Students put on installation and video arts in Hanoi

Published: Wednesday, January 04, 2012

An art exhibition called “Students make art”, E.A.T (Exerciation.Art.Term), will open on Wednesday at Viet Art Center, featuring installation and video artworks made by alumni of Vietnam University of Fine Arts.

The exhibition is the result of the Experimental Installation and Video Art Project by 14 students from fine art and art history department of the university.

This project belongs to the extra-curricular activities proposed and guided by fine art department professor Le Tran Hau Anh and art history and critic department professor Pham Dieu Huong. The project’s purpose is to apply new methods of teaching and exercitation of installation and video art for students.

The project will add knowledge about contemporary art and help students increase creative thinking and the freedom to develop ideas to express themselves as visual artists by new materials.

The project and the production of the artworks were done from August 15 to December 12 last year through processes including selecting the students for the project, and researching installation and video art through materials.

The exhibition runs till January 10 at the center, 42 Yet Kieu Street, Hanoi.

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