Hue – Visual Art Project “Perspective”

Opening: Fri 06 Sep 2013
Exhibition: 12 – 17 Sep 2013
New Space Arts Foundation, Hue

From the organizer:

Perspective is a continuous project following the projects about New media that NSAF have conducted in the last couple of years. Within this project (Perspective) we will organize conferences, workshops, and display and exhibit the best video artworks by Vietnamese artists.

Perspective project is the place where artists, especially those from Ha Noi, Hue and Ho Chi Minh city come into contact. This is an opportunity for young artists to work together and directly discuss with curators. Since 2000, Hue has been one of the cities that are home to young artists who seek for creativeness in contemporary art. Thanks to that, audience and students in Hue have the opportunity to get to know about contemporary art. Also since 2000, Hue has been holding Festivals once every two years that showcase various unique art forms, including contemporary art. It’s a new wind for artists and audience.

NSAF and Hue university of Fine Arts have joint hands to organize conferences, workshops, and exhibitions about video art on a regular basis. Through these activities, a group of independent artists who work in this art field has formed. Based on the concept of Perspective, NSAF curate and organize this exhibition project: Perspective to introduce video artworks by artists from Ha Noi – HCM, and artists from central Viet Nam who live in Hue. These artists are selected from many of those who are working independently and openly… with various visual art forms, especially video arts… They integrate into contemporary art tendencies by exploring new materials, ideas, ways of presenting… Each artist is a strong personality, with a unique style proven by time… in the course of their lives and creativity.

Perspective aims to bring artists who are working independently and silently to the audience. Besides, the exhibition will not only introduce new artworks but also create interactions between artworks in the same space; and between artists to create a new source of energy for creativity.

Stages of the project Perspective has two stages in a period of 5 months.

Stage 1: Since this is an open project we will spend time to discuss and work with curators and artists from Ho Chi Minh city, Ha Noi, and artists who are currently residing and working in Hue.

Stage 2: The project becomes a social activity with the support of many people and organizations:
● Create and make video artworks at NSAF
● Organize conferences for curators, artists and audiences
● Exhibit artworks at NSAF The project opens in September, 2013
● Opening: Sep 6th, 2013
● Exhibition: from Sep 12th, 2013 till Sep 17th, 2013

Project Perspective

September 6th Project’s opening 8.00 PM Video art projections by Vietnamese and international artists, in collaboration with Doclab.
September 7th 8.00 PM Video art projections by Vietnamese and international artists, in collaboration with Doclab.
September 8th 8.00 PM Video art projections by Vietnamese and international artists, in collaboration with Doclab.
September 9th PM: Nguyen Trinh Thi introduction to DOCLAB 8.00 PM Video art projections by Vietnamese and international artists, in collaboration with Doclab.
September 10th PM: Artist talk by Nguyen Nhu Huy. 8.00 PM Video art projections by Vietnamese and international artists, in collaboration with Doclab.
September 11th PM: Artist talk by Tran Luong.
September 12th PM: Artist talk by Le Quang Dinh (Dinh Q. Le) 18.00 Opening of video art exhibition “Perspective” 8.00 PM Video art projections by Vietnamese and international artists, in collaboration with Doclab.

Project structure:
1.     Project manager: Le Duc Hai
2.     Curator: New Space Arts Foundation
3.     Special guests:
●      Dinh Q. Le
●      Nguyen Nhu Huy (curator)
●      Tran Luong (curator)
●      Phan Thanh Binh (Doctor of Arts)
4.     Artists participating in the project
●      Nguyen Nhu Huy (HCM)
●      Le Hao (HCM)
●      Le Vo Tuan (HCM)
●      Nguyen Trinh Thi (Hanoi)
●      Tran Dan (Hanoi)
●      Le Brothers Thanh – Hai (Hue)
●      Tran Thanh Son (Hue)
●      Phan Le Chung (Hue)
●      Truong Thien (Hue)
●      Vo Viet Dung (Hue)
●      Hoang Anh (Hue)
5.     Project members
●      Nguyen Tran Nam (Hanoi)
●      Ta Minh Duc (Hanoi)
●      Nguyen Thuong Hien (Hue)
●      Nguyen An  (Hue)
●      Nguyen Dinh Hoang Viet (Hue)
●      Nguyen Xuan Hien (Hue)
●      Nguyen Thanh Trung (Hue)
●      Le Thanh Xuan (Hue)
●      Nguyen Quynh Na (Vinh)
●      Nguyen Kim To Lan (HCM)