HCMC – Exhibition “In the Midst of Life”
Opening: Fri 25 Oct, 6 pm
Exhibition: 25 Oct – 25 Nov 2013
Craig Thomas Gallery
27i Tran Nhat Duat, Tan Dinh ward, Q.1, HCMC
Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday 11 am to 6pm; Sundays 1 to 5 pm; and by appointment
You are invited to the exhibition “In the Midst of Life”, a solo exhibition of wood burn paintings by Hanoi-based artist Ngo Van Sac.
Ngo Van Sac says that one day he may return to using conventional canvas, but right now he is enchanted by the blocks of fresh, untreated wood that grip his images with rawness. The curved veins in the wood’s surface take the eyes gently up and down the portraits, sneaking into the intricacies of the pictures.
Sac’s making process must involve a lot of planning, but the artworks are never overdone. Minimal color and simple materials prevent visual saturation. Sac pencils the outlines onto the wooden blocks, then blowtorches them, masking off areas with a metal spatula to modulate the color. The burnt images are surprisingly detailed, and fire alone cannot offer such sharpness. A pyrography pen could work for strong lines, but Sac’s imagery is dominated by silhouettes and color gradation, not by linear drawing, so a gas blowtorch works best.
Sac has always painted people. In previous exhibitions, he has shown historical characters with older, wiser faces, or sometimes groups of sitters. This time, he turns inwards. This exhibition probably has more self-portraits by a single artist than any other solo show anywhere. While such a quantity of self-portraits could be construed as self-indulgent, it is actually an honest search, and an expression of personal emotion.
Bicycles, trees and water lilies fade their way into the images, like déjà-vues of a tranquil lifestyle that is almost mythical for the urban youth. Sac grew up in a village 20 kilometers from Hanoi. But childhood has gone. The artist is now a city dweller, for whom peace and nature are as inaccessible as memory. As he puts enough history behind his own life, Sac can appreciate its complexity and translate it into his work. ‘Many small images in the overall big picture bring depth to my work,’ he comments.
The two installation pieces of the collection create the sensation of a flow moving around the wooden shapes. Each prism presents different moods of the artist, under the perspectives of several individuals. The narrative unfolds as the viewer walks around, showing little action. It’s a story of the subtle changes in emotion that come and go all the time.
New Time for the Hanoi Open Exhibition
Exhibition: 26 Sep – 20 Oct 2013
Work Room Four
Building E, Floor 4
9 Tran Thanh Tong, Hanoi
The duration for the Hanoi Open Exhibition is extended until 20 Oct.
Here are the opening hours for the last week:
Tuesday 15th October: 10am – 6pm
Wednesday 16th October: 10am – 4pm
Thursday 17th October: 10am – 9pm
Friday 18th October: 10am – 6pm
Saturday 19th October: 11am – 5pm
Sunday 20th October: 11am – 5pm (awards and closing drinks from 3pm)
Halloween Positive Mass Hanoi and HCMC
Fri 25 Oct 2013, 8 pm
HANOI: Meeting at St Joseph Cathedral
HCMC: Meeting at Opera House, Dong Khoi, Le Loi
For this month: Bring your costume is Halloween and the first time Positive Mass in HCMC.
“Positive Mass”, and event inspired on an international event called Critical Mass. It is just a bicycle ride to promote cycling for all its positive reasons. Critical Mass is a cycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month in over 300 cities around the world. The ride was originally founded in 1992 in San Francisco. The purpose of Critical Mass is not usually formalized beyond the direct action of meeting at a set location and time and traveling as a group through city or town streets on bikes.
Cuca Contemporary Art Course
Registration deadline: 25 Oct 2013
You are invited to register for Cuca Contemporary Art Course, designed and instructed by artist, curator Pham Dieu Huong in Nov 2013. The attendant will have chance to attain general theories of Contemporary Art throughout this course.
Course language: Vietnamese. For more information, please refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Program
Class 1: Conceptual Art
Class 2: Minimal Art
Class 3: Pop Art
Class 4: Performance Art
Class 5: Contemporary Dance
Class 6: Installation Art
Class 7: Video Art
Class 8: Kitsch Trend
For more information, please contact:
Email: cucavietnam@gmail.com
Concert “Sieste Électronique” in Hanoi
Hanoi: Sat 19 Oct 2013, 3 pm – 6 pm
Independence Park
Let’s wander around the park, lean against a chair or lie down on grass, closes your eyes and discover sounds and world music with concert “Sieste Électronique”. Let’s forget about busy lives, pause for a second and open up your heart to enjoy the magical music. The mixture of electronic music, experimental music as well as Vietnam traditional music will enable the audience to relax and experience.
