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April to August 2008
A favourite pastime across Asia and other parts of the world, the ATM08 Teahouse Discussion Series will provide an opportunity for people to talk about relevant and contemporary issues on the theme of protest social and political, local and global while sampling a selection of teas brought over from the ATM08 artists home countries.
Drink a choice of teas and join in on topical conversations on:
Migration and refuge
Gender and womens working status
Segregation, culture and Britishness
Anti-capitalism and trade
Contemporary conflict
Environmental issues
Teahouse Discussions will be chaired by artist Kooj Chuhan at venues in each of the Greater Manchester boroughs:
| Bolton |
Bury |
Manchester |
Oldham |
Rochdale |
| Salford |
Stockport |
Tameside |
Trafford |
Wigan |
Is Black History also White History?
A presentation by novelist and director of Cultureword Peter Kalu followed by the Trafford Teahouse Discussion in conjunction with Black Histories Month.
Wednesday, 27 August 2008,
2pm - 4pm
Waterside Arts Centre, Sale
What is Britishness?
Teahouse Discussion
Saturday, 12 July 2008, 2 - 4pm
Stockport Art Gallery
Gallery Oldham in association with Peshkar Theatre
Teahouse Discussion
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 6 - 8pm
With Tajinder Singh Hayer, Peshkar Theatres associate writer, investigating migration and refuge
Waterside Arts Centre, Sale
Teahouse Discussion with Peter Kalu
Date and time tbc - for further information please email teahousediscussion@gmail.com
Rafiki Motswako Youth Group meet Amnesty International
Group Workshop
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Regeneration in Salford Who is it for?
Teahouse Discussion
Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 5.30 7.30pm
Salford Museum and Art Gallery and the Chapman Gallery
Guest speaker to be announced
Drink a choice of teas from the home countries of the Asia Triennial Manchester 08 artists and join us in discussing the current redevelopments in Salford. Share your views on how the developments impact on the population of Salford including older and newer communities and how it affects the environment. After the discussion, participants are welcome to visit Create and Curate, an exhibition at the Chapman Gallery, Salford University, created by young asylum seekers and refugees as part of Refugee Week. The Salford Teahouse Discussion is part of a programme of events for Refugee Week in Salford.
The Wheatsheaf Library, Rochdale
Teahouse Discussion
Monday, 16 June 2008, 5.15 7.15pm
For further information please email teahousediscussion@gmail.com
Welcome to Bolton
Teahouse Discussion
Friday, 23 May 2008
This event is by invitation only
Theme: Issues facing migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Bolton with guest speaker Ray Collett, Director of BRASS
Where technology meets art
Teahouse Discussion
Saturday 10 May, 2-4pm
Manchester Art Gallery
Free but please book in advance
Join in a discussion around the relationships between contemporary art and technology with invited guest artists and curator Clare Gannaway.
Kitty Party - Women Only
Teahouse Discussion
Wednesday 9 April, 6.00pm
Cornerhouse
Free, women only. Gallery 2
Artist Jasmeen Patheja (India) will lead a women-only discussion around her work and issues that women in both India and the UK are facing. The term Kitty Party refers to the convention in India of a group of women who meet and collect a kitty for their next party.
Teahouse Discussion with Channel_ A in conversation with p-10
Date: Tuesday 8 April 2008, 6-8pm at Castlefield Gallery
Free Admission - Booking Required
To book please call the gallery on 0161 832 8034 or email events@castlefieldgallery.co.uk with your contact details and number of places.
Take part in a discussion with artists groups Channel_A (Taiwan) and p-10 (Singapore) about their work and how they respond to, engage with and protest against the cultural, political and social climate in which they live and work. With Hongjohn Lin (Channel_A), Jennifer Teo (p-10), Jeremy Chu and Kai Lam.
More on Kooj Chuhan
Kooj works as a film maker and digital media artist who has a particular interest in progressing cultural, artistic, social and historical issues from migrant perspectives within broad, global and local contexts. Particular aesthetic concerns include occurrences of threes, non-linearity, multiple re-formatting and musical interaction. He has been exhibited and published across the UK and internationally, has worked with many artists and communities at all levels and featuring at festivals such as VIDEO POSITIVE, ISEA and SIGGRAPH. Kooj has founded and run a number of groups and organisations such as the Virtual Migrants artists collective focusing on race, migration and globalisation, and undertakes projects, commissions and consultancies according to their merits at the time. He has a long-standing interest in education in its broadest sense and has previously worked as a scientist, a teacher, a community worker and as a musician. He also maintains an active involvement in various socio-political movements.
Email: info@kooj.net
www.kooj.net
All events are free and open to the public.
Cornerhouse Kitty Party for women only.
Further Teahouse Discussions coming up soon.
Please email teahousediscussion@gmail.com for info.
www.teahousediscussion.co.uk
A Teahouse Blog has been created to document the Discussion Series - click hereto view or comment on postings.
The Asia Triennial Manchester Teahouse Discussion Series is supported by AGMA, Arts Council England, Awards For All, Sue Hodgkiss and The Zochonis Charitable Trust.
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