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EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 10-20
Live Music Event “The Music Emporium” at
07, 14, 21 and 28 May 2015, 8.30 pm
6 Hoi Vu Str,
The Music Emporium – a new intimate live music event at The
Hanoi Social Club. 8:30pm every Thursday night.
In a 100-year-old house with classic architecture in the old
quarter, lots of cozy spaces, where you can enjoy the skill of the musicians
and feel the music in a more laid back environment.
Use your ears to listen to and enjoy musical stories. It’s not
an “event” as such, more like people playing music in your loungeroom. Every
week we have a different musician creating a set specifically for this event.
We’ll make you comfortable. It’ll be cozy, and intimate.
Tickets: 50,000 VND at the door
Gala ”An Ode to the Motherland”
Tue 19 May 2015, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House
Two new works (a symphony and a ballet) completed in 2015 will
have their premiere at 8pm on may 19th, 2015 at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera
House in HBSO’s Gala “An Ode to the Motherland”. They are two important works
as they mark a new development in Vietnamese classical arts.
Composer Vinh Lai’s 4-movement symphony “The Unshakable and
Heoric East – Southern Motherland” has strong flavours of Southern folk songs
in a uniquely colourful and creative modern context as it shows profound
humanity and philosophy. There has not been many works in this standard
4-movement structure lately; this work shows a great effort and great
creativity investment.
Ballet Suite “The Motherland”, choreographed by People Artists
Ha The Dung, Luong Xuan Thanh and Ta Thuy Chi, music by Vu Viet Anh and La Y
San, premiered in March 2015 and has made a great impression on the puublic
and critics alike. The work will be performed by famed dancer Ta Thuy Chi and
artists from the Experimental Theatre of the Ho Chi Minh City School of
Dance.
Program
PART I:
Symphony ”The unshakable and heroic East – Southern
Motherland”
I. Allegro vivace
II. Lento marciale funebre
III. Moderato – Scherzando
IV. Allegretto – con fuoco. Frestino
Performing: HBSO Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Mer. A. Trần Vương Thạch
PART II:
Suite Ballet”The Motherland”
Script & Choreography: NP. A. Hà Thế Dũng
Music: Vũ Việt Anh, La Y San
Choreography: P. A. Hà Thế Dũng, Tạ Thùy Chi, Lương Xuân Thành
Performing: Tạ Thùy Chi & students, dancers of
Tickets
Ticket price: 550,000 – 400,000 – 350,000 – 200,000 – 80,000
VND (for students only)
Booking and delivery: 08 38237419, Ms. Hương 0989874517,
Ms.Huong Ly: 0908057972
At HCMC Opera House,
Online Booking: www.ticketbox.vn
Symphony Concert at
Sun 17 May 2015, 8 pm
Grand Concert Hall
56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh,
You are invited to a symphony concert with:
Conductor: Clay Couturiaux
Violin Soloists: Bui Cong Duy, Ngo Hoang Linh, My Huong, To
Trinh, Duong Minh Chinh, Truong Son
and the
Program
Giuseppe Valentini (1681-1753)
Concerto in A Minor for 4 Violins, Op.7 No.11 (1710)
Vũ Việt Chương, Nguyễn Mỹ Hương, Phan Thị Tố Trinh & Ngô
Hoàng Linh– Violin Soloists
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto in B minor for 4 Violins, RV 580 (1711)
Bùi Công Duy, Dương Minh Chính, Phạm Trường Sơn & Vũ Việt
Chương– Violin Soloists
INTERMISSION
George FridericHandel (1685-1759)
Music for the Royal Fireworks (1749)
I. Ouverture: Adagio, Allegro, Lentement, Allegro
II. Bourrée
III. La Paix: Largo allasiciliana
IV. La Réjouissance: Allegro
V. Menuets I and II
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Capriccio espagnol, Op.34 (1887)
I. Alborada
II. Variazioni
III. Alborada
IV. Scena e canto gitano
V. Fandango asturiano
Tickets
Ticket prices: 200000, 350000, 500000 VND. All tickets
available at Hanoi Opera House or can book online at ticketvn.com.
For delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.
Film Screening “
Fri 15 May 2015, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Trang Tien,
You are invited to the film screening “
“
French journalist to specialize in cinema and founder of the
ciné-clubs.
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.
Music Night “When We Meet”
Fri 15 May 2015, 8 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi
“When We Meet” – A night bringing together two of
Luong Hue Trinh.
Featuring:
LUONG
YONG YAN-SEN [
KOK SIEW-WAI [
Program
Solo Saxophone: Yong Yan-sen
Duo Electronics and Voice: Luong Hue Trinh, Kok Siew-Wai
All together: Kok Siew-Wai, Yong Yan-sen, Luong Hue Trinh.
Tickets: 100,000 VND.
About artists
LUONG
After studying from 1998 – 2010 at the
she was granted Exceptional Student by the Association of
Yamaha Music, Japan. Since 2010 to now, she has been approaching
electroacoustic music and being under the strong influence by
SonX. Her music has been presented, exhibited, performed in
Urban Arts Berlin in the Synthesis Vol. 1 online and tape
format in a compilation of sound works by female composers from many
countries in the
world.
YONG YAN-SEN – Tenor Sax
Yan-sen is an improvised saxophonist and artist-organizer. He
has played at the Kuala Lumpur Contemporary Music Festival, Mosaic Festival
solo saxophone improvisation was released by Doubtful Sound (
an improvised trio called Game of Patience. They have toured
to
formed Reflex Reactions, an improvised duo with voice and
saxophone. Yandsen is one of the founders and co-director of
Experimental Film, Video & Music Festival (KLEX) since
2010.
KOK SIEW-WAI – Voice
SIEW-WAI is an improvised vocalist, video artist and artist-organizer.
She has participated in festivals such as Kuala Lumpur Contemporary
Music Festival, Asian Meeting Festival (Japan), Playfreely
(Singapore), Choppa Eclectic Improvised Music Festival (Singapore), Busan
International Video Art Festival (Korea), International Film
Festival Rotterdam (Netherland) and more. In February 2015, Siew-Wai joined
the
Ensemble Asia Orchestra led by Otomo Yoshihide, and performed
three concerts in Tokyo and Kyoto. YONG Yan-sen and Siew-Wai formed
Reflex Reactions, an improvised duo with voice and saxophones.
Siew-Wai is one of the founders, festival director and curator of the Kuala
Lumpur Experimental Film, Video & Music Festival (KLEX).
Exhibition “Behind the Wall” with Lolo Zazar
Exhibition: 12 – 31 May 2015
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the exhibition “Behind the Wall” by Lolo
Zazar.
Lolo Zazar has been familiar with the Vietnam’s walls since he
took the photos of Khoan Cat Be Tong with phone number. Moreover, he is
passionate about all the form of surfaces, whether metal, wood, concrete or
plaster, each of which brings different message and opens another world,
dreamlike and fantastic.
The Ombre Chinoise technique can transform these surfaces into
living pictures surreptitiously.
The wall is no longer a pretext, which opens to something
else. Firstly there is a wall, and then, on closer look, behind the wall
there is something else…
Free entrance.
KLEX Tropical Seasonings Hanoi Screening
Sun 17 May 2015, 7 pm
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
You are invited to KLEX Tropical Seasonings Hanoi screening –
KLEX Special Programme, hosted by Hanoi DOCLAB.
TROPICAL SEASONINGS
Total Run Time: 75 minutes
After Screening Q&A with Filmmaker & Curator KOK
Siew-Wai
“Tropical Seasonings” is a special KLEX screening program
featuring 12 short videos from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, UK and USA. The
program includes works from artists originally from South East Asia, and
foreign artists who have traveled to the region and make work about it. The
programme offers different perspectives experiencing life in the region: the
residents’ experiences and the visitors’ observations. Featuring artists
include Andrew Stiff, AU Sow-Yee, Azharr Rudin, CHEW Win-Chen, Debora
Bernagozzi, Jason Bernagozzi, KOK Siew-Wai, LIM Chee-Yong, Maulana M Pasha,
Taiki Sakpisit, WONG Eng-Leong and Wuttin Chansataboot.
