December 2005

albb lounge - Working with the Community: the arts and beyond, a talk with Cuong Phu Le, Community Cultural Development Officer at Casula Powerhouse Arts Center, Sydney

September - October 2005

Sue Hajdu – assistant to the curator, Yamano Shingo, Yokohama Triennale 2005
a little blah blah presents on their role in the Vietnamese art scene, on the round-table panel, International Alternatives, at Art Autonomy Network, Yokohama

April 2005

Nora Taylor - presents on her research into the Hanoi art scene. This was followed by a workshop with locally-based artists and gallerists.
Asian Bridges, our ANA funded research project launched, with research trips to Hong Kong and Tokyo

Sue Hajdu and Motoko Uda take part in Archiving the Contemporary, a conference on art archiving at AAA, Hong Kong

March - July 2005

Ryuzo Fukuhara - commences his 4-month-long residency with a little blah blah. Fukuhara returned for a residency with us after his first visit in January 2005. Over the course of 4 months we co-organized Butoh workshops for children and adults; a series of intimate performances around Saigon; a talk and performance at RMIT International University, and a presentation, performance and workshops at VJCC. Fukuhara also took part in the exhibition, 600 Images.

March 2005

Tran Trong Vu - Paris-based Vietnamese-born painter, artist’s talk

Motoko Uda - presentation on the contemporary Vietnamese art scene at VJCC, Saigon

February 2005

Sue Hajdu - presents conference paper: Ho Chi Minh City: emerging scenes, emerging scenarios at Fly With Me to Another World Symposium organized by Navin Rawanchaikul, Chiang Mai, Thailand albb facilitates research tour by Hong-Kong-based arts writer, Jonathan Napack

January 2005

Ryuzo Fukuhara - Japanese-born/Czech Republic-based Butoh dancer, gives a series of performances, workshops and presentations in Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

Glenn Clarke - Australian artist and winner of National Sculpture Prize, 2005, artist’s talk

Olu Oguibe - Nigerian-born/USA-based artist, curator, critic and academic, gives albb’s first artist’s talk!