With French guest artists: Vincent Moon, Laurent Jeanneau, Jean Nipon and Vietnamese guest artists: Vu Nhat Tan and Nguyen Hong Giang.
Free entrance.
This is How We Walk on the Moon: A Film/Music/Culture Workshop with Vincent Moon
Wed 23 Oct 2013, 8 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi
Les Siestes Electroniques, The Onion Cellar and CAMA ATK join forces to bring you an epic 4-hour-long film-and-music workshop with the renowned nomadic French filmmaker Vincent Moon, who will be delivering a long intimate talk and leading discussions on cinema and his filmmaking process, sharing his travel stories, screening his recent works, exchanging ideas with the audience, and more.
Expect an eclectic spectrum of topics from modern filmmaking technology all the way to shamanic rituals around the world.
On Vincent Moon
That image of indie bands and artists performing impromptu gigs on the streets of Paris probably automatically makes people think of La Blogothèque and Vincent Moon.
But such limited description would do this talented French filmmaker injustice. His recent nomadic years have seen him travelling around and across the world, from the remotest African villages through deserts, rainforests, South American cities thousand metres above sea level, witnessing mystical religious rituals, breathing in urban dusts from myriads of South East Asian motorbikes.
What Vincent Moon has been looking for, however, is not even the most magnificent sight on Earth. The same camera and a few low-budget microphones that have helped him film countless Western bands are now used to capture traditional arts and music that are constantly facing the threat of being consumed by modernity; or local musicians that seem to have been forgotten by the world and the passing of time. Everywhere he goes more and more ‘Take Away Shows’ (of a new, much more exotic variety) take place. Gradually, a new series takes shape: Petites Planètes – Little Planet.
A minimum donation of VND 100,000 is kindly requested (IN ADVANCE) – all proceeds go to Vincent Moon to help support his filmmaking and travelling.
Language: The workshop will be in English.
Concert with Paris Orchestra
Hanoi: Tue 29 Oct 2013, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
1 Trang Tien, Hanoi
HCMC: Wed 30 Oct 2013, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House
No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC
You are invited to 2 special concerts of Orchestre de Paris (Paris Orchestra) in Hanoi and HCMC, conducted by Paavo Järvi. The program is within the framework of 40 year celebration of diplomatic relation of France – Vietnam.
Being one of the greatest French orchestras, Orchestre de Paris founded by Charles Munch is a regular guest of musical capitals, and has forged close relationships with New York, London, Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam, the Scandinavian countries, and Russia, as well as audiences in China, Japan, and Korea.
The Vietnamese audience will have the chance to enjoy their special performances in Hanoi and HCMC, which is conducted by Paavo Järvi.
Program
Joseph Haydn Symphonie n° 83 en sol mineur, “La Poule”
Edvard Grieg Suite Holberg “dans le style ancien”, op.40
Albert Roussel Sinfonietta, pour orchestre à cordes, op.52
Gabriel Fauré Fantaisie, for flute and piano, in E minor, op.79
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonie n° 33 en si bémol, K 319
Tickets in Hanoi:
Ticket prices: 350 000 VND, 450 000 VND, 600 000 VND, 800 000 VND
Special price : 150 000 VND
Booking via ticketvn@gmail.com
For delivery, please call: 0913489858, 0983067996.
Symphony Concert with Spanish Conductor Gomez Ramirez David
Wed 16 Oct 2013, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
1 Trang Tien, Hanoi
Come to the symphony concert with conductor Gomez Ramirez David (Spain), violin soloist Takeda Anna (Japan) and the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra. For more information, see below:
Program
J. Brahms
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Interval
A. Dvorak
Symphony No.8
Tickets
Ticket prices: 350000, 500000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over ticketvn@gmail.com
For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.
Screening of “Les Petits Ruisseaux”
Fri 18 Oct 2013, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “Wandering Streams″ (France, 2010, 94 mins) directed by Pascal Rabaté. This is “A beautiful film about love and freedom”. (Le Journal du Dimanche)
For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.
