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Published on March 31, 2008

The exhibition runs until May 4 at Collections Baur, Musee des Arts D'Extreme-Orient, Geneva, Switzerland.

This amalgamation from French collections is completed by a number of renowned Dong Son bronzes from the Barbier Mueller Museum in Geneva as well as important loans from the collections of George Ortiz and Pham Lan Huong.

The exhibition is divided into four sections - weapons and ritual implements, bracelets and decorative plaques belonging to the elite; bronze vessels including drums in typical shapes and decorative motifs of the Dong Song culture; ceramics of the Ly and Tran dynasties characterised by simple elegant lines and white, brown or celadon glazes; and decorated ceramics in cobalt and polychrome.

The objects present a panorama of production in northern Vietnam and the surrounding region during the Bronze Age, while pieces from the Giao Chi period reveal the intense artistic activity developed under Chinese occupation from the first to third centuries. Ceramic works reflect the cultural refinement reached under the Ly, Tran and Le dynasties.

E-mail info@collections-baur.ch or visit www.Collections-Baur.ch.

Sleepy Laos coming of age

Discover how Laos is changing in a symposium called "Enter Change: An Emerging Laos" to be held on April 24, 7 to 8pm, at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Discovery Room, 1 Empress Place, Singapore.

 The speaker is Wee Kim Wee of the School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University.

Laos, historically known for her temples and cultural festivals, is today forging connections with global popular culture as part of the process of modernisation. Through photographs taken by students of the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, witness how the country struggles to preserve her traditional identity in music, dance, and dress whilst negotiating cultural changes.

The "Laos Photo Exhibition" will be on show at the museum from April 14 to May 14. Admission is free.

Call (65) 6332 3284, e-mail nhb_acm@nhb.gov.sg or visit www.ACM.org.sg/exhibitions/eventdetail.asp?eventID=318.

 

Come blow your horn

(or your piccolo)

D&M Music Studio and Chulalongkorn University will present the 2008 National Wind & Brass Contest from July 1 to 4.

Category A of the competition is for musicians aged 18 to 24, Category B to those 17 and under. Thai citizens, permanent residents and foreigners studying, working or living in Thailand can enter.

The jury will feature distinguished professors from Indiana State University in the US - Brian Kilp, Michael Bass, Daniel Kelly, Timothy Olt and Randall Mitchell.

Register by May 31 by calling Mongkol Chayasirisobhon at (081) 682 8000 or e-mailing dm_music_studio@yahoo.com.

E-mail information on your interesting upcoming events to artsandculture@nationgroup.com.

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