11 May 2008

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Crisis in Myanmar

Apparently unfortunate juxtapositions like this occur when online ads are somehow keyword driven. It's unfortunate and disturbing yet very telling. Click the image to view my original screenshot.

CET is currently in Japan and was in London during last summer's catastrophe in Myanmar. We are hopeful that her family is safe in Rangoon.

Post- Đổi Mới: Vietnamese Art after 1990

I will be presenting work in the exhibition and an abstract of recent research at the symposium.

Symposium on Modern and Contemporary Vietnamese Art
May 15 - 19, 2008
Held in conjunction with National Heritage Board Vietnam Festival and
Post- Đổi Mới: Vietnamese Art after 1990s (12 May - 28 Sep 2008)

"Sharing an equally important platform as the exhibition, SAM is organising a three-day symposium to explore the developments that have taken place in Vietnam. The presentations will cover the rise of modern art from the French Colonial period to the experimental art movement in present-day Vietnam. Speakers from the United States, United Kingdom, France, Australia, Vietnam and Singapore will be examining the differences in the developments that have taken place in the North and the South."

Summer 2008 Itinerary

After an unusually extended (but appreciated) period in Vietnam, I'll begin traveling again for arts-related projects and exhibitions. It felt good to stay put for a while in HCMC, during which CET and I were able to reorganize and refurbish our work spaces. New shelves, tables,etc. The rest of 2008 looks like a busy year for both of us. My tentative travel plans as of today until the end of summer are below. If things work out, CET will also be traveling to Japan, Germany, Singapore, Vancouver and New York before the year's end. Fingers crossed.

rst summer 2008

Toward SB2008

CET and I discovered this evening that our project has been accepted for the Singapore Biennale 2008. It will be our first major collaboration. We have been doing research for the project for the last months and in conversation with curator Joselina Cruz over the concept and logistical details. Thanks Joselina for supporting our idea. We know it wasn't easy.

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Website: www.diacritic.org

Relationship status: single

College / University: Massachusetts College of Art

Program: Studio for Interrelated Media (SIM)

Graduation: 10 May 2003

Member type: Artist

If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?: Conceptual, Installation, Performance, Photography, Sculpture, Video

I am...: an artist living and working in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I received my degree in the Studio for Interrelated Media (SIM) at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston.

I am an Asia Pacific correspondent for Art.Es (Madrid) and Ho Chi Minh City editor for Contemporary (London). I was awarded the 2005 Martell Contemporary Asian Art Research Grant in 2005 with the Asia Art Archive in Hong Kong for my year-long research project, Mediating the Mekong. I was a speaker on contemporary art at the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) in Tokyo 2005 and Teaching Fellow at Harvard University (2000-2004), conducted media arts research at the MIT Media Lab (2000), and Visiting Lecturer at the Ho Chi Minh Fine Arts University in 2003.

I am currently Lecturer at RMIT University Vietnam and Academic Advisor to MoCA China.

About my artwork: My work, solo and collaborative, has been exhibited in several cities in the United States, Europe and Asia including the 52nd Venice Biennale; the Singapore Biennale 2006; the 2004 Gwangju Biennale; 2005 Pocheon Asian Art Festival; ZKM in Karlsruhe, Germany, Asia Art Now at Arario Beijing, the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin, the Blue Space Gallery in Ho Chi Minh City, the 7th Asiatopia Performance Art Festival in Bangkok, Art Tech Media 06 in Barcelona.

Upcoming exhibitions in 2008 include the Singapore Art Museum (May), Eslite Gallery in Taiwan (June), the Singapore Biennale 2008 and the Third Guangzhou Triennale (both in September). Writing and curatorial projects include The Mekong Art and Culture Project and the Asia Pacific Triennial (APT6) for 2009.

I am a member of the Ho Chi Minh City-based arts collective, Mogas Station, and a founding member of the now defunct art and performance group ProjectOne.

Interests: Natural light, exhibition openings, people watching, lists, pomade, rockabilly, moleskine notebooks, rechargable batteries, broadband, tax refunds, anagrams, thai massages, typography, drag queens, vespa scooters, smoove b, everything coconut, book browsing, mixed martial arts, scratching feet, helena bonham carter in fight club, cereal at night and avalanches of books

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At 8:41am on 8th May 2008, Galerie ARTAe Leipzig, Sabine Aichele-Elsner said…: Hi R. Streitmatter-Tran, thanks for inviting me. Your work looks very interessting. Best, Sabine

At 7:13pm on 7th May 2008, DF2 Gallery said…: Thank you for the offer R. Streitmatter-Tran. If we're in the region we will definitely take you up on it. If you find yourself in Los Angeles, you should stop by!

At 2:26pm on 6th May 2008, artreview.com said…: Hi R. Streitmatter-Tran,

Welcome to artreview.com. Thankyou for sharing your work with us on your profile...

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At 10:37pm on 3rd May 2008, Jo Hurlow said…: well I guess you'll have to come for her next performance in gallery one one one London this summer

you seem to be a very busy artist

all the activity is intriguing

what is currently drawing your focus

At 4:57pm on 3rd May 2008, Lise Li said…: Hi,thanks for adding.
I like your blog and works,very nice! I keep it on my computure. welcome to our gallery when you come to Shanghai next time.maybe in Vienna.I hope to have a chance go there.stay in touch please . Lise

At 6:27pm on 29th April 2008, R. Streitmatter-Tran said…: Follows is a link to "Navigating Contemporary Art Spaces in Ho Chi Minh City", an article I wrote for the Singapore Art Gallery Guide for this month.

Singapore Art Gallery Guide

At 6:52am on 28th April 2008, Miho Iwahashi said…: thanx.
i didnt consider Southeast Asia.. cos there is no info of the artscene. only i always heard Western and Chinese artscene.
i was thinking paranoically, i mean Europe would be the best.
thanks again.

im reading your site blog.
nice to know you.
miho