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)

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'Nước biển hay nước mắt' - Buổi chiếu thêm | Screening #2 'Diary of love - a film by Quynh Dong Registration is closed See other events Time & Location Aug 11, 2024, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM GMT+7 Manzi Exhibition Space, 2 Ng. Hàng Bún, Nguyễn Trung Trực, Ba Đình, Hà Nội, Vietnam About the Event [PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ENGLISH] "Tay tôi nắm chặt lấy ông tôi. Con tàu rời cảng đưa tôi ra biển. Tôi nhớ, ông bà tôi đứng ở cảng. Con tàu rời đi, và tôi để lại tình yêu, thế giới, quê hương, cảm xúc của tôi ở cảng." Manzi thân mời các bạn đến với buổi chiếu phim giới thiệu tác phẩm mới nhất của nghệ sĩ Quỳnh Đông. nước biển hay nước mắt 2024 1h10' 20.00 tối thứ Sáu ngày 02 tháng 08 năm 2024 Địa điểm: 14 Phan Huy Ích, Ba Đình, Hà Nội Phụ phí: 50.000 đ / người (kèm một đồ uống) VUI LÒNG ĐĂNG KÝ TRƯỚC >>> linh đăng ký Được phát triển từ một kỷ niệm cá nhân của nghệ sĩ, 'Nước biển hay nước mắt' là một thử nghiệm mà Quỳnh Đông tiếp cận và khai thác ý tưởng về tình yêu. Đặt trọng tâm vào những vùng giao cắt của hình ảnh: 'Nước biển hay nước mắt' là một khám phá về khả năng không ranh giới của chất liệu thị giác: một bên nghệ sĩ sử dụng các dữ liệu từ kho lưu trữ văn hóa đại chúng; một bên cô lại tiếp tục kết hợp, trộn lẫn nhiều ngôn ngữ nghệ thuật thị giác đa dạng từ hội họa, điêu khắc đến trình diễn và hình ảnh động. Thông qua đó, nghệ sĩ đặt ra câu hỏi về mặt ý niệm xoay quanh việc đánh giá nghệ thuật thông qua chất liệu hình ảnh động, cũng như những yếu tố kể và trần thuật trong tác phẩm. Làm thế nào để kể lại một cảm xúc trong một câu chuyện? Những trần thuật như thế nào thì thuộc về phim? Làm cách nào để xử lý việc tường thuật trong một truyện kể nghệ thuật, đặc biệt khi việc tường thuật câu chuyện ấy được xây dựng và cấu trúc như một điêu khắc? /// THÔNG TIN NGHỆ SĨ: QUỲNH ĐÔNG: Sinh năm 1982 tại Hải Phòng, Việt Nam, sau đó chuyển tới Thụy Sĩ, hoàn thành bằng thạc sĩ ngành Mỹ thuật tại Đại học Nghệ thuật Zurich (ZHdK). Quỳnh Đông gây ấn tượng phong cách tiếp cận đa ngành, kết hợp giữa nghệ thuật video, biểu diễn, điêu khắc và hội họa. Các tác phẩm của cô đã có mặt tại các triển lãm quốc tế, tiêu biểu như Kunsthalle Bern, Galerie Perotin ở Paris, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten ở Amsterdam, hay Galerie Bernhard Bischoff & Partner ở Bern. Cô cũng đã trình diễn tác phẩm của mình tại Viện Nghiên cứu và Hợp tác Acoustic/Âm nhạc, Paris; tại Museé cantonal des Beaux-Arts Lausanne, Thụy Sỹ; LISTE 17, Hội chợ Nghệ thuật Trẻ ở Basel, Thụy Sỹ; Tổ chức Emily Harvey ở New York, Hoa Kỳ; và tại YAP`15, Thế Giới Lấp lánh, Exco 1F, Deagu, Hàn Quốc. ___________________________________________________ "My hands hold tight to my grandfather's hands. The ship leaves the harbor and takes me into the cold sea air. I remember my grandparents standing at the gate of the harbor. The ship is leaving, and I have left my love, my world, my home, my feelings at the port." Diary of love (2024) - a fim by Quynh Dong Duration: 1 h 10 mins Time: 08.00 PM Friday 02 August 2024 Venue: Manzi art space, 14 Phan Huy Ich, Ba Dinh, Hanoi Surcharge: 50,000 vnđ / person (incl.one drink) >>> REGISTER FORM _____ Initiated with her own reminiscence, 'Diary of love' - Quynh Dong's latest video artwork is an experimentation to explore the concept of love. This work focuses on the intersection of images from the mass culture archive, as well as the exploration and integration of painting, sculpture, performance, and moving images. Conceptually, the artist raises the question of the evaluation of art through the medium of moving images. How does one tell an emotion in a story? What narratives belong to film, and how does one handle the narrative of a story in art, particularly the narrative of the story as sculpture? /// ABOUT THE ARTIST QUYNH DONG: Born in 1982 in Hai Phong, Vietnam, she completed her MA in Fine Arts at Zurich University of the Arts. Quynh Dong is known for her interdisciplinary approach that blends video art, performance, sculpture, and painting. Her work has been exhibited internationally, notably including the Kunsthalle Bern, Galerie Perotin in Paris, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam, and Galerie Bernhard Bischoff & Partner in Bern. She has further performed her works at Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique Paris; Museé cantonal des Beaux-Arts Lausanne in Switzerland; LISTE 17, the Young Art Fair in Basel, Switzerland; the Emily Harvey Foundation in New York, USA; and YAP`15, The Twinkle World, Exco 1F, Deagu, in South Korea. Read More > Share This Event