Exhibition “My Pleasure”

Exhibition: 30 Jan – 07 Mar 2015

Cuci Fine Art

2nd floor, 22a Hai Ba Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi

Opening hours: 9 am – 6 pm, from Tuesday to Sunday

You are invited to the group exhibition titled “Rất Hân Hạnh” (My Pleasure), the first collaboration between the organizer and 5 young artists: Quach Bac, Ha Manh Chien, Le Bao Ngoc, Nguyen Thi Kim Nga, Pham Ngoc Ha Ninh. They share the same concerns and thoughts on contemporary social issues.

This exhibition will feature 5 artworks in many art forms such as painting, installation, performance, video art and convey a message “What is the real value in personal and community life”.

HCMC – Exhibition “Sole Imprint of a Wood Flux”

Exhibition: 29 Jan – 29 Jun 2015, 9 am – 9 pm

Phuong My Flagship Store

81 Le Thanh Ton, Dist 1, HCMC

Wood-flux – a wooden flow – seems to be a contradictory phrase for how can something as sturdy as wood also stream so fervently. Such a concept indeed recalls a Japanese genre of woodblock prints on silk and paper – ‘Ukiyo-e’ – meaning ‘pictures of the floating world’. Inspired by the caliber of Ukiyo-e woodblock and the textile pattern of PHUONG MY’s Spring Summer 2015 collection, artist Nguyễn Hữu Trâm Kha showcases various fascinations of a ‘Wood-flux’.

Both Trâm Kha and Phuong My love utilizing contrasts in subject, material, form, and composition. For example, Phuong My has a Japanese textile designer create delicate and feminine patterns; she then weaves them into particular rigid fabric to style powerful silhouettes. Meanwhile, Trâm Kha meticulously carves a wooden surface – a solid medium – to characterize flora and abstract creatures as if they are floating.

In the past, Ukiyo-e required collaboration between artist, engraver, printer, and publisher. In contemporary art and design, such collaboration still plays an important role. Trâm Kha designs the artwork for the carver who executes her drawings in these woodblock sculptures. The Japanese designer creates textile pattern inspired by Phuong My’s ideas of femininity and nature; and then Phuong My will utilize that print design across her whole subsequent collection. In this forthcoming collaboration between Phuong My and visual artist, Trâm Kha, the history of the ukiyo-e woodblock aligns harmoniously with Phuong My’s print textile. One unique woodblock can produce multiple prints, just as one unique textile pattern can be shaped into multiple garment pieces for a collection. This is an essential relation between originality and reproduction in art and fashion design.

The exhibition is curated by Arlette Quỳnh-Anh Trần.

Sculpture Exhibition “Convergence”

Opening: Sat 03 Jan 2015, 5.30 pm

Exhibition: 03 – 31 Jan 2015

Heritage Space

Dolphin Plaza, 17 Tran Binh, My Dinh, Ha Noi

You are invited to the sculpture exhibition “Hội tụ” (Convergence) by sculptor Luong Van Viet.

“Hội tụ” displays a series of huge sculptural works on metal, wood and lacquer including 3 statues titled “Door”, “Equality” and “Convergence” and 3 reliefs titled “The Beginning”, “You or Me” and “Destination”. The artworks express the artist’s thoughts on the natural laws of life as well as normal-but-hard-to-accomplish desires.

Workshop Cultural Event Management

21 Jan – 11 Feb 2015, 6.30 – 8.30 pm

Work Room Four

24th floor, Packexim Building, lane 15, An Duong Vuong Str, Tay Ho, Hanoi

Presented at the Work Room Four studio space in Hanoi this workshop will cover themes such as communication, concept, grant application, sponsoring, partnership development etc.

Once we get pas the boring bits the course will become more hands on as participants will be asked to draft proposals, present research and pitch their own concepts. At the end of the course, as a team, the group will organise from start to finish a small scale cultural event in a space outside of the classroom.

This course is to be presented by Elise Luong co-founder of Undecided Productions a Brussels based artistic events production house.

Fee: 2,100,000 VND/person

To join sign up here or write to: [email protected]

Note: The workshop starts from the 21st of January every Wednesday for 4 weeks.   

HCMC – Ajar Book Welcome Night

Sat 31 Jan 2015, 8 pm

Saigon Ranger

5/7 Nguyen Sieu, Dist 1, HCMC

With bilingual books, poetry readings, poetry performance, recordings, book conversation, open mic, sketches, music, silence, candles, darkness, drinks, friends, talks and more…

Ajar also had their book welcome night in Hanoi at Tadioto on 13 Jan.

About Ajar

Ajar is dedicated to the discovery of poetry and art in both ordinary and hidden places, providing a space for these works to be exhibited, loved, and challenged. As the first bilingual literary and art journal based in Hanoi, Ajar inhabits language as it moves between worlds and words. Through its online space and physical beings, Ajar creates an opening for questions, imaginings, and poetic (im)possibility to be shared across borders.

