Nguchonobay #2:
“ 2999.99 REALMS” | “2999.99 THẾ GIỚI”
June 1 - 3, 2023
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 1st, 6 - 8pm
Saturday, June 3rd
Sogetsu Ikebana Workshop | 1 - 3pm
* closing party | 6:00 - 8:00pm
This exhibit exemplifies the spirit and purpose behind Sao La Collective's founding, which was to create a shared place between artist friends and the local art scene. This visit to the United States can be seen as a follow-up to the first Nguchonobay exhibition that we and some friends were able to put on in Ho Chi Minh City years ago. The installation's layout will be improvised specifically for The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts' space and will include both New York City and Vietnam-inspired furnishings and accents. The show may borrow ideas from the way that the furniture and found artefacts were arranged in the Cu Ru bar. Sao La is excited to figure out how to include their perspectives of New York in the exhibit, as they are from various regions of Vietnam and the world.
"Let us bring art to the people, whether they like it or not."
WORKSHOP | Sogetsu Ikebana
Saturday, June 3, 1-3PM
Sogetsu Ikebana promotes the idea that ikebana (floral sculpture) can be made "anytime, anywhere, by anyone, with anything". In this workshop please bring any material in your surroundings and we will integrate it into a free-style arrangement for you to take home and enjoy.
Flowers and tools provided.
Additional material will be available.
Examples: cardboard, foil, mesh netting
Fee: $40 per person | Reservations: rbpmw@efanyc.org | Limited to 12 persons.
Sao La is a non-profit and independent art project/ collective in Southern Vietnam, focusing on relationship among artists, community and art itself; the prevailing mindset is one that is loose, enjoyable, and unhindered by the limitations of the conventional modern arts system.
As the nature of a "space traveler", not based on a fixed location, Sao La carries two main objectives: making contemporary art accessible to the general Vietnamese public through educational programs, and nurturing Vietnam’s growing creative community. The project will serve not only as a project that organizes exhibitions, film and video screenings, workshops and lectures but also as an informal place for Vietnamese artists to experiment, challenge and develop their creative practices.
Found only in the Truong Son mountain range of Vietnam and Laos, Sao La is the name of one of the world’s rarest mammals. The word ‘sao’ on its own can signify ‘star’ or pose the questions ‘how?’ ‘what?’ or ‘why?’ ‘La’ suggests a shriek, call or shout.
Conversations on art and the times we live in will be sparked by the exhibition. There will be displays of paintings, artefacts, multimedia pieces, etc. The show will also include a tasting of artisanal rice wines created for the Cu Ru bar in Da Lat, Vietnam.
Cu Ru is compared to a project or even Sao La's physical manifestation. Through its physical location, we may contact with artists from Vietnam and other nations as well as meet a variety of people and hear their tales.
Exhibitions outside EFA RBPMW