LIST OF WORKS:
LULAI (2014)
LIM Chee Yong, Malaysia, 6:30 min
This video is about a group of Bajau Laut and Bajau Darat
people from Mabul island, off the south-eastern coast of Sabah, East
Malaysia. They have no nationality and are unremarkable from world population
statistics.
GONG XI FA CAI PART 2 (2012)
Andrew Stiff, UK/Malaysia, 3:30 mins
Gong Xi Fa Cai, Part 1 & 2, is a two part exploration of a
small town during the Chinese New Year celebration. Filmed in Mantin Negri
Sembilan, the focus is on the shop house infrastructure of the town, as a
backdrop to the celebrations of the Chinese New Year. As ‘modernisation’
grips Malaysia, and South east Asia, we are in danger of losing the heart of
our towns and cities, as has been seen many times in the West.
GREEN CLOUD TEMPLE (2012)
Debora Bernagozzi, USA, 7:40 min
This video is shot at the Cheng Hoon Teng or Green Clouds
Temple in Melaka, one of the oldest continuously operating temples in
Malaysia. Watching people perform the same motions as generations of their
ancestors, seeing faded photographs of persons long deceased, the chants, the
smell of incense, the flickering light of candles – I was so immersed in that
moment.
RUINS I (2011)
Au Sow-Yee, Malaysia, 4:30 min
The lightning speed of forgetting.
FLOW (2011)
CHEW Win-Chen, Malaysia, 3:00 min
Humans leave traces in nature throughout their life. Amid of
pursuing their own good, the surroundings are often neglected and left to be
swept away by the waves of modernization. The footage and audio recorded at
Kampung Sungai Batu, Kedah, Malaysia.
MUD GAME (2014)
KOK Siew Wai, Malaysia, 3:40 min
Kuala Lumpur has a high density of construction sites,
especially in the city centre. You cannot drive more than 5km without seeing
one of these sites. They have become part of the city landscape. Most of the
time, I’m quite annoyed by them. But this day, through my viewfinder, I’ve
managed to have a little fun with them.
COLORFOOL (2002)
Azharr Rudin, Malaysia, 4:23 min
A little music video filmed in Taman Wahyu (Revelation Garden)
and Dataran Merdeka (Independence Square/Plain) in Kuala Lumpur. An attempt
to visualize Terry Calier and Charles Stepney’s ‘What Color is Love’.
16 X 9 CAPSULE (2014)
Wuttin Chansataboot (Thailand), 6:40 min
“16×9 Capsule” shows fragments of time and incidents taking
place at particular locations around Bangkok. Camera observed different
situations in various
conditions, ranging from trivial moments in a ordinary day to
crucial circumstances in political history of Thailand. Metaphorically, each
place used as background in the video is defined as a receptacle of temporal
matters, exploring a Buddhist concept saying that everything keeps rising,
standing and cessation. They eternally and inevitably change. Only memory
remains as an evidence of their existence.
THE ENDLESS STEPS (2006)
Maulana M Pasha, Indonesia, 7:00 min
A town construction forcing the society to make its own maps,
street names, and houses. So, can I visit you, my friend? It’s like when you
go find an address in the urban areas of Jakarta, and you are suddenly
trapped in a labyrinth where you don’t know exactly the roads like on an
official map. It’s so difficult to find an address because there are too many
pathways (or ‘rat ways’, as called by the locals) in towns like Jakarta.
Direction from a friend is almost useless. Official directions changed often,
and home addresses are no longer certain, but manual direction become useful
to determine which way to go. A kind of ‘organic’ map created by people who
live there. A peek to the living reality of Jakarta, the most populated city
in South East Asia.
MIST (2012)
WONG Eng Leong, Malaysia, 3:50 min
A nation that is seemingly well-developed and peaceful,
shattered by a mere demonstration of the people’s will. Why is the people’s
democracy incarcerated? When those in power fail to address the rights of the
people, should the people not contemplate and decide for our future? We only
hope for our voices to be heard.
