• Académie vivante session 2
  • TP directed by Vuth Lyno
  • Seminar: The Apsara Transdisciplinary Research Club
  • Workshop - 3D DIY modelling and artistic creation
  • Publication Académie vivante 2

    • Workshop - 3D DIY modelling and artistic creation

    Saturdays September 24, October 8 and 15, 2016
    Tran Minh Duc, Suddenly on a Wednesday, 2011. Courtesy of the artist.

    Workshop - 3D DIY mod­elling and artistic cre­ation ani­mated by Tran Minh Duc

    How are new 3D tech­nolo­gies incor­po­rated into art pro­jects today ? Many tech­nics such as object map­ping, holo­grams, replics via 3D printing are now acces­sible. In the hands of some indi­vid­uals, these tech­nics con­tribute to solve his­tor­ical and archae­o­log­ical enquiries left unre­solved by science. The recon­sti­tu­tion of a sculp­ture which frag­ments are dis­persed throughout dif­ferent museums around the world is now facil­li­tate, just as the pub­li­ca­tion and the dif­fu­sion of proofs of exac­tions per­pe­trated by polit­ical regimes notably thanks to col­lec­tive scan­ning and cit­i­zens of garbage and archives (Statsi’s files in East Germany or those dis­persed in the streets of Kiev after the des­ti­tu­tion of pres­i­dent Viktor Ianoukovytch in 2014 in Ukraine).

    Workshop « 3D DIY modelling and artistic creation », in parallel to Anywhere But Here, Bétonsalon - Center for Art and Research, Paris, 2016.

    Laying on this col­lec­tive dynamic, Tran Minh Duc pro­poses to exper­i­ment during three inten­sive after­noons (Saturdays September 24, October 8 and 15, 2016) new "low-tech" 3D tech­nology – spa­tial­iza­tion of exotic fruits peel, cap­ta­tion and 3D mod­elling, holo­grams, casting – upon the Académie vivante pro­gram on prince Canh’s cos­tume at Bétonsalon – Center for Art and Research.

    Prince Canh, Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh, although nearly unknown in France, is a sem­inal figure in the his­tory of the rela­tions between Southeast Asia and France. He was sent in Versailles with a del­e­ga­tion at only five years old to con­vince Louis XVI to sup­port his dynasty. This trip upended the polit­ical spec­trum of the region and the rela­tions between France and Vietnam. Tran Minh Duc is inter­ested in the over­looked details of the young monarch’s visit in France, and more par­tic­u­larly in the dif­ferent cos­tumes he wore. The work­shop will have access to excep­tional archives and will pro­pose tech­nical activ­i­ties on 3D mod­elling. These exper­i­men­ta­tions will be inte­grated to Tran Minh Duc’s per­for­mance pre­sented at Bétonsalon – Center for Art and Research on October 15, 2016.

    Tran Minh Duc (1982, Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese artist. His interest lies in the Past, its frag­men­tary modes of dif­fu­sion and the way it inter­acts with our pre­sent time. With his artistic prac­tice, he inves­ti­gates Vietnamese urban life char­ac­ter­is­tics. In order to do so, he studies the inter­ac­tion between indi­vidual and col­lec­tive spheres, between ideas such as the local/ internal and for­eign/external.
    He was invited in Japan, Myanmar and Cambodia for res­i­den­cies and par­tic­i­pated to the fol­lowing exhi­bi­tions (selec­tion) : Global Cities, Center Stage, Baltimore, United-States, 2014 ; 15th Anniversary : Nha San Duc, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2014 ; Beyond Pressure : Festival of Performance Art, Yangon, Myanmar, 2012 ; Poetic Politic, Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco, United-States, 2012 ; Tokyo Story, TWS Shibuya Gallery, Tokyo, Japon, 2012 ; Open Edit : AAA Mobile Library, San Art, Hô-Chi-Minh City, Vietnam, 2011.

    Preparation of the workshop « 3D DIY modelling and artistic creation », in parallel to Anywhere But Here, Bétonsalon - Center for Art and Research, Paris, 2016.


    Preparation of the workshop « 3D DIY modelling and artistic creation », in parallel to Anywhere But Here, Bétonsalon - Center for Art and Research, Paris, 2016.