HCMC – Exhibition “This Cat Dreams in Color”

Opening: Fri 23 Jan 2015, 6 pm

Exhibition: 23 Jan – 22 Feb 2015

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 exhibition “This Cat Dreams in Color”, a solo exhibition of new works by Saigon-based artist Lieu Nguyen Huong Duong.

Mèo Mơ Màu Mè translates into English roughly as “This Cat Dreams in Color.” The proverbial cat in this case is Duong himself who was born in the year of the cat (1975). Duong says his paintings are like his dreams brought to life. Made in his recognizable Action Painting style, the sixteen paintings of Duong’s latest collection vividly show that this cat does indeed dream in color.

Films Screening “Nobody Knows” and “Tokyo Sonata”

Screening of “Tokyo Sonata”: Fri 30 Jan 2015, 7.30 pm

Screening of “Nobody Knows”: Sat 31 Jan 2015, 7.30 pm

Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents

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

In the last week of January, to conclude the Japanese Anime days through Hayao Miyazaki film month, you are invited to the film screening of 2 Japanese masterpieces: Nobody Knows and Tokyo Sonata.

The screening is for educational purpose and supportive to TPD Centre’s Young Cinema Fund.

About films

Tokyo Sonata

Tokyo Sonata is a 2008 film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It won the award for Best Film at the 3rd Asian Film Awards and received 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations for Achievement in Directing and Best Screenplay. At the 2008 Cannes Film Festival it won the Prix Un Certain Regard.

Nobody Knows

Nobody Knows is a 2004 Japanese drama film based on the 1988 event known as the “Affair of the four abandoned children of Sugamo”. “Nobody Knows” was first shown at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival on 12 May 2004. The film was well received by critics, and it grossed over US$2 million worldwide. It won several awards such as the Best Actor at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, and the Best Film and Best Director awards at the 47th Hochi Film Awards.

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

Indie Night with Ngọt, Taylor Moore and The Young Bufalos Dzoo

Fri 30 Jan 2015, 9 pm

Hanoi Rock City

We’re all getting ready for boiled chickens and peach blossom trees.

They’re getting for a great indie night out:

:: Ngọt

:: Taylor Moore and the young bufalos

:: Dzoo

Guest: Atinybit

Come and shake the last few weekends this lunar year with us before the goats come in.

Tickets: 50,000 VND, free before 9.30 pm

HCMC – Exhibition Winter Galleria

Exhibition: 06 Nov 2014 – 05 Feb 2015

Sàn Art

3 Mê Linh

District Bình Thạnh, HCMC

You are invited to exhibition of fantastic new work, never before seen in Saigon, by four established local artists: Phan Quang, Phunam, Lena Bui and Tran Minh Duc.

Phan Quang’s sculptural installation of light and bamboo, titled ‘Red Stone’, speaks of social balance and belief, questioning what kind of heart can be freely nurtured in today’s world. Phunam’s photographic ‘Patination’ takes inspiration from the urban streets of Saigon, where walls peel and crumble revealing a layered history of hidden agendas and secrets. Lena Bui’s drawings map the chaotic order of Saigon’s street traffic. Tran Minh Duc’s tourist postcard collages of ‘classic’ Vietnam carries his signature ‘pink’ crystal which refers to ‘ Pomacea Canaliculata’ or apple snail eggs that were officially imported into Vietnam in the 1980s, believing them desirable by the domestic consumer market – these snails were later listed as one of the most dangerous invasive species in Vietnam.

Music Night with MERCURY [switz] + VAGGIO [hanoi]

Sat 31 Jan 2015, 8 pm

ATK

73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi

Join MERCURY + VAGGIO for a night of head-strong soulful house, throbbing italo and contagious disco beats to attack the soul!

MERCURY – [switzerland] [gomma recs, kitsune, made to play, trunkfunk]

Mel, a former hip-hop DJ who recently discovered his love for gay rock music and ethno-influenced 80s synthesizer pop. He plays and produces

neoclassic house music. That is: soulful, sometimes even gospel-ish, drum and percussion oriented, bass driven house with a slight vintage timbre.

He’s released music on Gomma Recs (Germany), Kitsune, Made To Play, Instant Replay, Trunkfunk Records.

VAGGIO:

The Hanoi duo killing the dancefloor scene in Hanoi with their italo bangers. These two can make any tame party turn wild with their selections!

Tickets: 80,000 VND – (50,000 VND students)

Exhibition “Contemporary Vietnamese Pottery”

Opening: Sun 01 Feb 2015, 3 pm Sat 24 Jan 2015, 3 pm

Exhibition: 24 Jan – 30 Mar 2015

Heritage Space

Dolphin Plaza, 17 Tran Binh, My Dinh, Ha Noi

You are invited to the exhibition titled “Contemporary Vietnamese Pottery” to honor the essence of Vietnamese Pottery in Red River Delta Region.