MEMORY AND RITUAL IN FRAME DIFFERENCE (2012)
Jason Bernagozzi, USA/Malaysia, 8:40 min
Memory and Ritual in Frame Difference is a work that was
produced during an artist residency in Malaysia, which was sponsored in part
by KLEX and Multimedia University. This work is a meditation on the complex
relationships between ritual and public space at the Batu Caves in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. In a space shared by both devout hindus and tourists, the
frame difference processing allows the viewer to focus on action and change
within the recording. Electronic insights of body vernacular happening in
mediated time.
A RIPE VOLCANO (2011)
Taiki Sakpisit, Thailand, 15:00 min
A Ripe Volcano allegorizes Bangkok as a site of mental
eruption of emotionally devastated land during the heights of terrors, primal
fears, trauma, and the darkness of time. A Ripe Volcano revisits The
Rattanakosin Hotel, the site where the military troops captured and tortured
the civilians, students and protesters who were hiding inside the hotel
during the Black May of 1992; and Rajadamnern Stadium, a Roman amphitheatre
styled Muay Thai boxing arena, which was built in 1941-45 during the Second
World War and since then has become the theatrical labyrinth of physical and
mental explosions.
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Siew-Wai Kok is a video artist, improvised vocalist and
independent artist-organizer from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She received her
B.A. at SUNY Buffalo, and M.F.A. at Alfred University, USA. Siew-Wai has
shown her videos and performed improvised music locally and internationally
in Asia, Europe, Canada and USA, such as Busan International Video Art
Festival, Bangkok Experimental Film Festival, International Film Festival
Rotterdam, Les Rencontres Internationales, Beyond/In Western New York
Biennial, Kuala Lumpur Contemporary Music Festival, Asian Meeting Festival
(Japan) and many more. Siew-Wai sets up SiCKL (Studio in Cheras Kuala
Lumpur), an alternative artist collective with her peers in 2006, and
organizes many DIY experimental video screenings and music gigs since then.
This experience has led her to take up the role as festival director &
curator of the artist-run Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film, Video & Music
Festival (KLEX) since 2010. She is currently teaching at the Faculty of
Creative Multimedia, Multimedia University, Malaysia.
Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film, Video & Music Festival
(KLEX) KLEX is an independent, artist-run grassroots international festival
of experimental film, video art and music founded in Malaysia in 2010 by a
cross-disciplinary group of artists. KLEX aims to serve as a platform to
introduce contemporary experimental cinema and music from the region and
worldwide to the Malaysian audience, as well as to introduce works from South
East Asia to other parts of the world, to cultivate understanding, learning,
friendship and exchange among local, regional and international experimental
art communities.
Contact: info@klexfilmfest.com
Exhibition “New Painting from Germany”
Opening: Tue 14 May 2015, 5 pm
Exhibition: 15 – 31 May 2015, 9 am – 5 pm
Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts
56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of German-Vietnamese
diplomatic relations the Goethe-Institut, in collaboration with the art
association Haus am Lützowplatz (HaL) in Berlin and the National Museum of
Fine Arts, is introducing a new generation of German artists.
The exhibition which was hosted by the Goethe Institut in Hong
Kong until mid-April under the direction of Gabriele Gauler now comes to
Hanoi. Six artists with international reputation are presenting their
positions in contemporary painting. All of them refer in different ways to
art history. The result varies from large-scale formatted figurative painting
and architectural forms up to smaller scale cabinet pieces on wood.
The curator of the exhibition is art historian Dr. Marc
Wellmann, artistic director of the Haus am Lützowplatz (HaL) in Berlin.
The exhibition presents the works of six artists which already
achieved an excellent reputation worldwide. They will explain their positions
to the contemporary art scene whereby all of them refer in different ways to
well-known elements of art history.
The result is manifold and ranges from large-scale formatted
figurative painting and architectural forms up to smaller scale cabinet
pieces on wood.
With an introduction by the curator Dr. Marc Wellmann from
Berlin at the opening of the exhibition.
