Lab 8 open studio & artist talk by Lêna Bùi

‘San Art Laboratory’ and the Artist Talk by Lena Bui had regrettably been canceled. This is due to license restrictions. San Art apologizes for any inconvenience that this may cause. *** Starts at 6PM with a talk by Lêna Bùi about her 2015 project in Nepal, where she worked with women living in the historical area of Patan in Kathmandu as well as researchers from the Oxford Clinical Research Unit Nepal who studies waterborne disease in the area. Lêna will share her experiences of creating a safe storytelling space by...

Lab 7 open studio

Ratu Saras, Vo Tran Chau and Nguyen Thuy Tien will introduce their art projects and the process of implementation in 6 months at San Art Laboratory. How real is a memory? Can we really preserve the remnants of an experience, whether physical or emotional? These are questions that may or may not lead to the same answer. Yet Thuy Tien pursues them with an obsessive passion Moving to a new city, during this 2 months living under the pink shade and a (nearly) blank state of mind, Thuy Tien is...

Lab 6: Open Studio 1 & Workshop

Lab 6: Open Studio 1 & Workshop with Fernanda Eugénio & Gustavo Ciríaco (Brazil)   4 PM: SITE-SPECIFIC PRACTICES: PERFORMING THE SPACE   with Fernanda Eugénio & Gustavo Ciríaco (Brazil) Where: San Art Laboratory, 40/18 Pham Viet Chanh, Binh Thanh, HCMc This workshop is an introduction to site-specific artistic practices, which use the space, its location, characteristics and particularities (in terms of habits, architecture, circulation and cultural patterns) as the basis for the creation of performative work. The aim is to explore the downtown area of Ho Chi Minh City and...

Lab 5: Open studio & Artist talk by Nguyen Manh Hung

An ‘Open Studio’ is an invitation to see the inside of a working artist’s studio. It is an opportunity to learn more about the process of an artist’s thinking, to see a ‘work of art’ in progress. It’s also a chance to meet the local art community, to get a sense of what kind of contemporary art you like or, don’t like!Visit Rudy Atjeh, a wizard with cutter knife with his myriad of sculptures from paper. Talk to Nguyen Tran Nam about the design of punishment, and ongoing experiment beginning...

Lab 4 : Open studio 1

Sàn Art gives warm welcome to the artists-in-residence of the 4th session of ‘Sàn Art Laboratory’: Le Phi Long (Hue-HCMC), Lai Dieu Ha (Ha Noi) and Nguyen Van Du (Ho Chi Minh City) who began their 6 month residency on the 6th December, 2013. After initial research and experiment, the artists are ready to reveal their first explorations to public in an OPEN STUDIO on January 25th, 5.30pm at Sàn Art Laboratory, 40/18 Pham Viet Chanh, Binh Thanh District. Come visit Phi Long who will share Ho Chi Minh City’s...