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VideoDumbo, Sai Gon Dep Lam
 

Happy new year from all of us here
at Viet Nam The World Tour.

 

VNTWT teams up with Dumbo of Poreotics to put a modern day twist on an old Vietnamese standard 'Sài Gòn Đẹp Lắm', 'Beautiful Sai Gon'.

 

When Dumbo approached us for this collaboration we wanted to do something very different. First printed around 1965, the song, 'Beautiful Saigon', gained popularity for being catchy and optimistic. During the 70's and 80's, while the name "Saigon" became unofficially limited, the popularity of the song still maintained a large audience thanks to its lightness unrelated to politics or concurrent social movement. Saigon Dep Lam has been covered many times to date, old and new-fashioned. We hope that this piece might become a classic in its own right.

 

Sài Gòn đẹp lắm.

Sài Gòn ơi!

Sài Gòn ơi!

 

VideoEl Mac Artist Statement, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam  
 


During his tour in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, El Mac sits down with the VNTWT team and shares with us his personal inspiration for creating art. Along the way, we see the challenges of rethinking how to paint a mural in Viet Nam, where materials have become expensive and hard to find.

 

Special thanks to Elise Butt for editing this wonderful piece.

 

VideoKaba Modern Legacy on Viet Nam TV VideoEl Mac on Viet Nam TV
 


Kaba Modern Legacy / KCatBTong is interviewed on a local Vietnamese television station, YanTV, as part of VNTWT.com

Thanks: Proverse

El Mac is interviewd on a local Vietnamese television station, YanTV, as part of VNTWT.com

VideoEl Mac - Sai Gon, Viet Nam "Kosoom by the Mekong"  
 


El Mac painted this beautiful mural in front of Sán Art, an independent artist space, and just outside the offices of The Propeller Group in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. It is based on a photo of Kosoom, the grandmother of El Mac's girlfriend.

All of the photographs and footage of motorbikes zooming through the city were taken by El Mac. Part of his process, is documenting different people from different places and selecting a handful to paint on walls around the world. We wanted this video piece to be a reflection of how El Mac saw the world of Viet Nam for the first time.

Music: Yes - Heart Of The Sunrise

Thanks: The Propeller Group, San-Art

VideoKM Legacy/ KCatBTong in Viet Nam
 

 

VideoKM Legacy / KCatBTong Freestyles in Singapore  
 


Kaba Modern Legacy [Ambitious Alex, Barry Goods, Trandrew and Tony Transformer] freestyles to a crowd of tourists at Marina Bay in Singapore, 2010.

Music: N*E*R*D - You Know What

Thanks: The Propeller Group, KM Legacy | KCatBTong, TheatreWorks, Proverse, Recognize Studios.

 

VideoTony Transformer TV Spot VideoEl Mac TV Spot
 


Tony Transformer of Kinjaz and Kaba Modern Legacy shoots a freestyle for a 45 sec. spot to be aired on a jumbotron in Venice, Italy, during the Venice Biennale.

Music: Phoenix - If I Ever Better

Thanks: KM Legacy, PS Lighting, & Proverse

El Mac TV spot cut to be aired on a jumbotron in Venice, Italy, during the Venice Biennale.

Music: Sam Reed Band – Ambassador's Theme

Thanks: El Mac, Montana, Proverse

VideoTony Tran: I Can Transform Ya PhotosTony Tran on a music video shoot


Shot impromptu after the wrapping of a music video shoot in Saigon, The Transformer performs a quick piece of choreography to Chris Brown's "I Can Transform Ya."

Music: Chris Brown - I Can Transform Ya

Thanks: PS Lighting, Proverse, The Propeller Group

 

Tony Transformer works with artists and back-up dancers on a music video shoot in Saigon, February 2011. Tony plays a dancing demon character as well as choreographed the dance sequences with co-choreographers, Ambitious Alex and Clarizcel Perez of KM Legacy fame.

 

VideoEl Mac, Singapore PhotosEl Mac in Singapore


El Mac joins Viet Nam The World in Singapore and doesn't get taken away by Singaporean police for public artwork!

Music: Sam Reed Band – Ambassador's Theme

Thanks: The Propeller Group, Theatre Works, Post-Museum

 

El Mac joins Viet Nam The World Tour and TykeWitnes in Singapore for an artistic exchange.

 

VideoKaba Modern Legacy at Night Festival, Singapore PhotosVNTWT during the Night Festival


Ambitious Alex, Barry Goods, Tony Tran and Trandrew of Kaba Modern Legacy premiere their latest choreography set at Singapore's annual Night Festival in July 2010.

Music: Jimmy Edgar - LBLB Detroit, Chromeo - 100%, Jimi Hendrix - Fire, Junior Boys - When I'm Not Around, Florence and the Machine - You've Got the Love (XX remix)

Thanks: Theatre Works, Proverse, KM Legacy and Recognize Studios

 

Viet Nam The World Tour journeys to The National Museum of Singapore to participate in a two day art festival filled with theatre, music, dance and visual arts.

 

VideoWitnes AWR Artist Statement, Paris, France PhotosWitnes AWR in Paris


During his tour in Paris, France, Tyke Witnes AWR sits down with the VNTWT team and shares with us his outlook and opinions on today's ever-evolving graffiti scene and puts it all in context of his own beginnings.

Music: DJ Sya Styles > Fat Bass & Who Drives The Car

Editing thanks to Pallas Weber

Thanks: Montana Cans, LRG, Proverse, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong, Ogre & Astro

 

Painting with Ogre and Astro.

 

VideoKaba Modern Legacy at the Louvre PhotosKaba Modern Legacy in Paris


After getting kicked out of the front lawn of the Louvre, the KM Legacy crew finds a beautiful but hidden hallway inside the building and throws it down with a spontaneous performance of their "choreo" set, which combines bboyin', poppin' and lockin'.

 

Thanks: Proverse, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong, Vinamation

 

Tony Transformer, Ambitious Alex and Barry Goods, a.k.a. Da Vietboyz

of KM Legacy crew getting ready for their performance at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.

VideoTyke Witnes AWR Bombs Amsterdam PhotosWitnes AWR Goes To Amsterdam


Tyke Witnes AWR, takes us to Amsterdam for the first leg of "Viet Nam The World Tour" and kills it with a monster of a piece. Stay tuned for the short documentary film of Witnes in Paris.


Music: Prefuse 73 - Detchibe
Thanks: LRG, Montana Cans

 

Witnes AWR journeys to Amsterdam's Wall of Fame with writer Math to add his contribution.

VideoTony Transformer Freestyle in Paris PhotosKaba Modern Legacy in Paris


Tony Transformer of KM Legacy does a freestyle for the Viet Nam The World Tour crew in Paris
by the river Seine.


Song credit: Erlend Oye - Sheltered Life
Thanks: Proverse, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong

 

Tony Transformer, Ambitious Alex and Barry Goods, a.k.a. Da Vietboyz

of KM Legacy crew rehearse for their performance at the Grand Palais, Paris.

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