Experiencing Interruptions?

A NEW DAY HAS COME

‘Ngày Mới’ (A new day has come) is a poetic visual response to the new track “Ngày Mới” of Vietnam-based electronic band Tiny Giant. The film depicts a world in constant motion that opens up when we slumber. Cavernous darkness is a habitat of transit, between worlds and the axis of time . In the heart of this motion, memories, knowledge, sadness and joy will leave their residues without completely disappearing: perhaps they have fallen into another place, another turning of time.

The moment of transit in the cave doubles as both childhood and adulthood come to the surface in sync, where we bend closer in proximity to the inner child, the taste of a spoonful of innocence lingering on the tongue. This transition can extend itself infinitely , depending on the characters’ state of mind.

Present throughout the video are two color-coded characters: dark purple and earthy orange. The colors themselves tell the story of each, they create a sense that tilts and hums, eager yet ambiguous within the world of “Ngày Mới”. The two characters also encounter themselves in different sizes and shapes.

Deity-like characters also appear in the video, they are gods of the filmmaker’s own world turned into images, as any person can have their own interpretation of a god. In this visual response, God is understood as a provider of support and company and trust is a form of custody. We trust in the things that can protect and guide us. The eyeless horses, then, appear as mascots and attachment figures that walk with the children towards the world.

What keeps time/rhythm in the video, is the tempo of walking, a measured, even stride. From one space to another, from my side to your side, from my side to the other side, from dark to bright space, from one surface of water to another. One walks, all the while partaking in the creation and annulment of oneself.

  • Hai Yen Nguyen
    Director
    Nguyen Hai Yen
  • Yen Hai Nguyen
    Producer
    Red Nguyen Hai Yen
  • PHUONG DUY LAM
    Key Cast
    "the dark purple"
    Kim Lam Duy Phuong
  • QUANG MINH TRAN
    Key Cast
    "the dark orange "
    Quay Tran
  • Tiny Giant
    MUSIC PRODUCTION
    Written by Tiny Giant (Linh Ha & Tobias Paramore)
  • Tobias Paramore
    MUSIC PRODUCTION
    Recording / Mixing / Mastering: Tobias Paramore
  • Ha Linh Bui
    MUSIC PRODUCTION
    Vocals: LinhHafornow
  • Nghi Dung Phan
    MUSIC PRODUCTION
    Rap: Gumn (/Phan Dung Nghi)
  • Vinh Quang Nguyễn
    CAMERA & LIGHTING DEPARTMENT
    D.O.P & Cam-Op: Nguyễn Quang Vinh
  • Duong Tuan Doan
    Props
  • Thuy Thu Nguyen
    Props
  • Yen Hai Nguyen
    Props
  • DAN NI
    TYPO ARTISTS
  • TA QUI LE
    TYPO ARTISTS
  • TÂM THANH ĐỖ
    GRAPHIC DESIGNER
  • LƯỢNG TRẦN
    EDITOR
  • GELURR
    EDITOR
  • VINH QUANG NGUYỄN
    EDITOR
  • RED
    EDITOR
  • MINH XUÂN NGUYỄN
    CHROMA KEY
  • TÀI HUY CÙ
    COLOR GRADING
  • GELURR
    SPECIAL EFFECT
  • LICONG_GONG
    COSTUME DEPARTMENT
  • TRANG THU
    COSTUME DEPARTMENT
  • THỦY THU LUNA NGUYỄN
    M.U.A
  • VẾP LINH
    HAIR DESIGNER
  • KINERGIE STUDIO
    REHEARSAL VENUE SUPPORTER
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    NGÀY MỚI
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Music Video, Short
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 57 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 24, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    1,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Viet Nam
  • Country of Filming:
    Viet Nam
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Hai Yen Nguyen


Nguyen Hai Yen (Red) is a Lang Son (Vietnam) based video artist and independent art producer whose practice focuses on the multidisciplinary approaches which addresses the shifting boundaries between different forms of art, fiction and documentary, life and death, human and animal, living beings and spirits...Her practice focuses on reflecting one's landscape by questioning what are the ‘gestures’ of memory and belief?

Her video works were featured at Seashort Film Festival, Fundacion-PROA, White Chapell Gallery (nominated by Hanoi DocLab for the Artist Films International 2019), Arkipel International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival, Fifth Wall Fest, Mikino Film Festival, Sàn Art, Teater Garasi’s program...Since 2018, she had been involved in organizing multi poetry/experimental music/performance activities with independent publishing house Ajar Press and Heritage Space. Her works as dance producer include various projects with H2Q Dance Company, Kinergie Studio, Mat Tran Ensembles and choreographer Ngo Thanh Phuong. She also produces exhibitions that involve performances. In 2020, she co-directed MORUA - an artist-in-residency program based in Hoi An aiming to create a focused space and time for next-generation performing/performance/interdisciplinary art practitioners to develop their works by researching/exchanging their methods of body-and-movements. She was selected to join Asia Connection: Producers Camp 2021 & 2022, organized by Taiwan’s National Theater & Concert Hall. Recently, she was invited to join the Partnership Development Programme in the UK, funded by the British Council. In late October 2022, Red and her project “Trà đá party#1: Dạo nghe (Sound Walk)” was taking part in Mekong Cultural Hub’s MCH Meeting Point on Art & Social Action 2022. She’s working on her on-going video-performance project “The Tangerine Womb” in her hometown Lạng Sơn, which belong to the Terasia project (a theater project about death, life and belief, initiated by Japanese artists and joined by Indonesian, Malaysian, Thailand and Vietnam artists). Red is a Prince Claus Seed Award Recipient 2022.

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