With the participation of: artist Tran Quang Hai (Soc Son), Nguyen Hong Quang (Huong Canh), Lan Huong, Gom Hai (Bo De), Vu Thang (Bat Trang), Vuong Quan (Tay Ho), Nguyen Van Thang, Artu’s Boutique with: Dong Gia Ceramics, Gom Chi, Gom Mai (Bui Hoai Mai), …

Exhibition “Modern Arts”

Opening: Thu 09 Oct 2014, 10 am

Exhibition: 09 Oct 2014 – 09 Oct 2015 (expected)

Vietnam Fine Arts Museum

66 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi

To commemorate the 60th anniversary of Hanoi Liberation Day (10 Oct 1954 – 10 Oct 2014), Vietnam Fine Arts Museum proudly presents exhibition “Modern Arts” by various famous artists.

28 artworks will be featured in this event (Oil painting: 15; Lacquer Painting: 01; Silk Painting: 02; Paper Painting: 04; Synthetic Material: 01; Sculpture: 05). Within limited space of Vietnam Fine Art Museum, we hope to give the audience a comprehensive overview about the developing modern art of Vietnam through the richness of styles and materials.

Note: Free admission on the opening day. After that, you need to buy entrance ticket to the museum.

Book Introduction “Iris” by Hermann Hesse with Translator Thai Kim Lan

Reading and discussion: Fri 30 Jan 2015, 4.30 pm

Goethe-Institut Hanoi

56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học

Ba Đình, Hà Nội

You are invited to the reading and discussion on the occasion of launching “Iris” by Hermann Hesse in Vietnamese with translator Thai Kim Lan at

Goethe Institut Hanoi.

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

Workshop Cultural Event Management

21 Jan – 11 Feb 2015, 6.30 – 8.30 pm

Work Room Four

24th floor, Packexim Building, lane 15, An Duong Vuong Str, Tay Ho, Hanoi

Presented at the Work Room Four studio space in Hanoi this workshop will cover themes such as communication, concept, grant application, sponsoring, partnership development etc.

Once we get pas the boring bits the course will become more hands on as participants will be asked to draft proposals, present research and pitch their own concepts. At the end of the course, as a team, the group will organise from start to finish a small scale cultural event in a space outside of the classroom.

This course is to be presented by Elise Luong co-founder of Undecided Productions a Brussels based artistic events production house.

Fee: 2,100,000 VND/person

To join sign up here or write to: [email protected]

Note: The workshop starts from the 21st of January every Wednesday for 4 weeks.    

Exhibition “Like my Father” by Maika Elan

Opening: Sun 11 Jan 2015, 7 pm

Exhibition: 11 Jan – 22 Feb 2015

Chula

6 Nhat Chieu, near Water Park, Tay Ho, Hanoi

Opening hours: everyday from 9 am to 6 pm

You are invited to the solo photo exhibition titled “Like my Father” by Maika Elan which records the cancer treatment of her father in the 2nd half of 2013. She expects to keep his spirit and other family members’ up during this process. “I hope these pictures will be a great motivation for him. I hope they let him see that he is not as sick as he feels. In my eyes, he is always a happy person and full of optimism.”

Maika Elan is a well-known as the author of “The Pink Choice” documentary photography project, which won the 1st prize under category ‘Contemporary Issues, Stories’ by prestigious World Press Photo Contest in early 2013.

Installation Exhibition “Life Portrait 5 – Inclined Shadow”

Opening: Fri 09 Jan 2015, 6 pm

Exhibition: 09 Jan – 24 Feb 2015

Institut Français de Hanoi – L’Espace

24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

What is the shadow? What does it reflect, contain and hide? The installation exhibition titled “Life Portrait 5 – Inclined Shadow” by Tran Duc Quy offers a reflection on the relationship between a subject and its shadow, their interactions, its stretch or shrinking based on the sunlight.

“It is impossible to imagine how my flat black shadow transforms in the sun. Sometimes my shadow looks exactly like me and talks to me. What would happen if I became the shadow of the shadow that had become myself? How should I behave? How could I incline without falling?…”

Free entrance.

Exhibition “Winter Hues” by Ha Manh Thang

Exhibition: 18 Jan – 28 Feb 2015, 9.30 am – 6.30 pm

Dong Phong Art Gallery

03 Ly Dao Thanh Street

Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

On the occasion of the New Year 2015, Dong Phong Art Gallery is pleased to present several new works entitled “Winter Hues” by artist Ha Manh Thang. He has recently created these paintings with inspiration from the cold northern winter in Hanoi. This is a unique opportunity for you to see his visions of landscapes and nature from the places where the artist lives and experiences.

Below is the artist’s thought on the paintings in “Winter Hues”:

“In every scene, I’m observing the colour gradients and the passage of time in nature. The four seasons of the year each have their seasonal segments corresponding to four hues. There are myriads of colours in each hue and endless meanings to each colour.

And there are many forms to each meaning.

Every form consists of hues; and hues contain all forms at every single moment… At the moment, I’m painting Winter Hues.”

Ha Manh Thang (born in 1980) has a long history of cooperation with Dong Phong Gallery ever since he was a 4th year student in Hanoi Fine Art University. Since then, he has gained lots of success, and he is by now the most important young artist in Vietnam. He was also the first artist from Vietnam profiled in the Phaidon publication “Painting Today – 2009” alongside such acclaimed artists as Gerhard Richter, Neo Rauch

Sculpture Exhibition “Convergence”

Opening: Sat 03 Jan 2015, 5.30 pm

Exhibition: 03 – 31 Jan 2015

Heritage Space

Dolphin Plaza, 17 Tran Binh, My Dinh, Ha Noi

You are invited to the sculpture exhibition “Hội tụ” (Convergence) by sculptor Luong Van Viet.

