WHAT'S ON JUNE 1-15 (DAILY UPDATE) Exhibition – Installation “Through” by Artist Bao Opening: Tue 14 Jun 2016, 6 pm Exhibition: 14 Jun – 07 Jul 2016 L’Espace 24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội You are invited to the exhibition – installation “Through” by Bao. Bao’s work is influenced by an exile – the time during which he lived outside of his home country – and his yearning for an identity then. He began his visual art research in France during his study at the Beaux Arts. In his artistic practice, Bao combines cultural and religious symbols of Vietnam and diverts them: lanterns, altars, old photographs. In this exhibition, he played particularly on the transparency of certain materials – plexiglass, glass, plastic films, spring roll wrappers – to make visible the distant, vague memories. Free entry. Film Screening “La Revolution Bleue – Yves Klein” Sat 11 Jun 2016, 7 pm Blossom Art House 94B Tran Hung Dao, Hanoi Come to film screening “LA RÉVOLUTION BLEUE – Yves Klein” directed by François Lévy-Kuentz. “They mocked me. They treated me like a lunatic instead of an artist. They didn’t believe I could think with my painbrush…” So begins the film, in the first person. It goes on to tell a story which is a distillation of the blazing intensity of a brief and highly unusual artistic career. Using archival footage, art work and fictional re-enactments, François Lévy-Kuentz has composed a fascinating (auto)biography which radiates a powerful consciousness, that of the artist in the intimacy of his creation, his doubts, and his disappointments; that of a visionary buoyed by his confidence in his genius. Yves Klein’s career, which lasted from 1955 to 1962, was cut short by death. He had had only seven years to create and convince. A unique phenomenon in contemporary art, Yves Klein, inventor of both the monochrome and the happening, died at the age of 34 of a surfeit of passion. He had exhausted himself striving to make art life, and life art; to birth a superior and invisible world. Few of his contemporaries understood the focus of the mission he had given himself. Today, it is still being discovered. Duration: 52 minutes Language: French Subtitle: English 50.000 VND donation is suggested at door. Music Story of the Old Quarter in June Fri 10 Jun 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 richness as the city’s history itself: diversified and original. “Music Story of the Old Quarter” is a monthly music shows which is objected to introduce generally to the world the evolution of the city of Hanoi’s music, from past to present. The shows portrait the city’s music history through traditional vocal techniques, rhythms and beats combined with contemporary installation arts. The performances are delivered by the top class singers and musicians. Through the shows, we hope to successfully communicate the core values of Hanoi’s culture, history and humans to the audiences, both Vietnamese natives and foreign friends. * FREE ENTRANCE * This is a non-profit program. Donations are greatly welcome. Donation methods: – Donation at the door – Buying bamboo sticks (50k/stick) and give the stick to organizers after any performance that you find amusing. – Short term/ Long term sponsorship for the project (Contact details below) ** ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS** THE ANCIENT MUSIC OF TONKIN, the group of artists, traditional singers, musicians and Vietnamese culture lovers who embrace the passion for the conservation of Vietnamese traditional music. We are working to share the values of our beautiful Vietnamese cultural heritages. Watercolor Exhibition of Artist Ho Hung Opening: Sun 12 Jun 2016, 4 – 8 pm Le Saigonais 77-79 Ly Tu Trong, 1st floor, D.1, HCMC After a solo watercolor exhibition earlier this year, artist Ho Hung will continue to present his latest artworks in June 2016. This is a new mini exhibition of Ho Hung, however, the space will be open all year round to welcome visitors to enjoy his paintings. Having acclamation through various exhibitions in recent years – and the latest event “A journey to Hue” in May ’16, Ho Hung has started to gain enthusiastic recognition from audiences in the region. The exhibition this time will bring new nuances of his view for different landscapes of the countryside in Vietnam. Film Screening “Jappeloup” Screening film with Vietnamese subtitles: Fri 10 Jun 2016, 8 pm Screening film with English subtitles: Sun 12 Jun 2016, 6 pm L’Espace 24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội Come to film screening “Jappeloup” (France, 2011, 130’) at L’Espace. Director: Christian Duguay Casting: Guillaume Canet, Marina Hands, Daniel Auteuil “Jappeloup” takes an essentially self-contained, relatively decorous sport — show jumping — and turns it into a suspenseful, nail-biting series of death-defying equine leaps.” – Variety Film synopsis: At the beginning of the 1980s, abandoning a promising career as a lawyer, Pierre Durand devotes himself, body and soul, to his passion: show jumping. Supported by his father, he invests everything in a young horse called Jappeloup, even though no one else Pierre has made a good choice. Too small, too temperamental, and too unpredictable, the horse has many flaws but also has remarkable poise and abilities. From competition to competition, horse and rider