Trần Trọng VũText installation by TRẦN TRỌNG VŨ 19.03 - 23.03.2014 I will come to see you with a visual story - March 23, 2014 March 19, 2014 Trần Trọng Vũ Images and languages are used as tools for human expression. They both are often being put together and sometime act as integral part of each other in order to bring multi-meanings & answers for an object. Read the images and see the words, write a picture and draw and essay – we can call these the jobs of both art-makers and art-enjoyers. Read the images with words might be a fascinating way to break away from the images. Search for images in words can also be a nice suggestion to go beyond the words. ‘I will come to see you with a visual story’ will show to the audience the first part of Trần Trọng Vũ’s new art project, in which language and visual aspect are results of a series of extraordinary facts. This visit will also introduce other artworks of the project under the possible forms of litrature and visual art. ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

Knee JerkA showcase of stencil art by KNEE JERK 25.09 - 07.10.2013 (E)MOTION - October 7, 2013 September 25, 2013 Knee Jerk Knee Jerk is a graphic designer, illustrator and stencil artist currently residing in Hanoi. His colourful work ranges from abstract to realistic, minimalist to high detail and anywhere in between. Usually, his designs begin in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator and end up as large multilayer stencils that are painstakingly cut by hand before being sprayed onto canvases, walls and other objects. The focus for the (E)Motion exhibition at Manzi is a series of anomalous motion illusions and other optical art pieces that will make you wonder if you are seeing things or if in reality it is the artwork that is itself moving! As with all of Knee Jerk's work there is a social and environmental commentary within the pieces and rather than having a knee jerk (automatic) reaction to the work, the artist urges you to think about the art and its context to understand more fully the juxtaposition of geometric beauty and hidden meanings. This is the artist's first solo show and features a new body of work that promises to deliver a fresh taste of something you probably haven't seen before - Artwork that appears to move in some way, in what is the first gallery exhibition of stencil art in Vietnam's history. ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

Vũ Kim ThưA solo exhibition by VŨ KIM THƯ 06.05 - 31.05. 2016 Into Darkness - May 31, 2016 May 6, 2016 Vũ Kim Thư ‘Into Darkness’ is the outcome of Kim Thu’s continuous experimentation in combining Japanese Washi with Vietnamese Dzo paper, and line drawing with lighting. The project-in-progress started in 2013 with Kim Thu’s residency at Mino Paper Art Village (Mino, Japan) where she learnt the art of Washi and lantern. It later developed into a light installation at her 2014 residency at Sapporo Artist in Residence Program (Hokkaido, Japan). The artist’s 2015 experimentation with the project at ECO Art Project (Muong Art Studio, Hoa Binh, Vietnam) saw her including elements of space and light design. “My world is a miniature world. It consists of landscape, nature, architecture and abstract mark making and line drawing. It forms a three-dimensional map, possibly of a city, possibly an imaginary one. These images change as I arrive at a new destination, and as my personal experience and impression of that place begin to form. As a traveler, I navigate a new city by synthesizing its repeated forms, fragmentations, and architectural spaces with memory and observation. I reimagine the place in the form of a map and with my personal visualization. I start with one small detail by creating a mark – one that never stops spreading outwards. And from there, the city keeps growing and growing…” *The exhibition is supported by the Cultural Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF) of the Danish Embassy. ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

