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Chamber Concert with Woodwinds Quintet of Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra

Wed 13 Apr 2016, 8 pm

Goethe Institut

56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

You are invited to a chamber concert with the woodwinds quintet of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra. The “New Wind Ensemble” plays music by Strauß, Mozart, Cambini, Farkas and Ibert.

Flute: Nguyen Thi Dieu Quynh

Oboe: Hoang Manh Lam

Bassoon: Tran Minh Duc

Horn: Ta Tien Dat

Clarinet: Nguyen Minh Hoang

This year, the Goethe-Institut Hanoi and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) host a series of concerts, opened by two chamber concerts in spring. The wide repertoire of our first concert with the windwoods quintet of the VNSO covers lively Viennese dance music from the 19th century as well as cheerful Parisian tones from the 1930s.

Our program starts with an entertaining Polka by Johann Strauß the Elder (1804-1849). The so called “Damen-Souvenir-Polka“ is a joyful circle dance in vivid two-fourth meter. Also composed by the Father is the “Beliebte Annen-Polka”, which premiered at Vienna’s Volksgarten in summer 1842. Its atmospheric melody gives an idea about the festivity of the former balls in Vienna. Strauß dedicated the polka to Maria Anna, then Empress of Austria. His son, Johann Strauß the Younger (1825-1899), who is internationally known as “The Waltz King”, composed some marches, too. At this evening we will hear the “Egyptian March” from 1869.

Less prominent might be the Italian violinist and composer Giuseppe Maria Cambini (1746-1825), who primarily worked in Paris and played a key role concerning the development of the classic wind quintet comprising the instruments flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon. Besides Cambini, the Hungarian composer Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000) will be taken into account with his Hungarian Dances, before the ensemble performs a “Divertimento” by Mozart (1756-1791). The “Trois Pièces Brèves” by Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) will conclude the evening.

Program:

13.04.2016

Johann Strauß (the Father): Damen-Souvenir-Polka, op. 236

Giuseppe Maria Cambini: Quintett Nr. 2 in d-Moll

Johann Strauß (the Father): Beliebte Annen-Polka, op. 137

Johann Strauß (the Son): Ägyptischer Marsch, op. 335

Ferenc Farkas: Antiche Danze Ungheresi

W. A. Mozart: Divertimento Nr. 8 (KV 213)

Jacques Ibert: Trois Pièces Brèves

27.05.2016

L. v. Beethoven Streichquartett Nr. 4, op. 18

A. Borodin Streichquartett D-Dur

Due to the limited number of seats we kindly ask only visitors from the age of 12 and up to come.

Free tickets for 13th of April are available from Monday, 4th of April, at 9am at the Goethe-Institut Hanoi.

Electronic Music and VJ Concert “SAYCET” in Hanoi and HCMC

Hanoi: Sat 09 Apr 2016, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

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HCMC: Fri 08 Apr 2016, 8 pm

IDECAF

You are invited to the Electronic Music and VJ Concert “SAYCET” in Hanoi and HCMC.

One foot in his German electronics, another somewhere in Iceland and eyes mesmerized by minimal music, Pierre Lefeuvre (who owns a musical project entitled “Saycet”) has matured his world public through not only tours in Europe and Asia but also his works as a composer for the Pompidou Centre.

His latest album “Mirage” (2015) pushed this sonic and physical soil inspired by his recent tours. It opens to the pop prism and sound mirages in which one loses oneself intensely. Pierre Lefeuvre’s live music is more powerful, enriched by the video work by Zita Cochet who also plays on materials and abstract textures.

Attending artists:

Pierre Lefeuvre, musician

Zita Cochet, video performance VJ

TICKETS

Hanoi:

Ticket price: 170 000 VND

Ticket price for L’Espace memebr: 100 000 VND

Ticket price for students: 80 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

HCMC:

Ticket price: 250 000 VND

Ticket price for students: 150 000 VND

Tickets are available at: www.ticketbox.vn www.123go.vn

Photo Exhibition “Vietnam in 80s” by Michel Blanchard

Opening: Fri 08 Apr 2016, 7 pm

Exhibition: 08 – 30 Apr 2016

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the photographic exhibition “Vietnam in 80s” by Michel Blanchard at L’Espace.

Working as an AFP journalist from 1976 to 2006, Michel Blanchard was bureau chief of AFP in Hanoi for two years, from 1981 to 1983. He continued to visit Vietnam for over ten years as a writer of travel guides, first appeared on the region after the war.

The exhibition will be a unique opportunity for the Vietnamese to savor the nostalgia before the great transformation of the 1990s took place, as well as the economic boom that followed it.