The artists:
In her paintings Stefanie Gutheil (*1980) lends expression to
an inner world of fantasy. In many of her works she takes reference to German
Expressionism.
Florian Meisenberg (*1980) paints weightless objects on
flag-like canvases that are casually suspended from the wall or hung on small
cornices, ultimately subverting their pictoriality. Born in Berlin he now
lives in New York City.
Uwe Henneken (*1974) mixes motifs from classic romantic
painting with elements of trash culture.
Sebastian Neeb (*1980) paints, takes photos, constructs
objects – using different materials. He quotes famous motifs of art history,
uses private photos and thus develops new events and relations.
Abstract painting and graphics is the focus of Tanja
Rochelmeyer (*1975). Her strict geometrical arrangements are generated in the
computer before she brings them on the canvas.
Christoph Ruckhäberle (*1972) is considered as a
representative of the “New Leipzig School”. His paintings are mostly
figurative with abstract elements and extremely colorful.
New Circus “What is Left”
Thu 14 May 2015, 8 pm
Youth Theater
11 Ngô Thì Nhậm, Hà Nội
New Circus “What is left” was born from the encounter of two
Chinese pole acrobats, Joao Paulo Dos Santos and Guillaume Amaro, with the
new look of director Olivier Antoine.
Inspired by a Sacks’s short story, the performance depicts a
man without memory, stuck in the constantly changing and meaningless time. A
real person? The product of our imagination? The reflection of ourselves?
“What is left” transcends the limits of Chinese pole and mixes
dance, acrobatics on the ground and the mast, music and video.
Art Director: João Paulo Dos Santos
Director: Olivier Antoine
Performers: Guillaume Amaro, João Paulo P. Dos Santos
Music: Marek Hunhap
Lighting design: Nicolas Le Clézio and Alrik Reynaud
Technical: Alrik Reynaud
Costumes: Fanny Mandonnet
Distribution: Flora Vitel
They also perform in HCMC on May 16 2015.
Tickets
Ticket price: 160 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 80 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Exhibition “Reinhard Kleist: Comics and Graphic Novels”
Exhibition: 10 – 31 May 2015, 9 am – 7 pm
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
From 10th to 31th of May the award-winning German graphic
artist Reinhard Kleist presents selected illustrations at the
Goethe-Institut. The exhibition shows extracts and illustrations from six of
his graphic novels, including two illustrations from his so far unpublished
biography about the singer Nick Cave.
Graphic Novels often deal with historic, political, and social
topics. Reinhard Kleist, too, picks up these issues and develops his plot
mainly by reference to individual cases. His latest publication “The Dream of
Olympia” tells the story of the sprinter Samia Yusuf Omar who represented
Somalia at the Olympic Games in 2008 in Peking. Her dream of Olympia ends
tragically, when she drowns offshore of Malta during her escape from Islamic
extremists.
A Friendship Evening of Vietnamese Classical and Traditional
Music
Tue 12 May 2015, 7 – 8.30 pm
Lac Long Quan Street (khu Vuon Dao)
From Friends of Vietnam Heritage:
Join FVH for a special evening of Vietnamese classical and
traditional music hosted at a villa by West Lake. This ‘soiree’ event will
incorporate a variety of musical styles and singing in an intimate and
relaxed setting. Light refreshments will be served.
Featured in the program will be: pianist Ton that Triem, an
international prize winner and manager of The Hope Choir and Folk Music
Instrument Ensemble; soprano Nguyen xuan Thanh, also an international prize
winner; and an ensemble of five talented vision-impaired students from the
Hanoi Conservatory of Music, playing traditional Vietnamese instruments and
selected folk melodies from the North, Center, and South of Vietnam.
Limit: 20 people
Cost: 150.000 VND
Sign-up required: send an email to Helen at
helenshuntley@yahoo.com
Fine Arts Exhibition “Territorial Sea, Island and Navy
Soldiers”
Exhibition: 05 – 20 May 2015
Vietnam University of Fine Arts
42 Yết Kiêu, Hà Nội
To commemorate 60th anniversary of Vietnam People’s Navy (07
May 1955 – 07 May 2015), Vietnam University of Fine Arts together with
Vietnamese Navy launches the art exhibition titled “Territorial Sea, Island
and Navy Soldiers”.