Since 2012, Manzi Art Space has hosted many art exhibitions, talks, workshops, book introductions, movie screenings, music and dance performances, wtih a collaborative approach, working together with local artists, intellectuals and social activists, as well international cultural institutions ART For You Discover art you love, give it a home See more New Backstage A theatrical project by XplusX Studio See more Into Thin Air An art-in-public project for Hanoi See more events at manzi My Zootopia | Zootopia của tôi Sun, Dec 28 Manzi Exhibition Space More info Details Bầu trời ở đâu cũng giống nhau | The sky is the same everywhere Sat, Nov 08 Manzi Exhibition Space More info Details Multiple Dates Tình Sun, Oct 05 Manzi Exhibition Space More info Details Bắt mặt | Catching Faces Sat, Oct 04 Manzi Exhibition Space More info Details Artist Talk vs Nguyễn Thị Thanh Mai Sat, Sep 27 Manzi Art Space More info Details Art Tour | Những Vệt Mờ / Faint Traces Wed, Sep 10 Ba Đình More info Details Những Vệt Mờ | Faint Traces Sat, Sep 06 Manzi Exhibition Space More info Learn more Between the Strings Tue, Aug 05 Manzi Art Space More info Details sóng vỗ cát trời | the sky, the sand, the lashing waves Fri, Aug 01 Manzi Exhibition Space More info Learn more Multiple Dates Nguyên (âm) đơn Sun, Jul 20 Manzi Exhibition Space More info Details lần theo bức tường đá và chúng tôi thấy cái máy phát điện | following the stone wall, we found an electric generator Fri, Jun 13 Manzi Exhibition Space More info Learn more Multiple Dates TẠI SAO CHÚNG TA LẠI Ở ĐÂY? | WHY ARE WE HERE? Sun, Apr 27 Manzi Exhibition Space More info Details Thế giới như là bản nháp | The world as a draft Fri, Mar 14 Manzi Exhibition Space More info Learn more Phương Trời Thứ Năm | The Fifth Cardinal Direction Fri, Feb 14 Manzi Exhibition Space More info Learn more Multiple Dates NGƯỜI GỐI | THE PILLOWMAN Sun, Feb 09 Manzi Exhibition Space More info Details Into The Blue - Siedl/Cao Fri, Jan 17 Manzi Art Space More info Details Song Song Thu, Jan 09 Manzi Art Space More info Details Multiple Dates SPATIUM Sat, Dec 21 Manzi Exhibition Space More info Learn more Load More

Located in centre of Hanoi, Manzi is known as one of the most dynamic art spaces in South East Asia. Through art exhibitions, talks, workshops, book introductions, movie screenings, music and dance performances, Manzi's mission is to promote contemporary arts, build new audiences, inspire critical thinking and nurture

contemporary artists of Vietnam acclaimed and emerging các nghệ sĩ đương đại Việt Nam ARTISTS See more AP Nguyễn (b.1999 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Bảo Vương (b. 1978 - France) See more Doãn Hoàng Lâm (b. 1970 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Đoàn Văn Tới (b.1989 - Hai Phong, Vietnam) See more Đinh Thị Thắm Poong (b. 1970 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Hà Mạnh Thắng (b.1980 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Hồ Hưng (b. 1981 - Hue, Vietnam) See more Lâm Tú Trân (b.1997 - HCMC, Vietnam) See more Lê Đức Anh (b.1998 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Lê Phi Long (b. 1989 - Hue, Vietnam) See more Lê Thị Anh Yến (b.1999 - HCMC, Vietnam) See more Lương Văn Việt (b. 1977 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Nadege David (b.1975 - HCMC, Vietnam) See more Ngô Văn Sắc (b. 1980 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Đình Việt (b.1989 - Hue, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Đức Đạt (b. 1979 - Pleiku, Gia Lai, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Kim Tố Lan (b.1982 - Dalat, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Minh Thành (b. 1971 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Ngọc Linh (b.1988 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Quang Huy (b. 1971 - Ha Tay, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Thị Hoàng Minh (b. 1984 - HCMC, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Thị Xuân Mai (b.1998 - HCMC, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Trần Nam (b. 1979 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Văn Cường (b. 1972) See more Phạm Khắc Quang (b. 1975 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Quách Huy Bắc (b. 1988 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Sandrine Llouquet (b. 1975 - France) See more Thái Nhật Minh (b. 1984 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Trần Trọng Vũ (b. 1964 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Trương Công Tùng (b. 1986 - HCMC, Vietnam) See more Võ Trân Châu (b.1986 - HCMC, Vietnam) See more Vương Thạo (b. 1969 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more An Nguyễn (b.1987 - Hue, Vietnam) See more Bùi Quang Khiêm (b.1970, Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Đào Anh Khánh (b.1959 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Đoàn Xuân Tặng (b.1977 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Đỗ Hiệp (b.1984 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Hà Ninh Pham (b.1991 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Jamie Maxtone - Graham (from Connecticut, USA) See more Lê Công Thành (1932 - 2019) See more Lê Hoàng Bích Phượng (b. 1984 - USA) See more Lê Quý Tông (b. 1977 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Lê Thúy (b. 1988 - Hoi An, Vietnam) See more Ly Hoàng Ly (b.1975 - HCMC, Vietnam) See more Ngô Đình Bảo Châu (b.1986 - Dong Thap, Vienam) See more Nguyễn Cẩm Nhung (b.1998 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Đức Hạnh (b. 1981 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Huy An (b. 1982 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng (b. 1976 - HCMC, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Nghĩa Cương (b. 1973 - Bac Ninh, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Phi Phi Oanh (b. 1979 - HCMC, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Thế Sơn (b. 1978 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Thị Thanh Mai (b.1983, Hue, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Trang Ngà (b.1975 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Tuấn Cường (b. 1978 - Ha Dong, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Văn Phúc (b.1978 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Phạm Thái Bình (b. 1978 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Phan Thảo Nguyên (b. 1987 - HCMC, Vietnam) See more Sto Len USA See more Till Ansgar Baumhamer (b.1972 - Germany) See more Trần Tuấn (b.1981 - Hue, Vietnam) See more Trương Tiến Trà (b. 1979 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Võ Trọng Hồng (b.1990 - Nghe An, Vietnam) See more Bàng Nhất Linh (b.1983 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Bùi Tiến Tuấn (b.1971 - HCMC, Vietnam) See more Đào Tùng (b.1982 - HCMC, Vietnam) See more Đặng Hiền (b.1982 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Đỗ Tuấn Anh (b.1979 - Germany) See more Hà Đào (b.1995 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Lãng Đỗ (b. 1986 - HCMC, Vietnam) See more Lê Đình Chung (b.1990 - Dak Nong, Vietnam) See more Lê Kim Mỹ (b. 1946 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Lê Thanh Tùng (b. 1989 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Lê Xuân Tiến (b.1995 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Maritta Nurmi (b.1953 - Finland) See more Nghĩa Đặng (b.1994 - HCMC, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Đình Hoàng Việt (b. 1988 - Hue, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Đức Phương (b. 1982 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Kim Duy (b.1987 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Minh Quân (b. 1989 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Ngọc Liêm (b.1989 - HCMC, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Phương Linh (b. 1985 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Thị Hồng Khanh (b.1996 - HCMC, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Thị Thanh Tuyền (b. 1992 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Trần Cường (b.1979 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Trinh Thi (b.1973 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Nguyễn Văn Duy (b.1989 - Hue, Vietnam) See more Phan Minh Bạch (b.1979 - Thanh Hoa, Vietnam) See more Romain Orfeuvre France See more Tào Linh (b. 1960 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Trần Nguyễn Trung Tín (b. 1992 - HCMC, Vietnam) See more Trịnh Nhật Vũ (b. 1990 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Trương Quế Chi (b.1987 - Hanoi, Vietnam) See more Vũ Kim Thư (b. 1976 - Hanoi, Vietnam)

Nguyễn Uyên Minh Nguyễn Vương Phương Thảo Cao Hoàng LongOpening act of 'Saigon Invasion' 29.10 - 02.11.2016 NET-KID show /nākid/ - November 2, 2016 October 29, 2016 Nguyễn Uyên Minh Nguyễn Vương Phương Thảo Cao Hoàng Long Coming from the land of sun and rain, NET-KID show which was officially launched at Ga0-Zerostation (Ho Chi Minh City) in early 2016, “hijack” Manzi for a week as the opening act for our initiative “Saigon Invasion” - a series of presentations aiming to showcase the creative landscape of Ho Chi Minh City through the lenses and practices of Saigon-based art collectives. NET-KID is not just an art exhibition nor performance. NET-KID is about having a good time, and creating a space for people to strip off their identities and enjoy the now. NET-KID is mischievously mispronounced from "naked", and embodies the wild and free spirits of the enfants rebelles of the art world. Two emerging Saigon-based photographers Nguyễn Uyên Minh and Nguyễn Vương Phương Thảo (Thảo.intherain) will lead you into their worlds, and use the camera to capture you at your barest, both physically and emotionally. Two separate installation art pieces/studio spaces will be set up, and you are welcome to come join, get drunk and "strip it all off" with the artists. Additionally, “Saturn at your feet” - a site-specific light installation by Cao Hoàng Long, in collaboration with Uyên Minh and Phương, will let you discover another dimension of NET-KID’s cosmic love. Come, bare (feet) it all, enjoy the stars and the sky with us! “We - as those who seek an escape from ourselves - seek not a narrative from you. In return, hopefully, you too won’t have any fixed conception or expectations from us. Let go of your body and mind, and become a part of the now.” - NET-KID Artists: Nguyễn Uyên Minh, Nguyễn Vương Phương Thảo, Cao Hoàng Long Curator: Xuân Hà Assistant curator: Thanh (Nu) Mai Producer: Đăng Bùi *This event is part of Manzi’s art programme supported by CDEF of the Danish Embassy ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