The exhibition will be opened with Michel Blanchard’s conference about the life of a press correspondent in Hanoi in the 80s, at 5.30 pm on April 08.

Free entry.

Exhibition “Storyteller – Contemporary Art from Leipzig”

Opening: Wed 06 Apr 2016, 5 pm

Vietnam Fine Arts Museum

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Exhibition: 07 – 27 Apr 2016

Vietnam Fine Arts Museum (8.30 am – 5 pm)

Goethe Institut Hanoi (8.30 am – 6 pm)

56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

The works of eleven artists are telling stories which could occur in the exact same way: in a studio, on boulevards in Brooklyn or in one’s favorite pub in Leipzig-Lindenau. From the 6th until the27th of April 2016, the Goethe-Institut Hanoi presents the exhibition “Storyteller – Contemporary Art from Leipzig” in cooperation with the Leipzig Museum of Fine Arts at the premises of the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum. As part of the exhibition, you can find video works at the Goethe-Institut. Dr. Hans-Werner Schmidt, director of the Leipzig Museum of Fine Arts, opens the exhibition on the 6th of April at 5pm at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum. He will also guide you through the exhibition on the 7th of April, and hold a lecture about it on the 8th.

Since the 1970s the art world uses the term “Leipziger Schule”. However, it is not a consistent style which interconnects the associated artists Bernhard Heisig, Wolfgang Mattheuer and Werner Tübke, but their domain: the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig. The exhibition “Storyteller” presents works of the third generation, which has been shaped particularly by the students of Heisig and Mattheuer – Sighard Gille and Arno Rink – and which still reveals a tendency to tell stories.

With works by:

Tilo Baumgärtel

FAMED

Henriette Grahnert

Julius Hofmann

Rosa Loy

Ulf Puder

Neo Rauch

Christoph Ruckhäberle

Annette Schröter

Sebastian Stumpf

Michael Triegel

Free admission.

“PSYCHE” – Solo Show by Tuyp Tran

Opening: Fri 08 Apr 2016, 6 pm

Exhibition: 08 Apr – 02 May 2016

Dia Projects

2nd Floor, 103 Dong Khoi Str, Dist 1, HCMC

This April, you are invited to an artwork showcase entitled “PSYCHE” by Tuyp Tran. The show features over 16 selected works, using the mix of intricate pen, color marker illustrations on elephant hide paper, and wood, to create labyrinthine illustrations that unravel and reveal more as they are scrutinized.

For the artist, painting is a modern language that crosses all boundaries – cultural, geographical, social and religious.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Tuyp Tran is a self-taught Vietnamese visual artist. Born in 1988.

PSYCHE will mark Tuyp’s second solo exhibition in his career.

Admission is free.

Performance of Ballet “Cinderella”

08 and 09 Apr 2016, 8 pm

HCMC Opera House

No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC

The classic ballet “Cinderella” is Norwegian choreographer Johanne Jakhelln Constant’s next success with the HBSO Ballet. The magical world of fairy tales coupled with the Sergei Prokofiev’s fantastic score has attracted audiences since the Ho Chi Minh City premiere in 2013 and has since become one of HBSO’s most awaited ballet annually.

“Cinderella” will be revived for two nights, 8 and 9 April, 2016 at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House, featuring talented artists such as Trần Hoàng Yến, Đàm Đức Nhuận, Nguyễn Phúc Hùng, Hồ Phi Điệp, Phạm Thế Chung, Chloe Glemot, Nguyễn Thu Trang, Phan Thị Hồng Châu…

Music: Sergei Prokofiev

Choreography: Johanne Jakhelln Constant

Assistant choreography: Nguyễn Phúc Hùng

Scenography & Costume design: Johanne Jakhelln Constant

Lighting design: Nguyễn Phúc Hải

Cinderella: Trần Hoàng Yến

Prince charming: Đàm Đức Nhuận

Stepmother: Nguyễn Phúc Hùng

Stepdaughter: Phạm Thế Chung

Father: Lê Bá Nam

Fairy Godmother: Chloe Glemot

Spring fairy: Nguyễn Thu Thủy

Summer fairy: Trần Thị Hồng Vân

Autumn fairy: Đỗ Nguyễn Hải Anh

Winter fairy: Nguyễn Thu Trang

Fireflies: La Mẫn Nhi, Thạch Hiểu Lăng, Sùng A Lùng, Phan Thái Bình

HBSO Ballet

Tickets

Ticket price: 800,000 – 650,000 – 550,000 – 400,000 – 150,000 VND (for students only)

Booking and delivery: 08 38237419, Ms. Huong: 0989874517, Ms. Huong Ly: 0908057972

At HCMC Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square

Online Booking: www.ticketbox.vn

Book launch “How to be Parisian wherever you are”

Tue 12 Apr 2016, 4 pm

Embassy of France in Vietnam

49 Ba Trieu Str, Hanoi

Language: Vietnamese. For more information, please refer to Vietnamese version of this post.