Tickets:
Ticket price: 40 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 20 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Screening of Zarafa
Fri 25 Oct 2013, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “Zarafa″ (France, 2012, 78 mins) directed by Rémi Bezançon, Jean-Christophe Lie. According to Le Figaroscope, this is “a pure marvel ”.
For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.
Tickets:
Ticket price: 40 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 20 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Concert with Arties Quartet
Thu 31 Oct 2013, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the classical music concert with Arties Quartet. The program is within the framework of 40 year celebration of diplomatic relation of France – Vietnam.
Arties is a collective of international musicians who share the same passion for chamber music. All of them have graduated from great European conservatories and then travel around the world to play in the best concert halls. They are soloists, chamber or free artists or members of large French and European orchestras. These well-known and young talents want to overcome the general codes and protocol of classical concerts to offer an excellent performance in a friendly, generous and spontaneous spirit.
Piano Quartet:
Sullimann Altmayer : Violon
Julien Dabonneville : Alto Viola
Gauthier Herrmann : Violoncelle Cello
Romain Descharmes : Piano
Program
G. Fauré: Piano Trio in D minor, opus 120
WA Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat major k.493
R. Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major opus 47
Ticket
Ticket price: 120 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 60 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Punto Italia’s 5th Anniversary – The Italian Coffee Celebration
Fri 18 Oct 2013, 6 – 8 pm
Casa Italia
18 Le Phung Hieu, Hanoi
After five years of delivering the real taste of the Italian espresso and leading coffee machines and service to Vietnam, Punto Italia would like to express its sincere gratitude and appreciation to all its customers, partners and friends through “The Italian Coffee Celebration”. An informal evening to elect the winning barista of the Latte Art Competition and to celebrate together our 5 years of successful stories in Vietnam.
Guests will be invited to enjoy our complimentary night with your favorite choice of coffee made by Punto Italia’s recommended barista; Italian finger foods and drinks and attractive lucky-draw prizes.
Reservations are essential, please call us at +84-(0)4-6258 3510 or email info.vietnam@puntoitalia.asia.
“Drums and Voices” Musical Performance
17 and 18 Oct 2013, 8 pm
Au Co Arts Center
08 Huynh Thuc Khang Str, Hanoi
In celebration of 40th Year of ASEAN – Japan Friendship and Cooperation as well as the Japan – Vietnam Friendship Year 2013, the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly presents a musical performance “Drums Voices” on Thursday 17 Friday 18 October in Hanoi.
“Drums Voices” is a special music troupe exclusively dedicated to celebrate the 40th anniversary of ASEAN Japan and Vietnam Japan relationships. It brings together 12 professional performers of traditional music from seven countries – Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Brunei and Japan.
As we can see Dong Son drums in Vietnam and hypnotic chants in the Asian region, drums and voices are most primitive musical instruments in the region, having fascinated human beings over millenniums with their intrinsic power and energy.
“Drums Voices” is thus highly anticipated, for all of us as human beings, to bring dynamic, powerful and fascinating music whose rhythm emotionally beats our heartstrings and whose melody strikes our right chords harmoniously.
This attractive musical collaboration is, however, impossible to be achieved in one day. The participating musicians spent 4 weeks in total both in Thailand (June – July 2013) and in Vietnam (August – September 2013) to learn each other about the character, cultural background, and creative vision of their fellow collaborators.
To assist the orchestration of their collaboration, a Japanese famous music composer/director, Michiru Oshima also joins “Drums Voices” as its music director. Equipped with awards for music composition for TV, animation and film, she smartly orchestrates the troupe to achieve “harmonious diversity” in their original music.
From Vietnam, two distinguished traditional music performers join the troupe. One is Merited Artist Mai Lien from Ba Pho Musical House, specializing in traditional percussions especially T’rung (a bamboo xylophone) folk songs. The other is Merited Artist Minh Chi from Cheo Theatre Vietnam, specializing in Cheo and ethnic percussions.
Both Mai Lien and Minh Chi are highly celebrated for their superb skills and knowledge on Vietnamese traditional music and for their flexibility for international collaboration. Their participation made it possible for the “Drums Voices” troupe to create uniquely arranged songs based on Vietnamese traditional music.
