HA NOI — A series of cultural events will be held in an Open Academy project to encourage Vietnamese and German artists to work in collaboration in different activities.
The project aims to hold workshops, screenings, performances, concerts, actions, lectures and discussions in Ha Noi, Hue and HCM City.
Ten artists and musicians from Berlin will co-operate with Vietnamese artists, musicians and students in research and communication in various locations.
The German artists are interested in Viet Nam and are ready to share and exchange knowledge with Vietnamese artists, said artist Veronika Radulovic, project co-ordinator.
All these artists have created new concepts in modern art showing form, she said.
Radulovic studied visual communication in Bielefeld city, Germany. She worked in Ha Noi from 1993-2005, studying Vietnamese lacquer painting techniques and working as the first German Academic Exchange Service guest lecturer at the Fine Arts universities in Ha Noi, Hue and HCM City.
She curated several exhibitions of Vietnamese arts in Germany in 1996-98 and 2009-10. She wrote a book about Vietnamese art in 2005.
She will hold a two-day workshop about privacy in art, to be held in Ha Noi, Hue and HCM City on November 12, 17 and 29.
Artist Michael Vorfeld, who used to work in Viet Nam, is a visual artist and musician, playing percussion and creating electro-acoustic works. He came to work with Vietnamese artists in 1989. His four-day workshop on experimental music and light installation was held yesterday in Ha Noi and will be held in HCM City's Zero Station, 91A Dinh Tien Hoang Street, Binh Thanh District next Monday.
His concert and light installation will take place on Sunday at 7pm at the Goethe Institute, 56 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, and in HCM City's Zero Station on November 19
Veronika Witte and Berthold Schneider will give a lecture on scenic sculpture and artists between theatre and art. They work in the fields of sculpture and video.
Many others, including Nezaket Ekici, Juliane Heise, Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq, Stephan Kurr, Andreas Schmid, Maria Vedder, and Danh Vo will be involved in the Open Academy.
The project was kicked off yesterday in Hue and Ha Noi with several workshops on performance art, tourism and travel, community art, experimental music and light installation, video art and scenic sculptures.
Open Academy 2010, held by the Goethe Insitute, is held to encourage a dialogue and exchange between the artists of Viet Nam and Berlin.
All events will be opened for public in Ha Noi's Goethe Institute; Viet Nam University of Fine Arts, 42 Yet Kieu Street; Hue University of Fine Arts, 10 To Ngoc Van Street; University of Fine Arts in HCM City, 5 Phan Dang Luu Street, Binh Thanh District. — VNS