    Saturday, September 24, 2016
    As a way to ini­tiate the work­shop, Tran Minh Duc has pro­posed to the par­tic­i­pants to wander around avenue d’Ivry in the 13th arrondisse­ment of Paris to dis­cover places (restau­rant, super­market, shop­ping mall, build­ings, temple) that are wit­nesses of the shared his­tory between France and Vietnam. During this walk, the group has col­lected sev­eral ele­ments to be later used in Bétonsalon - Center for Art and Research, so as to create a pecu­liar envi­ron­ment evoca­tive of Vietnam (smell, taste, touch, feel, mate­rial first impres­sion). A degus­ta­tion of man­gous­teen and durian would follow, as well as the mod­eling of the later fruit and the begin­ning of the exper­i­men­ta­tion of the 3D cap­tures, taken all over the course of the after­noon.

    1st day of the workshop « 3D DIY modelling and artistic creation », in parallel to Anywhere But Here, Bétonsalon - Center for Art and Research, Paris, 2016.


    1st day of the workshop « 3D DIY modelling and artistic creation », in parallel to Anywhere But Here, Bétonsalon - Center for Art and Research, Paris, 2016.


    1st day of the workshop « 3D DIY modelling and artistic creation », in parallel to Anywhere But Here, Bétonsalon - Center for Art and Research, Paris, 2016.


    1st day of the workshop « 3D DIY modelling and artistic creation », in parallel to Anywhere But Here, Bétonsalon - Center for Art and Research, Paris, 2016.



    Saturday, October 8, 2016
    This second Saturday was devoted to pro­duce the objets needed for the per­for­mance When I was 6 or 7 years old in Paris which is related to the trip of the young Vietnamese Prince Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh in France, during Louis XVI’s reign. Participants were divided into three groups: sewing, mod­elling for 3D print, making holo­gram. In par­allel to theses activites, time for dis­cus­sion enabled the evo­lu­tion of the shape of the per­for­mance which Tran Minh Duc along with the par­tic­i­pants of the work­shop will pre­sent the fol­lowing Saturday to end the work­shop.

    2nd day of the workshop « 3D DIY modelling and artistic creation », in parallel to Anywhere But Here, Bétonsalon - Center for Art and Research, Paris, 2016.


    2nd day of the workshop « 3D DIY modelling and artistic creation », in parallel to Anywhere But Here, Bétonsalon - Center for Art and Research, Paris, 2016.


    2nd day of the workshop « 3D DIY modelling and artistic creation », in parallel to Anywhere But Here, Bétonsalon - Center for Art and Research, Paris, 2016.

    Saturday October 15, 2016 at 5 p.m.: per­for­mance When I was 6 or 7 years old in Paris
    During this event, Tran Minh Duc and the par­tic­i­­pants of the work­shop 3D DIY mod­­elling and artistic cre­a­tion per­­formed the pro­­duc­­tions they made which are linked to the artist’s researches on the Prince Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh’s trip to France. Within this work­shop, designed as an intro­­duc­­tion to his large-scale pro­­ject, Tran Minh Duc worked with the par­tic­i­­pants more specif­i­­cally on the head­­­dress worn by the prince in a por­­trait made during his stay in Versailles.

    3th day of the workshop « 3D DIY modelling and artistic creation », per­for­mance When I was 6 or 7 years old in Paris, in parallel to Anywhere But Here, Bétonsalon - Center for Art and Research, Paris, 2016.


    3th day of the workshop « 3D DIY modelling and artistic creation », per­for­mance When I was 6 or 7 years old in Paris, in parallel to Anywhere But Here, Bétonsalon - Center for Art and Research, Paris, 2016.


    3th day of the workshop « 3D DIY modelling and artistic creation », per­for­mance When I was 6 or 7 years old in Paris, in parallel to Anywhere But Here, Bétonsalon - Center for Art and Research, Paris, 2016.


    3th day of the workshop « 3D DIY modelling and artistic creation », per­for­mance When I was 6 or 7 years old in Paris, in parallel to Anywhere But Here, Bétonsalon - Center for Art and Research, Paris, 2016.


    3th day of the workshop « 3D DIY modelling and artistic creation », per­for­mance When I was 6 or 7 years old in Paris, in parallel to Anywhere But Here, Bétonsalon - Center for Art and Research, Paris, 2016.



    Participation require­ments:
    - Experience in 3D mod­elling or visual art are not pre­req­ui­site require­ments
    - Show interest in 3D work and archive research
    - Understand French, English or Vietnamese
    - Attendance and active par­tic­i­pa­tion at all steps of the cre­ation of the art pro­ject that will be pre­sented on Saturdays September 24 October 8 and 15 2016.
    Because the number of par­tic­i­pants is lim­ited, par­tic­i­pants must reg­ister for the work­shop before­hand at the Service Culture of the Université Paris-Diderot.