progress and impose themselves in the horse-riding world. But the Olympic Games in Los Angeles are a terrible failure and Pierre becomes aware of his weaknesses. With help from Nadia, his wife, and Raphaëlle, Jappeloup’s groom, Pierre wins the horse’s trust and builds a relationship which will lead them both to the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988. Language: On 10 Jun: French with Vietnamese subtitles On 12 Jun: 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. Program of Friends of Vietnam Heritage (FVH) in June 2016 This month, FVH is pleased to offer: – a city walk to Đền Quán Thánh temple and Ngũ Xã island (in English) on Saturday 11 June – a lecture on human trafficking in Vietnam on Tuesday 14 June. You can also check our calendar at www.fvheritage.org for updates of the program. For details please download this file: FVH’s Program in June 2016.    Friends of Vietnam Heritage http://fvheritage.org/ A Night of French Music with Celimène Daudet Thu 09 Jun 2016, 8 pm HCMC Opera House No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC You are invited to the French night music at HCMC Opera House on 09 Jun 2016, a collaboration between HBSO and the French Consulate General, with the participation of well-known female French pianist Celimene Daudet, who won many prestigious international awards as: Jean Francaix in Paris, the FNAPEC “Ensemble Music”, Val d’Isère, the Pro Musicis international prize and the Spedidam prize. She has performed at the most prestigious concert halls such as Carnegie Hall, the Châtelet Theatre. Celimene Daudet is the most expected pianist in concerts in France, Europe and North America. In 2013, after the success of the record “Art of Fugue by J.S. Bach”, Celimene Daudet went on a musical tour to promote this CD. During the night, the audience will enjoy the works of two major French composers: Maurice Ravel and Cesar Franck. Program Piano: Celimène Daudet Conductor: Mer. A. Trần Vương Thạch In cooperation with Consulate General of France. PART I: Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major Piano: Celimène Daudet PART II: Cesar Franck Symphony in D Minor I. Lento; Allegro ma non troppo. II. Allegretto III. Finale: Allegro non troppo with HBSO Symphony Orchestra 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 Group Exhibition 2016 Opening: Wed 08 Jun 2016, 5.30 pm Exhibition: 08 – 12 Jun 2016 Vietnam Fine Arts Museum 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc St. Hanoi You are invited to the exhibition “Group Exhibition 2016” which features 14 artworks, including 6 oil paintings by Dinh Quoc Vu and 8 watercolor works by Hoang Duy Vang. Dinh Quoc Vu and Hoang Duy Vang is a great duo that shares the different dreams. One indulges in the nature, in experiencing meditative moments between four seasons and twenty four solar terms of the year year. Another finds peace in leaf, fish, birds, flowers in the multifaceted structure and purity of the stereoscopic space. Film Screening “La belle et la bête” Sun 05 Jun 2016, 4 pm L’Espace 24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội Come to film screening “La belle et la bête” (France, 2014, 112’). Director: Christophe Gans Casting: Vincent Cassel, Léa Seydoux, André Dussolier. “The live-action movie realize the fairy into life by outstanding computer technology, splendid costumes and more-than-charming performance by ‘French rose'” – Léa Seydoux. Film synopsis: 1810. After losing all of his ships at sea, a ruined merchant is forced into exile in the countryside with his six children. Among them is Belle, his youngest daughter, a joyful girl full of grace and charm. One day, on an arduous journey, the merchant stumbles on the magical realm of the Beast, who condemns him to death for stealing a rose. Feeling responsible for the terrible fate that has befallen her family, Belle offers herself up in her father’s place. But at the Beast’s castle, it is not death that awaits her, but a strange life in which moments of enchantment are mingled with joy and sadness. Every evening at dinner time, Belle and the Beast sit down together. At first like strangers with nothing in common, they slowly discover one another. While Belle must reject his amorous advances, she tries to unravel the mysteries surrounding the Beast and his realm. When night falls, fragments of the Beast’s life are revealed to her in dreams, and she discovers a tragic story in which this lonely and ferocious Beast was once a stately prince. Armed with her courage to overcome countless dangers, Belle opens her heart and manages to release the Beast from his curse. In doing so, she discovers true love. 