Get in-depth perspectives through articles and interviews about arts and culture in Asia and Europe. You will find feature articles, profiles of people and organisations as well as the in focus thematics of cultural policy, heritage and festivals.
In Doi Saket, an artists’ residency programme brings together local communities and artists to reflect on diverse facets of everyday life to gain a more open perspective about their positions in the contemporary landscape. Read More
Despite the lack of government support towards performing arts in Thailand, various artists and organizers are striving to create arts festivals for and with their respective communities. Read More
Two cases of Thailand in the context of the festivals and their communities will be shared in this two-parts article. This first part outlines the case of Pahtum Thani International Theatre Festival. The second part will focus on the festivals and arts events in Chet Samien. Read More
This article gives an overview of the European and Southeast-Asian performing arts markets. It provides information that can lead to the creation of non-hierarchical dialogue between these two communities of professionals. Read More
This is the second of a series of three articles based on interviews done to contemporary performing artists and programmers from Europe and Southeast Asia. Read More
Raiding the Archives project – selected under the Asia-Europe Cultural Partnership Initiative: Film 2010 (AECPI: Film) programme which supported collaborative projects from Asia and Europe. Read More
The Graey Festival, staged in Singapore in November at the Substation, had its 3rd edition this year in 2010. The festival originally began as a study of Indian contemporary dance presented to new audiences in Singapore. Read More
The Bow Project was borne out of affiliations created during the Asia Europe Dance Forum- Pointe to Point organized by the Asia-Europe Foundation in China in 2007. It aimed to explore cultural and artistic distinctiveness through living, playing and creating performance together in an ‘Other’ culture. Read More
I interviewed two prominent figures in the performing arts: one from Thailand and one from Germanyto discuss their own experiences in working in opposite sides of the world. Read More
Pichet Klunchun bridges traditional Thai Classical Dance language with contemporary sensibility, while keeping the heart and wisdom of the convention. He earned domestic notoriety for his efforts in contemporising Khon. Read More