“Hội tụ” displays a series of huge sculptural works on metal, wood and lacquer including 3 statues titled “Door”, “Equality” and “Convergence” and 3 reliefs titled “The Beginning”, “You or Me” and “Destination”. The artworks express the artist’s thoughts on the natural laws of life as well as normal-but-hard-to-accomplish desires.

Exhibition “Black Fog”

Opening: Fri 09 Jan 2015, 6 pm

Exhibition: 09 Jan – 01 Feb 2015

Nha San Collective

2nd floor, 24 Ly Quoc Su, Hanoi

This event will introduce a set of works in a wide range of media (poetry performance, video and installation) by artists eL., Vo Tran Chau, Dino Trung and Ta Bach Duong from 9/1/2015 to 1/2/2015.

‘Black Mist’ is inspired by a same titled poem of poet eL. The poem is a compression of coverting memories and obsessions from childhood until today, which to poet Phương Lan with pseudonym eL: “Mist is something that presents itself from birth, takes its place and shows its face among every observation of the surrounding world. To me it’s like a glass layer which refracts all existence, distances and isolates everything. It surrounds and conceals many truths under cover of darkness, a chronic, suffocating and dead-end nightmare.”

eL shared her poin of view to friends, who are also artists like her. They gave their different perspectives and language into the art works including: installation “Khẽ khàng thôi, đừng để chúng đập cánh” by Vo Tran Chau, 17 minute experimental video “Black Mist” by Dino Trung, and installation “Những chiếc lọ cảm xúc” by Ta Bach Duong.

The project creates a multisensory and obsessive dimensional space, which lets people to open their senses to feel their own “Black Fog”.

Specially in opening, eL is going to perform her poem under the support by artists Luong Hue Trinh and Nguyen Manh Hung.

Warmly welcome everyone to the event!

Free entrance.

Exhibition “Contemporary Vietnamese Pottery”

Opening: Sun 01 Feb 2015, 3 pm Sat 24 Jan 2015, 3 pm

Exhibition: 24 Jan – 30 Mar 2015

Heritage Space

Dolphin Plaza, 17 Tran Binh, My Dinh, Ha Noi

You are invited to the exhibition titled “Contemporary Vietnamese Pottery” to honor the essence of Vietnamese Pottery in Red River Delta Region.

With the participation of: artist Tran Quang Hai (Soc Son), Nguyen Hong Quang (Huong Canh), Lan Huong, Gom Hai (Bo De), Vu Thang (Bat Trang), Vuong Quan (Tay Ho), Nguyen Van Thang, Artu’s Boutique with: Dong Gia Ceramics, Gom Chi, Gom Mai (Bui Hoai Mai), …

Film Screening “Alatriste”

Sun 25 Jan 2015, 7.30 pm

La Bicicleta

Welcome to the screening of film “Alatriste” (2006, 145 mins).

About the film

The story takes place during the 17th century in the Spanish Empire. Diego Alatriste is a soldier in the service of King Philip IV of Spain, during the Eighty Years War. The story begins in the Netherlands, where the tercio of Diego Alatriste fights against the Dutch during the Dutch Revolt. Lope Balboa (father of Íñigo and friend of the captain) is killed here. Diego decides to return to Madrid where he receives the young Íñigo Balboa in his care.

Free entrance.

Language: Spanish – English subtitle

Vietnamese Contemporary Fine Art in the USA

21 – 25 Jan 2015

Art Palm Beach

Palm Beach County Conv. Center

650 Okeechobee Boulevard

West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

The only gallery exhibiting Vietnamese contemporary fine art in Art Palm Beach for nine consecutive years, this year’s exhibition features paintings in lacquer on wood, watercolor on handmade paper and woodblock prints by six leading contemporary Vietnamese artists, all living and working in Hanoi.

Artists: Dinh Thi Tham Poong, Vu Thu Hien, Vu Duc Trung, Phung Pham, Trinh Tuan, Vu Dinh Tuan.

January Is Happiness: Indie Disco! NGỌT + EMPTY SPACES

Sat 24 Jan 2015, 8 pm

ATK

73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi

Clear away the January blues and cobwebs with a showcase from Hanoi local indie soul-strummers, Ngọt.

Harmonies you can swim in and passion to make you hopeful for a super 2015, this is a band you can forget yourself in.

Empty Spaces: a Hanoi spaceaphonic spychedelia indie band. To understand what this means, come check them out live!

After the bands: an indie dance party with The Only Living Boy In Hanoi. Stick around for classic indie raving: The Cure, The Smiths, Blondie & more!

Live session! – dance party! – indie disco!

