What's on July 15-21/2024
MUSIC & PERFORMANCES
Music Tour “Mai – Marai”
Jul 15, 07 pm,
Đó Theater Auditorium, Vega City, Bai Tien, Pham Van Dong Avenue, Vinh Hai Ward, Nha Trang City
Jul 22, 07 pm,
Phố Bên Đồi, 10 Ly Tu Trong Street, Ward 2, Da Lat City, Lam Dong Province
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From the organizer:
“Mai – Marai” in the Cham language means “to return” – “to arrive”.
Who is “returning”? These are young Cham people, each a cultural subject now aware of the need to reconnect with their roots and culture on their artistic journey.
And who is “arriving”? These are guest artists, young people from all over the world with diverse “starting points”, coming together to create an environment of connection, understanding and cultural sharing through the language of music.
In another play on words, “Mai” can also be understood as “tomorrow” – a promise or invitation: “Tomorrow – come”, expressing the young Cham generation’s desire to inherit and continue their culture through future encounters.
No matter how it’s interpreted, the program aims to convey the values of origin, cultural inheritance, and connection through music.
Hagait Ni is proud to present the Cham Music and Dance Tour “Mai – Marai”, continuing the previous stage of the Hagait Ni!? (What is this!?) project series for preserving and developing Cham music. This event features the participation and collaboration of Cham artists, artisans and guest artists.
In the previous stage, Cham artisans focused on traditional works before collaborating with guest artists. Now, the project will shift its rehearsal method – groups of Cham artisans and artists will be divided into clusters of traditional musical languages, collaborating with clusters of guest artists’ musical instruments.
“Mai – Marai” promises to foster a dialogue that goes beyond the program’s framework, exploring other possibilities in preserving and evolving traditional culture – the heart of the young Cham generation’s awareness of national traditions, especially Cham music in modern society.
Phase 03 of the program is currently receiving support from British Council’s “Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development Small Grants”, Phố Bên Đồi and accompanied by Đó Theater – Life Puppet Show
*Po Teng Ahaok: the name of a God, tentatively translated as the God of rowing, depicting the battle between humans and the sea, often appearing in the Rija Nagar festival in early January of the Cham calendar
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EXHIBITION
Hanoi-Exhibition “Goodbye Art”
Opening: Jul 15, 05:30 pm,
Exhibition: Jul 15-21, 09 am – 05 pm,
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Ba Dinh District,
From the organizer:
What is the difference between a normal “goodbye” and a “goodbye to the art”? Is there any difference in the ways these two terms are interpreted and expressed in arts and culture? A “goodbye” is something common, and necessary to end a time period, a meeting? While a “goodbye art” is, perhaps, a different experience that evokes multiple contemplations and directions of thoughts?
Applying painting techniques in working with traditional art tools on the commonly used acrylic material, Quách Bắc reproduced and enlarged the ordinary Certificates of Authenticity (for artworks), turning them into astonishing and rather humorous works of art which, at first glance, give us the impression that they are such “redundant” pieces of work.
It is, perhaps the desire to blur the line between commercialization of art and art itself?! At some point in your life, will you ever wonder is it the derivative values of the certificates that we hold in such high regard, rather than the work itself?
Unlike the series of thought-provoking acrylic paintings, the installation artwork named (Goodbye my art)ⁿ by Quách Bắc takes a mathematically-inspired approach, which is quite a recurring motif in his works. The artist continues to propose a ceaseless transactional process of buying and selling art, with all the certificates and artworks being endlessly integrated and intertwined to infinity.
Is that plain and unvaried repetition similar to the perpetual circles of life? Or is that our way of leaning towards security and stability? Does it still apply when it comes to the art? Does the incessantly demanding rhythm of creativity make art-making become more mundane and less awe-inspiring? Will art eventually lose its magic and artists lose their initial passion and dedication? Who knows? One thing is certain, though, there’s always a place in the art world for serious creativity and one-of-a-kind originality from those who dare to care.
“Goodbye Art” is Quách Bắc’s 4th solo exhibition, following his previous ones “Waterscape”, “Falling into the Horizon”, and “Sky of Fame”. This exhibition is organized by Chau & Co Gallery and curated by Hoàng Minh Châu.
About artist Quách Bắc
Artist Quách Bắc was born in 1988 in Hanoi and is known as a promising Vietnamese contemporary artist.
He graduated from National University of Art Education in 2010 and Vietnam University of Fine Arts in 2015. So far, all 3 of his solo exhibitions including “The Sky of Fame” (2016), “Falling into the horizon” (2019) and “Waterscape” (2020) organized at Craig Thomas Gallery, Manzi Art Space and Blue Gallery have all received rave reviews from art insiders. He has also participated in 20 different large and small group exhibitions in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
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Dalat City- Dalat Art Street returns for 2nd year
Until May 2025
Featuring a variety of art exhibitions and musical performances.
There is an exhibition of historical relics and items from the Central Highlands, including traditional farming tools, musical instruments, jewellery, and objects used in rituals.
Hanoi-Open Studio: “White Night”
Until July 31, 10 am – 06 pm,
VAC Hanoi, 6/44/11 To Ngoc Van Street, Tay Ho District,
From Vietnam Art Collection (VAC):
Vietnam Art Collection (VAC) is delighted to present Trinh Cam Nhi’s Open Studio, White Night, the result of her two-month residency at VAC Hanoi. This marks the artist’s second solo display in Vietnam.
HCMC-We Ate the Forest
Until July 27, 10 am – 07 pm, Tues – Sat,
Galerie Quynh, 118 Nguyen Van Thu Street, D1,
From the organizer:
Nadege David’s solo exhibition, We Ate The Forest, borrows its title from the 1957 book Nous avons mangé la forêt (We have eaten the forest), which refers to the agricultural practices of Vietnam’s indigenous Mnong people and written by the late anthropologist Georges Condominas. David’s new paintings, situated in our current era of the Anthropocene, thrust us into dense, saturated forests filled with myths and tales that unfold in a world populated with animals and vegetation pulsating with vitality and energy.
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Pleiku City, Gia Lai Province- Outdoor display of antique artifacts
Until the end of 2024,
Pleiku City
An outdoor exhibition entitled “Tay Nguyen – Gia Lai Paradise” displaying antique artifacts of local ethnic people.
Highlights of the exhibition are a white elephant bone chair dating back 700 years and a collection of elephant hunting tools dating back more than 100 years of the M'Nong ethnic group.
On display are thousands of antique artifacts of collector Dang Minh Tam, including musical instruments, hunting and weaving tools, ceremonial objects, jewelry items and other items in the life of ethnic groups in the five Central Highlands provinces.
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