Pan African Dreams

Opening: 27.08.2015 @6:30pm Location: Hoa Sen University Marie Curie Room – 6th Floor Hoa Sen University 8 Nguyen Van Trang, District 1     In her first talk, curator N’Goné Fall will describe the culture and contemporary art of Africa through the dream of an integrated continent – ‘a site of negotiation’ for various, complex cultures. Africa has 54 countries, all but Ethiopia have suffered from colonial domination. After multiple annexations by the colonial powers, Africa has undergone geographical fragmentation, its countries using arts and culture as a tool for...

The Beats of Africa

Opening: 10.04.2015 @11:30pm Location: Observatory 5 Nguyen Tat Thanh, District 4       The Observatory is very excited to announce its first collaboration with SAN ART for this unique event, which will feature a bonanza of African sounds brought to the dance floor by one of the highest specialists in the field – NTONE EDJABE. Ntone Edjabe is the founder and editor of the world-renowned Chimurenga magazine, and is also a fantastic DJ that specializes in African music in all of its vastly divergent inflections – from traditional percussion-focused...

Diagnosing the Chimurenga Chronic

Opening: 09.04.2015 @6:30pm Location: Hoa Sen University Marie Curie Room – 6th Floor Hoa Sen University 8 Nguyen Van Trang, District 1     ‘Encounter’ lecture series welcomes Ntone Edjabe, writer, journalist and musician of Cameroon origin, now based in Cape Town, South Africa. He will give a lecture about his role in establishing and directing the print and online pan-African platform called ‘Chimurenga’, which showcases art, society and culture. His presentation will focus on Chimurenga’s latest editorial project, The Chimurenga Chronic, which began as the once-off edition of a...

‘Brand the Beloved Country’

Opening: 10.01.2015 @4:30pm Location: Sàn Art Lab 40/18 Pham Viet Chanh, District Binh Thanh, HCMC     In this lecture, Karen Fiss will share her current book project on ‘nation branding’, engaging postcolonial ideas and critiques of how a ‘nation’ is formed alongside an investment in integrating differing communities of people with vast networks of information technology and international trade. ‘My book examines the impact of government branding/propaganda campaigns on conceptions of citizenship and the construction of historical narratives, particularly in the wake of political conflict and trauma. I place ...

Curator’s Talk: Agung Hujatnikajennong & Arlette Quynh-Anh Tran

Opening: 28.12.2014 @2pm Location: New Art Space 15 Le Loi, Hue City 2-3PM: What does the artist can benefit from Sàn Art Laboratory?  Sàn Art Laboratory is not a regular residency program; it is a place where the resident artists will be ‘encountered, challenged and debated’ constantly with different creative ideas and thoughts from their talking partners, curators, colleague resident artists and established artists, not only from local but also internationally. If you are practicing or desire the practice art that is based on research and experiment, and are wondering...