Tickets: 80,000 VND entrance – 50,000 VND students   

Le Bon Marche/Bonjour Vietnam 2015

Sat 24 Jan 2015, 4 – 11 pm

Sun 25 Jan 2015, 11 am – 11 pm

23/09 Park, HCMC

The 2nd edition of Le Bon Marche/Bonjour Vietnam will take place on January 24th and 25th in the 23/09 Park in Ho Chi Minh City. We are coming back this year with more attractive exhibitors and a more exciting line up of artists!

Le Bon Marche/Bonjour Vietnam is the biggest French Festival in Vietnam. The goal of this event is to promote French Culture and Savoir Faire through food, products and various animations. After a successful first edition in December 2013, around 25,000 people are expected to attend this two-day event. In 2013, 20,000 participants with 80% local Vietnamese people.

Films Screening “Castle in the Sky” and “Howl’s Moving Castle”

Screening of “Castle in the Sky”: Fri 23 Jan 2015, 7.30 pm

Screening of “Howl’s Moving Castle”: Sat 24 Jan 2015, 7.30 pm

Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents

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

In the last week of Hayao Miyazaki film month, you are invited to two masterpieces screening “Castle in the Sky” and “Howl’s Moving Castle” at TPD.

Original language (Japanese) with English subtitles.

The screening is for educational purpose and supportive to TPD Centre’s Young Cinema Fund.

About films

Castle in the Sky (1986)

Castle in the Sky is a 1986 Japanese animated adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and is also the first film produced and released by Studio Ghibli. The film was distributed by Toei Kabushiki Kaisha. CASTLE IN THE SKY won the Animage Anime Grand Prix in 1986.

Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

Howl’s Moving Castle is a 2004 Japanese animated fantasy film scripted and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The film is based on the novel of the same name by British writer Diana Wynne Jones. The film was produced by Toshio Suzuki, animated by Studio Ghibli and distributed by Toho. Mamoru Hosoda, director of one episode and two movies from the Digimon series, was originally selected to direct but abruptly left the project, leaving the then-retired Miyazaki to take up the director’s role.

The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 5, 2004, and was released in Japanese theaters on November 20, 2004. The film is one of only three (out of a current 18) Studio Ghibli films which were not released in July, and the last since 2004. It went on to gross $190 million in Japan and $235 million worldwide, making it one of the most financially successful Japanese films in history.

The film was later dubbed into English by Pixar’s Peter Docter and distributed in North America by Walt Disney Pictures. It received a limited release in the United States and Canada beginning June 10, 2005 and was released nationwide in Australia on September 22 and in the United Kingdom the following September. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 78th Academy Awards in 2006.

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

Program “Nón Lá Poétry”

Wed 21 Jan 2015, 6.30 – 9 pm

3A Station

3A Ton Duc Thang Street, District 1, HCMC

The Vietnamese traditional hat, called nón lá, is made of natural leaves that reveal beautiful verses of poetry when held against the sun light.

NÓN LÁ POETRY is a unique visual and audio experience which recreates the effects of the sun on the conical hats, in order to reveal their inner natural poetry.

The public can sit or freely move into space, so that they can truly appreciate a contemplative and energetic video mapping on this symbolic element of the Asian culture.   

Documentary Screening “Welcome to the Machine” and Discussion with Andreas Steinkogler

Thu 22 Jan 2015, 8 pm

Hanoi Rock City

27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho

Hanoi DocLab and Hanoi Rock City are delighted to present the screening of a music documentary, followed by a discussion with Austrian film director Andreas Steinkogler.

Welcome to the Machine (100 mins, 2012)

Director: Andreas Steinkogler

Is there a secret recipe for success? How did the established bands make it to where they are, and how on earth does one get a record deal? There are a limited number of steps a young band will have to take in order to even get noticed. First off – start a band! Easiest thing in the world, or is it? Do you have to be able to play an instrument or is it sufficient to be an asshole in front of the camera in order to make it into the next Hall of Fame? What are the other bands doing differently and why does it work better? These and many more questions are usually what aspiring musicians ask themselves on their way to stardom. Not always dead serious, but most definitely pitiless – after all it’s just about this one big question: Is there one right way to Fame? Featuring One Republic, Cypress Hill, Megadeth, BRMC, Uriah Heep, Peaches and many more….

“Welcome to the Machine” definitely isn’t just a film for experts, but great entertainment for everyone who is mad about music. Most of all though “Welcome to the Machine” is a must for prospective musicians, no matter what genre they intend to work in.

“Welcome to the Machine“ reveals the core of the music business machine. By doing that, the film doesn’t care about genres or categorization. There are thousands of different music worlds but only one business. The Austrian micro cosmos is being explored, as well as the global music scene in New York or London, Helsinki or Tel Aviv.

About the director:

Andreas Steinkogler has worked for the music channel GOTV and is now working as a director and cinematographer for various production companies. Moreover he’s a band manager and also DJ. He was supported by Hannes Höttl (music journalist, musician, author, former label manager, former A&R).

Languages: English and Vietnamese subtitles

Free entrance.

