Don’t Call it Art!: Talk with Veronika Radulovic & Pamela Nguyen Corey
Time: Sat, 26 Nov @10AM-12PM
Location: Sàn Art
Millenium Masteri,
Units B.16 & B.17
132 Ben Van Don, Ward 6, District 4,
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Language: English & Vietnamese
Sàn Art welcomed German artist Veronika Radulovic and scholar Pamela N. Corey, contributing authors of Don’t Call it Art!, for a discussion on the emergence of a contemporary arts scene in Vietnam; the role of friendship within documentation; and the makings of one of the most important...
The Lost Tapes: Artistic Approaches to Microhistories – Workshop
Time: Sun, Oct 23 @10AM-2PM
Location: Sàn Art
Millenium Masteri,
Units B.16 & B.17
132 Ben Van Don, Ward 6, District 4,
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Called the “science of real life” by historians Carlo Ginzburg and Carlo Poni, “𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆” describes an approach to 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 that employs what we could think of as a 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘀, focusing on seemingly irrelevant details, habits and routines, and underlying mentalities. Such studies can serve as “histories from below,” 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻...
Glad We Made it On Time – Screening Programme
Time: Fri, 28 Oct @3-5PM
Location: Sàn Art
Millenium Masteri,
Units B.16 & B.17
132 Ben Van Don, Ward 6, District 4,
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Language: English & Vietnamese
Sàn Art was honoured to introduce Glad We Made It On Time, a collaborated response from Naz Cuguoglu and Vicky Do to After Hope*, an effort to explore the role of hope in contemporary art and activism.
The event took place on October 28, 2022, and featured a selection of...
Reading Group with Anna Pilawska-Sita & Michał Sita
Time: Sat, Oct 15 @3-5PM
Location: Sàn Art
Millenium Masteri,
Units B.16 & B.17
132 Ben Van Don, Ward 6, District 4,
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
We gathered together at Sàn Art to join the “Củ Chi Tunnels Restoration Report” reading group with a lovely presentation from our collaborators Anna and Michał. Throughout the discussion, we exchanged ideas on building historical narratives of monuments, personal experiences of the Củ Chi Tunnels, and thinking about these architectural sites as “living museums” where...
Sàn Art Studio is a six-week residency program, launched in April 2022, providing support and funds for practicing artists in a post-Covid landscape. Sàn Art Studio was made with support from British Council Vietnam through Cultural and Creative Hubs Vietnam (CHV), in collaboration with VICAS.
Our first artist in residency is Chi L. Nguyen, an artist & designer from Hanoi, Vietnam. With a background in Visual Communication – Illustration, she explores her practice in both artistic projects and design in mixed media. During her stay at Sàn Art, Chi sets...
