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about albb
talks
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projects/events/exhibitions
open archive & reading room
internships

Contact

Vietnam
Motoko Uda
Sue Hajdu
Galerie Quynh
Nguyen Nhu Huy
Himiko Saloon
Ryllega Gallery
Salon Natasha
Diacritic.org
Atelier Wonderful

Overseas
OLO
Pasi Karjula
forestcamp
Marko Vuokola
Sten Are Sandbeck
Minna Heikinaho
Com-pa-ny
Bank & Rau
AVPD
frame-fund
HAKOtte?
Sendai ArtCity
Philip Brophy.com
Katrin Paul.com
broadsheet
SASCA
womanifesto
trans urban
X-CHANGE culture-science
Asia Art Archive (AAA)
Arts Network Asia (ANA)
Art Autonomy Newtwork (AAN)
Cemeti Art House
the house of natural fiber
Para/Site
Juliana Yasin


a little blah blah (albb) is an artists' initiative that since 2005 has operated as a platform for contemporary art through a wide range of channels including projects, exhibitions & events, screenings, talks, a residency program, internships and an open-access archive of art books & catalogues. Our program has evolved in a pioneering spirit, in response to the gaps and needs of the Saigon art scene. Since 2008 we have re-focussed our program to presenting one major project each year, capacity building and the ongoing running of albb Reading Room.

TALKS & WORKSHOPS

From 2005 through 2007, a little blah blah delivered an intensive, regular program of talks and workshops by artists, curators, writers, musicians and others in the creative industries. The talks covered a variety of styles and delivery approaches (please see below) and most were bilingual.

With the refocusing of our overall program in 2008, albb concluded the regular talks program, but still co-ordinates talks on a ad-hoc basis as a part of major projects.

talks

workshops

portfolios
in which Vietnam-based artists present a broad overview of their work

mini-portfolios
these provide young artists with their first opportunity to make a brief presentation on their work, together with their peers

lounges
a more intimate affair, where we invite practitioners from the same field as the speaker to have a round-the-table discussion in a relaxed setting, often over wine & cheese

presentations
here albb directors present on albb's activities or the art scene in Vietnam

a week ON HEAT!
was introduced to our program in 2007. During this week we go a little crazy with an intense series of talks, workshops and interactions.

2007

12
lounge remembering beyond borders—
those that disappeared
those who we don’t forget
that which we build new
a discussion with visiting artist, Karla Sachse (Berlin)


11
talk Artist’s Talks
by Ngo Dinh Truc (HCM City) & Roslisham Ismail (Kuala Lumpur), participating artists, Bao Loc Project


talk Art Embedded in its Environment:
Creative interventions in public that come to life through engagement and participation
by Markuz Wernli-Saito (San Fransisco & Kyoto),
participating artist, Bao Loc Project


talk Artists' Talk
by participating artists, Bao Loc Project
@ ACOM warehouse for ACOM staff


09
talk Katrin Paul
by albb artist-in-residence, Katrin Paul (Tokyo, Frankfurt)


08
lounge a week ON HEAT!
The Last Vestige: The Aftermath
by Australian curator and albb Asialink resident, Thea Baumann (Brisbane, HCM City, Beijing)


talk a week ON HEAT!
Xtravaganza :: Living Sculpture and the Aesthetics of Australian Exotic
by XIONA aka Vivian Hogg (Brisbane)
&
Imagination Suprnation (Brisbane)


07
talk a week ON HEAT!
Alice Lang (Brisbane)
&
Zombified Flesh: on growing cancer, skin and viruses -
the morphosis of the body through mutation, leakage, and blobs.

by Ladylump aka Alicia King (Hobart)


talk PLAY LANDS: uncovering new terrains for public art
by Australian curator and albb Asialink resident,
Thea Baumann (Brisbane, HCM City, Beijing)


06
lounge 'intersection'
by Katie Lee & Dean Linguey (Melbourne)


05
lounge SWAPPING DELTAS: Re-envisioning Tennessee Williams for Vietnam
by David F. Chapman (HCM City & Chicago)


04
talk XIN CHAO, MY DARLING!
by Nguyen Nhu Huy (HCM City)


talk exo-personal art adventures
by Ingo Gunther (New York)


03 a week ON HEAT!
talk BRECHT-DOWN: an interactium
by theatre director & Luce Scholar, David F. Chapman (HCM City/Chicago)


w'shop a week ON HEAT!
WOMANIFESTO TALK-FEST
(better than gossip in the ladies' room):
Women and Art Initiatives in Asia

led by albb artist-in-residence, Varsha Nair (Bangkok)


talk a week ON HEAT!
YOGYA>>BANGKOK>>IRAN>>HANOI:
cultural exchange projects by trans urban & X-CHANGE culture-science

by Stephan Schwarz (Vienna)


01
mini-p Winners of the 2006 YAGP for HCM City
by Ngo Dinh Truc, Lam Hieu Thuan, Le Vo Tuan, & Lieu Nguyen Huong Duong (HCM City)


2006

12
talk Saigon from the Diaspora
by Dr. Ashley Carruthers (Canberra)


talk Asian Contemporary art in Canada
by visual artist, Kim Huynh (Calgary)


11
talk Seoul: Until Now!
by curator and art critic, Pontus Kyander (Malmo)


talk Gallery talk (SHELTER)
by visual artist, Yuk King Tan (Hong Kong)


10
talk Biennales Report 2006
by guest speaker, Sandrine Llouquet & albb co-directors, Sue Hajdu and Motoko Uda
with members of MOGAS station discussing their work in Singapore Biennale


lounge Broadsheet
with editor of Broadsheet, and Director of Contemporary Art Centre South Australia (CACSA), Alan Cruickshank (Adelaide)


09
talk The Dream Collector: the first Public Art Project in HCMC
by Ayumi Matsuzaka (Berlin) & Motoko Uda (albb)
@VJCC, HCM City


08
talk Public Art and New Artistic Strategies
by A+A Public Art Unit:
Ayumi Matsuzaka (Berlin) & Alba Nava Salmeron (Madrid)
@RMIT University, HCM City


07
p'folio Vu Nhat Tan
Hanoi-based sound artist and composer (Hanoi)


06
talk The Mastery of Artists in Art Projects
by Dr. Ryutaro Inamoto (Yokohama)


03
p'folio Hard Copy
by visual artist, Rich Streitmatter-Tran (HCM City)


talk Why Propaganda Art?
by writer, Lucy Forwood (HCM City)


01
talk Triple Bill - Yokohama, Guangzhou and APAP 2005:
three recent international contemporary art events in Asia

by Sue Hajdu (albb)


2005

12
lounge Working with the Community: the Arts and Beyond
with Cuong Phu Le
Asian-Australian Community Cultural Development Officer, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre (Sydney)


07
talk Self and Other
by artist & Fulbright Fellow, Phuong M. Do (HCM City/New York)


06
talk What is Butoh?
by albb artist-in-residence, Ryuzo Fukuhara (HCM City/Tabor)
@ VJCC, HCM City


04
w'shop What is Vietnamese about Vietnamese Art?
Vietnamese Art in the Age of Globalization

by art historian, curator & Fulbright Fellow,
Dr. Nora Taylor (Hanoi/USA)


03
talk Painting and Challenging
by artist, Tran Trong Vu (Paris)


01
talk On Butoh
by butoh-dancer, Ryuzo Fukuhara (Tabor, Czech Republic)


talk The Distance Between Objects
by artist, Glen Clarke (Sydney)


talk The Challenges of Post-colonial Contemporary Art Practices
by artist, curator & cultural critic, Dr. Olu Oguibe (USA)