Book Category: Vietnamese art theory and essay

Conscious Realities – Book 1

By what means do we look at the world with a conscious and curious mind in the 21st Century? How do we define, and archive, the physical and psychological local characteristics of our community? Is it with a comparative awareness of its layered complexity in time, space and memory? ‘Conscious Realities – Reader 1’ is out now, nationwide! This bilingual publication opens a doorway to these questions, targeting Vietnamese readers, featuring new translation of philosophical, scholarly and artistic texts by some of today’s most esteemed thinkers and makers who inform...

TP. Hồ Chí Minh: Mega City

Code:  02-031 Donated by Goethe Institut Publisher: Times Publishing House ISBN: 978-604-936-338-2 Intro: On the occasion that Marco Kusumawijaya – architect, urban planner, artistic advisor – comes to Saigon in ‘Conscious Realities’ program – lecturing on urbanization in developing countries, the photo book TP. Hồ Chí Minh: Mega City is an example reflecting his argument, which presents some visual slices of the speed of changes in this huge city. Although not showing any critical comment to city planning or the disadvantages of high urbanizing speed, this photo book still has...