36 artworks including paintings, graphics, sculpture,
photography in different materials such as oil, acrylic, carved wood, natural
color, watercolor, metal, composites, synthetic materials contributed by
Vietnam University of Fine Arts will be featured in this exhibition. Not only
do they show the beauty of territorial sea, islands and Navy soldiers but
also express the love and belief towards people who are day and night
defending the sacred sea and island sovereignty of the Vietnam.
European Film Festival 2015 in Hanoi, Danang and HCMC
Hanoi: 15 – 24 May 2015
National Cinema Center
–
Danang: 16 – 25 May 2015
Le Do Cinema
–
HCMC: 17 – 28 May 2015
Cinebox 212
UPDATE 1: “One Day in Europe” – German Film in European Film
Festival 2015 – An award-winning multilingual film looking at people in
Europe with different characters and the amusing misunderstandings that
cross-cultural communication often provides. All take place on one single day
in different cities.
UPDATE 2: “Rise up! And Dance” – Austrian Film at European
Film Festival 2015 – The opening film of the festival, “Rise up! And Dance”
shows a story about life, coming of age, the first love, the passion of
dancing among magnificent landscape of Austria’s mountains.
The European Film Festival 2015 (EFF2015) will officially
commence in three major cities of Vietnam – Hanoi, Danang and Ho Chi Minh
City on 15 May, 16 May and 17 May 2015 respectively. This annual cultural
event is jointly organized by the Delegation of the European Union to
Vietnam, the Embassies of EU Member States and the European Cultural
Institutes. This 16th edition of the festival is also a highlight among
several activities held by the Delegation of the European Union in Vietnam
throughout 2015 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the
EU-Vietnam diplomatic ties.
The two-week long EFF2015 showcases Europe’s fascinating
diversity and rich cinema tradition, portrayed in 13 films from 13 different
EU Member States. Through various genres ranging from children films, drama,
romance, thriller, comedy to documentary, the festival expects to offer
cinema lovers from all walks of life an enjoyable experience regardless their
tastes. This is also a collection of dreams, passion, fear and frustration,
fun and joy, mistakes and recognition – for everyone. Films screened are
recent and have encountered success in their country of origin. Some of the
films have won highly acclaimed international awards and been selected in
international film festivals.
“Cinema has successfully shared diverse cultures, people, histories
and perspectives to audiences from across the globe for over a century. As
the birthplace of cinematography and home to a number of prestigious
international film festivals, Europe is renowned for its cinema heritage.
This year again we are proud to introduce this firework of European cultural
diversity and creativity to Vietnamese audiences”, said Head of the EU
Delegation to Vietnam, Ambassador – Dr. Franz Jessen.
Held for the first time in 2000, the European Film Festival
has become a much-anticipated annual cultural event Vietnam. It has
established itself as a credible avenue to bring new and captivating aspects
of European culture to the attraction of Vietnamese people, by showcasing
films that would otherwise not be shown in Vietnamese commercial cinemas.
“By maintaining the presentation of European silver screen
world in Vietnam, the European Union hopes to break down language and
cultural barriers aiming to bring the two peoples closer. The European Union
is ambitious about an even more solid partnership and brighter future with
Vietnam, and we access that the cultural bridge is an essential key to that”,
added Ambassador Jessen.
This
cinematic event is part of a broader series of “Europe Days 2015” events
clustered around Europe Day (9 May), a cycle which since its inception in
2004 has gained a high profile in the cultural life of Vietnamese people.
The European Film Festival 2015 will take place at:
Hanoi: National Cinema Centre, 87 Lang Ha Str.
Danang: Le Do Cinema, 46 Tran Phu Str.
HCMC: Cinebox 212, 212 Ly Chinh Thang Str., Ward 9, District 3
See detailed film schedule at 25yearseuvietnam.vn/film:
In Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city all films will be screened in
two sessions. In Danang, each film will be screened once. All films will be
screened with Vietnamese subtitles.
