Mini DocFest Saigon: two days for Documentary & Experimental Films

This March, Hoa Sen University’s Art House Saigon will hold Mini Docfest, a series of documentary and experimental films, in Ho Chi Minh City for the first time. San Art and Hanoi DocLab have co-selected a number of experimental films / documentaries by young film makers from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city. The two-day film screening will include discussions with professor Michael Brynntrup (Hanoi DocLab instructor), film maker Truong Minh Quy, and mephim’s co-founder Tran Minh Duc amongst others. Mini DocFest – Saigon version is sponsored by Goethe Institute...

Howdy Cowboy

Opening: 10-21. 11. 2015 & 11-23. 02. 2016 Location: Dia projects (Vietnam) & Toi Poneke Arts Centre, Wellington (New Zealand)   past – present interconnected – lost ant – banyan tree branch ant – peach tree branch 1970 – 2015 Kent State – Ho Chi Minh City ice cream – sweetened condensed milk bonsai city – owers Howdy cowboy is a story built from random happenings and experiences. In a similar way that nature and humans interweave their impact upon each other, the artists link fragments of life, history and...

Happiness lies beyond the clouds

Opening: 02.04.2015 @7:30 pm Exhibition on view until 30.05.2015 Location: Sàn Art 48/7 Mê Linh, Bình Thạnh   “Taking time, spaces and related stories based on history lines, ‘Happiness lies beyond the clouds’ according to its own title wants to narrate a story which relies upon connection of similarities of the two cities Sasebo City and Ho Chi Minh City, in a realistic yet dreamy way with the color pink…. [It] wants to sing a song of time and people, reminding history through memories, would like to not to repeat...
Opening: 14.07.2015  Exhibition on view until 18.08.2015 Location: San Art and Kick Starter San Art 48/7 Me Linh, Binh Thanh Kickstarter http://kck.st/1Tpxi6t   This is a very special exhibition of San Art, not only to celebrate San Art Laboratory’s 3rd anniversary, but also to launch a fundraising month for this artist residency program on Kickstarter! Do you know that this campaign is selected to be non-profit art fundraising by the prestigious art fair Art Basel? Read more about our big campaign on Art Basel’s curated page for Kickstarter at http://kck.st/1Tpxi6t...

Sàn Art Online Auction 4-18 December 2014 on paddle8.com

Opening: 04.12.2014 @7:00 AM Exhibition on view until 08.12.2014 Location: paddle8.com paddle8.com/auction/sanart VIEW AUCTION AND PLACE YOUR BID HERE! ‘Thresholds of Motion’, an ‘exhibition-as-online auction’ with paddle8.com is a Sàn Art fundraising initiative. The success of this auction is crucial to the future sustainability of Sàn Art in Vietnam – a not-for-profit, independent contemporary art organisation whose activities are in serious financial jeopardy. We need your support! ‘Thresholds of Motion’ presents a unique collection of contemporary art composed of photography, printmaking, drawing, oil and silk painting, ceramic, assemblage and sculpture...