On January 15, I saw an extremely powerful, large oil painting by youngish artist, Tran Chi Thanh. The image has been rolling around in my mind ever since, right through Tet, awaiting a suitable response; a response more intellectual than emotive. Eventually I’ll get my words into the right order but until I do, these interim observations will suffice.
From DOCLAB:
Happy New Year! With the beginning of the new year, we’re extremely delighted to present for the second time 8 DOCLAB workshop films freshly completed after 6 months of experimentation, and hard work. Through this process of experimental documentary film-making, we aim to foster the personal voice and independent visions on our contemporary society among young people, filmmakers and artists in Vietnam.
From Hanoi Rock City:
Stuff the magic dragon! It’s nearly the month of love!
Oil those jaded, January limbs at REHAB: a new, airy dance night for 2012 of electropop, disco and indie that will take place at random, spasmodic occasions through the year, breathing some bright puffs of melody into us until we’re all giddy with glee.
From Australian Consulate- General in HCMC:
The Australian Consulate – General and the Youth Cultural House in Ho Chi Minh City are proud to present a screening of the musical movie “Bran Nue Dae” to mark the 4th anniversary of Australia saying sorry to the stolen generations and indigenous Australians in 2008.
From Hanoi International Choir:
New Season begins Monday 6 February.
Program: Handel : Messiah (Part 1 + Hallelujah)
Performance in April (Easter) at Hanoi Opera House with Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra under Graham Sutcliffe
Rehearsals at Vietnam National Opera and Ballet, 11 Nui Truc (4th Floor) at 7.30pm – 9.30pm. New Members welcome. NO auditions
New Members should contact Graham Sutcliffe at grahamsutcliffe@gmail.com
Music Night with The Yard Dogs
Thu 02 Feb 2012, 8 pm
THE BACKPACKERS HOSTEL
9 Ma May Str, Hanoi
From L’Espace:
You are invited to the music concert to commemorate the famous Vietnamese musician Trinh Cong Son. “Floating Memories” reveals the feeling of 3 musicians in their ways to find the simple beauty and peace. For more information, see below:
From British Council:
A misspelling of London’s famous Big Ben captured the hearts of judges and saw eight-year-old Nguyen Song Anh win first prize in an international art competition.
Anh entered his drawing into British Council’s Young Learner’s Art competition and drew a sketch of the Palace of Westminster best known as “Big Ben”. However his young ears must have misheard his teachers as he mistakenly labelled it “Big Bang Clock”.
From ticketvn.com:
You are invited to a concert with piano Soloist Michael Bourdoncle (France) and VNSO . The musicians will perform famous works of Johannes Brahms. For more information see below:
"Nostalgia" of Nguyen Quoc Dung
From Tu Do Gallery:
You are invited to an painting exhibition by artist Nguyen Quoc Dung titled “Drops of Spring”. Nguyen Quoc Dung follows the European Realism, a style consisting many criteria that became a main stream one in Vietnam with the establishment of Indochina Fine Arts College in 1926 in Hanoi. And while he’s obsessed by concepts in western classical art, Dzung is also influenced by eastern culture and by traditional style, too. This might be the only tiny deterrent in the understanding between viewers and painter.
See more his works in the website of gallery.
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