silk Lâm Tú Trân biography Born in 1997, graduated from HCMC University of Fine Arts, Tran is one of Vietnam's most talented emerging artist, specializing in silk. Tran creates her own surrealistic universe in her paintings, using a skilled technique and precise control of lines and colors, with characters and scenery drifting as in dreams. They are remarkably gentle and brave, innocent and nostalgic, lyrical and gloomy, with a poetically hazy suggestion of darkness in the tumultuous psyche of the youth who is continually confronted with the loneliness and uncertainty of modern existence. She firmly believes that an artist is the one who enrich inner beauty. The aesthetic can be explored in little things around our mundane lives, though small and almost invisible, yet always be present and attached with our own feelings. Tran has participated in numerous group art events and exhibitions both locally and internationally. works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works See LÂM TÚ TRÂN 2023 90 x 68 cm watercolor on silk Enquire works Childhood LÂM TÚ TRÂN 2023 60 x 60 cm watercolor on silk Enquire related My Zootopia The sky is the same everywhere Catching Faces Faint Traces the sky, the sand, the lashing waves following the stone wall and we found an electric generator 6𝒗➡️¹/² The world as a draft The Fifth Cardinal Direction Spatium 47 Days, Sound-less in spaces of everyscape, at time without end </3 Hồi Sóng Birdsong on our pathway vol. 4 Entrusted Conjectures Hanoi 1985 - 2015, In The Years Of Forgetting Then and Now, Hanoi streets in transition 'Neo-Romanticism' More than Human #1 Arca Noa no-think The Four Subjects A saga of unrealised projects what's going on at Manzi My Zootopia | Zootopia của tôi See more December 28, 2025 Bầu trời ở đâu cũng giống nhau | The sky is the same everywhere See more November 8, 2025 Tình See more October 5, 2025 Tình See more October 4, 2025 Bắt mặt | Catching Faces See more October 4, 2025 Tình See more October 3, 2025 Artist Talk vs Nguyễn Thị Thanh Mai See more September 27, 2025 Art Tour | Những Vệt Mờ / Faint Traces See more September 10, 2025 Những Vệt Mờ | Faint Traces See more September 6, 2025 Between the Strings See more August 5, 2025

sculpture Lương Văn Việt biography Born in 1977, graduated from the Viet Nam University of Art in 2002, Luong Van Viet is considered one of the best sculptors in Hanoi today. Using minimal shapes and colours to create a sophisticated and elegant contrast, Viet’s works explore and push boundaries between spaces and forms, revealing the philosophy of coexistence and human existentialism. Luong Van Viet’s notable solo exhibitions include: ‘Sense’ – Manzi Art Space – 2016; ‘The way of metal’ - 2008, ‘The Doors - 2010, ‘The Narrow doors’ - 2012, he also took part intensively in different international group sculpture exhibitions works This artist currently has no available work at Manzi works Door LƯƠNG VĂN VIỆT 2013 23 x 14.5 x 3.5 cm Wood Enquire works Underneath LƯƠNG VĂN VIỆT 2013 7.5 x 8 x 12 cm Aluminium Enquire related My Zootopia The sky is the same everywhere Catching Faces Faint Traces the sky, the sand, the lashing waves following the stone wall and we found an electric generator 6𝒗➡️¹/² The world as a draft The Fifth Cardinal Direction Spatium 47 Days, Sound-less in spaces of everyscape, at time without end </3 Hồi Sóng Birdsong on our pathway vol. 4 Entrusted Conjectures Hanoi 1985 - 2015, In The Years Of Forgetting Then and Now, Hanoi streets in transition 'Neo-Romanticism' More than Human #1 Arca Noa no-think The Four Subjects A saga of unrealised projects what's going on at Manzi My Zootopia | Zootopia của tôi See more December 28, 2025 Bầu trời ở đâu cũng giống nhau | The sky is the same everywhere See more November 8, 2025 Tình See more October 5, 2025 Tình See more October 4, 2025 Bắt mặt | Catching Faces See more October 4, 2025 Tình See more October 3, 2025 Artist Talk vs Nguyễn Thị Thanh Mai See more September 27, 2025 Art Tour | Những Vệt Mờ / Faint Traces See more September 10, 2025 Những Vệt Mờ | Faint Traces See more September 6, 2025 Between the Strings See more August 5, 2025