Entry by invitation.

Photography Exhibition “Tokyo, Blind”

Opening: Fri 01 Apr 2016, 7 pm

Exhibition: 01 – 30 Apr 2016

DeciBel Lounge

79/2/5 Phan Ke Binh, D1, HCMC

You are invited to the first solo photography exhibition in Vietnam by Ryan Neilan.

Featuring 14 selected monochrome photographs that Neilan shot while visiting the Japanese capital, “Tokyo, Blind” represents a return to a primordial state of photography, where the immediateness of street photography and the instinctive moment prevail over well-composed and over-conceptualised pictures.

The approach of Daidō Moriyama – a Japanese photographer – to street photography was a major influence to Neilan, which inspired him to let his subconscious and his film camera capture the hectic life in the streets of one of the most highly populated cities in the world. Over a five-day period, the Saigon-based artist shot 40 rolls of film on a camera he had never used before.

The results are gritty, blurry and grainy images that show the high contrast both in terms of composition as well as in the life of Neilan’s subjects, which appear both swallowed by the ultra-modern urban landscapes and yet in a stark isolation.

ABOUT RYAN NEILAN

Born in Dublin (Ireland) in 1987, Ryan Neilan studied a portfolio course at Sallynoggin Institute of Further Education before going on to complete a BA in Photographic Media at Griffith College, Dublin.

After completing his studies, he lived in Philadelphia where he worked as a photographic intern for cities2night.com, a large US wide social events company. He moved to Vietnam to continue his photography career.

3D Painting Exhibition “World, Magic & Fun”

Exhibition: 20 Feb – 17 Apr 2016

(Weekday: 5 pm – 9 pm, Weekend: 10 am – 9 pm)

5th floor, Hanoi Creative City

01 Luong Yen, Hanoi

Following four successful editions in Belgium (one in Brussels and 3 at the Belgian coast during summertime), ‘3D World Magic & Fun’ starts its first edition in Hanoi.

‘3D World Magic & Fun’ is a unique event with huge painted backdrops and the visitor as the missing link. He or she completes the scene by carrying out some act, usually with a funny note. Meanwhile friends or family members take photographs of the performer-of-service.

The majority of sets consist of scenes with animals because the animal world is an inexhaustible source of fun confrontations with humans: together with a cute penguin you wake up a tall polar bear, or will you bring back home a lost dinosaur? Or why not frighten a giraffe with a small spider? But… ‘3D World Magic & Fun’ offers you so much more: an original encounter with The Minions, a game of tennis with an attractive Western lady, hiding for a big, big egg or – why not – becoming member of The Simpsons-family, or drinking coffee in a strange way?

This and much more at ‘3D World Magic & Fun Hanoi’ where the visitor is the hero, for it is he or she who completes the scene and makes the picture unforgettable.

Tickets

– Under 4 yrs: free

– Above 4 yrs : 50.000 VND

2% of the ticket price will be offered to the Charity Project “Chan am”

Exhibition “Morning in the Mountains” by Nguyen The Hung

Opening: Fri 25 Mar 2016, 6 pm

Exhibition: 25 Mar – 21 Apr 2016

Craig Thomas Gallery

165 Calmette Street, Nguyen Thai Binh Ward, District 1, HCMC

You are invited to exhibition “Morning in the Mountains”, a solo exhibition of mixed media paintings by Hanoi-based artist Nguyen The Hung.

Born and raised in Tuyen Quang Province in the north-eastern corner of Vietnam, much of Nguyen The Hung’s work is influenced by the cultures and traditions of the many ethnic minority groups that populate the mountains of his native region. Of his inspiration for the “Morning in the Mountains” series, Hung says: “The idea for this collection was born from a volunteer project to teach drawing to children in the Ha Giang Highlands that I participated in two years ago. While teaching the kids some basic skills, we teachers in turn learned from them a pure way of seeing things that we had possibly forgotten.”

“In this series I have concentrated on observing and depicting the Dao and H’mông ethnic groups. Their individual portraits, marked by a mixture of cheerfulness and shyness, left a strong impression on me. I observed with fascination and delight the way that they live in deep communication with the natural world that surrounds them.”

