HCMC – Art Project “March: Art Walk”
29 Mar – 09 May 2015, 9 am – 5 pm (Mon to Sat)
Sao La, Freeland Coffee, Lê Công Kiều Station, Nguyễn Công Trứ Studio
District 1, HCMC
From the organizer:
In the first collaboration, Sao La and Freeland are pleased to present a group exhibition – March: Art Walk. Inspired by the desire to narrow the gap between contemporary art with the general public, as well as connecting artists, the exhibition is part of a bigger community art project with the same title hosted at four different spaces: Sao La, Lê Công Kiều Station, Freeland and Studio Nguyễn Công Trứ. Located in remained colonial architectures by Ben Thanh market of the former Eastern Pearl, four spaces by chance gather in the heart of Saigon to form a small circle of art that at the same time blends and contradicts to the surrounding shopping centers.
Like a reunion, twenty nine artists from different generations bring to March: Art Walk various kinds of artworks, from painting, photography, sculpture to installation, video, performance, experimental music and multimedia. Beside various presentations, the artworks also carry personal messages, subjective statements about various social issues, or strong yet interesting personalities of the artists. They, like beautiful colors of life, all harmonize with each other in embellishing a colorful painting of spring.
Along with the art exhibition, other activities including workshops, artist talks, film screenings and even interactive performances will be organised regularly during the project. This is also a chance for the general public to approach contemporary art which is still very new in Vietnam, especially young practices. All activities of this project will be free of charge.
How to participate:
– All of the project’s activities are free
– Proposed activites besides the exhibitions:
WEEK 1:
– Artist talk of Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai at San Art on 2/4/2015, at 4 pm.
WEEK 2:
– Documentary film screenings at the Institute of Documentary Film.
– Film screenings of independent film makers at Freeland.
WEEK 3:
– Documentary film screenings at Institute of Documentary Film.
– Workshop of performance art of Open Stage project at Le Cong Kieu Station.
– The performances of The Saigon Projects with live graffiti painting on sculptures of famous Vietnamese sculptors.
WEEK 4:
– Workshop about experimental music of Nguyen Hong Giang.
– Artist talks of Art Labor at Freeland/Le Cong Kieu Station.
– Liar Ben and ‘a search for “cô Mía”‘ at Freeland
WEEK 5:
– An interactive performance of media artist Xuan Ha with local community at Freeland.
– Film screening of independent film makers at Freeland.
– Ending:
• A music perfomance of Tofu band.
• A music performance of Nguyen Hong Giang.
Exhibition locations:
– Sao La: 1 Lê Thị Hồng Gấm street, District 1.
– Freeland Coffee – Vietnam Freelance Hub: 158/11 Nguyễn Công Trứ, District 1
– Lê Công Kiều Station: 1 Lê Công Kiều, District 1.
– Nguyễn Công Trứ Studio: 240 Nguyễn Công Trứ, District 1
Art Tour:
– Starting from week 2, Art Tours will take place weekly on Saturdays and Sundays with demonstration from tour guides.
+ Saturday: 2:30 pm – 5 pm
+ Sunday: 9 am – 11 am
– Ticket price: 100.000vnd/person, 50% off for students (please bring your student card along when purchasing tickets)
Contact for ticket registration:
+Freeland, 158/11 Nguyễn Công Trứ, District 1.
+Registration link
+Phone: 0935289586 | 08 62959106
+Email: [email protected]