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. Vietnam – Korea Animation Film Festival 2016 04 and 05 Jun 2016 Au Co Art Center No. 8 Huynh Thuc Khang street, Dong Da district, Hanoi As a gift for children on the International Children’s Day 1st Jun, you are invited to the Vietnam – Korea Animation Film 2016. Vietnamese and Korean animation will be screened from 4 ~ 5 Jun 2016 at Au Co Art Centre (No. 8 Huynh Thuc Khang street) including Airport Diary 3, Soc nau dang yeu (Lovely bworn squirrel), Cloud BreadTobot, Binh yen o tren lung (Peace on the back), Cloud Bread, Bong hoa mat troi (Sun flower), Watch car. For screening schedule, please check here. Ticket information: Invitations are available from: 10:00 am, Tue 31 May ~ 3 Jun 2016 (opening time 09:00~12:00 and 13:30~18:00, Mon~Sat, open until 17:00 on Sat) Locations: reception desk 1st floor, Korean Cultural Center, 49 Nguyen Du street, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi For whom: Korean Cultural Center members and Vietnamese – Korean animation lovers Quantity: 2 tickets/person Please show membership card or ID card Number of tickets is limited, first come first served. Free tickets. Exhibition “Memory and Oblivion” by Florian Nguyen Opening: Fri 03 Jun 2016, 6 pm Exhibition: 03 – 17 Jun 2016, 07:30 am – 11:30 am and 1 pm – 5 pm IDECAF 31 Thai Van Lung Str, Dist 1, HCMC «My grandparents left Vietnam as a child. They had told me their childhood in Vietnam. The deepest memories lingered in them and change them. I wonder about the process of saving and recovering memories so I decided to convey this thought into paintings. I’m not trying to describe these memories accurately but to express what I felt.» Florian Nguyen is a visual artist, born in 1988. 21 works are exhibited as a result of this exchange. It was the first step for romantic thoughts about the memories. Free entry Sculpture Exhibition “Seeds” by Artist Thai Nhat Minh Exhibition: 03 Jun – 03 Jul 2016 Dong Phong Art Gallery 03 Ly Dao Thanh Street Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi “Seeds”… Story of ten thousand years ago (1) And the appearing of life after three thousand years of dormant seeds (2) Minh’s continuous story from 5 years ago (3), And the continuous movements lying inside every shape. A story about the pattern of virtues and the destruction Or the launching platform of dreams. Finally, everything will be the beginning and the hope That is the story of “Seeds”… Over the last 5 years, since his first sculptures “Seeds” appeared in the group exhibition New Form in Hanoi, Minh has been developing and exploring his idea on seeds of various materials, in different shapes. He will display all of them with his clever installation in a fabulously peaceful little place like Dong Phong Art Gallery at #3 Ly Dao Thanh street, from 03 June to 03 July, 2016, to create a nice and attractive solo sculpture show “Seeds”. (1) South East Asia is known as the cradle of water rice civilization, about 10 thousands years ago. (2) In 2010, it was said that some 3000 -year paddy seeds in Thanh Den have been sprouted (they are belonged to Dong Dau cultural period). (3) In 2012, Thai Nhat Minh’s some first sculptures “ The seed” have been displayed in the group exhibition “ New Form” Italian Dance Wave with Franz Scala [Slow Motion Recs, Berlin] Fri 03 Jun 2016, 9 pm ATK 73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi Come to a night of Italian Dance Wave with Franz Scala [Slow Motion Recs, Berlin]. Franz is head of Slow Motion, an Italian record label based in Berlin. Aside from producing music on his own, he also performs on several popular stages such as World Unknown, Tusk Wax and Bordello a Parigi. Franz also promotes many events around the German capital such as the monthly Wrong Era parties or the Magic Waves Festival. Tickets: 50k at the door. Flute Recital with Le Thu Huong Sat 18 Jun 2016, 8 pm L’Espace 24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội You are invited to a solo flute recital with Le Thu Huong. Graduating from the Vietnam National Academy of Music in 2001, Le Thu Huong is one of the most prominent Vietnamese flutists. Former student of the Royal Academy of Music in Denmark, she is currently pursuing her Ph.D at the University of North Texas, USA. She participates regularly as a soloist or tuttiste in many international music festivals in Japan, USA, Britain, France, Germany, Denmark and Sweden. Returning to L’Espace, Le Thu Huong is accompanied by some musicians with whom she concocted this “fantasy summer” and of course “flûtistique”… Artists: Flute: Le Thu Huong Invited artists: – Violon: Nguyen My Huong – Marimba/Xylophone: Doan Mai Huong – Piano: Tran Thai Linh Program “SUMMER FANTASY” Pierre-Octave Férroud (1900-1936): Trois pièces (flute solo) 1. Bergère Captive 2. Jade Toan-Yan (La fête du double cinq) Georges Hue (1858-1948): Fantaisie (flute & piano) Doan Nho (b.1933): Remix “Biên cương bốn mùa xanh” (xylophone & piano) Dang Hong Anh (b.1969): Trio “Tây Nguyên” (flute, violin & marimba) Francois Borne (1840-1920): Fantaisie brillante sur “Carmen” (flute & piano) Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992): 1. Rio Sena (violin & piano) 2. Chau, Paris Astor Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango, Bordel-1900 (flute & (1921-1992) marimba) Jacob Gade (1879-1963) (Arr: T.L. Christiansen): Tango Jalousi (flute & piano) Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992): Oblivion (flute, violin, marimba & piano) Tickets Ticket price: 170,000 VND Special price for members of L’Espace: 100,000 VND Special price for students: 80,000 VND Tickets are available at L’Espace. Exhibition “Dreams – Dancing between Two Worlds” by Quynh Tran Opening: Sun 12 Jun 2016, 10 am Artist’s Talk: Sun 12 Jun 2016, 9 am Workshop Introduction to Collagraph by Quynh Tran: 22 – 23 Jun 2016, 9 am – 1 pm Exhibition: 12 – 30 Jun 2016 Heritage Space 1st Floor, Dolphin Plaza 6 Nguyen Hoang (for car) | 28 Tran Binh (for bike), My Dinh 2, Hanoi