Asia House Cultural Programme April-May 2013

Asia House

Cultural Programme April - May 2013

Cover Image Credits: Elif Shafak – Muammer Yanmaz, Michael Palin – John Swannell, Krys Lee – Matt Douma, Mohsin Hamid – Jillian Edelstein

Welcome to Asia House!

This spring Asia House is the perfect place for all to experience and enjoy Asian culture.

Our building is once again transformed into a vibrant Asian marketplace for the Asia House Fair, giving you the opportunity to buy the highest quality Asian arts and crafts not available on the high street.

We bring books to life with our largest Festival of Asian Literature to date. As well as presenting stars of literature Michael Palin and Tan Twang Eng, the Festival looks at varied themes including cricket, women in the Islamic world and a whole day focused on the rich history, culture and current politics of Burma. Family friendly events include a School for Samurais and Yoga Pretzels.

Be sure to visit our gallery regularly this season. Following in the footsteps of our Chinnery exhibition, the team presents Restless Ribeiro, which celebrates the highly original work of Lance Ribeiro, who painted stunning English landscapes influenced by his Indian roots.

Festival of Asian Literature How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia – Mohsin Hamid Women, Freedom and the Islamic World A Personal Journey from Helmand to England – with Najib Afghan Poetry of the Taliban with Felix Kuehn Opening Night with Michael Palin Nadeem Aslam – The Blind Man’s Garden The Middle Kingdom Ride British Asian Culture: Doomed to be ‘Uncool’?

Atul Kochhar – Curries of the World How to Get Published in Asia and the UK Kids’ Connecting Cultures – South Asia Cricket and the Rise of Modern India Re-Imagining the Chinese Dream Changing Places: A Global Literary Salon In the Picture: Brave New Burma What We Don’t Say – Censorship and Freedom of Expression Kids’ Connecting Cultures – Japan Comica MangAsia Burma Day at Asia House Superstars of Chinese Fiction Closing Night with Tan Twan Eng – The Garden of Evening Mists

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Arts and Culture Asia House Fair Friends’ Private View Asia House Fair Giuseppe Castiglione: Jesuit Court Painter to the Qing Emperors Memories of the ‘60s: Lance Ribeiro and other Indian Artists in Britain

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Business and Policy Highlights Signature Conference: The New Asian Middle Class 4 April Public Policy Briefing: HE Kairat Abusseitov, Kazakhstan Ambassador 23 April Annual Reception for Corporate Members and Diplomatic Community 16 May

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This programme covers our events focused on arts and culture. For full details of our business and policy programme and corporate membership please see our website.

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Exhibitions Tairiku Teshima Wang Qizhi Landscapes of China Restless Ribeiro: An Indian Artist in Britain

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Business and Policy Highlights

Pre-Festival Events

The Asia House Business and Policy programme presents private briefings, events and public conferences throughout the year.

For details of our full programme visit www.asiahouse.org Highlights of our April – May programme include:

Festival of Asian Literature 7 – 22 May

Thursday 4 April 09.00 – 12.00

Tuesday 23 April 08.30 – 10.00

Thursday 16 May 18.30 – 20.00

Signature Conference

Public Policy Briefing

The New Asian Middle Class with Dominic Barton, McKinsey & Co. and Paul Walsh, Diageo

HE Kairat Abusseitov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the UK

Annual Reception for Corporate Members and Diplomatic Community

at Asia House

at The Alchemy Festival

Wednesday 3 April 18.45

Sunday 21 April 12.30

Prize short-listed novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, joins us to celebrate the launch of his new novel, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, labeled one of the hottest books of the year by The Guardian.

Eighteen year old Najib, wounded in a bombing in Helmand, and now a student in the UK will update his story after a recent visit to his home and family.

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia – Mohsin A Personal Journey from Helmand to Hamid England– with Najib in conversation with Razia Iqbal Afghan The author of the Man Booker

Thursday 18 April 18.45

Women, Freedom and the Islamic World

Corporate Membership We offer our Corporate Members outstanding business intelligence through our exclusive events and private meetings arranged by Asia House.

Contact Vladka.paligova@asiahouse.co.uk for more details.

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Poetry of the Taliban with Felix Kuehn

In conversation with Kenan Malik

Elif Shafak – Honour Haifa Zangana – Dreaming of Baghdad Kamin Mohammadi – The Cypress Tree With Samira Ahmed

The editor of this collection of poems offers unfettered insight into the Afghan Taliban’s wider world view, giving us an in depth of understanding of them and of this complex country.