Symphony Concert with Spanish Conductor David Gómez Ramírez

Fri 30 Jan 2015, 8 pm

Vietnam National Academy of Music

77 Hao Nam, Hanoi

You are invited to a symphony concert with:

Conductor: David Gómez Ramírez

Piano Soloist: Vu Ngoc Linh

and the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra

Program

L.V. Beethoven

Overture Egmont

P.I. Tchaikovsky

Concerto No 1 for piano and orchestra

Interval

F. Mendelssohn

Syphony No.3

About Conductor David Gómez Ramírez

David Gómez Ramírez is one of the most promising young conductor and composer in Spain. He has been director of the Lira Saguntina

Symphony Orchestra in Valencia, as well as director of the Conservatory of Music “Joaquin Rodrigo” in Sagunto, Valencia since 2007. He has

been the resident conductor in Seville and Coutances (France) Orchestre.

During the past seven years, he has conducted all the major Spanish orchestras and he appears as a guest conductor in Europe (Italy, France,

Portugal, The Netherlands, in Asia and in South America, in such musical centers as Paris, Caracas (Venezuela), Havana (Cuba), Brussels

(Belgium), Hanoi and Hue (Vietnam), etc. He makes his directing debut with the Russian Symphony Orchestra Young Virtuosos of Moscow State

Conservatory Tckaikowsky.

Tickets

Ticket prices: 200000, 350000, 500000 VND. All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House or can book online at ticketvn.com.

For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.

Exhibition “Khoảng” by Kim Jung Hyun

Opening: Thu 29 Jan 2015, 5 pm

Talk with the artist: Sat 31 Jan 2015, 2 pm

Exhibition: 29 Jan – 14 Feb 2015

Korean Cultural Centre

49 Nguyen Du, Hanoi

You are invited to the self portrait exhibition titled “Khoảng” (Distance) by Kim Jung Hyun, a Korean artist living in Vietnam. She has left South Korea long time ago since she was young. For the first year in HCMC, she faced a lot of struggles and began to draw as a way to overcome the different feelings in her life due to language barrier.

The exhibition will feature 20 artworks including oil paintings, carved wood and painted silk.

Film Screening “Sandy Lives”

Thu 29 Jan 2015, 7 pm

Hanoi Cinematheque

22A Hai Bà Trưng, Hà Nội

While we look for some new films to show you in 2015 we’re going to dust off some of the classics, starting with ‘Sandy Lives’ (Đời Cát).

This complex, engaging film from the late 90s deals with the long-lasting effects of war on people’s lives. In a sea-side village somewhere in Central Viet Nam, a man returns to his wife after being cut-off for decades by the American war. His life has moved on – he has married again and had a child – and so has hers. Torn between a sense of duty to their past-selves and the knowledge that those people, that time, is gone forever, the characters struggle to reconcile the old with the new.

Skilfully acted and directed, Sandy Lives is full of subtleties and cultural insights, particularly for non-Vietnamese. Be warned – the subtitles leave a lot to be desired (a reflection of how far Vietnam has developed over the last 15 years) – but it’s still very much worth it. The sight of sand-dunes in Viet Nam is worth seeing alone!

Production year: 1999

Running time: 90 mins

Language: English subtitles

The screening will finish with a question and answer session with Director Mr Thanh Van.

Please note that we are trialling not taking reservations for our films. Our screenings rarely sell out but please arrive at least 10 minutes early to avoid missing out.

Entrance: 150,000 VND

Exhibition “By the Window”

Opening: Fri 27 Feb 2015, 6 pm

Exhibition: 27 Feb – 21 Mar 2015

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the exhibition “By the window” by Duong Thuy Duong.

I love the morning when the kids are at school. I stay home alone making myself a cup of hot coffee, listening to Rachmaninoff and look out of the window. It is a large window overlooking the lush vegetation on a bright summer day, or falling leaves in the autumn, gray and gloomy sky in the winter or fragile space announcing the arrival of spring.

I just want to sit still and think. Nothing important, just the reflection of an ordinary person, an ordinary woman, an ordinary mother.

The coffee is cold, the music has stopped and the four seasons have passed, and … I paint …

Free entrance.

Heavy Music Night “Rise of the Death”

Sun 25 Jan 2015, 7.30 pm

Hanoi Rock City

27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho

Rise of the Death is the very first 2015 ‘Metal attack’ in order to mark the first steps of HanoiScream Metal Group towards the Vietnamese metal

scene. For heavy music fans, especially death metal fans, this is your chance to live the wild metal scene and to have a good time moshing,

headbanging and getting crazy with us. Furthermore, this event presents two guests from HanoiCore: Off the Skyline and Morning Waits.

Lineup:

Bloodshed – Death Metal

Off the Skyline – Deathcore

Decode – Melodic Death Metal

Reborn – Melodic Death Metal

Morning Waits – Melodic Hardcore

Tickets

Price: 80k (preorder)

100k (at door)

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Film Screening “Ma Maman est en Amérique et Elle a Rencontrée Buffalo Bill”

Sun 25 Jan 2015, 3 pm

L’Espace

24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to the animation screening “My Mommy Is in America and She Met Buffalo Bill” directed by Marc Boreal, Thibaut Chatel (France,

2013, 75 mins).