Heritage Space proudly presents solo exhibition “Dreams: Dancing Between Two Worlds” by visual/graphic artist Quynh Tran from University of Nevada, Reno, USA. In this exhibition, Quynh Tran will feature large monotype prints and installation. The prints are made with multiple layers and different techniques: monotype and woodcut on large sheets of paper. Technology and modern techniques of printing allow overlapping not only of colors, but also of various kind of materials on the printing surface. This method is influenced by the ancient Eastern graphic art, with pieces extended horizontally or vertically, to generalize the characters, stories in timeline or large landscapes. The artworks by Quynh Tran are inspired by the psychological state in her daily life, which are largely marked by the period of living and travelling between the two countries, as well as the two completely different cultures and social structures. The artist said: “My work is about capturing the essence of unverbalized and ephemeral experiences into a visual form. As a native Vietnamese woman living and working in the United States, I struggle to define my identity, as much as I struggle to transverse the cultural differences between these two vastly different societies. I am constantly in a state of being in between. My mind dances between two worlds…” During the exhibition, Quynh Tran will conduct a workshop introducing Collagraph. This is a specialized printing technique on the surface of solid material, not based on the pressure but using adhesive material to link multiple types of objects/ materials such as plastic, paper, metal, etc. to create layers of patterns. The workshop is aims to introduce and exchange techniques with local artists, art students and interested people. About the artist: Quynh Tran is a visual artist from Nevada, United States. She earned her B.F.A in Printmaking & B.A in Advertising from the University of North Texas at Denton, Texas, United States. Currently, Tran is pursuing her M.F.A in Studio Arts – Concentration in Printmaking & Book Arts at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her work has been exhibited in Texas, Nevada, California and Nebraska. In addition, Quynh Tran’s works are collected by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the Holland Project, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Portland State University, and Pacific Northwest College of Art. Quynh has received many grants and awards from the University of Nevada, Reno and the University of North Texas to support her work and other professional activities. Recently, she was awarded the Outstanding International Graduate Student Award by the University of Nevada, Reno in 2015 and 2016. She is also a member of College Book Art Association, Southern Graphics Council International and UNR Ink Head Printmaking Club. For more information, please kindly contact: heritagespacehanoi@gmail.com. Film Screening “Cong Binh, the Lost Fighters of Vietnam” 05, 11, 12, 19 and 26 Jun 2016 L’Espace 24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội Come to film screening of “Cong Binh, the Lost Fighters of Vietnam” at L’Espace. Director: Lam Lê (France, 116”) Casting: Vietnamese and French witnesses The forgotten history of 20,000 young Vietnamese who were forced to work in France on the eve of the second World War and under the German Occupation. Film synopsis: On the eve of World War II, 20,000 Vietnamese men in French Indochina were forced into labor in arms factories to replace French workers who’d left for the front. Mistaken for soldiers, blocked in France after the 1940 defeat, at the mercy of the German occupying forces and collaborationist bosses, these civil workers known as “Cong Binh” led a parias’ life during the Occupation. They were rice cultivation pioneers in the Camarque and unjustly thought of as traitors in Vietnam, although they all supported Ho Chi Minh in the country’s independence in 1945. Twenty survivors, five of whom died while the film was being edited, in Vietnam and France talk about their experiences. They recount the here and now of colonialism and give accounts of the opprobrium they, and even their children, encountered. A moment from the history between France and Vietnam that has shamefully been erased from the collective memory. Schedule Sun 05 Jun: 8 pm Sat 11 Jun: 3 pm, 5.30 pm (with English subtitles), 8 pm Sun 12 Jun: 8.30 pm Sun 19 Jun: 8 pm Sun 26 Jun: 8 pm Language: In English 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. ”Sense” – Solo Exhibition by Sculptor Luong Van Viet   Opening: Sun 05 Jun 2016, 6.30 pm Exhibition: 06 Jun – 05 Jul 2016 Manzi Art Space 14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi Manzi Art Space is proud to present “Sense” – a solo exhibition by Luong Van Viet, one of Vietnam’s most important sculptors today. Unlike any other conventional sculpture show, “Sense” is designed to not only incorporate Manzi’s existing architectural features, but also to manipulate its dual function. It asks where Manzi – as an art and exhibition space – ends, and Manzi – as a café and space for social interactions – begins? “Sense” acts as an invitation for the audience to come into contact with the work using all of their senses. They can, for example, walk around and/or through the work, look at them from