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GOm Show – Echoes of Vietnamese culture through ceramics
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VOV.VN - “GOm Show – Sounds from Ceramics” is a creative music and art project that draws its inspiration from ceramics.
The show premiered in late June in Hanoi. Telling stories of the earth and humanity using a wordless language, the GOm Show connects with a cultural heritage deeply rooted in the Vietnamese consciousness.
The GOm Show is a musical performance in which the pottery wheel acts as a storyteller, and ceramic jars, vases, pots, gongs, and bells act as narrators. Evocative sounds awaken the audience’s imagination, stir cultural memories, and transport listeners across a sonic landscape that’s distinctively Vietnamese.
The project features unique instruments designed and crafted by the contemporary music group Dan Do. The chum drum, made from large clay jars and inner tubes, produces deep bass tones reminiscent of a bass guitar. The lãng drum, shaped like a round rice cake, generates warm, earthy reverberations. There are gongs and bells fashioned from fired clay. The pottery wheel produces soft, resonant sounds from hand movements along the rim of the pottery. Finally, the clay pots emit gentle, lingering notes.
From everyday objects made of terracotta, stoneware, or glazed ceramic, the Dan Do group has created a musical narrative of Vietnamese culture. Each musical composition reflects the voice of a different ethnic community.
“We really wanted to reach an international audience with our exploration of sounds created from natural, everyday items like jars and vases. Our creative journey discovered new tones and textures and we shaped them into musical works,” said Dinh Anh Tuan, a member of the Dan Do group.
Nguyen Duc Minh, another group member, said materials like bamboo, earth, and water – fundamental elements of Vietnamese civilization – are now being used in music to convey that cultural legacy to the world.
“The spirit of this show lies in indigenous music. Rooted in primal elements like earth, water, and bamboo, the timbre and tone are deeply folk in essence. The beauty lies in the meticulous crafting of each detail, perfected into a work of art. The pacing and nuances are finely tuned to guide the audience through emotional states – joy, sorrow, love, anger – with theatricality, deliberate sound and lighting design, and choreographed movement of the instruments,” said Minh.
The GOm Show’s rustic sounds resonate emotionally with the audience. Although the sounds are created from novel instruments, they still seem familiar because they’re based on everyday objects.
“The message is truly beautiful. It encourages people to return to, and live in harmony with, nature. I hope they will promote this message and Vietnamese music to other countries around the world,” Tran Nhat Hoang, Deputy Director of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said.
The GOm Show advances contemporary Vietnamese art by using new ceramic and terracotta instruments to produce entirely new sounds. But, by drawing on indigenous culture, it not only ensures that traditional Vietnamese culture is preserved, it is also helping it thrive and spread.
Từ khóa: Ceramics, GOm, Show,ceramics
Thể loại: Văn hóa - Giải trí
Tác giả: vov5
Nguồn tin: VOVVN
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