The story about Jean – a 6-year-old boy who always wonders why his mother is away on a long trip. And Jean starts to investigate by himself!

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

Group ticket price (at least 10 people): 40 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Notes: The film screenings at L’Espace are not suitable for children under 4 years old. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult (at

least 1 adult with 5 children)

Exhibition “This Cat Dreams in Color”

Opening: Fri 23 Jan 2015, 6 pm

Exhibition: 23 Jan – 22 Feb 2015

Craig Thomas Gallery

27i Tran Nhat Duat, Tan Dinh ward, Q.1, HCMC

You are invited to exhibition “This Cat Dreams in Color”, a solo exhibition of new works by Saigon-based artist Lieu Nguyen Huong Duong.

Mèo Mơ Màu Mè translates into English roughly as “This Cat Dreams in Color.” The proverbial cat in this case is Duong himself who was born in the year of the cat (1975). Duong says his paintings are like his dreams brought to life. Made in his recognizable Action Painting style, the sixteen paintings of Duong’s latest collection vividly show that this cat does indeed dream in color.

Exhibition “Once upon a Time in Nam Định” in Hanoi

Opening: Sat 24 Jan 2015, 5.30 pm

Exhibition: 24 – 30 Jan 2015

Blue Gallery

28 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to a piece of solo exhibition of painter Tran Trung Kỳ named “Once upon a time in Nam Định”.

The entire life of the artist/ art educator Tran Trung Ky (1939 – 2014) has been a devotion to art and art education. He taught at art and culture school (formerly Ha Nam Ninh province and later Nam Dinh province). After his graduation from Vietnam College of fine arts major in Fine arts in 1975, because of his decent and quiet character as well his limited working area in Nam Dinh only so that besides from the students and very few friends. Not everyone has the opportunity to admire all of his works spanning from many periods from the 50s until now. Regardless of any period, material and expression language, the works of Tran Trung Ky always show a certain love and respect for the country, homeland as well as human beings through loving and simple gestures. Especially in the images of the old streets of the Southern citadel (Nam Dinh), portraits of people and landscapes in the rural area of Son Nam.

From 1978 to 1984, both the works and the artist himself were traveling to international exhibition and residency in Germany and Bulgaria. He was the representative from the purely Vietnamese soul through the arts. His works were in the collection of Vietnam Fine Arts Museum as well.

At the moment, the artist/ teacher Tran Trung Ky had passed away. He is resilient to fight against the malignant cancer during the year 2014. Although in this first solo show we cannot showcase the entire works across 40 years of creation. But this is going to be a journey with distinctive works of art in many periods in order to reconstruct a portrait about the art life of special artist from the South citadel.

Read Ilza Burchett’s article on late artist Tran Trung Ky’s exhibition in Nam Dinh:

Transcendance: The Legacy of Artist and Art Teacher Tran Trung Ky (1939-2014)   

Traditional Japanese New Year – Oshougatsu 2015

Sat 24 Jan 2015, 8.30 am – 7.30 pm

B6 Area, Hanoi University of Science and Technology

1A Dai Co Viet, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi

Traditional Japanese New Year “Oshougatsu” is an annual nonprofit program to restore the traditional atmosphere of Oshougatsu in Vietnam and enhance the cultural exchange between Vietnam – Japan.

Program

– On stage performance

– Free Japanese cultural activities: teru teru bozu doll, paper kite, calligraphy…

– New Year activities in Japan…

– Painting, Photo, Doll, Toy exhibition

– Yosakoi Performance and Parade

– Traditional games: Kendama, Koma, Suikawari…

And other fascinating activities

2015 New Year Concert and Classical Ballet “Swan Lake”

22 and 23 Jan 2015, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to 2015 New Year Concert and Classical Ballet “Swan Lake”.

Program

Part I

Conductor: Đồng Quang Vinh and the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet’s Symphony Orchestra

1. Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868): Overture “La Gazza Ladra” (“The Thieving Magpie”) (9’58”)

2. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1727): Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op. 92 (42’47”)

I. Poco sostenuto – Vivace

II. Allegretto

III. Presto – Assai meno presto (trio)

IV. Allegro con brio

Interval

Part II

The Classical Ballet “Swan lake”

Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Choreography: Marius Petipa – Lev Ivanov

Dancers: Cẩm Anh-Hàn Giang; Phan Lương; Chúc Quỳnh, Việt An, Ngọc Cần, Hải Ly; Thu Huệ, Linh Ngân, Thuý Hoàn, Phương Thảo

And Others Dancers of Vietnam National Ballet Company

Tickets

Ticket prices: 200000, 350000, 500000 VND. All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House or can book online at ticketvn.com.

For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.   

Workshop Cultural Event Management

21 Jan – 11 Feb 2015, 6.30 – 8.30 pm

Work Room Four

24th floor, Packexim Building, lane 15, An Duong Vuong Str, Tay Ho, Hanoi

Presented at the Work Room Four studio space in Hanoi this workshop will cover themes such as communication, concept, grant application, sponsoring, partnership development etc.

