second place for openning studio for the half of Come_out project II

You are cordially invited to attend the opening studio for the half of "COME_OUT II" of visual artist Himiko Nguyễn.  

from 10 am ~ 9 pm (Hope you can arrange to arrive before 5pm because Sunshine is perfect for this project).

Please confirm before you want to come by email, inbox FB or phone before arrival (at least 1 day). (at most 4 people for an appointment, The building has a very convenient car park, enough space for hundreds of car at a time ). In case you want to come within the current day, please contact by phone (0903190876 - 0977757111-0898146976).

Beers and some delicious local specialties can be served at your expense during your visit so that you can talk more about the background of the project and its vision.

https://www.facebook.com/COMEOUTII/

Capturing images when you are viewing and getting your signatures in the guestbook are the two minimum expectation

Entering fee depends on your generosity. You will be invited for coffee or tea. After watching the artwork, if you like the project and want to support COME_OUT ongoing project, it’s up to you to choose to put some money in the envelope and put it into the donation box. It can even be empty envelopes if you do not feel interested.

ur enjoyment is what we care.  

Let me tell you, stories happened that led me to do COME_OUT : When I worked on the MULTI-POLARIOUS WORLD, expressing my views on homosexuality, many people assumed that I was lesbian, while before that, when I had determined the topic, I contacted a forum of lesbian to ask to be facilitated for me to learn to build a concept, are silent doubts. So, I did my own research, self-threading and self-developed concept. It was an exhibition that was originally a collaboration with a female student who participated in the art marathon project of curator Nguyen Nhu Huy (which Himiko visual cafe contributed to sponsor the space). At that time, I was about to participate in 3 months of resindencie in Choengu, Korea, so after meeting with that female student, we agreed on the topic and would build the project together through Y!360 (social network). popular then). But then the student withdrew in bewilderment (a hug from a close friend also made her think and doubt). Left alone, I continued to work and ended with the first installation in Choengju, about a road in the opposite direction, and the image of girls holding hands walking down the street. When an elderly man in Korea came to see the exhibition, he said, "these pictures are normal, they're not gay!". I laughed, yeah, I didn't say they were gay. I mean, I don't know out of more than one same-sex couple walking down the street holding hands, how many gay couples, how many count? I don't know and I don't care. I just found this to be a warm picture. So don't interfere in their personal life. whoever they are, it's their choice, their path. After launching that installation at the Himiko visual cafe in 2008, at the end of 2009, an exhibition of the gay forum organized by ISEE invited me to attend (the funny thing is that the lesbian forum admin initially from cooperative buds). After 1 month, I went to Berlin to do that installation in the exhibition conect with Vietnam organized by iffa galery. there are two artists' accommodation, one in a hotel and one in an apartment (with kitchen, self-catering, free to stay). One evening, an artist in Hanoi joked, tonight he will stay at my apartment. Hearing that, Le Quang Dinh, owner of San Art space, turned to me and asked: "Wow, have you changed your taste?" I just smiled, kept silent, didn't answer, because I felt it was my duty to explain a joke among a group of walking artists. The next morning, when I was working on a work, Mr. Le Quang Dinh came to see my work, and I asked again, "According to you, whoever works on any topic, of course, that person must belong to the world. that's it?" he asked "ah, so you're not?". I said, I don't carpentry, put stamps on my body. Because who I am, in the end only those who love me know. the difference is inside a closed room, I'm not obligated to tell the world about it.” And when he asked why my installation had the line, "The Creator divides the sexes, people choose to love.” I said, that is my answer, as well as my attitude to people's questions about gender.. about COME_OUT I, I took a photo of myself while participating in a composition camp at Choengju_HQ (2007). Initially, I intended to shoot to continue CLOSER. But in 2010, when model Ngoc Quyen released nude photos for the environment, I called on facebook that I was naked for myself, not in the name of anything, If everyone sponsors me 15 parts 333,000 VND then I will launch the exhibition. Immediately, I received 22 grants. COME_OUT I is my answer to the question of who I am. Dinh Q Le asked me who I was, and my answer was to take off my clothes. But is an answer really an answer? If I'm straight, then without love, I can't go to bed with another man. So then, to a man, I'm like a lesbian. Also, let's say I'm a lesbian, then without love, I can't have sex with you, then is it different to me as a straight? So, does the question of one's gender really matter? And no answer will work if you are not in love with that person. And, not just about gender, but also my attitude about nude, about censorship. You also know how ridiculous the censorship regime in Vietnam is. It causes photographers to use language to circumvent the law and put out exhibitions about nudes in a colorful and unnecessary manner. People use the environment, use art to put on a frivolous shirt for nude, a simple look, people can see that it is beautiful, or vulgar. Photographers are mostly men, they use flowery, frivolous things to hide hidden masculine desires with the help of censorship, people cumbersome the simplicity of language. body language. A naked woman holding a cloth running in the hot sand? (oh my god, only a crazy person would do that). a naked pretty girl clinging to a mossy cliff in the name of the environment? The woman's body already contains nature in her, is it only in Vietnam that there are these tricks? I just want to bring nude back to the most original, is the simplicity. My boxes are to avoid having to submit personal photos to the censors, and at the same time, to avoid spreading personal photos that affect my family (after all, my family is also family. family of teachers from my father to all brothers and sisters). My boxes are a way of circumventing the law but at the same time mocking the censorship regime of cultural agencies in Vietnam now. Thanks to that, the censorship agency did not make it difficult. (On the opening day of the exhibition, 2 cultural policemen came to Himiko visual cafe, and they told me, this is too good. ;)) On the opening day, the people who sponsored my project through FB were surprised because when I went to Himiko visual cafe, I didn't see any nude photos on the wall. It's all just black boxes. Guests who come to Himiko to drink coffee also think they are speakers, until they see people waiting in line to watch, they ask questions and also register to watch. Everyone's attitude went from surprised to amused. And, the viewer photography is also a continuation of the COME_OUT work. I have many interesting side stories about the audience composition. From the photographers to the president of the photography association to the honest country lady (I will record and translate it myself later, and will send it to you if you are interested). All my volunteers for COME_OUT II come from many countries, men, women, gays and lesbians, including all genders in this human realm. They accept to step inside my boxes just to express their attitude, like me, is a shrug (whatever) about nudity, about gender, about every stamp, label, subframe people are meant to impose on people. Hopefully, after this email, you no longer label the COME_OUT project LGBT. To me, it's just a variety mentioned through COME_OUT (the original Vietnamese name I gave it is go OUT to the LIGHT. COME_OUT is just borrowed to translate a simple one (and play on words).. ) H.