"Going places, moving things"

The artistic director of Heritage Art Space, Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, opened the exhibition of contemporary art entitled “Going places, moving things” in Hanoi (Vietnam). This showcase is part of the Month of Arts Practice (MAP) 2024—a cornerstone project of Heritage Art Space, dedicated to supporting the development of contemporary art through creating spaces for experimental art, international exchange, and public outreach since 2015.

Annually, MAP has a specific theme that addresses current aesthetic and philosophical directions, inspiring artistic exploration and ultimately new artistic works by participants. Since 2023, MAP initiated a 3-year program to redefine and explore the theme of “Mobility” with artist-Prof Info Vetter, artists, and students at the Bremen University of the Arts (HfK Bremen). After the first year of working on new definitions of Mobility, it moves to the 2nd phase - MAP 2024 - which is named “Going Places, Moving Things”, to put those new approaches of phase 1 to the specific contexts and locations. 

With MAP 2024, the public will have the opportunity to experience the "Open Studio" model—a process-based showcase that diverges from the traditional end-of-project exhibition format. As an alternative experimental approach to interpreting Mobility, the Open Studio presents a space where artists remain actively at work, with pieces gradually taking shape and transforming day by day. This setup reveals the artists’ working environment, fostering an intimate and direct dialogue between the public and the creators. It intentionally blurs the boundaries of time and space between artwork and audience, as well as the interpretive conversations among viewers, artworks, and artists.

The artists’ final outcomes will be documented and presented in a centralized space in both Hanoi and Bremen, offering a comprehensive reflection on their collaborative exploration of Mobility.

The results will be shown at Long Biên Art Space in Hanoi until December 20, 2024, and a mobile presentation of artworks developed for the bags of delivery service motorcycles in Hanoi will take place in parallel. The Bremen working group consists of the invited artists Jeroen Jacobs (Berlin), Kayle Brandon (Bristol), Siegfried Bank (Bremen) and Felix Dreesen (Bremen) as well as the HfK students Soobeen Woo, Florian Witt and Alexander Noah. The cooperation project between the HfK Bremen and the Heritage Art Space Hanoi is part of the BMBF/FONA-funded joint research project “Bremen Goes Sustainable - BreGoS” and was supported by the Waldemar Koch Foundation.