Moonlight

We were required to come to Saigon Open City exhibition. First of all, I found that the place was too hard to find. Actually, I didn't know about the Rich's email showing me the way to SOC so when I come to the place where the exhibition is held, I couldn't find SOC. All I could see are " Chao ca"banner or " Quan doi nhan dan"banner . In the class after that day, my friends told me that SOC have some problem with licensing in Vietnam. However, I think that they can fix it as best as possible such as they can put some banners or signs to indicate the place. This will make the place easier to find and hence, can inform to everyone who are interested in art.
Actually, I did come to the place but I couldn't find the SOC. I were required to put some articals of SOC so I find the website of SOC and here are my opinion when I saw this website :
Saigon Open City is a series of exhibitions as events that will combine the ideas of contemporary art and the rich culture of Asia cities.The Saigon Open City exhibition is held every year which is concentrate on contemporary art in everyday life. The Saigon Open City exhibitions is a long term art and cultural project consisting of exhibitions and special events that will happen in two years from 2006 to 2007. SOC thematically based on 3 different chapters : liberation, unification and reconstruction

Following is the art work in the first part of SOC:
The first chapter , Liberation, will dealt with everyday life during the liberation period in Vietnam

"Change" of Le Thanh Nam Tran

The meals are transform to sth electrical. This quite impress me because it strongly shows the image of Saigon City - a city that is developing very fast. This reminds me to IT and electric fields which are the main field in Saigon and in Vietnam.

" Red map" of Phan Le Chung

"Black net " of Nguyen Dao An Ha

These two art works make me think of the traffic in Vietnam. It is messy and complex just like the roads. The main color in these two art work are red and black which are the strong color . It subconciuosly indicate sth dangerous, mysteriuos.

"World of barcode" of Nguyen Thi Bao Ngoc

This remind me to the copyrighted of products such as software, books,... The red chair which is put in the center of the room, covered by the barcode just like we, human who is sitting in this chair and are claimed of plagiarsm or... The red color of the chair claims that we have to find the solution for this situation cause we are going to join the WTO so we have to ban the unlawed book copyrighted.

Reference : www.saigonopencity.org

posted by Bui Thi Hang Nga - s3146313 @ 10:19 PM