The other performers from the other countries include: Tsubasa Hori from Japan, who is a former member of the legendary Japanese drum troupe “Kodo” and herself is a composer/arranger, Academy Myanmar Pyi Kyauk Sein from Myanmar, who is a Pattalar (a Myanmar bamboo xylophone) player and an award winner for Best Music Award in Best Movie Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards 2012, to name but a few.
The “Drums Voices” concerts will be held in all six ASEAN countries (Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Brunei) throughout October and November 2013, before performing at the Bunkamura Orchard Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo, on Wednesday 18 December 2013.
Free admission but you are required to get free advanced tickets which will be distributed from 9:00 on Friday 4 October at the Japan Foundation (27 Quang Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi/TEL 04-3944-7419, Opening hours: 09:00 – 18:00, no closed days).
For more information, visit Japan’s Foundation’s website.
Exhibition “The Optimistic Tragedy”
Opening: Fri 18 Oct, 6 pm
Exhibition: 19 – 30 Oct 2013
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum
66 Nguyen Thai Hoc St.
Hanoi
This is the first retrospective of the unique pictorial creation of TRAN TRUNG TIN (1933– 2008).
Described as MUNCH IN HANOI, Vietnam’s greatest expressionist artist painted in Hanoi during the American-Vietnam War (1964–1975) to express the sorrow of a people caught up in one of the most tragic conflicts of the twentieth century.
Born in the Mekong Delta, Tin joined the Resistance against the French at the age of twelve and fought on the Cambodian front. At the end of the Franco-Vietnam war in 1954, he worked as a film actor and scriptwriter, but, frustrated by propaganda films, the multi-talented Tin braved wartime censorship and turned to painting. Tin’s images of girl soldiers with guns and flowers, broken buildings and broken lives are balanced by tender depictions of lovers, mothers and spiritual renegades. His cityscapes and abstracts are ‘meditative retreats of loosely painted blocks in warm colours, a self-created visual sanctuary from the war raging outside.’
Major exhibitions of his works have been held around the world including solo exhibitions at the Singapore Art Museum and the British Museum in London.
Concert “In the footstep of Edward Grieg”
Sun 27 Oct 2013, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
Tel: 84.04.(39330113/4 – 39330131/2)
You are invited to the concert “In the footstep of Edward Grieg” with conductor Alf Richard Kraggerud, violin soloist Henning Kraggerud and Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra. For more information about the program and tickets, see below:
Program
H.Sæverud : Kjempeviseslåtten
J.Sibelius : Violin Concerto
Interval
E.Grieg : Symphony in C minor
Tickets
Ticket prices: 200 000, 350 000, 500 000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over ticketvn@gmail.com
For delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.
Exhibition “Colors’ Beats of Vietnam”
Opening: Tue 22 Oct 2013, 6 pm
Exhibition: 22 Oct – 13 Nov 2013
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the lomography exhibition “Colors’ Beats of Vietnam”. Lomowall is created by stitching hundreds of Lomo photos.
Under the aspect of LomoWall, the unique and beautiful installation artwork “Colors’ Beats of Vietnam”, with photos of various artists using different techniques, offers an unique perspective in colors of Vietnam, a developing country which combines between tradition and industrialization.
Screening of “L’Illusionniste”
Fri 08 Nov 2013, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the cartoon screening titled “The Illusionist″ (France, 2010, 80 mins) directed by Sylvain Chomet . This is “A touching, intelligent and delicate film, such an animation we are rarely offered”. (L’Ecran Fantastique)
For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.
Tickets:
Ticket price: 40 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 20 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Cabaret Night in October
Sat 26 Oct 2013, 8.30 – 9.30 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
Cabaret Night at L’Espace is the stage for new music talents. Come here to enjoy great drinks and listen to fabulous French, English and Vietnamese songs.
If you are a song-writer, singer or you can sing in French, Vietnamese or English, contact Cédric Drouard to participate in the Cabaret Music Night at L’Espace: cedminimum@hotmail.fr.
Free admission.
Screening “In Memoriam of S.N. Goenka”
Wed 16 Oct 2013, 8 pm
The Hanoi Bicycle Collective
44, lane 31 Xuan Dieu Str, Hanoi
Come to the next session of Cinexin Hanoi this week with the screening of “In Memoriam of S.N. Goenka”.
