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Etude sur la serie R like …

Ce texte a été rédigé par Blanche Cardoner (Ecole du Louvre) dans son étude:
La photographie contemporaine vietnamienne et la mémoire,
Sélection d’œuvres d’artistes contemporains vietnamiens ou de la diaspora travaillant leur Histoire

Manifestations et réminiscences de l’Histoire : Quang Lam, R Like (2012 – 2015)

[..] Quang Lam s’intéresse au contraire à un espace hautement représentatif de l’histoire vietnamienne dans R Like… (2012 – 2015).

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Revue de la série photo Hong Kong 2047

ENTRE LA GROTTE ET LE SOLEIL

par Steve Bisson

«La vraie rébellion est celle qui remet en question l’ordre préconstitué, non pas qu’elle le néglige au profit d’une immaturité définitivement anarchique ou hédoniste.»

Dans la récente série « Hong Kong 2047 » de Quang Lam, le photographe alterne des portraits verticaux de gratte-ciel grotesques, représentés presque comme s’il s’agissait de totems, avec des images en gros plan de systèmes de contrôle et de surveillance à distance.

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Origine du chant Hue à la court d’Annam

Ce texte est issu du livre Mémoires de Son Excellence Huynh Con dit Đan Tường de Jean-Jacnal écrit en 1924.
Cette biographie d’un ancien ministre des Rites à la Cour d’Annam contient des détails historiques sur sa vie et présente une description intéressante de la musique à la Cour.

“Toutes les nuits, nous faisions venir des chanteuses. On
a si peu écrit sur cette catégorie de personnes que sans doute on me permettra de
donner quelques détails sur leur vie,

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Map Postcard Hanoi

Theses postcards written in early 20th century are unique archive sent from Ha Noi to different capitals of the world (Paris, Beijing, New York, Bruxelles, Hong Khong) give an historical value to the artworks

These conceptual maps are related to the colonialism epoch of  Viet Nam in the early 20th century.
Hanoi is drawn in transparency over the foreign city meaning the lost of sovereignty of Hanoi at the expense of the external powers.

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Hong Kong – 2014 – Umbrella Movement

A series of sit-in street protests, often called the Umbrella Revolution and sometimes used interchangeably with Umbrella Movement, or Occupy Movement, occurred in Hong Kong from 26 September to 15 December 2014.

The protests began after a decision regarding restrictive reforms to the electoral system. Key areas in Admiralty, Causeway Bay and Mong Kok were occupied and remained closed to traffic for 77 days.

This series of photos has been taken in Admiralty district where the headquarters of the government,

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Great Wall

Hong Kong – 2019 – Protest day of 24th August

The Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement, also known as the 2019 Hong Kong protests are a series of demonstrations since 15 March 2019 in response to the introduction by the Hong Kong government of the Fugitive Offenders amendment bill on extradition. Large-scale demonstrations took place gradually to a peak of 2 million people participating. Clashes between protesters and the police became the norms.

At the 12th week of protestation The Hong Kong protest movement reached a peak during the march in the Kwun Tong district in Kowloon.

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Art Deco Building 213 Dong Khoi, Saigon

The Saigon’s historic main street goes from the Cathedral to the river. Its name changed three times following Saigon’s history, known as Rue Catinat, then Tu Do (Freedom) and now Dong Khoi (Total Revolution).
Consulates, prestigious companies, wealthy families business set their offices and apartments on that street where to be seen was the must.
213 Dong Khoi St. Block at the corner of Le Thanh Ton St was built in 1930s by Brossard et Mopin,

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