here. For more info (e.g., pricing and special offers), contact info@clickspace.vn or Ms. Hau: 0936 534 453. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: An artist photographer, JuLie Vola is a graduate of the prestigious National School of Photography in Arles, France. She has been offering photography workshops in Vietnam since 2010. Learn more about Julie at her website and have a sneak peek at her recent project on Hanoi Grapevine’s blog. Grapevine Selection – Volume 1 Opening: Sat 02 Nov 2013, 6 pm Exhibition: 01 – 04 Nov 2013 Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi Exactly 6 years ago on 11 October 2007 Hanoi Grapevine was established by Canadian artist Brian Ring and since then the Grapevine has grown to become more than just a website, it is now a community of arts and culture lovers. We have also supported countless art exhibitions as well as music and cultural events as communications partner and have been very successful in bridging the arts and its audience. And this year, together with our 6th anniversary, we want to push a step forward by putting together our first ever art exhibition with the aim to develop an appealing platform for potential buyers and an international art audience. It is an initial step for us to start realizing our mission of contributing to building an art market in Vietnam. The Grapevine Selection is a private initiative by the Grapevine team with the assistance and advice of well-known experts of Vietnamese contemporary art scene: • Natasha Kraevskia (founder of the famous Salon Natasha and member of the Hanoi Grapevine Board of Advisors) • KVT (Grapevine’s well-known and prolific commentator on the arts in Hanoi) • Suzanne Lecht (founder and director of Art Vietnam) as well as support from Friederike Krentz, an international PR consultant whose past work involved Aedes Berlin – International Forum for Contemporary Architecture, Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art and São Paulo Architecture Biennial. With its innovative, artist-centered format, The Grapevine Selection Series, which we aim to organize annually, is consciously focused on artistic practice. Invited artists represent specific positions of contemporary Vietnamese art. They may range from younger artists still at a relatively early stage in their careers to artists who have already established strong international reputations. Volume I of the Grapevine Selection welcomes 8 internationally-known artists to exhibit their work in a four-day program at the renowned Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts. This exhibition offers a unique opportunity to encounter an outstanding selection of contemporary Vietnamese art and to acquire quality work to add to or begin your collection. Furthermore, 5% of the proceeds of any artworks sold will be donated to KOTO‘s training centers for disadvantaged youth in Vietnam. Hanoi Grapevine is pleased to welcome you to The Grapevine Selection – Volume 1 with the participation of: Vuong Van Thao Ha Manh Thang Nguyen Quang Huy Pham Huy Thong Nguyen Minh Thanh Pham Ngoc Duong Nguyen Huy An Le Quy Tong KOTO Bike Ride 2013 Sat 09 Nov 2013, 8 am – 4 pm KOTO Bike Ride is an annual fundraising event which aim to raise fund for rental cost of Training Centre and trainee’s houses for 200 trainees in 1 year. This year we are organizing the 11th KOTO Bike Ride on Saturday 9th November 2013 with a fresh return riding route and a new beautiful destination. We will join to have a fun biking day with many interesting activities, networking chances and valuable prizes for the people who raise most fund for KOTO trainees. This shows your warm heart towards Vietnamese disadvantaged youth and also raise the Social Responsibility for people around you. With the fundraising amount of $70 ( for individual ) and $50 ( for group – from 10 people up ), you will lend KOTO a hand to help KOTO trainees and Vietnamese street and disadvantaged youth. The renting bike is $15 if requested. Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra – Vietnam Tour 2013 Hanoi: Sun 03 Nov 2013, 8 pm Hanoi Opera House 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi HCMC: Thu 31 Oct 2013, 8 pm HCMC Opera House No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC Come to the Vietnam Tour 2013 of Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra in Hanoi and HCMC. With the performance of conductor Claus Peter Flor, piano soloist Tengku Ahmad Irfan and Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. In Hanoi Program Anonymous Ly Hoai Nam arr.by Ngo Hoang Quan Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.2 Dvorak Symphony No.9 Mokhzani We are One Tickets Ticket prices: 200 000, 450 000, 600 000 VND. All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over ticketvn@gmail.com For delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996. In