Film programme:
S.N Goenka UN Peace Summit speech (15 min)
“Doing time, doing Vipassana” (52 min)
Satya Narayan Goenka (January 30, 1924 – September 29, 2013) was a noted Burmese-Indian teacher of Vipassanā meditation. Born in Burma, he followed the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin, under whom he trained for 14 years. In 1969, he shifted to India and started teaching meditation, and started a mediation centre at Igatpuri, near Nashik in 1976. In time, he became an influential non-sectarian teacher of the Vipassana movement and a pioneer of the Vipassana meditation in India.[1] He trained more than 1300 assistant teachers and each year more than 120,000 people attend Goenka led Vipassana courses.
The technique which S. N. Goenka teaches represents a tradition that is traced back to the Buddha. Goenka emphasizes that, “The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma – the way to liberation – which is universal”[2] and presents his teachings as non-sectarian and open to people of all faiths or no faith. “Liberation” in this context means freedom from impurities of mind and, as a result of the process of cultivating a pure mind, freedom from suffering.[3] Goenka calls Vipassana meditation an experiential scientific practice, through which one can observe the constantly changing nature of the mind and body at the deepest level, a profound understanding that leads to a truly happy and peaceful life.
He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2012 for social work.
Free entrance.
Screening of “Sound to Music”
Wed 16 Oct 2013, 8 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi
The Onion Cellar proudly presents: the highly-anticipated prologue to SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD – our little film festival taking place in Hanoi next month.
A preview screening of the incredibly moving Japanese music documentary SOUND TO MUSIC!
SOUND TO MUSIC (2010)
Tomoyuki Hattori
* SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD takes place in Hanoi from the 15th to the 24th of November. More information here. More films to be announced this week.
SOUND TO MUSIC is a documentary about the Japanese OTO ASOBI project.
OTO ASOBI consists of 16 people with learning disabilities and their families, about 20 artists from various fields, and music therapists. Individuals with learning disabilities include autism, Down syndrome, Williams syndrome and so on, whose ages range from 8 to 42. They collaborate freely with artists such as free improvisers, pop musicians, butoh dancers, and installation artists. Over 50 guest artists have been involved so far to create new performances. Parents of the people with learning disabilities are also important members who make their own music using cardboard boxes, kitchen utensils, and even hoovers.
“I came to know about OTO ASOBI only very recently, and yet this little intriguing project immediately garnered a great deal of my interest and respect, for its beautiful objective, its humanity, and its tireless efforts in trying to bring an idea not the easiest to realise, into the realm of reality.
Having certain past experiences with individuals with learning difficulties, I am aware of how tricky it must have been to gather all these idiosyncrasies into even the least resemblance to a unit, let alone one that is supposed to play music together, in sonic harmony of an improvisational nature.
Furthermore, how well would the professional musicians get along with the kids? Would the two groups play equal roles in the ensemble, or would the latter simply be dragged along the former’s artistic trails? Would the project be able to achieve its aim of discovering a new language of musical expression?
Happy to report, they succeeded. It is difficult not to be moved by the enthusiasms of all involved. And when came the days of the public performances the whole group were working towards, it was truly a pleasure to witness such coming-together of minds and souls – no distance found between kids, musicians, volunteers, parents, and music’s profound power of connecting people championed, once again.”
(Hung Tran)
Free entry.
Languages: Japanese with subtitles in both Vietnamese and English
International Art Film Festival Nos Yeux Grands Ouverts
Fri 25 Oct 2013, 7 pm
DOCLAB
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học
Ba Đình, Hà Nội
International art film festival Nos Yeux Grands Ouverts (NYGO), collaborating with center of experimental and art film DocLab Hanoi proudly presents to the audience and film makers of Vietnam 11 short movies in this year’s competition. The screening will be started at 19h, Friday, Octobre 25 2013 at DocLab Hanoi, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc street.
Guests in attendance for the international film and arts festival include Mr. Patrick FILLIOUD, former director of BFM TV channel (The news channel updated 24/7, France) and Mrs. Anne THOUMYRE (Professor of history of cultural heritage and the head of the Master of artistic and cultural activities management program).
The screening will be followed by an exchange between the guests and audience over the topics of art film and the contemporary art market in France.
Talk Show: Is Vietnam Ready for Same-Sex Marriage?