Once we get pas the boring bits the course will become more hands on as participants will be asked to draft proposals, present research and pitch their own concepts. At the end of the course, as a team, the group will organise from start to finish a small scale cultural event in a space outside of the classroom.

This course is to be presented by Elise Luong co-founder of Undecided Productions a Brussels based artistic events production house.

Fee: 2,100,000 VND/person

To join sign up here or write to: [email protected]

Note: The workshop starts from the 21st of January every Wednesday for 4 weeks.

The Adventure of Color Wheel – Public artwork by Art Labor Collective

Permanent artwork, launched from Wed 21 Jan 2015, 3 pm

Room 3, Pediatrics Department, 3. Floor

Ho Chi Minh City Eye Hospital

280 Dien Bien Phu Street, District 3, HCMC

The project ‘The adventure of Color Wheel’ is a project creating public artwork, which is initiated and realized by Art Labor collective from July 2014 to January 2015 at Pediatrics Department, HCMC Eye Hospital, with support from Sàn Art, Lions Clubs International Foundation, Kansai Paint, Mango Art Material, Prince Claus Fund, artists Lang Do and Dat Nguyen and architect Oanh Nguyen. The artwork is re-designing the whole space of Pediatrics Department, including mural paintings and drawings, signs, billboards, furniture and more.

For the first time in Vietnam, a health care institution has collaborated with contemporary art practitioners. Ophthalmologists of HCMC Eye Hospital shared their medical knowledge with Art Labor members, introduced the collective to meet their children patients and opened up their therapeutic space for the collective to transform interior architecture. This interdisciplinary collaboration – among visual art, children’s natural mind and medical knowledge has resulted in a unique and friendly environment for the patients, where they receive treatment inside the embrace of artworks.

On Wednesday 21 January 2015, ‘The adventure of Color Wheel’ will be open to the public. Art Labor collective will host a tour introducing the artwork process and guiding visitors through the artwork in this special environment.

Art Labor = art + laboratory = art + workforce

Art Labor, with 3 core members, visual artists Truong Cong Tung, Phan Thao Nguyen and curator/ writer Arlette Quynh-Anh Tran, work in between visual arts, social and life sciences in order to produce alternative non-formal knowledge via artistic and cultural activities. Art Labor’s practices often challenge the norm of exhibition in white-cubed gallery or museum. They change architectural structure of the space, question and transpose the roles of participants in an exhibition, when curator works in artist collective, artists design the exhibition as a curator, or doctors, architects, designers and anthropologists turn to be artistic collaborators.

Music Night with 80s Songs

Fri 23 Jan 2015, 5 pm

Sidewalk

199 Nghi Tam, Hanoi

Hanoi oi! Brace yourself, something big is coming to town! Come to join Music Night with 80s Songs.

As Nick Harkaway put it in his famous book Tigerman, “The ‘80s had never really come to an end.” However, is it a mere coincidence that

number 8 also makes up the symbol of infinity, or does this magic number hold some credits to this eternity?

Nevertheless, this event will take you on a timetravel machine back to the era of arena rock, college rock, glam metal, post-punk and disco, when

David Bowie, The Runaways, The Jackson 5, Cocteau Twins, and Sonic Youth used to grace the stage.

Feeling like stopping at a station? Just drop your request here, or better yet during our live session, and we’ll turn your favourite jam on! Wanna

step forward and join in the fun? There will be games and prizes to be won!    

Exhibition “Once upon a Time in Nam Định” in Hanoi

Opening: Sat 24 Jan 2015, 5.30 pm

Exhibition: 24 – 30 Jan 2015

Blue Gallery

28 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to a piece of solo exhibition of painter Tran Trung Kỳ named “Once upon a time in Nam Định”.

The entire life of the artist/ art educator Tran Trung Ky (1939 – 2014) has been a devotion to art and art education. He taught at art and culture school (formerly Ha Nam Ninh province and later Nam Dinh province). After his graduation from Vietnam College of fine arts major in Fine arts in 1975, because of his decent and quiet character as well his limited working area in Nam Dinh only so that besides from the students and very few friends. Not everyone has the opportunity to admire all of his works spanning from many periods from the 50s until now. Regardless of any period, material and expression language, the works of Tran Trung Ky always show a certain love and respect for the country, homeland as well as human beings through loving and simple gestures. Especially in the images of the old streets of the Southern citadel (Nam Dinh), portraits of people and landscapes in the rural area of Son Nam.

From 1978 to 1984, both the works and the artist himself were traveling to international exhibition and residency in Germany and Bulgaria. He was the representative from the purely Vietnamese soul through the arts. His works were in the collection of Vietnam Fine Arts Museum as well.

At the moment, the artist/ teacher Tran Trung Ky had passed away. He is resilient to fight against the malignant cancer during the year 2014. Although in this first solo show we cannot showcase the entire works across 40 years of creation. But this is going to be a journey with distinctive works of art in many periods in order to reconstruct a portrait about the art life of special artist from the South citadel.

Read Ilza Burchett’s article on late artist Tran Trung Ky’s exhibition in Nam Dinh:

Transcendance: The Legacy of Artist and Art Teacher Tran Trung Ky (1939-2014)