HCMC PART I: Folk Song from Central Vietnam (Arrangement for string orchestra: Ngô Hoàng Quân) Datuk Mokhzani Ismail We are one Conductor: Mer. A Trần Vương Thạch Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, op.16 1. Andantino-Allegretto 2. Scherzo: Vivace 3. Intermezzo: Allegro moderato 4. Finale: Allegro tempestoso Piano: Tengku Ahmad Irfan Conductor: Claus Peter Flor PART II: Antonin Dvorak Symphony No.9 ”From the New World” in E Minor, op.95 1. Adagio – Allegro molto 2. Largo 3. Scherzo: Molto vivace – Poco sostenuto 4. Allegro con fuoco Tickets: Ticket prices: 400.000 – 350.000 – 200.000 – 80.000(Students only)VND Tickets are available at: HBSO Box Office: 7 Lam Son Square, Award Ben Nghe, District 1, HCMC. Booking and delivery: 08 3823 7419; Ms.Hương: 0989874517 – 0909 49 39 38 (Ms Ngoc) Email: lamngochbso@gmail.com; info@hbso.org.vn “Personal Mountains / Common Ground” Concert Fri 01 Nov 2013, 8 pm Hanoi Rock City 27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho Hanoi is home to many amazing artists who strive to explore new sounds, new ways of creating and expressing things through music… and whose exciting creations, sadly, often remain a closed book to audiences not accustomed to such things. That is why we are launching this series of events, to invite them to try and communicate with the audience. To bring their personal musical universe, all its wealth and subtlety, and make an effort to share it. Be accessible. Talk. Give the audience some keys to appreciate and understand. Meet us on the common ground, and help us enjoy the view on their personal mountains. For this first edition, four musicians accepted to lend themselves to the experiment: Vũ Nhật Tân, Sébastien Gesell, Dan Henneberry, and Mathias Rossignol. They will each share their sound — and we made them promise, no sonic aggression, no “wall of sound”, no abstruse noise! But maybe, outworldly atmospheres, silence, or harmonies in unexpected places… Who knows? And to close the evening, dance! Vũ Nhật Tân will switch to his DJ persona and fill the dancefloor with smart beats and powerful sounds until… late. THE ARTISTS Vũ Nhật Tân probably doesn’t need an introduction anymore… Explorer of musical genres, godfather of the Hanoi avant garde music scene, discoverer of new talents, and always an unpredictable performer… Sébastien Gesell arrived in Hanoi less than two years ago, and soon realized that if he wanted to hear the kind of music he liked, he’d better get behind the decks and play it himself. Since then, he’s come to be recognized as one of the most versatile and original DJs around, as good with clear minimal beats on the dancefloor as with warm voices in a dark, candle-lit room… Dan Henneberry is known as the guy with the guitar and pedals (and beard, too, but he doesn’t play that), and he has been exploring sounds with that setup either solo or in collaborations (notably with Dao Anh Khanh, or as member of the “astral groove” quartet the Tone Ripples). This time, however, he will forego his stringed instrument and create a set connecting an iPad to his famed effect pedals. Listen to his soundcloud. Mathias Rossignol has been tinkering with music for a while, but only recently started presenting his creations on the stage. His sound is mostly based on processed field recordings, aiming at revealing the music in “ordinary” sounds, with a fully open mind as to genre, loudness… Anything goes! For this series of concert, he’s started building sound-making machines that will be running on stage, and whose sound will be incorporated into the music. Listen to his soundcloud. Tickets: at doors 100k (50k for students).    “Anima” – A Solo Exhibition by Finnish Artist Maritta Nurmi Opening: Fri 01 Nov, 6 pm Exhibition: 01 – 30 Nov 2013, 9 am – midnight Manzi Art Space 14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi Art Vietnam Gallery, Manzi Art Space and the Embassy of Finland are pleased to present the new works of Maritta Nurmi, in her upcoming solo exhibition “Anima” opening at Manzi Art Space, November 1, 2013 in celebration of the 40 year anniversary of the diplomatic relationship between Finland and Vietnam. The works of Finnish artist Maritta Nurmi, Hanoi resident for over 20 years, continually explore the metaphysical and the unknown. The artist continues this challenge with her intellectual probing into the concrete meaning and essence of form and spirit. Depicting animals has long been the domain of artists since the first recorded Paleolithic cave paintings in France and Spain which recent findings have discovered were largely created by women. The artist’s current works use the animal form in many guises. In this new body of work, Nurmi seems to be questioning the necessity of man to create form, to suggest a bond between human and nature, and the implications of such a need or desire. The artist