Our panel of women writers from Turkey, Iraq and Iran look at issues of concern to women in Islamic societies, freedom and autonomy, how women’s freedom differs between countries, the changes in Islam and world perceptions that have influenced Muslim women’s lives, and how their writing can affect change.

Tickets for Alchemy events can be booked through Southbank Centre: www.southbankcentre.co.uk or phone: +44 (0)844 875 0073

This event is in partnership with the British Council as part of the Cultural Programme for Turkey Market Focus at The London Book Fair 2013 Sponsored by Alliance of Religions and Conservation & The Club of Rome

Business intelligence Networking Thought leadership Corporate membership

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Pre-festival event tickets £10 Concessions £8 | Friends £7

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The Festival Tuesday 7 May 18.45

Opening Night with Michael Palin In conversation with Erica Wagner at the Commonwealth Club The Festival presents a very special opening evening with the UK’s most engaging globetrotter, Michael Palin. He talks about his novel, The Truth set in the environmental hotspots of India, his latest adventures in Brazil and about his life of travel throughout Asia and beyond, with Times Literary Editor, Erica Wagner.

Saturday 11 May 13.30 –15.30

Wednesday 8 May 18.45

Nadeem Aslam – The Blind Man’s Garden

Atul Kochhar – Curries of the World

In conversation with Homa Khaleeli

With a demonstration and talk, award-winning Michelin star chef Kochhar explores one of the world’s favourite dishes from India, Africa and beyond.

From one of the most important young Pakistanis writing today, comes an exquisitely written novel set in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the months following 9/11 – a story of war, love, of one family’s losses, and of the simplest, most enduring human impulses.

Tickets £10 Concessions £8 Friends £7

Tickets £15 Concessions £12 I Friends £10

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Friday 10 May 18.45

British Asian Culture: Doomed to be ‘Uncool’?

In partnership with the Royal Commonwealth Society Sponsored by One Fine Stay

Tickets £15 Concessions £12 | Friends £10

Siddhartha Bose – Kalgora Ravinder Bhogal – Cook in Boots DJ Nihal Bobbie Friction Moderator Sathnam Sanghera Thursday 9 May 18.45

The Middle Kingdom Ride Colin Pyle in conversation with Simon Myers

Our panel of ‘cool’ British Asians looks at the development of British Asian culture, food, literature and music and asks the burning question: Can we ever be perceived as cool?

Two brothers, two motorcycles and Tickets £10 Concessions £8 | Friends £7 an 18,000km trip around China – one of the most exciting Asian travel adventures of the year – a trip that resulted in a Guinness World Record, a book and a TV series on the UK Travel Channel.

Colin will be speaking with Simon Myers, who wrote about his own motorcycle adventure across the country in Adrift in China.

Monday 13 May 18.45

Cricket and the Rise of Modern India

James Astill – The Great Tamasha – Cricket, Corruption and the Turbulent Rise of Modern India Ed Hawkins – Bookie, Gambler, Fixer, Spy Two important new books examine the explosive rise of cricket and its relationship to the emerging Indian middle class – looking at politicians, bookmakers, rampant consumerism, governing bodies, players, match fixing and even murder – and how they all contribute to the story of modern India.

Tickets £10 Concessions £8 | Friends £7

Saturday 11 May 14.00 – 16.00

How to Get Published in Asia and the UK Workshop with Alysoun Owen

Alysoun Owen, editor of the Writer’s & Artists’ Yearbook, the essential book on how to prepare your work for publication, will guide aspiring writers through the world of publishing. She will consider how writers might find an audience for their work in traditional and self-published form and will explore some of the new developments in publishing in expanding Asian markets.

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Tuesday 14 May 18.45

Re-Imagining the Chinese Dream Will Hutton – The Writing on the Wall Jonathan Fenby – Tiger Head, Snake Tails Gerard Lemos – The End of the Chinese Dream: Why Chinese People Fear the Future with Isabel Hilton The popular view of China is of an economic powerhouse set to dominate the 21st century.

But what will recent political, economic and social changes mean to the ordinary Chinese citizen and to the rest of the world? Three highly respected experts offer a revealing picture of all facets of China, from its military might, education, health care, politics and wealth to its own ability to cope with a changing world.

