Asia Triennial Manchester is a multi-venue festival of contemporary art which for its third edition takes Conflict and Compassion as its theme. Chris Sharratt reports.
In her article asking ‘What festivals add to a city’ (a-n Magazine, July-August 2011), Dany Louise points out that local authorities tend to favour them for extrinsic reasons like improved tourism and city profile. Based on my recent experience in Folkestone, where I was undertaking a short residency, I would argue that these supposedly extrinsic reasons are in danger of eclipsing the intrinsic benefits, as festivals are increasingly understood within the context of urban development and economic growth.
Kent, and the Kent Coast in particular, has become host to a series of contemporary art festivals and international events.
Various venues, Manchester
5 April –1 June
A look at the Glasgow international festival, Asian art triennial and Bucharest Biennale 3.
