Right fiction?

This will be an artist talk as performative interview. It will involve Phan Thao Nguyen and Ngoc Nau interrogating each other regarding subjects, materials, process and methodologies concerning each of their artwork production over the last 6 months as residents of ‘San Art Laboratory’. They will give you a window onto their trials and experiments with materials such as jute, charcoal, neon, bronze, oil on x-ray film and light, sharing not only the in-depth research they carried out of these materials, but also their analysis of the history and meaning...

Right fiction

Opening: 07.11.2013 @6:30pm Exhibition on view until 24.01.2014 Location: Sàn Art 3 Me Linh, Binh Thanh   ‘Session Three’ has been a dynamic experimentation space for Ngoc Nau and Thao Nguyen since June 2013, where the artists conducted scientific and cultural research that informed their individual artistic process in intriguing and profound ways. A fresh Art Critique graduate from Hanoi Fine Arts University, Ngoc Nau (b. 1989) has always been passionate and intuitive about art. Coming to the Laboratory with a broad interest in concepts of light, she embarked on...

Lab 3: Open studio 2

In the 30 days since the last Open Studio, there have been fascinating developments in the studio of Nguyen and Ngoc. Moving away from experimental sculpture with coal, Ngoc is now discovering new possibilities behind coal powder, turning what could potentially become destructive gunfire into creative means on blank canvas. She will also share with visitors an exciting and thoughtful miniature adventure in ‘the land of light’. Nguyen on the other hand is giving new life to old jute, creating rebirth in not only form and use but also in...

Lab 3: Open studio 1

Sàn Art gives warm welcome to the artists-in-residence of the third session of ‘Sàn Art Laboratory’: Ngoc Nau (Hanoi), Phan Thao Nguyen (Ho Chi Minh City) who begin their 6 month residency from 1st June, 2013. Sàn Art Laboratory offers a dynamic space for experimentation for Session Three participants during their first few months of initial research. Come visit their studio, get to know the artists, and learn about their work and process. Discuss with Thao the spontaneous drawings in her visual diary and find out more about jute, a...