Opening: 21.08.2013 @6pm
Location: University of Social Sciences and Humanity
Auditorium D
10-12 Dinh Tien Hoang Street
District 1
Ho Chi Minh City
‘Encounter’ is a 3-year cultural lecture series initiated by San Art and presented in partnership with the Tri Viet Centre for Social and Educational Research in Ho Chi Minh City. ‘Encounter’ forms part of a larger artistic program called ‘Conscious Realities’ that is sponsored by a Network Partnership between the Prince Claus Fund and Sàn Art.
‘Encounter’ will showcase 8 internationally renowned creative thinkers, from...
Opening: 29.05.2013 @6:30pm
Location: Sàn Art
3 Me Linh, Binh Thanh
Over the past month, Hung and Jompet have spent time together discussing their individual art practices and interests. They both realized they have an interest in the idea of ghosts as mythical presences that can reveal the past, but also as social symbols that have become lost tools who have forgotten their purpose.
On Wednesday they will speak of their individual practice and conclude by sharing how their mutual fascination for the ‘ghost’ has taken new perspective...
Opening: 25.05.2013
Exhibition on view until 26.05.2013
Location: Sàn Art
3 Me Linh, Binh Thanh
This is a workshop given by Indonesian artist Jompet Kuswidananto, a visual artist whose interest in theatre and music has contributed to an artistic practice largely inspired by the re-discovery of cultural historical texts. In much of his work, the idea of a ghost as a forgotten memory or haunting social presence has given birth to kinetic installations where symbols such as military costume come alive with sound and light.
In his...
