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THAMOTHARAMPILLAI SHANAATHANAN CABINET OF RESISTANCE I

Jaffna-based visual artist and art educator Thamotharampillai Shanaathanan responded to the AAA collection by drawing parallels between methods of archiving and art making, while delving into the idea of ‘home’ within the context of ethnic conflict.

Thamotharampillai Shanaathanan Cabinet of Resistance I November 2016–March 2017

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Thamotharampillai Shanaathanan Nov 2016–Mar 2017

AAA Project Team Ingrid Chu Susanna Chung, Inviter Claire Hsu Hammad Nasar Chantal Wong

AAA Project Coordinator Holly Leung

Special Thanks Christy Chow Muthalah Rajaratnum Natarajah Rajaratnum Chellaiah Tharmakrishnar

Credits Editing by Ingrid Chu Editing assistance by Lucia Kim, Maloy Lukian, and Grace Tsoi.

All photography and images courtesy of Art Archive unless otherwise noted.

Additional photography by Kitmin Lee (pp 2-3); T. Shanaathanan (p 4)

Design Hani Charaf, Kemistry Design

72 ISBN 978-988-77934-3-4 © 2017 Asia Art Archive All rights reserved

Asia Art Archive marks its 15th year by extending 15 Invitations to creative practitioners to Asia Art Archive is an independent look within and beyond the non-profit organisation initiated organisation as an archive, a in 2000 in response to the collection of material, a digital urgent need to document and platform, and a node in a wider make accessible the multiple collective network. 15 Invitations recent histories of art in the take various sizes, forms, and region. With one of the most creative directions—literary, valuable collections of material polemic, political, sonic, physical, on art freely available from its and digital—and function website and on-site library, AAA as a series of ‘drop pins’ to builds tools and communities to alternatively navigate where AAA collectively expand knowledge originated and where it may be through research, residency, and going. AAA’s e-journal Field Notes educational programmes. traces the 15 participants as they contribute notes and entries Asia Art Archive to document the process. 11/F Hollywood Centre 233 15 Invitations for 15 Years , is supported by the S. H. Ho Tel +852 2844 1112 Foundation Limited, the C. K. [email protected] & Kay Ho Foundation, and The www.aaa.org.hk Hong Kong Arts Development Council. The programme is part of the ADC 20th Anniversary Celebration Series. Special thanks to Spring Workshop.

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