Date: October 6 -11, 2006
Photos: Hans Georg Berger
OCTOBER 7, 2006 AT 2 PM
OFFICIAL OPENING OF CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITIONS AT THE LUANG PRABANG NATIONAL MUSEUM, LAOS
THE QUIET IN THE LAND art and education project invited between 2004 and 2006 more than 35 artists and scholars from the Lao PDR, the Mekong Region, and elsewhere to visit Luang Prabang, Laos and collaborate with a wide range of local community members.
THE QUIET IN THE LAND is organizing in Luang Prabang an event with many of its participants (artists, scholars, educators) who came to Luang Prabang as part of our residency program.
Exhibitions and projects are by artists Janine Antoni, Hans Georg Berger, Ann Hamilton, Manivong Khattiyarat, Dinh Q. Lê and Nithakhong Somsanith, Vong Phaophanit, Shahzia Sikander, Allan Sekula, and Rirkrit Tiravanija.
THE MEDITATION BOAT by participating artist Ann Hamilton will be launched at the stairs of Vat Xieng Thong in the presence of Sathou Phra Onekeo Sitthivong, Abbot of Vat Pak Khane and Vat Xieng Thong Monasteries on Monday, October 9 at 4 PM. This project is a collaboration with Jean-Pierre Cuomo, Francis Engelmann, Yushi Kawaguchi, Khonesavanh Litthavong, Sichan Phongsavath, and Laurent Rampon.
The film project of Shirin Neshat will continue during our second phase, as will the project of Marina Abramovic. The film of Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba will be launched in Luang Prabang in January 2007, and the artist Cai Guo-Qiang will be in residency in a Luang Prabang monastery in 2006.
For more information, please contact THE QUIET IN THE LAND project at [email protected] or call the Project House in Luang Prabang at + 856 71 212 849 or 20 572 6218.
For more information on the project, please visit our website at www.thequietinthland.com.