Perhaps best known for his use of Dó paper in many of his earlier collections, the twelve works of Hung’s “Morning in the Mountains” collection are an experimental combination of various styles including action painting, Dó paper, traditional lacquer painting, and vibrant coloration from contemporary art. The artist used a mix of materials including acrylics, Chinese ink, gold leaf, “cockroach” lacquer paint, and photographs for the series. Hung took special care in reproducing each pattern and accessory on the traditional clothing of the ethnic groups depicted.

Hung says: “I was confused with by the intense emotions the people of the mountains engendered in me. They live their lives immersed in nature. The way that they eat and drink is etched in my mind. Their charming way of speaking and unique colloquialisms echo through my thoughts; like happy musical notes. I felt that only an action painting style could fully express the joy, excitement and vitality of these special people.”

With his latest work, Hung once again displays the unique and appealing aesthetic first demonstrated in his well-received 2011 collection “And Flowers Showered”. Most impressively, he evidences his determination to explore new materials, subjects and modes of expression as part of his continuing evolution as a visual artist.

Nguyen The Hung graduated from the Hanoi Fine Arts University in 2009. In addition to his work as a visual artist, Hung has also has participated in various different projects in music, dance, theatre and fashion. He lives and works in Hanoi.

Exhibition “Hoa Dat Viet” by Artist Pham Luc

Exhibition: 08 Mar – 09 Apr 2016, 09 am – 6.30 pm

Toong Co-working Space

3rd, 08 Trang Thi, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi

Exhibition “Hoa Dat Viet” by Artist Pham Luc consists of many selected works on the topic of women from the huge collection of Collector, Dr. Nguyen Si Dung. The exhibition is opened on the occasion of the International Women’s Day 8/3/2016 and will last for a month until 09/04/2016.

Artist Pham Luc (1943-) is one of the first generation of artists who studied at Vietnam University of Fine Arts from 1959 to 1964. Known as “Van Gogh of Vietnam”, Pham Luc is the only contemporary artist who has a club with more than 100 collectors and 6000 works.

Among them, Dr. Nguyen Si Dung – Former Vice Chairman of the National Assembly’s Office – is one of the biggest collectors with more than 800 pieces. He has organised various of exhibitions of Pham Luc’s works that connect art enthusiasts and high-profile politicians.

During our meeting in the early spring, Dr. Nguyen Si Dung emotionally recalled his special friendship with Artist Pham Luc that started from a coincidence in 1997. On the way to the airport, Dr. Nguyen Si Dung found himself drawn to a collection of paintings displayed along the dyke. Immediately fascinated by the daring colours and contours, he decided to buy some pieces as a gift for his wife. After the business trip, Dr. Nguyen Si Dung came back with his wife to visit Pham Luc and started collecting the artist’s works.

Pham Luc said at that time he thought the couples were oversea Vietnamese (‘Viet Kieu’) since “it was rare for a Vietnamese to be interested in art collection”. Since then, two fellow countrymen (Pham Luc’s mother land is Nghe An while Dr. Nguyen Si Dung was born and raise there) have become close friends and brothers. During nearly two decades, the artist and the art enthusiast have kept a strong bond of a shared passion for arts and the love for Vietnamese women.

More than half of Dr. Nguyen Si Dung’s collection from Pham Luc is about women. And for Pham Luc, women are his endless inspiration. His works about women are created in various materials at different periods of time; nevertheless all of them carry genuine and refined emotion, sometimes daringly, sometimes trembly, sometimes reverentially and sometimes endearingly.

Free entrance.

Exhibition “Shakespeare Lives in Photography”

Exhibition: 25 Mar – 15 Apr 2016, 9 am – 9 pm

Hanoi Creative City

1 Luong Yen Str, Hanoi

The best images from the “Shakespeare Lives in Photography” competition are to be exhibited in Hanoi from 25 March to 15 April 2016. The photo exhibition will take place in a special space inside disused cargo containers.

The exhibition kicks off the Shakespeare Lives global campaign in Vietnam. Shakespeare Lives is comprised of a series of events and activities throughout 2016 celebrating Shakespeare’s work on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of his death.

The “Shakespeare Lives in Photography” competition has attracted 200 entries and produced 11 winners choosing to creatively reference scenes from either Shakespeare plays, his influence on literature or capture a famous Shakespearian location.

The 11 winning photos will be displayed alongside commissioned images from live Shakespeare performances around the world, featuring scenes from “Richard III”, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, “Hamlet”, “Romeo and Juliet” and “Macbeth”, amongst others.

