Review: Yves' photographic journey

Yves before kicking off the lecture

Photography being a passion of mine, I was looking forward to Yves presentation. He attended the previous month and gracefully agreed to do a presentation himself.

I noticed Yves' work long before I had the chance to meet him in person. His photography evokes wonders and feelings, taking you away from the road of glossy and airbrushed perfectionist treatment.

For those who attended, we all got a glimpse into the working methods behind Yves' stunning images and for those of you who missed out, please sign up on for the email letter and receive notifications straight to your inbox and join us next time.

It is well worth checking out his book, you can follow this link here: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2419570

Colour distortion by the projector

Unfortunately, we had to borrow a new projector and it did not do the images justice as the capture came out all wrong. Yves has kindly sent a few of his samples from the session for us to display here as well as sending his best regards to everyone that came.

Saigon Creative April Event – Yves Schiepek

"Yves' journey to Vietnam really began when he was inspired by scenes of Vietnam in a film. The landscape and the entwining stories of Vietnamese and water buffalos moved him. He traveled from the North to the South and back.

Half of the distance Southwards, he traveled by bicycle, at times on bumpy roads and upward inclines. Traveling by bicycle allowed him to "take in" his landscape - houses, trees fields, sky, people. He kept an eye out for the magical scene of a water buffalo submerged in water."

– from Yves' book

Yves will start his talk with a brief introduction to his journey in Vietnam in 2009 and then talk about his photos and the technics he uses to create some of them.

Join us for the conversation on Friday the 20th April, see you all there!

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March event pulled off by the help of Sandrine

Sandrine pulled it off. One day to prepare and she stepped up to the challenge. Well done.

As always, new motivational tidbits was posted around the office...

...and new faces joined the Friday morning crowd.

Artwork was viewed by both printed samples and projections.

Until next month, enjoy the end of the month holiday!

The show must go on – Friday is still on!

Our original speaker line up had to cancel in the last minute due to the loss of a family member. We all feel sympathy for the unforeseen and tragic circumstances and are sending our condolences to the family.

After an internal discussion, we decided to let "the show go on" and be true to our aspirations of providing a monthly get together, but with a different speaker, this time our own Sandrine Llouquet.

We hope to see you all on coming Friday!

Sergueï Constantinovitch Pankejeff

Pencil, China ink, watercolor on paper (70 x 50cm), 2012

courtesy Galerie Quynh

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Talk postponed

Sorry, sorry... we have to postpone Tereza and Charles Gallavardin's talk. We will keep you inform as soon as possible!

In March: Tereza and Charles Gallavardin (T3 Architecture)

Our speakers this month will be the duo of architects Tereza and Charles Gallavardin.

Specialized in low energy buildings & sustainable planning as well as in ecological & bioclimatic architecture in Europe, Tereza and Charles have decided to bring their knowledge to Asia to promote Green Architecture and Sustainable Urban Development, working closely with renewable energy / energy efficiency engineers from the Concept Design stage till the end of the construction. With the architect Thang Le Hoang, they created T3 Architecture Asia (based  in Ho Chi Minh city). T3 Architecture Asia is the Asian branch of T3 Architecture based in Marseille (France).

They will present some of the key projects by T3 Architecture and speak about their philosophy based on the respect of people and landscape, social mix, environmental issues, quality and sustainability.

They will also speak about the “BOITE” (“BOX”) project, a collaborative project with contemporary visual artists.

More infos about Tereza and Charles Gallavardin, T3 Architecture and the “BOITE” project here:
www.t3architecture-asia.vn
http://www.complexmarseille.fr/galerie_d_art_complex_marseille_2010.html

If you want to attend the talk, please register.
See you on Friday, March 23th!

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Nhu Huy, the "facilitator"

So this morning, we had the chance to hear Nhu Huy talking about his experience of being an artist, curator, writer and about his constant efforts for many years trying to create a new dynamic in the Saigonese art scene.

Nhu Huy told us about the notions of pre-production, production and postproduction, notions that he borrows from the movie industry vocabulary, as firstly did the French art theorician Nicolas Bourriaud in his essay “Postproduction. Culture as screenplay: How art reprograms the world”. When most art galleries in Vietnam will focus on “post-production” (exhibitions, talks…sells…), Nhu Huy, with “Zero Station” (the alternative art space he launched in 2010), will encourage and support artists during the whole process of creation, from meetings, discussions, research… to the production of art works and then exhibition.

He highlighted also the social role of an art space located in a popular area by telling us anecdotes about the interaction between the artist/art work and the neighbors, local authorities, audience, other artists and intellectuals.

If you missed this one and want to know more about Nhu Huy and Zero Station, come to visit his website: http://www.zerostationvn.org , you will also find all the information you need  to get there, see some art, meet artists and eat “Pho” (the one served next door is supposed to be the best in town!).