Bảo VươngA solo exhibition by BẢO VƯƠNG 07.06 - 05.07.2019 Another Crossing - July 5, 2019 June 7, 2019 Bảo Vương ‘ANOTHER CROSSING' by visual artist Bao Vuong features his latest series of paintings and a durational performance. Born in Vietnam by the end of the 1970's, Bao Vuong's family fled from Vietnam when he was one year old on a boat like thousands of boat people leaving the country in this period of time. The series of paintings in ANOTHER CROSSING is a projection of the nights in the open seas spent out by his family on the run, the same nights that hundreds of thousands of refugees have lived through the centuries and still know each day. Forsaken in the dark, without no a clue. Darkness increases imminent death and swallows those that have sacrificed and lost everything worth living. Black paint awakens fears associated with the exile, while reflections of light on the paint strokes represent shimmers of hope that give birth to a survival instinct, echoing the promise for a better world. The performance piece by Bao Vuong in the exhibition entitled "Nước"/Water is a creation of a graphic work in situ, which started on the first day of the exhibition and ended four days later. Five days locked, deprived of contact, without food, relying only on the goodwill of the sky to hydrate. The whole performance was broadcasted live on Manzi's Facebook page. ARTWORKS GALLERY “Huge is the night that governs us. It weighs on our hearts at dusk, when the shadows lengthen. It's not always easy to have Vietnam as a legacy.” 1. “The Crossing VII” --- I wonder how far you have to relive the drama to exorcise it. Bao Vuong’s paintings of the series “THE CROSSING” are totally black. They are both realistic and abstract. The conductive thread of this series is a projection of a trauma, a projection of the nights in the open seas spent by his family on the run, the same nights that hundreds of thousands of refugees have lived by the past and are still living in different parts of the world. Here in “The Crossing VII”,the infinite black sky meets the immensity of the sea. The shipwrecked man feels even more lost and humble before such a spectacle, he is invaded by an unspeakable feeling of loneliness. 2. Series of 4 oils paintings entitled “The Crossing XIII” – “Night 1 – 4” "The Crossing XIII - Đêm" is a projection of the artist’s traumatic story. 4 paintings for the 4 nights at sea. Texture of the paintings is sometimes fluid, sometimes dry and rough. The frozen waves are like a bad scar that does not want to be healed and is still itchy. 3. The Crossing XII --- One day there is a crossing. A boat launched on the sea to escape the unspeakable. For those who are fleeing, there are no words. There is a deep wound: that of having to leave everything. That of facing unknown immensities at the risk of their lives. And then there are months of wandering, from camps to camps. The ocean is an impassable gulf. A dark place where the dead disappear without tombs. An abyss of ghosts. Similar to other paintings of “THE CROSSING” series, the artist used black oil paint and completed with a handmade knife work. However, here the sea is smooth and the waves seem like boats: thousands of waves, thousands of boats, and eventually thousands of souls. Those waves of boats are sailing to an unidentified dream but a new promise of life. Each "wave boat" is made with a single, strong stroke of a knife. They are like the decision to leave, radical and definitive. Like a knife planted in the heart. 4. “Untitled” ---I wonder how far you have to play with death to finally learn to live, to breathe normally Here is a basic pencil drawing on paper. It represents the sea, the horizon and the sky. However, during the creative process, a hole was made in the middle of the drawing and we can see through. This drawing is placed between two pieces of very thin transparent glass. The drawing and the two transparent pieces are suspended in the air, attached by a set of black adhesive tape, two transparent fishing wires connect the installation with the ceiling. Any light breeze or any movement of visitors would make this installation swing. The work looks so fragile as if it is going to fall down; this fragility may give visitors a feeling of discomfort. --- How many shipwrecks have fallen and drowned in the immensity of the water, who will never reach their destination ... 