Entry is open to the public.

Screening of “Much Ado about Nothing”

Thu 24 Mar 2016, 3.30 pm

02 and 09 Apr 2016, 6.30 pm

Hanoi Creative City

1 Luong Yen Str, Hanoi

Under the framework of the “SHAKESPEARE LIVES IN PHOTOGRAPHY” exhibition, you are invited to three free screenings of “Much Ado about Nothing”.

“Much Ado about Nothing”, the romantic comedy which was directed by five-time Academy Award nominee Kenneth Branagh is to be screened during the exhibition. The film stars Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington and Michael Keaton who are all Academy Award winning actors.

They are part of a series of screenings throughout 2016 to showcase film adaptations of Shakespeare’s work, or filmed theatre productions as part of the 2016 ‘Shakespeare Lives in Film’ collection.

Free entry.

Photography Exhibition “Nhìn | Picturing Autism Vietnam”

Opening: Sat 26 Mar 2016, 3.30 pm

Panel Discussion: Sat 26 Mar 2016, 2 – 3.30 pm

Exhibition: 26 Mar – 09 Apr 2016, 8 am – 5 pm

MAM – ART Projects

5th floor, 36 Ly Thuong Kiet, Hanoi

“Nhìn | Picturing Autism Vietnam” is part of photographer Debbie Rasiel’s journey across disparate landscapes, language barriers and cultural divides to document the lives of families with living autism. In this exhibition, a collective portrait emerges of families and caregivers living with autism, loving their children, and continuing on with their lives.

Debbie Rasiel is a photographer and art historian. She has worked for NGOs in New York and South Africa. Debbie spent several years documenting a paper-making poverty relief program and an AIDS orphanage outside of Johannesburg. Her photographs from South Africa are included in a book, “Women on Purpose”, funded by the Ford Foundation. She has also written about and curated exhibitions for other artists, including a book and an exhibit on Dorothea Lange. Debbie received her BFA from the University of Florida, her MA from Tufts University, completed coursework toward a PhD at the City University of New York, and has had extensive training in digital media at the International Center of Photography. Her photographs are in many collections, both private and public, including those of Rutgers University, and the University of Johannesburg. She is represented by SoHo20 Chelsea Gallery in New York City.

Free entrance.

Contact: Ms. Giang (lhgiang@ccihp.org | 097 520 5814)

Film Screening “Les Vacances du Petit Nicolas”

Sun 03 Apr 2016, 4 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

Come to film screening “Les Vacances du Petit Nicolas” (France, 2014, 97’).

Director: Laurent Tirard

Casting: Valérie Lemercier, Kad Mérad, Dominique Lavanant, François-Xavier Demaison

When the summer holidays begins, Nicolas and his family will find themselves in a hotel near the beach, and a whole new series of adventures will begin.

Film synopsis:

“Holidays of Nicolas kid” is adapted from the famous novel by Sempe and Goscinny – the one that any French child would bring to the beach on holiday. This feature is made by director Laurent Tirard in nearly five years, following the successful launch first movie in 2010, which brings laughter to the audience. The new film selects the most subtle and humorous details from the original story, connecting them together to create a refreshing laughter to the audience. Along with expensive beach scenes, the film also is sophisticated in terms of costumes. A bustling colorful beaches with fragrant summer rooms and windy and beautiful bars gives viewers the spacious, teeming carefree vitality.

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitles

Tickets

Ticket price: 50,000 VND

Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40,000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Concert “Love of Blue”

Sat 02 Apr 2016, 8 pm

Vietnam National Academy of Music

77 Hao Nam Str., Dong Da Distr., Ha Noi

Come to join our concert with violist Nguyet Thu and Apaixonado quartet.

We have a cocktail party at 6.30pm that you can drink and enjoy the paintings of talented children with autism as 2/4 is the Autism Awareness day. Our big show will start at 8.pm with “You raise me up”, Palladio concert grosso or see the beautiful life with Viva la Vida. Anyway we are happy to share a musical life with you. Let’s share this beautiful life together!

Tickets

Ticket prices: 300,000 VND (VIP) – 150,000 VND – 100,000 VND for students and kids.

Contact to hotline to book a tickets by 0934590588 – 0936075153 or apaixonadoquartet@gmail.com.

All the tickets money will go to donate for 10 talented underprivileged children.