Tickets £10 Concessions £8 | Friends £7

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Thursday 16 May 18.45

Tuesday 21 May 18.45

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What We Don’t Say – Censorship and Freedom of Expression Wednesday 15 May 18.45

Changing Places: A Global Literary Salon Krys Lee – Drifting House Prajwal Parajuly – The Gurkha’s Daughter Selma Dabbagh – Out of It In conversation with Paul Blezard The Festival introduces three of the finest new voices in a salon that looks at tales of migration, exile and staying behind. Krys Lee writes about Koreans at home and abroad, Prajwal Parajuly, called “the next big thing in Asian writing”, looks at Nepalese speaking people around the world and Selma Dabbagh takes us inside Palestine to experience the frustrations and energies of the modern Arab world.

Ma Jian – The Dark Road Yan Lianke – Lenin’s Kisses With Flora Drew

Salil Tripathi – Offence: The Hindu Case Frances Harrison – Still Counting the Dead Kirsty Hughes – Index on Censorship John Kampfner – Freedom for Sale

A unique opportunity to hear two of the most courageous voices in Chinese literature in conversation about their new books, the one child policy and the allconsuming desire for power and wealth that permeates Chinese society in the 21st century.

What are we free to read and how do we know it’s the truth?

Our panel looks at freedom of speech and censorship in India, Sri Lanka, China and across Asia, examing how governments attempt to control what we think.

Tickets £10 Concessions £8 | Friends £7 Wednesday 22 May 18.45

Closing Night with Tan Twan Eng – The Garden of Evening Mists

In partnership with AGI Magazine.

Tickets £10 Concessions £8 | Friends £7

Tickets £8 Concessions £7 | Friends £6 Wednesday 15 May 19.00 at The Frontline Club

In the Picture: Brave New Burma with Nic Dunlop Photojournalist and writer Nic Dunlop will present images from his book Brave New Burma, and speak about the changes he has witnessed in the two decades he has spent covering the transformations taking place in Myanmar.

Tickets £12.50

Monday 20 May

Burma Day at Asia House 12.30 Lunch 13.00 Talk

Lunch and Literature Burma in Style Caroline Courtauld Caroline Courtauld is a writerphotographer and a film-maker specialising in Burmese history.

She takes us on a beautifully illustrated trip through the politics, history and culture of the country, meeting the people and evoking the magic and mystery of what was once the richest nation in Asia.

Tickets £15 Concessions £12 | Friends £10

Tickets for this event can be booked through the Frontline Club www.frotlineclub.com

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Superstars of Chinese Fiction

Ticket price includes a light buffet lunch

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18.30 Two Part Event

Burma from all Angles Bones Will Crow – Burmese Poetry with James Byrne The editor of this new anthology will treat us to a reading of poetry by some of Burma’s best poets What Next for Burma? The View From Inside Ben Rogers – Burma – A Nation at the Crossroads Wendy Law-Yone – The Golden Parasol Rory MacLean – Under the Dragon With Sue Lloyd-Roberts The great political changes in Burma have been a world focus for the past two years. But what of the continuing issues that plague the country – human rights, ethnic tensions, economic development, relations with China and N. Korea.

What does the future hold for Burma?

Tickets £10 Concessions £8 | Friends £7

A final evening with food, drink and discussion from Malaysia with twice Man Booker shortlisted and Man Asian short-listed Tan Twan Eng and Maya Jaggi, award-winning cultural journalist and chair of judges of the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize.

Sponsored by British Malaysia Society & Paul Bloomfield Catering

Tickets £12 Concessions £10 I Friends £8

Saturday Family Events Free to children accompanied by a responsible adult – Booking Required

Saturday 11 May

Kids’ Connecting Cultures – South Asia 11.00 My Daddy is a Pretzel Yoga for families with Yogi Emma 12.00 Bollywood Punjeet and Judy-gee Show & Workshop Professor Patel’s characters take a Bollywood style look at contemporary Punch and Judy show with Hindi film music, dancing and lots of fun. Followed by puppet making workshop.

For children ages 5-12

Saturday 18 May

Kids’ Connecting Cultures – Japan 11.00 School for Samurais Chris Bradford with Martial Arts and Samurai Sword demonstration The author of the Young Samurai series will do a high energy performance, dressed in full Samurai costume. He will talk about his inspirations, Japanese culture and the themes of respect and discipline through Martial arts.

