October 8-14: Live Performance “Bamboo Talk” in Hanoi

NDO — A selection of noteworthy artistic and cultural events that will take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

October 8-14: Live Performance “Bamboo Talk” in Hanoi

HANOI

PERFORMANCE

Live Performance “Bamboo Talk”

6 pm on October 11

Phu Sa Lab

21/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho District

THE BAMBOO TALK is an eclectic combination of traditional and contemporary art by the independent artist community of Phu Sa Lab. The creativity of new bamboo instruments and Big Jar Drum, with folk instruments and saxophones, sets a new level of performance standard in Vietnam.

EXHIBITION

Exhibition "Lam" (Blue)

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Vietnam University of Fine Arts

42 Yet Kieu, Hoan Kiem District

The exhibition features around 50 lacquer paintings by 25 Vietnamese artists using different shades of blue.

Exhibition “From Villages to Streets” by Vu Dinh Luong

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Fine – Arts Exhibition House

16 Ngo Quyen Street, Hoan Kiem District

In this exhibition, the artist Vu Dinh Luong presents 36 works including 18 watercolor paintings, nine lacquer artworks, and nine oil and acrylic paintings.

HO CHI MINH CITY

PERFORMANCE

A O Show by Lune Production

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6pm, every day except Thursday

Ho Chi Minh City Opera House

7 Cong Truong Lam Son, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1

The A O Show features optical illusions and impressive acrobatics, paired with traditional music performances by a troupe of talented local artists.

Known as the Cirque du Soleil of Vietnam (minus the flashy outfits), this live show depicts the transition of rural Vietnam into today’s modern landscape, using props such as giant woven baskets, scaffolding, bamboo canes, and ropes.

Price range: VND630,000 - VND1,470,000

EXHIBITION

Photo Media Exhibition “FoMO – Fear of Missing Out”

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Toong Minh Khai

126 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai street, District 3

In his series ‘Fear of Missing Out’, Australian photo-media artist Darren Tynan documents video compression errors using broadcasts from free-to-air Australian television channels.

By intercepting broadcast signals, Tynan explores transmission glitches as a serendipitous phenomenon and as a creative tool in the photographic process.

A project spanning two years, FoMO is a world punctuated by randomness, disintegration and transmutation.

Free entrance.

Exhibition by Hoang Duong Cam

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Galerie Quynh

118 Nguyen Van Thu, Dakao, District 1

At the exhibition, Vietnamese artist Hoang Duong Cam is introducing his new sculptures and some of his most ambitious paintings to date.