afar, or come closer and pick them up for a more intimate inspection. “I hope to offer the audience a sense of freedom. The freedom to physically experience the characteristics of the materials: the warmth of wood, the heaviness of stone and the coolness of metal. The freedom to compare and judge the similarities and differences in terms of composition and distance between the works. The freedom to create their own narrative and relationship with art. The freedom to sense what is real” – the artist stated. “Sense” is Luong Van Viet’s 7th solo exhibition, marking a new chapter in his artistic journey. The exhibition is part of Manzi’s art programme supported by the Cultural Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF) of the Danish Embassy. About Lương Văn Việt Born in 1977, graduated from the Viet Nam University of Art in 2002, Luong Van Viet is considered one of the best sculptors in Hanoi today. Using minimal shapes and colours to create a sophisticated and elegant contrast, Viet’s works explore and push boundaries between spaces and forms, revealing the philosophy of coexistence and human existentialism. Luong Van Viet’s solo exhibitions include: “The way of metal” (2008), “The Doors” (2010), “The Narrow doors” (2012), he also took part intensively in different group sculpture exhibitions in Vietnam and abroad.Luong Van Viet has organized some solo exhibitions for example: “The way of metal” (2008), “Doors” (2010), “Narrow doors” (2012)… and other sculpture exhibitions in Vietnam and other countries. Ghibli Music Night Feat. Hanoi Ensemble & friends Fri 10 Jun 2016, 8 – 9 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 its fourth act of the JF Garage Concert, “Ghibli Music Night” by Hanoi Ensemble & friends in Hanoi on Friday 10 June 2016. Hanoi Ensemble consists of young artists and teachers from Vietnam National Academy of Music. They had studied in Vietnam and several well-known conservatories abroad. Members of Hanoi Ensemble had won several domestic as well as international prestigious music prizes. They have participated and play regularly in several concerts, music festivals as well as many cultural exchange programs in Vietnam and abroad. In this ninth garage concert, Hanoi Ensemble & friends will introduce us an excellent music program from lovely Japanese anime films of Studio Ghibli. Free admission and no registration is required (first come, first served). JF Garage Concert is a series of concerts at the garage and courtyard of the Japan Foundation in hope of providing musical diversity to Hanoi through the introduction of Japanese music played by distinguished musicians. Free admission. All free seats, first-come, first-served. A Night of French and German Music Fri 10 Jun 2016, 8 pm Hanoi Opera House 1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội Come to A Night of French and German Music with the performance of: Conductor: Đồng Quang Vinh VNOB’s Symphony Orchestra VNOB’s Choir Hanoi Voices Choir Hanoi Freude Choir Xuan Voce Choir and the Orchestra of the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet Program Part I GEORGE BIZET (1838-1875): – “Intermezzo” from Carmen Suite No. 1 GABRIEL FAURE (1845-1924): – “Pavane” in F-sharp minor, Op. 50 – “Requiem” in D minor, Op. 48 1. Introit et Kyrie 2. Offertoire 3. Sanctus 4. Pie Jesu 5. Agnus Dei 6. Libera Me 7. In Paradisum INTERMISSION Part II LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827): – Overture to “Egmont”, Op. 84 – Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67 1. Allegro con brio 2. Andante con moto 3. Scherzo. Allegro 4. Allegro Tickets Ticket prices: 200,000 – 350,000 – 500,000 VND. All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House or can book online at ticketvn.com. For free delivery call: 0913489858, 0983067996. Film Screening “Robinson Crusoe” 01, 05, 10, 12 and 15 Jun 2016 L’Espace 24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội You are invited to the film screening “Robinson Crusoe” (Belgium, 2016, 90 mins) at L’Espace. Director: Vincent Kesteloot Cast: Matthias Schweighöfer, Kaya Yanar, Dieter Hallervorden “Robinson Crusoe” – a film of StudioCanal, a special gift for children on International Children’s Day – the first of June! For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post. Film schedule: Wed 01 Jun 2016: 15:00 (sub) Sun 05 Jun 2016: 14:00 (dub) Fri 10 Jun 2016: 18:00 (dub) Sun 12 Jun 2016: 14:00 (dub) Wed 15 Jun 2016: 18:00 (sub) Language: English dubbed, Vietnamese subtitle or Vietnamese dubbed Ticket Ticket price: 60,000 VND Tickets are available at L’Espace. Loose Strings – A Unique Micro-music Event 04 and 05 Jun 2016 La Ferme du Colvert Immersed in lush green and a lake surrounded by trees is the perfect place to savour music from all over the world. Sweet acoustic performances. Improvised collaborations. Unique spaces and stages. Strings and rare instruments. Wander the paths, stare at the stars and float in the clean lake. Music. Workshops. Nature. 