muses, “Many contemporary artists have chosen to use animals in their work as the ultimate “other”, as metaphor, as reflection.” As she ponders this Nurmi questions whether this need to depict animals is an attempt to understand what it means to be animal or is it an expression of our increasing alienation to nature, a loss of this primal connection? Nurmi was trained as a biologist so this exploration and fascination with the animal world is not a new realm. Her works are at once physical, and yet they seem to yearn to be free from constraint. She questions this apparent human need to have form, boundaries, is it a fear of the limitlessness of eternity, a fear of death, a fear of the unknown? Accustomed to the northern white light of her native Finland, the artist uses metal leaf extensively in her work to reflect an otherworldly light, an energy source that emits a kind of limitlessness that rebukes and negates boundaries. The animal figures in the current work are formed from pattern, layer upon layer, colliding and combining in a whimsical animated fashion, producing works humorous on one hand and thought provoking on the other. Beetles Doo Dung are highly patterned expressions of scarab beetles rolling balls of dung across the ground, an act that the Egyptians saw as a symbol of the forces that move the sun across the sky. As they inch their way along their task the aluminum leaf surface evokes a sense of stillness and grandeur to their action. A movement beyond the physical world, towards the divine. The monkey paintings seem to exist and not exist. Formed by using a popular metallic wallpaper, Nurmi seems to suggest their form is superficial, playing once again to the human need to conceptualize form for a sense of security and relevance. The bird series also suggests a sense of existence and non existence, the birds appearing and disappearing as the viewer alters his view. Dogs n’ Roses and Dogs n’ Dots are the anchors of the exhibition. Unabashedly playful, the colorful patterned surfaces of the dogs with their bright confrontational gaze seem to demand of the viewer a response, a reckoning of this need to conceptualize reality. Do they exist or do they not? Are they mere flights of fancy, or are they real? Is it important to be or not to be? Anima is will, consciousness, thought, breath, life, spirit. The question remains with the viewer, a provocation to examine what remains beyond matter, beyond form. Maritta Nurmi, a visual artist born in Finland, has been based in Hanoi, Vietnam since 1994. Her artistic practice includes painting and installation. Maritta’s background both in Art and in Natural Sciences together with her long term stay in Asia all give a multilayered and multicultural influence into her art. Maritta has also been active as cross-cultural link between the Finnish and Vietnamese cultures. Apart from her intensive solo exhibitions in Finland, Vietnam, Thailand, Sweden and the United States, Maritta took part in over 30 group exhibitions in Finland, Vietnam, Thailand, Macao, France, Germany, Sweden, UK and the United States. Music Night with Nepalese Singer Ayush Shrestha Fri 01 Nov 2013, 8 pm Hanoi Social Club 6 Hoi Vu Str, Hanoi From playing The Moksh in Kathmandu and the musicians mecca – Blue Frog, in Mumbai, comes Nepalese singer-songwriter, Ayush Shrestha. Contemporary folk and traditional Nepali all in one night. Ayush brings a fresh musical taste to Hanoi coupling his contemporary folk songs with the six strings and a dash of traditional Nepali melody. Ayush continues his roaming with an exclusive performance at The Hanoi Social Club. Tickets: 100k @ the door “Encounter” Lecture with Dr. Ute Meta Bauer Sat 02 Nov 2013, 6 pm Auditorium D HCMC University of Social Sciences and Humanities 10 – 12 Dinh Tien Hoang, Dist 1, TP HCM Come to the second ‘Encounter’ lecture with Dr. Ute Meta Bauer, curator and art historian from Berlin, who has recently been appointed Founding Director of the Center of Contemporary Art (CCA) Singapore. Artistic practice has gone through significant changes in the last century. Today, the arts articulate themselves less through mastering skills, moving more towards a practice of reviewing and rewriting history as a way to reflect on todays societies through artistic expression and their means. As with the knowledge produced by scientists, artist contribute to our understanding of the complexities of an ever changing world. Developing their own methodologies and language artist contribute in a different but nevertheless substantial way to the global production of knowledge. This presentation will introduce a range of recent examples of artists whose projects invest in transdisciplinary research and collaboration. Translation will be provided (English to Vietnamese). Seats in are limited, please arrange your time to arrive early for your seating convenience. The event is free of charge. Dr. Ute Meta Bauer is working as a curator of exhibitions and presentations on contemporary art, film, video, and sound, with a focus on transdisciplinary formats.    