Finest Organizers Nominees: Matca
Matca Photography Community
Founded in : 2016
Years of operation : 3 years
Remarkable activities/projects in 2019 : Annual photography journal Makét (transcribed phonetically from “maquette”) centers on exploring and recognizing the transforming photography scene in Vietnam. This is a publishing project by Matca.
Evaluation from Hanoi Grapevine: Since 2016, matca.vn has become the first bilingual (VI-ENG) online magazine that explored in-depth the contemporary photography scene of Vietnam. Besides, Matca has co-organized exhibitions, conferences and specialized programs both within Vietnam and overseas. Matca is a photoghraphy space that cares about multidisciplinary arts, introducing modern, avant garde language with a broad international network.
Hanoi Grapevine’s Finest aims to become an annual honoring event, organized and selected by Hanoi Grapevine and the audience community. The event seeks to honor individuals, organizations, projects and activities whose work in the creative arts has had an impact on the community, in order to foster artistic development, promote media coverage and further the influence of arts and culture on the community in a broader and more meaningful manner.
The voting event of Hanoi Grapevine ‘Finest 2019 and PAN Positive Network has received valuable sponsorship from the British Council, the European Union and the Vietnam Creative Cultural Space Project.
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The voting period runs from February 07, 2020, to February 20, 2020.
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