Calligraphic works by Christian Hadengue will be exhibited at the Infinity Mirror exhibition in Hanoi next month (Photo courtesy of the author) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Artists of different nationalities and backgroundswill co-organise an event that features an interplay of literature, art andmusic from the East and West in Hanoi next month.
Guong vo cuc (Infinity Mirror), an exhibition-performance, will take placefrom September 14 to October 31 at ‘L’Espace’, the French cultural centre in Hanoi.The event is a fusion of different inspirations. ‘Encounter and Convergence’features calligrapher Christian Hadengue from France, painter Le Thua Tienfrom Vietnam, composer Mark Lockett from England and poet Hubert Haddad fromTunisia.
The unique blend of styles will offer audiences a chance to discoverChristian’s calligraphic works and Tien’s paintings, with a backdrop of MarkLockett’s music and Hubert Haddad’s poetry.
“This is a meeting between artists who have adopted a language naturally ‘outof step’ with their cultural background (Western and Asian). A creation thatreveals a deep fascination with ‘otherness’ in matter and in spirit,” accordingto Christian.
Christian wrote on fr.ulule.com that: “The question of culturaltransversality becomes a deliberate choice. The notion of ‘origin’ issidestepped, so that an instinctive and intuitive vision is found: a way ofthinking beyond defined cultural boundaries.”
After having developed a style of sculpture during fifteen years of researchinto Raku techniques (Japanese ceramics) and having practiced thermoformedglass and bronze, Christian turned, in 2000, to a form of abstract calligraphy,which he developed in the form of leporello and paper mounted on canvas.
He also led experimental workshops in sculpture, printmaking and painting inFrance, Mexico and Laos. Christian has participated in numerous exhibitions inEurope, North America, and Asia and worked with Valérie Schlée and AlexandreBergamini on the production of artists’ books.
Tien lives and works in the ancient royal city of Hue.
His exceptional work reflects the culmination of a long and uncompromisingsearch for a conceptual basis of abstraction. His large blackmirror-effect lacquers are an architectural interpretation of the templecomplex of Angkor, a symbolic work whose principle of reflection, refers to thequestioning of space and time.
Tien exhibits in Vietnam, Cambodia, Australia, Japan, the United States,France and Holland and teaches at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Hue.
Mark Lockett is a composer-performer, interdisciplinary artist and educator.His work addresses the evolution of forms and languages of improvisation,intercultural collaborations (notably Indonesian gamelan and Indian music),sound installations and performances.
His recent compositions explore the ideas of time and place, the present momentand its resonances with the past. As a pianist, he is best known for his interpretationsof experimental music, from Erik Satie to John Cage, to Morton Feldman, as wellas to his original compositions. From 1989 to 2002, he was director of thefirst degree course of Indian Music in the UK at City University, Birmingham.He now teaches ethnomusicology, composition and piano at the Carcassonneconservatoire.-VNS/VNA
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