Free of
charge tickets can be collected from 12 May 2015 for screenings at the following
locations:
Hanoi:
Goethe Institut, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, tel: (04) 37 34 22 51,
from 12 pm
British Council, 20 Thụy Khuê, tel: (04) 3 8 436 780, from
9.30 am
National Cinema Centre, 87 Lang Ha, tel : (04) 3 514
2856
HCMC:
Goethe Institut: 335/4 Dien Bien Phu, District 1, tel:
(08) 3 9 12 52 50
British Council: 25 Le Duan, D.1, tel: (08) 3 8 23 28 62, from
9.30 am
Cinebox: 212 Ly Chinh Thang, D.3, tel: 08 3935 0610
Da Nang:
Le Do Cinema, 46 Tran Phu, tel: (0511) 3 82 25 74
Cinema & Film Distribution Centre, 68 Tran Phu,
tel: (0511) 3 82 32 84
Exhibition by Vietnamese artists Doan Hoang Lam and Doan Xuan
Tang in USA
Thu 07 May 2015, 6 pm
Exhibition: 07 May – 31 Jul 2015
International Modern Art Gallery
1802 Sunset Blvd, Houston, Texas
You are invited to the exhibition of collection of paintings
done by two established Vietnamese artists: Doan Hoang Lam and Doan Xuan
Tang: SHADES OF TIME by Doan Hoang Lam and PORTRAITS OF LIGHTS by Doan Xuan
Tang.
SHADES OF TIME
Vietnamese artist Doan Hoang Lam is a painter of the unseen,
of the ephemera of processions, of life cycles, of the tantalizing cerebral
realms of desire, orchestrated with a precision and sense of weightlessness
that draws the viewer in, like walking through an alluring evening fog. An
accomplished and well-regarded artist, Lam has been featured in numerous
group shows and solo exhibits in Thailand and Vietnam. However, this exhibit
“Shades of Time” is the first opportunity for the American public to
experience Lam’s artistry.
These often indecipherable yet beautiful works function as
painterly allusions to the ceremonial and visual culture of Vietnam, too long
oppressed and hidden, particularly unseen in this part of the world and as
such are particularly meaningful and rich.
Much of Lam’s work moves beyond description, and lives in the
world invented by the artist himself, a type of Objective Abstraction, with a
strong emphasis on painterly activity, gesture and calligraphic flickering
forms. For example, the cobalt ribbon of Procession 6 (2014) seems at first
to be an element of a purely abstract painting. However, the work is part of
a series responding to the processional ceremony, a key cultural form of
expression in Vietnam. Without depicting the objects naturalistically, the
artist still evokes a moving and shimmering image of a moment of activity, in
number six, the black masses of figures are alight with red spots of
pigments, and they hold the dragon like form aloft with long rods. A related
work Procession 4 (2014) seems as if it has been made underwater, like an
Ebru painting, the images emerge and bubble forth, stirred by the painter’s
brush. An inverted oceanic scene, it resembles a Rorschach blot, stone
etching, the waves and sky becoming one. Black clouds contrast and recall the
luminosity of American artist Sam Francis’ bright gestural paintings.
In Lam’s work, the evocation of feeling, experience and state
of mind are paramount, and this is a concern he shares with early twentieth
century Expressionist artists, particular in the figural drawings, where a
thick black line gives corporeality, a thin ragged line shows movement, and a
certain sexual rawness. In fact, a visceral sensibility in the nude series is
present, reminding one of the shocking raw drawings of Viennese artists Oskar
Kokoschka and Egon Schiele. In this series, Lam’s impressionistic background
emphasizes texture, scratched, etched, visible paint marks, scraping away of
pigment contrasting with areas of heavy impasto. Gray Nude (2008) combines
this Expressionist sensibility with classical figurative sketching, his
heroically proportioned model framed by roundels of white. In works like
this, we see the painter’s training in both the fine arts and theater has
influenced his style, particularly the choreography of each composition and
the prominence on gesture.