5. Performance “Nước “ 5 days – 4 nights from the 07/06/19 7pm to 11/06/19 6.30pm Bao Vuong's performance is entitled "Nước" : a creation of a graphic work in situ, which starts on the first day of the exhibition and ends 4 days later. Almost 5 days locked and deprived of contact, without food, relying only on the goodwill of the sky to hydrate. It will be a kind of long invocation, an ultimate test, to remember, to be closer to the memory of his parents, and the two hundred people with whom they shared a boat, of their suffering, those of all the boatpeople and all the migrants. It is for him a necessity, an extreme act to understand, to relive and to question, to create. I asked my mother what state of mind she was on the boat at that time. She said she was not scared or sad. She couldn’t think of anything. She was just thirsty. My first word as a child I pronounced, it was on the boat. This first word was « nước » (water) Because our eyes have not cried, because our hearts did not give up, because they escaped that hell, I carry their destiny in me. “As a witness, a smuggler of memory, as an artist, I speak for those who cannot speak, those who have no voice or words to say the unspeakable, to say what is buried in them. Like someone who is a novelist, director or lecturer, I tell by visual art, my story, that of my family, that of thousands and thousands torn people. But it is also an endless journey, that of migrants throughout the world. Since 2014, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has recorded nearly 17,000 deaths and missing in the Mediterranean, including 5773 migrants whose bodies were found. The problems of borders and exile will be even more central issues in the near future with global warming and the displacement of thousands or even millions of people who will be deprived of agrarian land or whose places of life have been invaded by waters. This performance is for me a moment of spiritual retreat, a cut off from daily reality. It is an artistic meditative act; I create a work that consists of lines more or less straight. A visual Buddhist "ohm" in a refound silence. This performance is finally an act of ecological commitment. Our society is a society of excessive consumption; the having is more glorified than the being. Hyperconsumption becomes a duty and in the end a permanent dissatisfaction. While by this artistic gesture, that is a non gesture, I show that it is totally possible to live with nothing.” - Bảo Vương (Hanoi, June 2019) OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

Nguyễn Huy An, Lại Thị Diệu Hà, Nguyễn Trần Nam, Nguyễn Văn Phúc, Nguyễn Trinh Thi & Nguyễn Văn Thủyan open studio simultaneously at two different spaces of manzi More than Human #1 - March 19, 2023 February 23, 2023 Nguyễn Huy An, Lại Thị Diệu Hà, Nguyễn Trần Nam, Nguyễn Văn Phúc, Nguyễn Trinh Thi & Nguyễn Văn Thủy A shoe A ladder A lightning strike Malevich Hydra The Sound Hòn non bộ (miniature landscape) A fleeting outline scribbled down, that outline of a Story not yet to be fully-formed just awaiting to be unveiled, but rather of the happenings to be encountered and recorded. Throughout over three weeks, six artists (working in different disciplines: visual arts, performance art, sound & moving images) will collaborate together in a series of “symbiotic experiments”, an open studio simultaneously at two different spaces of manzi: MORE THAN HUMAN #1: The Understories ► Participating artists: Nguyễn Huy An, Lại Thị Diệu Hà, Nguyễn Trần Nam, Nguyễn Văn Phúc, Nguyễn Trinh Thi & Nguyễn Văn Thủy ► Opening party: 6.30 PM Thursday, 23 February, 2023 ► Open studio: 11.00 AM - 07.00 PM (Wednesday - Sunday) until 19 March 2023 ► Venues: the front yard of manzi art space - 14 Phan Huy Ích, Ba Đình, Hà Nội & manzi exhibition space - no.2 ngõ Hàng Bún, Ba Đình, Hà Nội Provoked by an infinite conundrum about More-Than-Human World, ‘The Understories’ simulates a site-specific staging in which many elements/characters would be involved; they can appear suddenly or quietly withdraw, with unexpected movements and mise en scène: There is Light and Darkness Sound and Silence Natural beings and Man-made Objects Remembrance of things past Promise of things that just begin There are Handcrafts along Machines The Original and Imitation Materiality and Dematerialization Flesh and Spirit Divine and Earthly Then Decaying… Such complex and multivalent ‘entities’ are inextricably woven in the same ‘habitat’, this staging constructs a loose representation of an ECOSYSTEM. For three weeks’ duration, ‘The Understories’ will transform through four ‘Phases’ (or we can call them ‘Rhythms’ as in Biology / ‘Acts’ as in a Theatre / ‘Chapters’ as in a Story), each lasts for 4 - 5 days. As the time passed, the performance of each artist, their body of works would be gradually formed - adjusted/ sustained- dissipated as if regulated by a general principle that’s comparable to the ’interspecies collaboration / competition’ practice in the natural ecosystem. We will see, hear, and feel them - the 'beings' of 'The Understories' breathing, growing, staying alert to their surroundings, responding to stimuli: They do not only interact with each other (like with their neighboring species) but also react with internal factors of the exhibition space (their living conditions), as well as with the audience - external stimuli (or invaders of their environment); not to mention that they also respond to the flow of time. However, just as a draft script is still open to adaptations and improvisation, ‘The Understories’ has a huge potential for unusual twists and spontaneous turns because conflict is inherent in all forms of systematization, no matter if it's a natural or social structure. In such unavoidable collisions between the dynamic parts and the static whole, between the free will of individuals and the intrinsic limits of collective action, the Climax (of this whole staging) will emerge. Then what to be revealed in the aftermath of all those more-than-human experiences: ‘Everything has a Spirit’ (in theory of animalism) or ‘Everything is transient’ (in Buddhism and Taoism). At the end of all these rhythms, what’s to come: A state of rest in the perfect & eternal equilibrium? Or a point of extinction signaling an upcoming phase of post-apocalyptic rebirth? *During the course of the open studio, there will be a series of various events including film screenings, discussions and artist’s talks. 'More than human' #1 is organized by Hanoi Doclab and Manzi with the support of the Prince Claus Fund. ARTWORKS GALLERY OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)

Nguyễn Huy An Võ Trân Châu Phan Thảo Nguyên Trương Công Tùng Nguyễn Trinh ThiA group exhibition about Time 03 - 26.09.2020 Extended Realities - September 26, 2020 September 3, 2020 Nguyễn Huy An Võ Trân Châu Phan Thảo Nguyên Trương Công Tùng Nguyễn Trinh Thi ‘Extended Realities’ – a group exhibition featuring works from five contemporary artists of Vietnam: Võ Trân Châu, Nguyễn Huy An, Phan Thảo Nguyên, Nguyễn Trinh Thi and Trương Công Tùng. Through a minimalist installation, a video art piece, an ephemeral installation and a series of 10 multimedia paintings, ‘Extended Realities’ examines how the artists are working with ideas of time, memory and history. Drawing from literature, philosophy and daily life, artist Phan Thảo Nguyen observes ambiguous issues in social conventions and history. Nguyên’s work ‘Hunger Thread ’ is part of her personal interpretation of the rarely discussed 1945 famine in Vietnam. This ephemeral installation consists of hundreds of raw jute balls scattered throughout the exhibition space. These jute balls can be blown away by the wind or kicked or stepped on by the viewers. In this work, the artist proposes a more nuanced approach to personal and historical tragedies using a new perspective on history and narration, and an artistic medium. Meanwhile, artist Võ Trân Châu recreates collective memories via her embroidery and mosaic artworks depicting long gone architectural structures or historical figures, in an attempt to access obscured or unwritten histories of Vietnam. In contrast with Châu and Thảo Nguyên, artist Trương Công Tùng considers time as one medium for his series of paintings ‘The time of passing shadows (1 2 3 4...)’. In this intriguing series, Tùng sets out a layered narrative of time that is coherent yet tacitly perplexing, with images and information interleaved with fact and fiction Time and history are always central themes in Nguyễn Huy An’s research. In this exhibition, Huy An presents a minimalist installation entitled ‘Exercise No. 2’ which forms part of his ongoing project inspired by the undeniable significance of Lenin as a political figure in the history of the country. The work is created following the artist’s study of the changing shadows of a public sculpture of Lenin over the course of one day, according to the time and position of the sun. Nguyễn Trinh Thi’s practice as a moving image artist has consistently engaged with memory and history, and her work ‘Eleven Men’ is no exception. ‘Eleven Men’ is composed of scenes from a range of Vietnamese classic narrative films featuring the same central actress, Nhu Quynh. Spanning three decades of her legendary acting career, this multilayered work has created a personal connection with and contemplation of the complicated history of Vietnam. *The exhibition is part of Manzi’s Art Programme supported by Goethe-Institut Hanoi. ARTWORKS GALLERY ABOUT THE ARTWORKS 1. Installation ‘Exercise No. 2’ của NGUYỄN HUY AN ---translated from Vietnamese Exercise no. 2: Find an equation that