Culture

Giac Lam Pagoda in HCM City needs immediate care to preserve its heritage status. (Source: nld.com.vn) HCM City (VNS/VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities need to focus on five solutions to effectively preserve cultural heritage in the city, according to Pham Duc Hai, Standing Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Council. Experts and local authorities discussed preservation efforts at a programme organised by the HCM City People’s Committee and the HCM City Television Station (HTV). Hai said it was important to strengthen state management to prevent the deterioration of heritage sites, adding that "what is lost can never return". The role of communities should be enhanced and authorities should speed up the compilation of records about existing relics and heritage sites. These records could be used as a basis to develop effective solutions. HCM City has 172 relic and heritage … [Read more...] about HCM City to take immediate action to preserve cultural heritage

The event attracted the participation of representatives from 63 embassies and diplomatic missions from across Washington D.C. The pavilion set up by the Vietnam Embassy enjoyed plenty of attention from international friends who were keen to gain a greater insight into the nation’s culture and tourism through the unique range of handicraft products such as embroidery paintings, ceramic decorative items, as well as tourism promotion publications on show. Guests at the exhibition were particularly impressed with the tourism promotion banner designed by the Vietnamese Embassy, while the country’s traditional green bean cakes, green tea, and Vietnamese coffee, all served to win over new friends. This year represents the third consecutive time that the Vietnamese Embassy in the US has participated in the event, with the occasion serving as one of the most anticipated events in terms of cultural exchanges and tourism promotion activities held in Washington DC around the … [Read more...] about Vietnamese culture introduced at exhibition in the US

The event attracted the participation of representatives from 63 embassies and diplomatic missions from across Washington D.C. The pavilion set up by the Vietnam Embassy enjoyed plenty of attention from international friends who were keen to gain a greater insight into the nation’s culture and tourism through the unique range of handicraft products such as embroidery paintings, ceramic decorative items, as well as tourism promotion publications on show. Guests at the exhibition were particularly impressed with the tourism promotion banner designed by the Vietnamese Embassy, while the country’s traditional green bean cakes, green tea, and Vietnamese coffee, all served to win over new friends. This year represents the third consecutive time that the Vietnamese Embassy in the US has participated in the event, with the occasion serving as one of the most anticipated events in terms of cultural exchanges and tourism promotion activities held in Washington DC around the … [Read more...] about Vietnamese culture introduced at exhibition in US

O clima artístico da Rússia aquece, com o calor cultural de Málaga. O edifício da “Tabacalera” da cidade andaluza converteu-se numa sede permanente do Museu Estatal Russo de São Petersburgo. “A arte russa do século XV ao século XX” é a primeira exposição anual organizada pela instituição e conta com, aproximadamente, 100 obras. Obras de ícones do século XV até ao realismo soviético, com quadros de Kandinsky, Chagall ou Malevich. A “Tabacalera” também vai sediar duas exposições temporárias: a primeira é dedicada a Sergei Diaghilev, fundador da companhia internacional “Ballets Russes”. Diaghilev trabalhou com grandes artistas, tais como Picasso. Em março passado, a cidade de Málaga também acolheu a primeira sede temporária do Centro Pompidou, de Paris. … [Read more...] about Arte russa debaixo do calor cultural de Málaga

En nuestra agenda cultural destacamos la nostálgica muestra 'Super Troupers' del grupo ABBA que cuenta la historia del cuarteto sueco a través de sus grandes éxitos. Una experiencia inmersiva en el proceso creativo de una de los grupos de música pop más famosos de los años 70. La exposición se puede ver en el O2 Arena de Londres, hasta finales de agosto de 2020. Una muestra sobre el universo bereber en Granada, inaugurada por la reina Letizia. "Granada Zirí y el universo bereber" ahonda en la profunda huella que dejó la cultura bereber en Andalucía. La muestra puede visitarse en el Palacio de Carlos V, en la colina de la Alhambra, en Granada, hasta el 21 de abril. Santiago Calatrava arquitecto, ingeniero civil y escultor español está considerado como uno de los arquitectos más creativos del momento, con emblemáticas obras por todo el mundo, desde Lyon a Nueva York, pasando por Lisboa. Una exposición en … [Read more...] about Rendez-vous, la agenda cultural europea

A preview of what the next wave of anti-corporate activism might look like. Call it Big Dada: speaking noise to power.Through the 1990s, a practice called "culture jamming" grew in popularity and sophistication. It aimed to disrupt consumer culture by transforming corporate advertising with subversive messages. So, as in the example above, a Coca Cola sign has been defaced to note the company's other imperative aside from love. Another canonical example was current BuzzFeed chief Jonah Peretti's 2001 attempt to order a pair of Nike's through the company's website emblazoned with the word, "sweatshop." Culture jammers would use the power of brands against themselves. Their most famous organ remains the magazine AdBusters, which is widely credited with helping jumpstart Occupy Wall Street last year.Culture jammers capitalized on the general feeling of many on the American (and global) left that corporations had (and have) too much power and that one very powerful expression of that power … [Read more...] about The New Culture Jamming: How Activists Will Respond to Online Advertising