Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - A concert tour by internationalartists working in contemporary sound art and performance will kick off on July13 in Luong Son district in the northern province of Hoa Binh.

Entitled Vietnam Harsh Macro Tour 2018, the tour is a part ofan art project by veteran contemporary performance artist Dao Anh Khanh. Theoverall project, called Gam Troi Valley, will be inauguratednext year.

Khanh from Hanoi and Nikola H. Mounoud from Montreux, Switzerland willco-perform. Mounoud will use a computer and an analog mixer to shape andtransform feedback such as electric oscillation in real time in order to createunique, highly dynamic and rich music that incorporates aspects fromcontemporary, noise, jazz, classic and techno music.

Khanh will improvise a unique dance performance to the music by Mounoud.

"I was invited to Vietnam by painter, choreographer andperformer Khanh to build a permanent sound installation in his Gam Troi Valley,which is located in Hoa Binh province, 50km west of Hanoi city,"said artist Mounoud. "We will perform at Gam Troi Valley asa rehearsal, as the valley is still in the building process."

Mounoud is sound artist, musician, noisician, performer,composer and improviser. His first permanent sound installation based on the"final gesture" from live performances took place at Dao Anh Khanh’sStudio in Hanoi in July 2016.

Since 2006, he has toured and performed live music as much aspossible around the world.

With very physical and strong performances, Shayne Bowdenfrom Australia uses both electronics effects and voice amplifiers tocreate powerful, harsh noise live sets.

Kazehito Seki from Tokyo is an artist using voiceamplification - he uses only microphones to amplify his voice, no othereffects. Seki has built a reputation since 2006, with projects and performancesin Oslo, New York, Fukushima and around Europe.

Two other Swiss artists, FU and Clemydia & Generateurs,will also perform. They all use electronic effects and synthesisers to crafttheir music.

Khanh is well-known as one of the leading performance artistsin Việt Nam. He has held exhibitions in some 15 countries throughout theworld, including the US, the UK, France, Switzerland, Spain and China.

He introduced the public to his Gam Troi Valley projectin the northern province of Hoa Binh in 2013, which will be thelargest of his career. The project will feature large-scale sculptures andinstallations gathering international artists.

Vietnam Harsh Macro Tour 2018 will continue at DeN Bar, No 49Yen Phu village on July 14; and at Hanoi Goethe Institute, 56-58 Nguyen ThaiHoc street on July 15.

The tour will also be held without artists Khanh and Bowdenat Then Cafe in the central province of Thua Thien - Hue onJuly 19 and Seoul Art Pub in HCM City on July 21.-VNS/VNA