9A4 M Studio Special Opening

Opening: Fri 28 Jun 2013, 7 pm
9A4 M Studio

After Tadioto, Work Room Four, and Nha San COLLECTIVE, another art studio is opening at number 9 Tran Thanh Tong, and soon will come many more. This premise, ruins of an old factory, is now quickly changing itself into the new art hub of the capital. Definitely will become the destination for all the creative community in town!

And this Friday we welcome the opening of artist Phuong Vu Manh‘s 9A4 M Studio with a special performance called “RECYCLE” that includes body painting, installation, contemporary music and dance.

From the artist:

9A4 M Studio takes pleasure in welcoming you to our special opening and also our first performance called “RECYCLE”. “RECYCLE” marks the celebration of our new studio and art space.

”RECYCLE”, organized by Phuong Vu Manh, includes body painting, installation, contemporary music and dance:
Body painting & installation- Phuong Vu Manh
Music- Vu Nhat Tan & Hoai Anh
Dance- Doan Minh Hoan
Model- Pham Thu Phuong

RECYCLE historically has always been implemented as a way to reuse materials that were no longer needed or suitable for their initial purpose. It is closely related to the context of what 9A4M studio has been doing to the abandoned and ruined medicine factory, built by the French, Soviet and Chinese back in the 1960s. RECYCLE uses the combination of body painting and dance with the background of noise music to create a new sensation of contemporary art. The stage is a big installation created from materials that were used in the assembly line of the medicine factory.

All artists participating in RECYCLE are individuals who share the same passion of looking for new ways to express art and beauty. Phuong Vu Manh is known as the first one to do body painting in Vietnam. Vu Nhat Tan is widely recognized for his experiment in noise music. Doan Minh Hoan is known for her new style in dance movement – using her legs and feet rather than her arms. By RECYCLE, these artists want to document the process of transforming this abandoned place into a nurturing place for art. From death to life, from dark to light, from being abandoned to being warmly welcomed, all is done and become possible by the love for art and the love for things.

Ticket: VND150,000 at door