Some of the processional works such as Procession No. 2 (2014)
are a somber brown and grey, reminding one of the end of season or life
cycle, the visible faces wearing worn or terrified looks, and works such
Lam’s bright yellow study Mother and Child (2014) remind one of the late
Ecuadorian artist Eduardo Kingman who uses similar artistic techniques of
building and taking away paint, of depicting cultural traditions, and solemn
topics such as universal sorrows and exaltations such as motherhood,
children, death, illness and loss. Such comparisons are not made to elevate
the position of the artist, but rather are an attempt to frame the meanings
and forms of Lam’s production.
For his part, Lam’s work possess a spirituality, abstract and
figural works are characterized by a sense of painterly veiling, and layers
of translucent paint create tapestries of foggy realms, a space of dreams and
weightlessness. While many might say that abstract work is simplistic, in
fact the construction of composition, combination of color and texture is
highly elusive and often the more amateur results are muddied. However, in
Lam’s work we feel awash with elements: gray mist, cool lakes and oceanic
waves. Layers allow a translucent sensibility as does a masterful scraping
away of pigment to depict depth and movement.
Evading decipherment or overt symbolism, Lam poetically
expresses these thematics in work that reminds one of Art informel or
Tachism, the lush application of pigment rules the waves of the oceanic
surfaces of these adroit pictures. Think of the German abstractionists’
techniques such as Gerhard Richter’s scraped surface or the watery tentacles
of Carl Bucheister’s chromatic works and the British artist Rodrigo
Moynihan’s vagaries and terrains. This new body of work is eerily immersive;
one feels as if you have fallen into a timeless space, echoes, and rainy air
all about. (RJH Berland, May 2015)
PORTRAITS OF LIGHTS
In Portraits of Light, Doan Xuan Tang’s impressionistic
paintings favor the observations of an ethnographer’s memories within
indigenous terrain. By seeking creative inspiration in native landscapes,
Tang joins the likeness of artists Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, and Andre
Derain while blending the influence of Neo-impressionism and the brightness
of fauvism. The emotional qualities within the paintings draw the viewer into
his narrative in the same way that poetic field notes serve as part
documentation and part expression. Most importantly, Tang’s passionate work
translates his experiences of studying the cultural landscapes of the remote
mountainous Northwest Vietnam, luring us above and underneath the surface to
see the beauty in historical topography and culture.
Tang’s vivid imagery preserves memories, narratives and
customs, and tributes the mountain regions of Vietnam as an inspiration to
modernist thought and his own cultural history. The works use contrasting
paint streaks with representational details, while connecting symbolic
references from the past to the future. His paintings remind us that our view
of portraiture and cultural surroundings can be expanded to include images
that are full of energetic colors, lines, and textures.
Trained at the Hanoi Fine Arts University, Tang blends
cultural painting traditions seamlessly and meaningfully. In Tang’s portraits
such as, “Mountaineer Children,” he paints Hmong children with expressive
detail and empathy. The four children are adorned in customary dress and
speak to the complicated, simplicity of their lives; yet, Tang does not shy
away from referencing the origins of modernism’s legacy within the mountain
landscape: nearly all of the children (except for one) appear gazing at the
viewer. Tang plays with the stimulation and placement of color in the
background as both illustrative skyscapes and flat abstract paintings. The
children become flat and multi-dimensional; traditional and modern all
together.
Likewise, in landscapes like “Khu vuon yêu (
Tang’s abstract paintings are dreamlike, relics from a
historic time that have been reclaimed through line and mark. Like ancient
scenes on screen the light in each painting flows in and out with tones that
fade into its surroundings. Delicate strokes of gleaming lights hover over
each image in a sacred harmony.
All works from Portraits of Light promise to be paintings
worth seeing. Though Tang’s work has been exhibited widely abroad, the
upcoming exhibition at the International Modern Art Gallery marks Tang’s
first exhibition in the United States. Each painting in the series displays a
different ray of brilliance and an awareness of distinct visual encounters.
Tang’s ability to paint light not only display’s his sensitivity to everyday
life but confirms his value within contemporary art. (Lauren Cross)
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Chủ Nhật, 10 tháng 5, 2015
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