40km from Hanoi. Drive yourself or take our shuttle bus direct to the event picking people up from a central pickup point (TBA). Expect the eclectic – from alt-country and top-shelf indie-Viet originals to The Rare Instrument Orchestra and star-gazing (literally) while we take you on a musical mind-bend to sonic dreamscapes. Don’t think this is a normal musical event. Amazing sounds in unique spaces. Tickets Day pass – 450k, including dinner Overnight pass – 800k, including accommodation, dinner and breakfast Please book at LooseStrings@lafermeducolvert.com Art For You 5 Opening: Sat 04 Jun 2016, 6.30 pm Time: 05 – 12 Jun 2016, 10 am – 8 pm 29 Hang Bai, Hanoi Summer is coming and with it Hanoi’s annual art hiatus. While some art appreciators are getting their homes ready to spend the gruesome summer months indoors, the migratory portion of our beloved art community is about to fly out to spend that time hibernating abroad. Each will be in need to stock up on creativity before the 2015/16 art season ends. Therefore, Manzi Art Space & Work Room Four are bringing you the fifth ART for YOU affordable art fair! Whether it’s a last minute memento that has purpose and character or stocking up on aesthetics, colours and beautiful things to keep you going through the art-less summer months, we promise our end of season ART for YOU has it all… …and more. Because this time we are taking the show downtown. The space is grand, the view is grander and the ART as always is the grandest of all. LOCATION: 29 Hang Bai is where it’s happening. That is the Art and Photography Exhibition centre. THE OPENING: 6.30PM on Sat 4th of June the doors will be open and the browsing may commence …and then the show will go on, as you know it must: 5th – 12th June daily from 10am – 8pm FREE ENTRANCE. Film Screening “Chinese Puzzle” Film screening with Vietnamese subtitles: Fri 03 Jun 2016, 8 pm Film screening with English subtitles: Sun 05 Jun 2016, 6 pm L’Espace 24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội Director: Cédric Klapisch (France, Belgique 2013, 114’) Casting: Romain Duris, Kelly Reilly, Audrey Tautou, Cécile De France « A diverting tale of pre-middle-aged floundering that can’t stop pointing out how unexpected everything is. » – Washington Post Film synopsis: Xavier is now forty years old. We find him with Wendy, Isabelle and Martine fifteen years after L’Auberge Espagnole and ten years after Russian Dolls, Xavier’s life has not necessarily settled down and everything even seems more and more complicated. Although now a father of two children, he still has the travel bug and this time it leads him to the heart of Chinatown in New York. In joyful mayhem, he tries to find his place as a father and as a son… and as a man! Separation. Building a new family. Homosexual parents. Immigration. Illegal workers. Globalization. Xavier’s life is a genuine Chinese puzzle. A life in New York and the current period, which, although might not be calm or coherent, at least give Xavier plenty to write about. Language: Fri 03 Jun: French with Vietnamese subtitles Sun 05 Jun: 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. Doclab Basic Filmmaking Course 2016 (K8) Doclab basic filmmaking course 2016 (K8) open for registration Deadline: 06 Jun 2016 Doclab’s annual filmmaking course is now open for people who interested in documentary, video art and experimental film making (for Vietnamese over 18 years old). Course schedule: 2 sessions per week, from end of June to end of September 2016 Meet & talk with instructors for more information: – 18:00 Wed June 01, 2016 – 18:00 Sat June 04, 2016 After filling in the online registration form, candidates need to watch and write review for a film, and attend an interview after all. Film screening schedule: June 09 – June 12, 2016 (detailed information will send to candidate’s email) Fee: 2,000,000VND/person (with equipment support from Doclab) Please complete the online registration form and send 5 favorite photos (with description) to hanoidoclab@gmail.com with subject: “Đăng ký K8 – Ảnh yêu thích – (Tên bạn)” (Register K8 – Favorite photo – Your name) Deadline for registration: June 06, 2016 Goethe-Institut Hanoi 56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học Ba Đình, Hà Nội Subscription Concert Vol. 92 03 and 04 Jun 2016, 8 pm Hanoi Opera House 1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội Come to Subscription Concert Vol. 92 with: Conductor: Tran Vuong Thach Piano Soloist: Celimene Daudet and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra Program PHÓ ĐỨC HOÀNG Bubble (world premiere) Interval RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major FRANCK Symphony in D minor Tickets Ticket prices: 200,000 – 350,000 – 500,000 VND. All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House or can book online at vnso.org.vn. For free delivery call: 0913489858, 0983067996. Film Screening “Chef” Fri 03 Jun 2016, 7.30 pm Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents 51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi In the third week of cuisine film month, you are invited to the film screening “Chef” directed by Jon Favreau. After a series of blockbusters such as Iron Man, Cowboys & Aliens, Jon Favreau produced “Chef” with a medium-low budget (approximately $46 million). The film tells the story of chef Carl Casper who suddenly quit his job at a popular restaurant in Los Angeles after refusing to compromise his creativity with management style of the boss. He left to find new things and on his way to Miami, Casper and his ex-wife, a former colleague (Leguizamo) and his son started a food truck. On the road, chef Carl gradually found himself and