Heritage Space is proud to announce the launch of our annual “Month of Arts Practice” 2020, named B L U E project.

Month of Arts Practice, abbreviated as MAP, is an annual art project of Heritage Space. MAP was initiated by artist Tran Trong Vu in 2015 with a view to creating a space for composing and developing contemporary art on the basis of cooperation and interaction among Vietnamese and international artists.

The overall theme of MAP 2020 is “B L U E project”. 3 established international artists and 5 talented emerging ones from Vietnam will participate in the project with the support of 4 art experts, who are senior curators, artist, art scholar with years of experience in the international art scene. Their participation will enhance the academic discussion activities and the technical quality of the project. Along with the creative activities, there will be a sequence of events in MAP 2020 including Lecture, Artists’ Talk, Roundtable Discussion. All artworks will be presented in the final Exhibition happened after November 20, 2020 at the Hall of the Vietnam Fine Arts University.
The major change in the format of MAP 2020 is that all exchange programs and activities will be virtually implemented. A discussion group on Facebook is set up during the exchange section (6 weeks), for all artists and curators to share ideas and development, receive comments from colleagues and dialogues.

The guest curator's lectures and the artist's talks to the public will be operated at venues of project’s cultural parters in Hanoi, and via ZOOM, as well as live- streamed on Facebook and Youtube for remote participants. The virtual collaboration and exchange between project’s participants are new program structure that’s not only this year, but also a long-term strategy for the complicated unpredictable future.

MAP 2020 will consist of two phases:

Art Practice & Exchange: from October 12th to November 20th, 2020
Final Exhibition: from 29th November to 12th December, 2020

For the detailed program agenda, please visit: http://bit.ly/map2020schedule
For further information on the project and artists involved, please visit: http://bit.ly/map2020artist

Month of Arts Practice - M.A.P 2020 is organized with the generous support of the Goethe Institute in Hanoi, the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam and Pro Helvetia. The project also receives subsidies from the Cultural and Creative Hubs Vietnam which is co-sponsored by the European Union and the British Council.

Partners of MAP 2020 are local and international art organization, space and collective in Vietnam and region. Local organizations and groups are Nha San Collective, Manzi Art Space, AGO hub, Matca, Hanoi DOCLAB, DomDom, A Space, VICAS art studio, Undecided Production and CA library in Hanoi, A-song in Da Nang, Chaodowntown in Hochiminh city. International organizations and groups are Art Initiative Tokyo (Japan), Art&Market (Singapore), Dodooba.com (Singapore), Cambodia Living Arts (Cambodia),

Media partners of MAP 2020 are Hanoi Grapevine - an online platform for information on Vietnamese culture and arts - and Mekong Cultural Hub (MCH) - a cultural and artistic network for countries in the Mekong Subregion and Taiwan. 

 29th November 2020 - 12th December 2020