Green Drinks in November Tue 05 Nov 2013, 6.30 – 8.30 pm Bizu Cafe The House of Saigon, Second Floor 16-20 Thu Khoa Huan, Ben Thanh Ward, Dist 1, HCMC Can Ethics & Profitable Manufacturing Co-Exist? Join Green Drinks for a new experience with a fresh Speaker this November. Rachael Carson will talk about the nuances of building a social enterprise in the economically and environmentally vulnerable region of Hue, Vietnam. Come armed with your business cards, questions and opinion’s and be ready to meet green-minded businesspersons, students, architects and scientists from Vietnam and around the world. About our Speaker Rachael Carson is a founding member of Fashion4Freedom, a socially minded design house based in Vietnam and New York. After living and working among a network of 40 rural entrepreneurs and craft villages in central Vietnam, Rachael developed a mantra against charity and in favor of strong business. Note: Presentations begin at 19:00 and will last for 45mins, followed by networking. WHO: Environmentalists, CSR People, Marketers, Investors, Architects, Brands…Anyone working with an environmental interest at heart. A Night of Romantic Ballet Fri 01 Nov 2013, 8 pm Hanoi Opera House 1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội Come to a night of romantic ballet with choreographers Frank Andersen (Denmark), Sasha Evtimova (Macedonia) and Vietnam National Opera and Ballet. Program Part I The Danish Classical Ballet - La Ventana “La Ventana” is his way of showing how Danish and classical dance can be harmonized to yield a graceful and charming unity. - Flower Festival in Genzano the pas de deux from “the Flower Festival in Genzano” is one of Bournonvilles most attractive and accomplished compositions. Light, lively and elegant Interval Part II The Macedonia Contemporary Ballet “Secret Garden” choreographed and staged by Sasha Evimova is combined with digital animation performed by the Dancers of the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet Tickets Ticket prices: 200000, 350000, 500000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over ticketvn@gmail.com For delivery call: 0913489858, 0983067996. Fukushima Festival in Hanoi 02 and 03 Nov 2013, 10 am – 4 pm Vietnam Women’s Museum 36 Lý Thường Kiệt, Hà Nội Fukushima Festival in Hanoi is one important event included in the series of activities celebrating the 40th anniversary of Viet Nam and Japan diplomatic relations, to introduce a “new” Fukushima to Vietnamese people. The suspicion raised from tsunami radiation will disappear, and the city of Fukushima is featured as a healthy, safe area with traditional culture and sustainable development . Fukushima Festival takes place in 2 days (2 and 3 Nov 2013) at Vietnamese Women’s Museum with some interesting activities including: Exhibiting Fukushima traditional industries and specialty booths; Displaying tsunami event and 2-year process of rebuilding the city; Films about Fukushima; The Kimono costumes, folk dances, Ikebana flower arrangement, Japanese tea ceremony. Free entrance during Festival. Screening of “Kai Po Che!” Sat 02 Nov 2013, 2 pm Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents 51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi On Saturday November 2nd 2013, TPD Centre will host next session of Two Thumbs Up Movie programme. We will screen Kai Po Che! (2012), directed by Abhishek Kapoor . Kai Po Che! is a 2013 Indian drama buddy film directed by Abhishek Kapoor based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel The 3 Mistakes of My Life, with music by Amit Trivedi and lyrics by Swanand Kirkire. Sushant Singh Rajput, Raj Kumar Yadav and Amit Sadh star as the three main protagonists while Amrita Puri plays the female lead. The film title Kai Po Che! is originally a Gujarati phrase that means “I have cut the kite” which refers to Makar Sankranti (known as Uttarayan in Gujarat) where one of the competitors uses his kite to cut off another competitors kite and yells “Kai Po Che!” The shooting started mid-April in Vadnagar and Ahmedabad. Set in Ahmedabad, the story revolves around three friends, Ishaan (Sushant Singh Rajput), Omi (Amit Sadh) and Govind (Raj Kumar Yadav), who want to start their own sports shop and sports academy. The film tracks their deep friendship, and innocence tarnished by religious politics and communal hatred, which results in their fallout, and an eventual death. Kai Po Che! had a world premiere at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festivalon 13 February 2013 where it was the first ever Indian film to feature in the World Panorama section. Kai Po Che! released world wide on 22 February 2013 and met with critical acclaim