rekindle his passion for culinary art as well as for the taste of love and life. Original language with Vietnamese subtitles. Entry: 20,000 VND (donation for TPD’s fund for movie talents) Exhibition “My Little Happiness” by Dinh Y Nhi Opening: Fri 03 Jun 2016, 6 pm Exhibition: 03 Jun – 03 Jul 2016 2nd floor, 24 Ly Quoc Su Str, Hanoi Opening from Monday to Saturday, 10 am – 6 pm Art Vietnam is happy to present the new works of Dinh Y Nhi, one of Vietnam’s most celebrated female artists who dared to confront convention and broke the traditional accepted feminine expression in 1995 with her stark black and white stick figures on paper, with their bold stance facing the world with the entire range of human expression. With a controversial body of work that immediately attracted international attention, the artist was set on her path of singular inventive expression. Not always accepted by the cultured milieu at the time in Vietnam, Nhi continued on her solitary path. Today, the artist is very reclusive, rarely seen and yet quietly works away in her studio. This latest body of work, “My Little Happiness”, is a meditation on life, on treasuring every solitary moment. Every day, a little happiness Coffee on the street Smile of a stranger Laugh of a child Simple moments of time. Friends sharing stories, sadness, or simply idling away the time. Sipping slowly a rich cup of coffee, Nhi observes all that surrounds her. Daily the artist goes to the same spot, the same time, sees the same people, and sometimes not. A vivid tableaux of life, a simple passing moment. The artist says, “When I drink coffee near my house I like the idea of 1 million people passing by… again and again. I am the only one who stays – observing and looking at them in a quiet way. I understand that deep inside we are all different but when I look at them they all look the same. Like a drop of water in the river, the cycle of life of everyone is actually the same; we are born, get married, have children, die, start again. Not only at the present time but also the same as a thousand years ago, life will be the same in the future. This is not boring, it is the purpose of life. Everyone is pursuing happiness, one is never bored with happiness.” A silent, quiet observer, Nhi makes no judgments, she doesn’t analyze, she simply observes, following her feeling. Walls covered in faces, random, nameless, one in a crowd, indistinguishable from the other. A contemplation on life, little moments… This artist’s meditation brings us to the present moment, we focus on each movement, the collective mass of humanity before us. Far from the maddening crowd and yet right in the midst of it, we can feel the silence and the quiet joy of sharing time and memory. Please come to enjoy this celebration of tender little moments of happiness. Meeting with Hong Van – Author of “Trois Nuage Au Pays Des” Thu 02 Jun 2016, 6 pm L’Espace 24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội “Trois nuage au pays des nénuphars” is an autobiographical novel, written in French by author Hong Van (known with the pen name of Nuage Rose). It is a story in which life and death are intertwined, covering the little-known theme of the everyday life of impoverished people in Northern Vietnam during the American war (1964-1975), on the background of military and political events. It is also the testimony of a child, resurfacing 40 years later, as poignant and vivid as if it was only yesterday. The novel has been published by Société des Ecrivains in Paris and introduced at major book fairs in Paris, Bruxelles, Genève, Bretagne, Normandie, Mans… Language: Simultaneous translation French – Vietnamese Free entry Exhibition “Authors and Illustrators for children” Exhibition: 02 – 30/06/2016 2nd floor lobby L’Espace 24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội You are invited to the exhibition “Authors and Illustrators of the youth”, which will introduce a new generation of authors and illustrators for children. Each year, the Charter invites a dozen authors and illustrators to the book fair in Bologna to meet foreign publishers and attend training courses. Since 2012, many illustrators-authors such as Gilles Bachelet, Joëlle Jolivet, Olivier Charpentier, Amélie Jackowski and many others are sponsoring the new generation. The exhibition consists of 25 pictures by young authors and illustrators selected in 2013, 2014 and 2015 using the various techniques of drawing and graphics (pads, ink on paper, digital colorization, digital collage, etc…). Free entry Berlinale Spotlight: Berlinale Shorts Go Abroad 02 and 03 Jun 2016, 7 pm Goethe Institut 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi The Goethe-Institut is delighted for Pham Ngoc Lan’s nomination for the Berlinale Shorts 2016 for his film “Another City”. The Berlinale Shorts is the short film program of the Berlin International Film Festival. Pham Ngoc Lan has learned his craft at DocLab at the Goethe-Institut Hanoi. For this reason we will screen his film along with the best Berlinale Shorts of the previous year. “Another City” (2016) focuses on interpersonal relationships in urban landscapes: a mature woman, a bride and a group of young people seek proximity in the anonymity of the big city. On two evenings, we also present nine more exclusive films from five countries, all part