Thu 17 Oct 2013, 7.30 pm
Manzi Art Space
14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi
Starting Sep 2013, manzi introduces our new series of monthly talk show “Right or Wrong?”. For each show, presenter Giang Dang will invite guest speakers to join him for a discussion on current social issues and cultural matters that are of public concern. As a multi-dimensional platform, “Right or Wrong?” reflects the frictions between different systems of values, aesthetics, opinions and tastes in contemporary Vietnamese society. Come join us – you will be entertained, and you will also be made to think!
For “Right or Wrong?” the Oct edition, our topic for discussion is “Is Vietnam ready for same-sex marriage?”
Guest speakers: Prof. Phung Trung Tap – Hanoi Law University
Mr. Luong The Huy – The Institute for Studies of Society, Economics and Environment (iSEE)
A Catholic priest
Dr. Nguyen Anh Thuan – Director of the Live Safely company
PLEASE NOTICE: The talk will be conducted in Vietnamese only.
Due to limited capacity, please pre-register at manzihanoi@gmail.com before 3 pm Wed 16 Oct.
Science Film Festival 2013
Opening: Wed 24 Oct, 9 am
Public Festival Opening: Screening of “Chasing Ice”: Sat 26 Oct, 2- 4 pm
Kim Dong Cinema
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SFF- Activity-day: 27 Oct, 02 and 03 Nov 2013
Screening of “Mekong”: Fri 01 Nov, 7pm
In Vietnam the Goethe-Institut in cooperation with the Vietnamese Partnerorganisation AC presents from 24th October to 15th December the third Science Film Festival with fascinating films, games and activities about nature, environment and new technologies. Since 2005 the Science Film Festival inspires students in South East Asian countries. The festival aims to raise young people’s awareness for current scientific and environmental problems through the media film and television.
This year the SFF focuses on renewable energies and sustainability. Which kind of energy will we use in the future? Facing climate change, which new approaches are there to protect our natural resources and live more sustainably? Which challenges are we facing in the coming decades? The Science Film Festival tackles these and more fundamental questions in a playful way. With this year’s focus topic the festival wants to contribute to the current debate and provide some food for thought for our next generation.
In addition to the Festival Pre-Opening on 24th of October the Goethe-Institut Hanoi for the first time holds a public opening of the Science Film Festival on the 26th of October at 2pm with the Vietnam premier of the award-winning film “Chasing Ice”-How climate change alters our earth: Expedition to the Arctic.
Moreover, activity days with films, games and experiments for the whole family at the Goethe-Institut Hanoi on 27/10, 2-3/11 will complement the events in different schools and universities in 11 provinces of Vietnam such as Hanoi, Thai Binh, Vinh Phuc, Quang Tri, Hue, Da Nang, Hoi An, Dac Lak, Ho Chi Minh und Bac Lieu
In the framework of the Science Film Festival the Goethe-Institut will also present the film “Mekong” about the impact of water power plants on the lives of inhabitants in the Mekong area in Vietnam.
Programme of the third Science Film Festival 2013 in Hanoi
24.10. 9 am:
Opening of the Science Film Festival 2013 at a School: Films and games about environment, nature and new technologies
26.10. 2 pm-4 pm:
Public Festival Opening: Vietnam Premier of the award-winning film “Chasing Ice” – How climate change alters our earth: Expedition to the Arctic
Kim Dong Cinema 19 Hang Bai, Hoàn Kiếm, Hanoi.
Free tickets available from 17.10.2013, 2 pm at the Goethe-Institut Hanoi, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc.
More infos and trailer.
27.10., 02.11. and 03.11.
SFF- Acticity-day
9am-12pm: Films and games for families, children and youth
2pm-4pm. Films and games for families, children and youth
Goethe-Institut Hanoi, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc
Please register in advance with do.thuy@hanoi.goethe.org.
01.11. 19.00:
Film Screening “Mekong” (26’) by Director Douglas Varchol followed by a panel discussion with experts
Goethe-Institut Hanoi, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc
For further information please visit here.
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học
Ba Đình, Hà Nội
Kim Dong Cinema
19 Hang Bai Str, Hanoi
Blues and Roots Music Night with TVJones
Fri 18 Oct 2013, 8 pm
Hanoi Social Club
6 Hoi Vu Str, Hanoi
Australian blues roots legend TVJones plays The Hanoi Social Club.
Be sure to catch some polyrhythmic, roots n rhythms from this award winning songwriter and musician in Hanoi for one night only!