Exhibition “Mise en Scène”

Opening: Fri 25 Mar 2016, 6 pm

Exhibition: 25 Mar – 16 Apr 2016

Nha San Collective

15th floor, Hanoi Creative City Building, 01 Luong Yen, Hanoi

The French term “mise-en-scène” originates in theater to refer to the stage arrangement of a theater production. This arrangement helps suggest and dictate the mood and atmosphere of the production, whilst expressing the direction, attitude and style of the creator.

On a daily basis, most of the elements around us follow certain regulations that have the ability to dominate and control our actions and behaviors. Unconsciously or consciously, we become both the actors and the audience, control and being controlled. By referring to the language of theater and cinema, in combination with the use of non-traditional artistic expressions, artists participating in mise-en-scène deal with those concerns. Meanwhile, they also explore the themes of their individual projects as diverse narratives.

This exhibition is the outcome of the working and exchanging process between Vietnamese artists and Japanese new media art artist Ryota Kuwakubo and curator Hiroyuki Hattori.

Participating artists: Nguyễn Phương Linh, Nguyễn Thuỷ Tiên, Phùng Tiến Sơn, Tuấn Mami, Nguyễn Quốc Thành, Nguyễn Trần Nam.

Exhibition “Leisure and View” by Artist Nguyen Dinh Dung

Exhibition: 12 Mar – 12 Apr 2016, 9.30 am – 6.30 pm

Dong Phong Art Gallery

03 Ly Dao Thanh Street

Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

Open everyday from 9.30 am to 6 pm

Dong Phong Art Gallery is pleased to present solo exhibition” Leisure and View” by artist Nguyen Dinh Dung. Born in 1943, Dinh Dung is a self – taught artist and has been being among the top artists in Vietnam since 1980s. Famous for his theatre, lady in long dress, fighting cocks, general horse, street scenes… his works yield a surprisingly modernistic flavor of strong contrasting colour fields in pure hue and intensity while still deeply rooted in Vietnamese traditions. Today, he is still true to traditional topics and he still paints at leisure. His paintings are still full of youth that charm and allure the viewer’s interest.

Exhibition will be held at Dong Phong Art Gallery, #3 Ly Dao Thanh street, from 12 Mar.2016 to 12 Apr. 2016, everyday from 9:30 am to 6:30 pm.

Heritage Space Plus: Event of Visual Art – New Music – Architecture

Event of Visual Art – New Music – Architecture: Sun 27 Mar 2016, 4 – 8 pm

Exhibition “Heritage Space Plus”: 27 Mar – 24 Apr 2016

Heritage Space

Dolphin Plaza, 28 Tran Binh, My Dinh, Ha Noi

Welcome to the series of events of Visual Arts, Show of New Music and Films of Architecture History.

To start the activities of the year, in the afternoon of 27 March 2016, Heritage Space will hold a series of events of Visual Arts, Architecture and Music. For architecture, there shall be the film “Great Expectation” (director: Jesper Wachtmeister) provided by the Club of Architecture Cinema and implemented by Ashui.com. For Visual Arts, there shall be an exhibition of painting, installation, multimedia and concept works and entitled “Heritage Space +”. It presents the selected products of artists who have been cooperating with Heritage Space last time. For music, there is a show of New Music by Vu Nhat Tan, composer, and his collaborators. The product is Cõi Vắng (Empty World) that shall last about 50 minutes.

The mentioned activities are twofold important. The first is that Heritage Space introduces new projects and targets to support the contemporary arts development and to become a center for the performance, shows, education, exchanges in plastic arts, music and architecture. In the second, that is an occasion to present our new Management Board that is missioned to realize the targets of Heritage Space.

Program:

16:00 – 18:00: Film “Great Expectations”. Talk with the Club of Architecture Cinema at Library of Heritage Space (at the mezzanine)

18:00 – 18:30: Presentation of the new Management Board of Heritage Space at Exhibition Hall of Heritage Space

18:40 – 19:00: Opening of the art show Heritage Space+ at Exhibition Hall of Heritage Space

19:00 – 20:00: Performance of the New Music: The work “CÕI VẮNG” (Empty World) at Hall of the ground floor, Heritage Space

Further information about the program

Artists:

Ludwika Ogorzelec

Yun Woo Choi

Thierry Fontaine

Hà Trí Hiếu

Trần Trọng Vũ

Đinh Ý Nhi

Doãn Hoàng Lâm

Curator:

Vũ Huy Thông

Nguyễn Anh Tuấn

Performers:

1. Trương Thu Hương – T’rưng and traditional membranephones.

2. Nguyễn Thuỳ Chi – Đàn bầu (monochord) and traditional songs.

3. Nguyễn Thị Thanh Huyền – Đàn Tranh (a plucked zither of Vietnam) and body movement.

4. Vũ Nhật Tân – Electronic musical instruments and piano.

About the piece

It tells about the pleasure and the pains of three women in the life, when they make access to the Buddhism just like he children do with parents to have peace in mind, getting rid of the disorders.