shows the variation of shadow area of Lenin monument over time. Figure 1: Illustration of sun’s position and projection angle at 2.30 pm on the Autumnal equinox of 2014. Note: The Shadow area calculated at different times has tolerance due to the correlation between the positions of Sun and Earth -- - This installation forms part of Huy An’s ongoing project inspired by the undeniable significance of Lenin as a political figure in the history of the country, and of Hanoi in particular. The work is created following the artist’s study of the changing shadows of a public sculpture of Lenin over the course of one day, according to the time and position of the sun. In the study, the shadow exists as an entity arising from the interaction of the natural (the sun and the spinning of the earth) and the unnatural (the concrete form of the statue). Written in the form of a math exercise requesting people to determine the area of Lenin's shadow at different times of the day, consolidated into a mathematical equation, the work gives the viewers an opportunity to reflect on the way our logic, ideals, and world views have always been constrained and impacted by natural forces beyond our control. 2. Embroidery paintings by VÕ TRÂN CHÂU *Portraits no.8,10,11 - (Embroidery on fabric) : Portraits of Emperor Hàm Nghi, Emperor Thành Thái and Emperor Duy Tân – three Emperors of the Nguyễn Dynasty who all were dethroned by the French and exiled to Africa. *‘Somewhere near here 1’ (secondhand clothing, found cabinet door) : image of Thủ Đức Market and Thủ Đức Communal House which no longer exist. *‘Somewhere near here 2’ (secondhand clothing, found cabinet door) : Image of the long gone Chợ Lớn Post Office By pixelating the photographs of architectural structures or historical figures that have completely or partially disappeared from public memory and then laboriously reconstructing them with secondhand clothing or threads and fabric, Tran Chau’s latest series of mosaic and embroidery paintings are a way of re-creating collective memories, as she observes and more deeply explores multiple angles of history. 3. Video art 'Eleven Men' by NGUYỄN TRINH THI (2016) Single-channel installation, sound, 28 minutes ‘Eleven Men’ is composed of scenes from a range of Vietnamese classic narrative films featuring the same central actress, Nhu Quynh. Spanning three decades of her legendary acting career, most of the appropriated movies — from 1966 to 2000 — were produced by the state-owned Vietnam Feature Film Studio. The film’s text was adapted from “Eleven Sons”, a short story by Franz Kafka first published in 1919, which begins with a father’s declaration: ‘I have eleven sons’, then describes each one of them in acute and ironic detail. Transposing the ather’s voice of Kafka’s story, the film begins with a woman stating: ‘I have eleven men’. Footage found from films: ‘Đến hẹn lại lên’ (1974, dir. Trần Vũ) ‘Ngày lễ thánh’ / The Holly Day (1976, dir. Bạch Diệp) ‘Bài ca ra trận’ / Song to the Front (1973, dir. Trần Đắc) ‘Mối tình đầu’ / First Love (1977, dir. Hải Ninh) ‘Nổi gió’ / The Wind Rises (1966, dir. Huy Thành) ‘Hy vọng cuối cùng’ / The last hope (1978, dir. Trần Phương) ‘Mùa hè chiều thẳng đứng’ / Vertical Rays of the Sun (2000, dir. Trần Anh Hùng) ‘Xích lô’ / Cyclo (1995, dir. Trần Anh Hùng) 4. Series The time of passing shadows (1 2 3 4 ...) by TRƯƠNG CÔNG TÙNG Pencil and digital prints on Mylar film, light, darkness, dust, time... 29 cm x 21cm/ 8 layers per piece 20.. – on going Tung’s works are often multilayered, appearing as a coherent narrative, yet tacitly perplexing with images and information interleaved with fact and fiction. 5. Ephemeral installation ‘Hunger Thread’ by PHAN THẢO NGUYÊN (raw jute balls) ‘Hunger Thread’ is part of Phan Thảo Nguyên’s continuing multimedia project entitled ‘Mute Grain’. This ephemeral installation consists of hundreds of raw jute balls that are scattered throughout the exhibition space. Those jute balls can be blown away by the wind or kicked or stepped on by the viewers. Mute Grain is Phan Thảo Nguyên’s personal interpretation of the rarely discussed 1945 famine in Vietnam, during the Japanese occupation of French Indochina. The famine is believed to have caused the deaths of over two million Vietnamese in the Red River Delta. Mute Grain, with a new perspective on history and narration, and an artistic medium, proposes a more nuanced approach to personal and historical tragedies. Nguyên hopes to present the crop failure and famine in the most compassionate and objective way possible, combining sorrow with optimism to celebrate the ephemeral beauty of plant, animal and human lives OPENING NIGHT See more about artist(s)