24 February @ 6:30PM

Tung Mai; Thuy Truc Mai discuss their ‘edit’ of ‘Art and Social Change: Contemporary Art in Asia and the Pacific’ (edited by Caroline Turner)
Tran Minh Duc, Sam Nguyen and Trung Siro present through stencil art, graffiti and paper pop-ups their edit of works by Indian artist, Hema Upadhyay and Chinese artist, Guan Wei

3 March  @ 6:30PM
Books set sail with:
Sandrine Llouquet & Bertrand Peret
presents the first performance as ‘Sandrine Llouquet and Bertrand Peret’
See here for more information on the artists

10 March @ 6:30PM 
Presented as part of ‘Books set sail’, Tammy and Thomas will discuss the inspiration and process behind their collaborative edit of the book “A History of Art in 20th Century China” by Lü Peng. Their multimedia presentation will include a participatory book-making project.

17 March @ 6:30PM
Presented as part of ‘Books set sail’, To Lan and Nghia will discuss the inspiration and process behind their collaborative edit of the art journal ‘Art Asia Pacific’ and monograph ‘Ai Weiwei Works 2004 – 2007’.

31 March @ 6:30 PM 
Presented as part of ‘Books set sail’, Phuong and Khoa will discuss their edit of books on Pakistani artist, Mohammed Imran Qureshi and ‘The First Stop on the Super Highway’ from the Nam June Paik Centre in Seoul. In addition, they will present ‘Random Things’, where audience members will be invited to contribute to a drawing game, inspired by the books of ‘Open Edit’.

7 April @ 6:30 PM 
Local artist Truong Cong Tung and Chinese artist, Jaffa Lam, discuss their respective artistic practices. Truong Cong Tung is based in Ho Chi Minh City and will share his process of book making and turning these into sculptures. Jaffa Lam is based in Hong Kong. Her projects engage ideas of history, social themes and cultural or urban issues, often through audience participation and collaboration with other craftsman (http://www.jaffalam.net). Jaffa Lam is the artist who designed the soft sculptures that hold the books of ‘Open Edit’.

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PUBLIC PROGRAMMES

24 February @ 6:30 PM
Open Edit opens with ‘Little Earthquakes’ (in-progress)
Books set sail with: Tung Mai & Thuy Truc Mai
Books set sail with: Tran Minh Duc; Sam Nguyen; Trung Siro

3 March @ 6:30PM
Books set sail with: Sandrine Llouquet & Bertrand Peret

10 March @ 6:30 PM
Books set sail with: Tammy Nguyen & Thomas Maresca

17 March @ 6:30 PM
Books set sail with: Nguyen Kim To Lan & Nguyen Huu Nghia

24 March @ 6:30 PM
Books set sail with: Jason Picard

31 March @ 6:30 PM
Books set sail with: Le Hoang Bich Phuong; Le Thi Bich Khoa

7 April @ 6:30 PM
Books set sail with: Truong Cong Tung; Phan Thao Nguyen, Jaffa Lam (Hong Kong)

9 April @ 6:00 PM
Closing party! @ Sàn Art