12.00 Manga Workshop Discover the top secrets of how to make your own amazing manga characters and stories from Chie Kutsuwada, an acclaimed professional manga author published in Japan, America and Britain. All materials will be provided.

For children age 9+

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sweets, these picture-based stories are today used not only to entertain, but for education and as management tools.

Sarah will introduce us to the magic of Kamishibai, with her entertaining re-telling of a variety of traditional stories.

Market 11.00 – 16.00 MangAsia Comiket Fair Meet and buy from comics creators and other exhibitors offering their books, posters, original art, personal commissions, cosplay accessories and more.

Admission to the Fair is free

15.30 –16.30 Asian Comics: Manga and Beyond There’s so much more to comics in Asia than manga! Join Comica Co-Director Paul Gravett for a lively discussion between creators of comics from across Asia, exploring the connections and differences between the regions different rich traditions.

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Talks 12.00 – 14.00 Manga, Anime and More Join us for a fascinating historical overview of manga, anime and other Asian graphic forms, in China before the Cultural Revolution, Malaysia and Korea, looking at colonisation and migration as influences on comic art.

14.30 –15.30 Kamishibai Paper Theatre with Sarah Rundle Originally performed by bicycling Kamishibai men, touring Japanese villages selling

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Afternoon pass for all talks £12 Concessions £10 I Friends £8 Workshops 13.45-15.15 Cosplay Workshop and Demonstration with Emily Batisan of the Grand Cosplay Ball Emily has been cosplaying for 11 years and is the UK organiser for the World Cosplay Summit and Grand Cosplay Ball. She’ll be taking us through the basics of putting your own brilliant cosplay costume together - including an introduction to prop making, wig styling, traditional Japanese

clothing and how to make cosplay accessories.

14.30 – 16.30 Manga Masterclass for 16+ An ‘Inko-redible’ opportunity to learn how to improve your drawing and storytelling from Inko, the popular, widely published Japanese manga artist. Inko has created 19 manga posters for the Embankment tube station in London, and has collaborated with David Blandy on comics, film and animation projects. She recently illustrated the manga Ketsueki written by Richmond Clements (Markosia).

Numbers are limited. You are welcome to bring your own manga projects. Art materials supplied.

Festival Advisors Rachel Holmes, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Nikki Bedi, David Godwin, Justine Hardy, Meru Gokhale, Peter Popham, James Kidd Festival Director Adrienne Loftus Parkins

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Each workshop £20 Concessions £15 I Friends £10 MangAsia produced in partnership with the Comica Festival and Paul Gravett

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ance Ribeiro (1933-2010) was born in Bombay to a long-established Catholic Goan family. In 1958, he abandoned the path of chartered accountancy, took up painting and, within a few years had become a successful artist. He had two major retrospectives in the 1980s and his last public showing was in Britain just three months before his death in 2010.

Ribeiro’s art was highly original and his output was prolific. Although he received early acclaim for his art he began to get exceedingly restless.

He worked at an incredible rate and began to experiment with polyvinyl acetate (PVA) paints, which as the forerunners of acrylics, are now used by artists the world over. Sadly, he was never recognised for his role in one of the most significant advances in artistic technique of the twentieth century.

Asia House is delighted to present the first exhibition of his work for over 25 years and an accompanying lecture programme to highlight the talent and artistic contribution of Lance Ribeiro.

Lecture programme Thursday 30 May 18:45 – 19:45

Memories of the ‘60s: Lance Ribeiro and other Indian Artists in Britain With Nicholas Treadwell

Ribeiro was one of the artists included in Treadwell’s first ever catalogue that marked the opening of his first static gallery and the third ‘fleet’ of Mobile Galleries. Treadwell will talk of his close connections to the Indian artists in the 1960s, of which Ribeiro was one.

Nick Treadwell is owner of the Nicholas Treadwell Gallery which started life in the ‘60s in touring vehicles.

Wednesday 12 June 18:45 – 19:45

Ribeiro: The Man and his Art With Patrick Boylan

Patrick Boylan had a friendship and association with Ribeiro spanning more than 30 years and witnessed some of the most important stylistic shifts in Ribeiro’s work. He will describe how Ribeiro became a familiar face in museum circles and cultural groups of northwest London in the 1970s.

Professor Emeritus Patrick Boylan of City University London was Director of Arts, Museums and Records for Leicestershire from 1972 to 1990.