The 50-minute performance is both an interaction and series of improvisations between traditional musical instruments (monochord, plucked zither, membranephones and the Ả Đào – tally card song) on the background of modern instruments (electronic instruments, laptop and piano). Musically, the work is composed based on the improvisations that feature the Vietnamese music and the chant poems accompanied by the piano sounds.

Cõi Vắng (Empty World) may be regarded as a product of the interaction between the traditional music and the contemporary one, or the New Tradition; also a kind of improvisation-based performance.

Architecture: Film “Great Expectations” of the Club of Architecture Cinema

The film, directed by Jesper Wachtmeister, gives us a voyage to the detached housed, resident buildings and the towns designed by architects Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer, Buckminster Fuller, Antti Lovage, Moshe Safdie, Jacque Fresco… and the architecture firms such as Archigram, Superstudio. These are typical examples for the products of which the architect is the “conductor of an orchestra” who has the full power of decision. Another issue is placed by the film: Has the architectural identity to be based on the traditional elements ? and should we look for an architectural “shape” to match such identity ? Please come to watch the film and discuss with the Club of Architecture Cinema.

* Subtitle is available in Vietnamese.

Introduction of Heritage Space’s activities this year

The irreversible trend of our era is characterized by the universal multicultural contexts where systems of values are getting in move, impacts, interference in large intensities. Paintings, music, movies, literature, sciences and technology etc… have been regarded as means to embody the human beings in historical and social contexts. But the boundary between these arts seems more and more imprecise. The utmost creativity together with capability of spatial, temporal and mind management has been opening multidirectional doors to the new horizons of cognition. Creativity has been conversing with and challenging the cognitive ability of the beneficiaries of arts, also their enjoyment, then bringing them new abilities and needs.

In this new cycle of development, Heritage Space appears as a niche of multi-sector individuals and groups with an expectation to the link between the various and new elements of creativity in the contemporary Vietnam.

There are activities of contemporary arts under the form of exhibitions, workshops, projects, lectures and presentations etc… involving national and foreign artists and curators, taking place regularly, aiming at popularizing the new values.

There is a New Music Space, administered by Vu Nhat Tan, musician and organiser, where the selected and varied programs of music shows take place monthly.

There are Architecture Activities with the cooperation and management of ASHUI.COM.

Free entry.

Film Screening “Happy Together”

Fri 01 Apr 2016, 7.30 pm

Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents

51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi

In the last week of LGBT film month, you are invited to the film screening “HAPPY TOGETHER” directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Leslie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu-wai. Not suitable for children under 16 years old.

The film screening is to celebrate Leslie Cheung’s 13th death anniversary (01 Apr 2003).

HAPPY TOGETHER is a 1997 Hong Kong romance film directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Leslie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu-wai, that depicts a turbulent romance.

The English title is inspired by The Turtles’ 1967 song, which is covered by Danny Chung on the film’s soundtrack; the Chinese title (previously used for Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blowup) is an idiomatic expression suggesting “the exposure of something intimate.”

The film received positive reviews from several film festivals, including a win for Best Director at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. [Wikipedia]

Entry: 20,000 VND (donation for TPD’s fund for movie talents)

Film Screening “Kung Fu Panda 3” at L’Espace

18 Mar – 01 Apr 2016

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the screenings of the film “Kungfu Panda 3” at L’Espace, from 18 Mar – 01 Apr.

Director: Jennifer Yuh, Alessandro Carloni (USA, China, 2016, 95 mins)

Dubbing: Manu Payet, Pierre Arditi, Alison Wheeler

DreamWorks and Antoine Antin, French leader of the American studio, deliver the third episode of spectacular fights, gags and tenderness!

Graduated from Gobelins in 2001, Antoine Antin began his 2D animator career with the short film Papillon – rewarded in Annecy Film Festival in 2002. He worked for several studios in Paris, Tokyo and Los Angeles. After several major successes of French animation (Mune, A Monster in Paris, the Illusionist and Zarafa) he is working with DreamWorks on Kung Fu Panda 3. This third episode sees Po who helped his father turn a clumsy horde of grinning pandas into martial arts experts, the formidable Kung Fu pandas!

Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles or dub

Ticket:

Ticket price: 60 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Exhibition “Farmers’ Got Power” by Nguyen Manh Hung

Opening: Fri 18 Mar 2016, 6 pm

Exhibition: 18 Mar – 23 Apr 2016

Galerie Quynh

Level 2, 151/3 Dong Khoi, Dist 1, HCMC

You are invited to the exhibition “Farmers’ Got Power” by Nguyen Manh Hung, one of Vietnam’s most accomplished young artists. For his second solo exhibition at the gallery, Nguyen has created a new body of sculptures, paintings and photos depicting an absurd world under constant threat where the past, present and future collapse into one perpetual cycle.

Images of soldiers, weapons, planes and fire trucks suggest a sense of urgency, calamity and danger, yet the addition of domesticated creatures (turtles, chickens and even a snail) pose little menace. An ambiguous violence is suggested within a calm, subdued atmosphere. Through keen, satirical humor with elusive narratives, the artist looks at issues of power, control and protection.

Nguyen states, “These works depict the precautions and preparations as a defense for an impending upheaval – one that is unknown yet strangely familiar from the past. Precaution has become an everyday routine, as natural as we live and breathe.”

A reference to the reality TV show “America’s Got Talent” (the Got Talent franchise is broadcast in Vietnam as “Vietnam’s Got Talent”), “Farmers’ Got Power” is also an awkward phrasing of what could be a public slogan or comedic film. Are Nguyen’s farmers – in the guise of the domesticated animals – the heroes who save the world?

ABOUT NGUYEN MANH HUNG

Nguyen Manh Hung (born 1976, Hanoi) has participated in numerous international exhibitions including Mien Meo Mieng / Contemporary Art from Vietnam, Bildmuseet, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; L’avventura – Lang Du, Musée d’Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne (MAC/VAL), France; 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia; Connect: Art Scene Vietnam, ifa Galerie Berlin and Stuttgart, Germany; Lim Dim: Young Vietnamese Artists, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, Norway; Strategies from Within, Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts, Shanghai, China; transPOP: Korea Vietnam Remix, ARKO Art Center, Seoul, Korea and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California, USA; and Thermocline of Art. New Asian Waves, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany. Nguyen Manh Hung has held residencies at Creative Fusion, The Cleveland Foundation, Ohio, USA; Musée d’Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, France; Asian Cultural Council, New York, New York, USA; and Art Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, New York, USA.

From 2008 – 2011 Nguyen Manh Hung was the Director of the dynamic Nha San Studio in Hanoi, one of the first non-profit artist-run spaces in Vietnam. Nguyen currently lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City.

Colourful Spring Art Market

Sat 02 Apr 2016, 10 am – 4 pm

Snap Cafe

32 Tran Ngoc Dien, Thao Dien, Dist 2, HCMC

Come to Colourful Spring Art Market with various products:

• Paintings, drawings, and limited edition prints

• Photography

• Handmade jewellery

• Fashion and accessories

• Ceramics, and sculpture

• Handmade homewares and gift items

The Art Market has become a regular event in the Saigon Calendar. We welcome people to join our Lucky Draw to win creative products available at the bazaar. There will also be pop-up workshops for both adults & children throughout the day.

Fatih Akin Film Series in HCMC

18, 19, 25, 26 Mar and 01, 02 Apr 2016, 7.15 pm

Cinema 3, Cinebox

212 Ly Chinh Thang Str., District 3, HCMC

As part of the Fatih Akin Film Series, the Goethe-Institut Vietnam presents a selection of films by the German director in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The work of Fatih Akin, who has a Turkish background, is more topical and relevant than ever, dealing with issues of migration and identity, culture and homeland. The Goethe-Institut will screen films of various genres: from a musical portrait of a bustling metropolis on two continents to an intercultural comedy to a historical drama – Fatih Akin’s films appeal to a variety of emotions. As every year, the Film Series offers a diverse and entertaining programme for the interested public. Please note that the age rating of all films is 16 years.

Fatih Akin, born in Hamburg 1973, is a movie director, scriptwriter, actor and producer of Turkish descent. In his movies, he deals with themes like identity, culture and home. Fatih Akin became internationally known in 2004 with his movie “Head-on”, for which he won the Berlin International Film Festival’s Golden Bear. Since then he has been awarded numerous prizes, for example at the Venice Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, the German Film Awards and the European Film Awards.

The programme for Ho Chi Minh City is as follows (click on the movie’s title to see its trailer):

Friday, 18 March 2016, 7:15pm

Solino

A family of Italian immigrants to the Ruhr region must cope with an unfamiliar way of life.

German with English and Vietnamese subtitles