of the Berlinale Shorts 2015. The short films are uncompromising and complex, and offer an undisguised image of the present. They connect fiction and reality and open up a space for interpretation and communication going beyond the events that actually took place. They vary from documentaries to fictional stories, to animated movies. Central themes are personal life stories and rituals, portraying longing, love, cruelty and absurdism. Some of the films give thought-provoking impulses, others open up a whole new world to the viewer. They show life on another planet, but also the earthly dangers emanating from humans and the power of nature. The Berlin International Film Festival, more commonly known as Berlinale, ranks among the most important film festivals in the world. Movies of all genres, lengths and formats are awarded. Since 2007, the Berlinale Shorts also awards prizes to short films, mostly works of talented young artists. Berlinale Spotlight – PROGRAMME I 02.06.2016, 7 PM Original language with Vietnamese and English Subtitles ANOTHER CITY Vietnam 2016, 25’, Director: Pham Ngoc Lan In the search for one’s counterpart and coexistence in the metropolitan jungle, the protagonists are connected across space and time by a popular vietnamese song. PLANET ∑ – Audi Short Film Award 2015 France 2014, 12’, Director: Momoko Seto Planet Sigma: Fire and ice, life and death. The proceedings on the planet, recorded in impressive pictures. SHADOWLAND France 2014, 12’, Director: Momoko Seto Planet Sigma: Fire and ice, life and death. The proceedings on the planet, recorded in impressive pictures. DISSONANCE – Berlin Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2015 Germany 2015, 17’, Director: Till Nowak Reality and fantasy merge – a pianist is fighting against blurring boundaries. 3D animation and live action, an odyssey through time and space. TAKE WHAT YOU CAN CARRY USA/ Germany 2015, 30’, Director: Matt Porterfield Lilly’s journey through day and night, drifting between worlds and places. The longing to arrive. © Fatoum al Hussein / El juego del escondite © Fatoum al Hussein / El juego del escondite Berlinale Spotlight in Hanoi – PROGRAMM II 03.06.2016, 7 PM Original language with Vietnamese and English Subtitles SNAPSHOT MON AMOUR Germany 2014, 6’, Director: Christian Bau “Genpatsu-Rikon“ – on the trail of a new Japanese word and the connection of the wedding rocks and Fukushima. EL JUEGO DEL ESCONDITE (HIDE & SEEK) Spain 2014, 23’, Director: David Muñoz A Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon: Refugees are hiding from the war, children play hide and seek, and the film crew is hiding as well. The synergies of reality, fiction and the filming process itself. DÄWIT (DAEWITT) Germany 2015, 15’, Director: David Jansen A wolf child, a cat, an angel. Daewit embarks on a journey – he tries to find himself. In this animation film narration meets association and vice versa. YÚYÚ France/Spain/USA 2014, 15’, Director: Marc Johnson In the Chinese province of Chongqing, a traditional rite of spring: A body is entirely covered by bees. The buzzing dominates everything. SYMBOLIC THREATS Germany 2015, 15’, Mischa Leinkauf/Lutz Henke/Matthias Wermke Brooklyn Bridge in New York City: Two white American flags are hoisted. Poetry or threat? Conference “Luc Van Tien Story Poem and author Nguyen Dinh Chieu” Wed 01 Jun 2016, 6 pm L’Espace 24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội You are invited to the conference “Rereading and contemplating the story poem ‘Luc Van Tien’ of Nguyen Dinh Chieu” – a journey to discover a unique illustrated manuscript in 1897, and its 2016 edition with attached comments. Speakers: – Pascal Bourdeaux, lecturer of the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes – Olivier Tessier, professor of the French School of the Far East The presentation and introduction to an original illuminated manuscript of the poem Luc Van Tien by its publishers, a manuscript ediscovered in the library of the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres (Paris) – an edition provided by a Confucianist scholar of the Hue court (Lê Đức Trach) – was able to represent the virtues and beauties of Confucianism and the Southern popular culture, which had become so dear to Nguyen Dinh Chieu (1822-1888). Relevant to both written and oral literature of the mid-nineteenth century, the poem “Luc Van Tien” took Nguyen Dinh Chieu to a long pantheon of national literary glories with its ability to beautifully blend classical literature and distinct Southern cultural characteristics. Translated into French in 1864, the publication of Abel Michels in 1883 prompted a French naval officer, Eugène Gibert (who was in mission in Hue between 1895 and 1897) to create an illuminated manuscript, and the task was assigned to a court’s scholar named Le Duc Trach. Back in France, Eugène Gibert gave the manuscript to the library of the Institut de France in 1899, where it was rediscovered in 2011. It is the only illustrated version (with 139 polychrome pictures) of “Luc Van Tien” known to date. The conference will trace the history and publication of the manuscript. It will illustrate how the work is a major contribution to understanding the civilization of the south of Vietnam in the mid-nineteenth century. Language: Simultaneous translation Free entry VNN