Tickets £10 Concession £8 l Asia House Friends £6 Book online at www.asiahouse.org

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The National Palace Museum contains one of the world’s finest collections of Chinese art and artefacts accumulated over the centuries by the emperors of China, before being moved from Mainland China to Taiwan during the 1940s. This programme of events will introduce the Museum’s superlative collection to the UK public through a series of talks exploring the history of China through these stunning works of art.

The objects discussed embody the zeitgeist of their respective eras, illustrating the richness and diversity of Chinese culture through this collection preserved in Taiwan.

Malcolm McNeill was formerly a tour guide and translator at the National Palace Museum in Taipei. His is currently researching a PhD at SOAS, University of London on 13-14th century Chinese painting.

The talk will be followed by a wine and canapé reception, provided by the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan.

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Feasting in the Afterlife: the Bronzes of the National Palace Museum Roel Sterckx Tuesday 26 February 2013, 18.45

Stacey Pierson is the former curator of the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art. A specialist in Chinese ceramics, she is currently a senior lecturer on the subject at the School of Oriental and African Studies. Beth McKillop is currently the Deputy Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, and formerly the Keeper of the Asian department.

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Giuseppe Castiglione: Jesuit Court Painter to the Qing Emperors Nixi Cura, Christie’s Education, London Tuesday 30 April 2013, 18.45

1. Cover image: Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains, Huang Gongwang (1350 CE) 2. Yazhou square bronze gui food vessel (detail), Late Shang dynasty (1600-1046 BCE 3. Blue-and-white moonflask (yueping), porcelain with underglaze blue decoration, Ming dynasty (1368-1644 CE) 4. Jade gui tally, Neolithic period (ca. 4300-3800 BCE), inscribed by Emperor Qianlong 5. Ru ware lotus shaped warming bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1126 CE) 6. Tribute giraffe (detail), anonymous, inscribed by Shen Du, Ming dynasty (1368-1644 7. One Hundred Horses, Giuseppe Castiglione (Lang Shining), (1728 CE)

In the 17th and 18th centuries China’s relationship to the outside world was transformed. Nowhere is this transformation more clearly embodied than in the work of the Jesuit painter Giuseppe Castiglione (Lang Shining): court artist to the Qing emperors who transformed the painting in imperial China, whose influence was felt for centuries after his death. This talk draws our lecture series to a close, exploring this dramatic integration of Chinese and European artistic styles through the National Palace Museum’s unrivalled collection of works painted and influenced by Castiglione and other Jesuits at the Qing court.

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Nixi Cura, Christie’s Education, London Tuesday 30 April 2013 18.45 – 20.00

Series curated by Malcolm McNeill

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In the 17th and 18th centuries China’s relationship to Roel Sterckx is the Joseph Needham Professor of Chinese History, Science and Civilisation at the outside world was Cambridge University. He is a leading specialist on early China, with a special interest in food transformed. Nowhere is this and ritual culture. transformation more clearly embodied than in the work of the Jesuit painter Giuseppe Castiglione (Lang Shining), court artist to the Qing emperors who transformed the painting in imperial China.

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Giuseppe Castiglione: Jesuit Court Painter to the Qing Emperors

The National Palace Museum contains an exceptional collection of ritual bronze wares, dating back over 4000 years – a time when China led the world in bronze casting technology. These works of art were used for a variety of purposes: as cooking vessels they fed and wined deceased ancestors, as political treaties they bound kings together in war and peace, and as status symbols they publicly projected the power of the aristocracy. This lecture explores the history of this incredible art form in early China, and highlights the continuing importance of bronzes as symbols of kingship and power throughout the later dynasties.

Lecture series co-hosted by The Ministry of Culture, Taiwan The Taipei Representative Office in the UK & Asia House

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masterpieces have continued to be so highly prized throughout the following centuries, fetching prices of over £17million in Sotheby’s Hong Kong in 2012.

against Mao and the Chinese Communist Party.

integration of Chinese and European artistic styles through the National Palace Museum’s unrivalled collection of works painted and influenced by Castiglione and other Jesuits at the Qing court. Nixi Cura is the Arts of China course director at Christie’s Education, London.

Nixi Cura is the Arts of China course director at Christie’s Education, London. She is currently researching the art of the Qianlong reign during the Qing dynasty, when Giuseppe Castiglione was active at the Chinese court.

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