Having played literally hundreds of festivals and gigs around Australia with some of the biggest names in the industry, here is your chance to come and enjoy A-grade music in Hanoi.
Blending funk and folksy blues in the style of Fink and John Martyn, TVJones cranks some big catchy melodies from the smallest of guitars.
Tickets: 100k @ the door.
Music Night “Endless Adventure”
Thu 24 Oct 2013, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Trang Tien, Hanoi
You are invited to the Flamenco concert ”Endless Adventure” with the performances of famous guitarist Tran Viet Anh and his Lang Du band, singer Dong Lan (French songs) and Vu Ha Anh (latin songs).
Program
1. La Vie En Rose – Dong Lan
2. L’Amour Est Bleu – Dong Lan
3. Je t’aime – Dong Lan
4. Toi Jamais – Dong Lan
5. L’aventure – Dong Lan and Vu Ha Anh
6. Aline – Dong Lan
7. Besame Mucho – Dong Lan
8. Telephone moi – pDong Lan
9. Little sheep – Dong Lan
10. Bailamos – Vu Ha Anh
11. Quando quando – Vu Ha Anh
12. Message of the eyes – Vu Ha Anh
13. It’s now or never – Vu Ha Anh
14. Volare – Ly Minh Hieu
15. Flamenco music of Lang Du band:
– Cascada – Jesse Cook
– Parasol – Jesse Cook
– Juliette – Chris Spheeris
– Casino – Acoustic Achemy
– Thinking of you – Oscar Lopez
– Driving to Madrid – Ottma Liebert
– Feanna – Gipsy Kings
– Caja de Cerilas – Johannes Linstead
– Cinecitta – Steve Stevens
– Ritmos de Valata – Bentti và Svoboda
Ticket: 300,000 VNĐ ($15), hotline: 0989.669.605
Performances of Finnish Dance Music Band Jari and Taika
Tue 22 Oct 2013, 8 pm
Octagonal Stage (Ly Thai To Park)
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Wed 23 Oct 2013, 8 pm
Workers Theatre
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Thu 24 Oct 2013, 9 pm
Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi (Angelina Restaurant)
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Mon 21 Oct 2013, 8 pm
Hai Phong Opera House
Finnish Dance Music Band Jari and Taika will play in Hanoi and Hai Phong from 21 – 24 Oct. The concerts are part of the jubilee year program for the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Finland and Vietnam in 2013.
Jari Taika is a Finnish dance music band formed in the year 2004. It mixes rhythms and genres from international evergreens to Finnish pop music and its own compositions. The band tours mainly in Finland but sometimes also abroad. More information about the band and their music can be found on their website.
The concerts in Hanoi in October take place at the Octagonal Stage (Ly Thai To Park) on the 22nd at 20.00 hrs, in the Workers Theatre on the 23rd at 20.00 hrs, and in Metropole Hotel on the 24th at 21.00hrs. In addition to the concerts in Ha Noi, Jari Taika performs in Hai Phong Opera Theatre on the 21st October at 20.00 hrs.
Free tickets.
Concerts at Octagonal Stage and Metropole Hotel: free entry.
Concert at Workers Theatre: Free tickets can be collected from the Embassy of Finland at 6th floor of Central Building, 31 Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi. Opening hours Mon–Thu 8.00–12.00, 13.00–17.00 and Fri 8.00–13.00.
Concert in Haiphong: For free tickets, please contact Mr. Do Quang Minh, Department of Foreign Affairs of Hai Phong, #15 Tran Quang Khai Street, Hai Phong, Tel: 031 374 5088 or 0121 609 2478.
Workers Theatre
42 Trang Tien, Hanoi
Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi
15 Ngo Quyen, Hanoi
Hai Phong Opera House
27 Tran Hung Dao, Hai Phong
SPOT ART – SEA’s First International Juried Visual Arts Festival in Singapore
Festival: 26 Oct – 04 Nov 2013, 11 am – 9 pm daily
ARTrium@MCI, 140 Hill Street, Singapore
Togetherprojects, an organisation dedicated to nurturing art in South East Asia, today announces SPOT ART, an international, juried, visual arts festival that seeks to promote the best contemporary artworks by artists below 30 years old from the region.
Supported by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) Kickstart Fund, the National Arts Council, and the Singapore Art Museum, SPOT ART will be staged for the first time at ARTrium@MICA from 26 October – 4 November 2013, with the aim of bringing to the fore emerging artists to engage with supporters of youth, education, and the arts.