among Indian reviewers, but mixed to negative reviews internationally. A Lacquer Painting Exhibition by SAEKO ANDO “Japan in Me” Opening: Sat 09 Nov, 10 am Exhibition: 09 Nov – 01 Dec 2013, 9 am – 6 pm Related events (details below): Sun 17 Nov 2013 Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam 27 Quang Trung Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội In celebration of the Japan – Vietnam Friendship Year 2013, the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly presents a lacquer painting exhibition “Japan In Me” by Saeko Ando in Hanoi. Son Mai lacquer painting is a truly unique and original art form that is shared with the rest of the world by its Vietnamese creators. Saeko Ando, an artist from Japan – a country with a long and established lacquer tradition – has lived in Hanoi and pursued her passion as a Son Mai artist for 18 years and has mastered the art here in Vietnam. Saeko’s works depict aspects of life in the natural world that people usually fail to notice. Her command of Son Mai techniques, use of rich colours and bold compositions, and creation of elaborate textures, enable her to transform these into enchanting characters each with their own stories. She creates the illusion of texture using colours and materials that are built up in complex layers until they look almost three-dimensional. This layering suggests that traditional Son Mai paintings are impossible to sand to a flat finish, yet Saeko’s paintings are astonishingly flat. This is just one way in which she challenges established theory about Vietnamese lacquer work. Saeko has a mission: to introduce the fascinating art of Son Mai to the world through her exhibitions, lectures, and the symposia she attends. Because of her devotion to the Son Mai craft and her profound understanding of Vietnamese culture, she has often appeared in magazines and on television in Japan and Vietnam. She is the first foreign member accepted by Hanoi Art Association and her “Vietnameseness” has always caught people’s attention. At this exhibition – JAPAN IN ME – Saeko will offer a new insight into herself, proudly presenting, through her work, her Japanese side. For the first time, her “Japaneseness”, its philosophy and aesthetic, comes under the spotlight. Although the materials and techniques Saeko uses are almost all Vietnamese, art critics and fellow artists agree that Saeko’s Japanese Soul exudes from her work. Along with her art, the exhibition will offer a series of short essays Saeko has written to explain the secrets of her works. Free admission. The opening will include: - A congratulatory speech by Mr. Hideo Suzuki (Minister, Embassy of Japan in Vietnam) - An artist talk by Saeko Ando - Free coffee served by KOK Coffee Everyone can attend the opening. Related events Date: Sunday 17 November 2013 Venue: The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam 14:00 – 14:40 A lecture on “Japanese Lacquer Arts & Crafts: Its current status and artistry” By Ms. Fumie Sasai (Japanese lacquer artist) Japanese lacquer arts & crafts can be split into two distinct categories; handicrafts mainly made by artisans, and artworks mainly created by artists. Such handicrafts and artworks in contemporary Japan, along with the history of Japanese lacquer as well as its methods and techniques, will be explained. Concepts/messages in each work by each artist are effected as “expressions” resulting in the emergence of artistic value within the work, and it is this value which differentiates artworks from handicrafts. The meaning of artistry in arts & crafts will also be explored. 14:50 – 15:30 A talk on “JAPAN IN ME – Japan coming into sight through lacquer art” By Ms. Saeko Ando & Ms. Fumie Sasai Throughout history Japan and Vietnam have developed their own individual styles and techniques of lacquer as an established artistic medium. How is lacquer art from Japan, which developed in quite a different direction format from Vietnam’s, reflected in the eyes of the Vietnamese people? Despite using Vietnamese materials and techniques, Japanese sensitivity exudes from Saeko’s lacquer paintings. The secret, which Saeko will explain through her exhibition “JAPAN IN ME”, may provide a further hint to identify the individual characteristics of both Japanese and Vietnamese lacquer art. Fumie, who is active in the Japanese lacquer art scene, and Saeko, who is a lacquer painter as well as a researcher on lacquer art, will talk on the issue inviting the audience to think together. 15:30 – 16:30 A tea party – Enjoying the tea ceremony with original teacups by ceramic artists participating in the exhibition “Art of KOGEI, Spirit of KYOTO – 2013” Presented by CHIKUYO Tea Ceremony Club (School of Yabuuchi) - All related events will be delivered in Japanese with Vietnamese interpretation. - All related events are also free admission, no registration is required.