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Asia Triennial Manchester 08 (atm08) Was The Uk's First Asian Art Triennial And Was Conceived And Initiated By Shisha, The International Agency For Contemporary South Asian Crafts And Visual Arts, Which Operates At The Vanguard Of Creative Practice. Atm08 Was Launched In Spring 2008 In Partnership With Some Of The City's Leading Galleries And Academic Institutions. Atm08 Presented An Inclusive Programme Of Exhibitions Residencies, Events, Talks, Screenings, Workshops, Outdoor Performances, Teahouse Discussions And A Symposium. A Wide Variety Of Newly-commissioned Work Was Produced By Artists From Across Asia - Including Mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Singapore And Taiwan - Many Of Whom Were Exhibiting In The Uk For The First Time. The Award-nominated Atm08 Programme Reflected Manchester's Radical Political And Social History By Exploring The Theme Of 'protest' In Its Widest Sense. This Publication Is A Testament To The Exciting International Cross-cultural Dialogue Which Took Place Between The Uk And Asia During Atm08. Richly Illustrated And On Essential Guide To The Whole Triennial, This Publication Not Only Documents Its Inspiring Exhibition Series, Wide- Ranging Education And Outreach Programme And Illuminating Symposium; It Also Records The Rusholme Project - Atm08's Spectacular Trailblazer - Which Took Place During Summer 2007 And Featured Two Impressive Site-specific Interventions That Engaged With Manchester's Urban Architectural Vernacular By World-class Artists Rashid Rana And Subodh Gupta.--book Jacket. Preface: Protesting Through Art / Alnoor Mitha -- Introduction: Of Common Grounds And New Cultures, A Short Reflection On The Educational Legacy Of Atm08 / Dr. Jacques Rangasamy -- The Rusholme Project -- The Rusholme Project: I Want To Be An Artist When I Grow Up! / Fareda Khan -- This, Too, Is Us / Girish Shahane -- Atm08 Exhbitions And Residences -- Castlefield Gallery -- Channel_a (taiwan), P-10 (singapore) / Curated By Clarissa Corfe And Kwong Lee -- Chinese Arts Centre -- Contemporaneous Ink Animation: Chen Shaoxiong (mainland China), Qiu Anxiong (mainland China) -- Breathe Artist Residencies: Mao Yan Yang (mainland China), Kongkee (hong Kong) / Curated By Ying Kwok -- Cornerhouse -- What Do You Want? (india): Shaina Anand, Shilpa Gupta, Jasmeen Patheja, Tejal Shah, Surekha / Curated By Kathy Rae Huffman -- The International 3 -- The Walking The Cabbage Project, Han Bing (mainland China) / Curated By Laurence Lane And Paulette Terry Brien -- Manchester Art Gallery -- Choe U-ram (korea), Gwan Osang (korea) / Curated By Clare Gannaway -- Education And Audiences -- Rusholme Education Project / Fareda Khan -- Connections And Collaborations: Atm08 Education And Community Programme / Caroline Bradley -- The Teahouse Discussion Series: Social Discourse, Community And Art / Kuljit S. Chuhan -- Atm08 Symposium -- Atm08 Symposium: Protest: Reflections And Revolutions / Alnoor Mitha -- Reflections And Revolutions / Professor John Hyatt -- Tt: Tactical Turmoil: Video Art And Cultural Resistance / Johan Pijnappel -- The Revolutions Stripped Bare: Reflections Ont Eh Idea Of Revolution And Contemporary Art Practice / Gilane Tawadros -- Labellin And Assembling: Histories And Challenges For An Asia Triennial / Dr. Leon Wainwright. [edited By Alnoor Mitha ... [et Al.]] Published On The Occasion Of The Uk's First Asian Art Triennial, Asia Triennial Manchester 08, 5 April-1 June 2008. --p.[2]. Includes Bibliographical References.