Jerry Gunn, Founder and Festival Director of SPOT ART said: “SPOT ART is the first and currently the only international platform where South East Asia’s most talented young artists under 30 years old, rigorously selected by a highly esteemed panel of art critics, curators and academic professionals, can be seen side by side with their peers from the region in a dynamic and meaningful way. In a highly fragmented and fast-paced contemporary art landscape, SPOT ART’s goal is to provide a centralized location where supporters and patrons can go to view and collect the best of the region’s young talent, and they can do that right here in Singapore while visiting the Singapore Biennale.”
Festival attendees to SPOT ART can look forward to seeing over 200 works produced by over 70 artists representing a total of 10 countries including: Singapore, Cambodia, Malaysia, Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Thailand.
Ms Carrie Kwik, the Executive Director of Arts and Entertainment and Integrated Resorts at the Singapore Tourism Board said: “We are very excited at the launch of one of our first Kickstart Fund-supported projects. The team at SPOT ART has conceptualised an event that will not only help discover young talents in the region, but also expand the spectrum of Southeast Asian contemporary art experiences in Singapore. This affirms our Kickstart Fund’s objective to support and accelerate the launch of innovative concepts that have the potential to enhance Singapore’s wealth of niche experiences for locals and travellers.”
Out of the 70 artists showing at SPOT ART, 22 of the artists are currently living and working in Singapore.
The SPOT ART selection committee consists of some of the most well-regarded art experts from SE Asia including Aminudin TH Siregar, David Teh, Iola Lenzi, Luckana Kunavichayanont, Milenko Prvacki, Patrick D. Flores and Robert B. Epp.
Robert Epp said, “I welcomed the opportunity to be involved in the selection process for this show. This was the first time something like this has happened and SPOT ART has successfully made an important bridge in the region to our talented and emerging young artists in the region. As a juror for the exhibit I was deeply moved by some of the pieces and I am confident that the community who come to see this exhibit will agree that something exceptional has taken place here.”
Mr. Jerry Gunn said, “The difference between SPOT ART and the other art offerings in Singapore and the region are three things: Quality, Diversity, and that it is all in one spot: QUALITY in that our renowned selection committee of esteemed curators and experts on contemporary art in SE Asia has selected over 200 works of over 70 artists from an open call submission of over 1500. DIVERSITY in that the open call submissions went out to 10 countries through education networks of the best fine arts universities and institutions in the region. The outcome is an unprecedented broad survey of current trends in emerging contemporary art in the region.
And finally, ONE SPOT – Due to the economic, cultural, historical, and geographical diversity of the region, the arts scene tends to be quite fragmented. We provide a unique singular platform for the most talented young artists to showcase their work on the international stage alongside their peers.”
About the Jury
The Spot Art jury is an outstanding congregation of the region’s most eminent curators, academics, commercial gallerists and collectors. They include:
Mr. Aminudin TH Siregar – Director of Soemardja Gallery and lecturer of Art and Design at the Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
Mr. Patrick D. Flores – Professor of Art Studies at the University of the Philippines and curator of its Vargas Museum, and adjunct curator of the Singapore national Art Gallery.
Ms. Luckana Kunavichayanont – Director of the Bangkok Art and Culture Center
Mr. Milenko Prvacki – renowned artist and Senior Fellow at LASALLE College of the Arts;
Mr. David Teh – Researcher at NTU and Director of Future Perfect
Ms. Iola Lenzi – curator, critic and lecturer at LaSalle-Goldsmiths College of the Arts
Mr. Robert B. Epp – Director of ADM Gallery at NTU
Tickets
Tickets can be purchased through SISTIC or at the event at the following prices:
• Regular adult ticket is $10 per person and will admit 1 adult for 1 day.
• Regular child ticket (under 12 years old) is $5 and will admit 1 child for 1 day.
• Concession tickets for student, senior citizen, or NSF (with valid identification) is $5 and will admit 1 for 1 day
• School packages are offered to groups of 10 or more students.
Pricing of artworks for purchase will range from $500 to $5000.
For further information, please visit the organizer’s website.
Two Vietnamese artists to be showcased at the SPOT ART’s festival are Le Thi Huong Giang and Tran Chi Thanh.