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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.
Youth from 31 ASEM countries attend 17th ASEF University
Forty-one students and young professionals from 31 member countries of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) are in Penang, Malaysia for the 17th ASEF University , an annual two-week programme that aims to promote cross-cultural exchanges among youth from the two regions. Read More
(2)Connecting the next generation of festival directors
Held for the first time in Asia, the Atelier for Young Festival Managers brought 34 young professionals to Singapore from 14 to 21 May. They reflected on topics related to running an arts festival, debating with each other and renowned experts from all over the world. During the week-long programme, they wrestled with the challenges of putting together a festival in today’s world. Read More
Changes in contemporary art practices | 2 case studies from Asia and Europe
How have changes in contemporary art practice affected institutionalized forms like the gallery and the museum? Drawing from emerging practices based on 2 case studies, India and Croatia Read More
Heritage education for ASEM youth
Heritage dominated the agenda of the Fourth ASEM Culture Ministers’ Meeting in Poland in 2010 and will continue to shape the deliberations of the next Ministerial meeting, scheduled to be held in Indonesia in 2012. Read More
Role of culture in society: Asian perspectives and European experiences
culture360.org contributor Deepak Srinivasan reports on the Asian perspectives and European experiences from the Ready to Change? Conference held in Ljubljana, December 2010, with 2 video interviews and his his personal analysis on the role of culture in society. Read More
(2)The bridges to build in performing arts: utopia or reality? Part 3
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
Rethinking Museums | The Art Advisors – Part 2
In the second part of her interview, Bharti Lalwani continues her discussion with Nicolai and Michael Frahm about what aspects make a private museum more meaningful. Read More
(1)Rethinking Museums | The Art Advisors – Part 1
culture360.org contributor Bharti Lalwani presents the third of a series of interviews with Directors and Head Curators of Private Museums as well as Art Advisors to discuss the phenomenon of private art museums in Asia. Read More
(2)The bridges to build in performing arts in Europe: utopia or reality?
This is the first of three articles based on interviews with contemporary performing artists and programmers from Europe and Southeast Asia. Read More
New connections in new media
The Asia-Europe Foundation continued its work in new media artist exchange and policy dialogue through the Asia-Europe Cultural Partnership Initiatives (AECPI). AECPI projects connected 40 experts from across 14 countries in Asia and Europe in 2010 and contributed to contemporary debate in the new media sector. Read More
(1)The source of Monsoon
Choreographer Arco Renz, the creator of the Monsoon platform, talks to Katelijn Verstraete, Asia-Europe Foundation’s (ASEF) Assistant Director for Cultural Exchange, about the latest edition of his project. Read More
(1)Bridging Asia and Europe contemporary performing arts
At a recent gathering in Yokohama, Japan, over 50 independent creative producers from Asia and Europe got the opportunity to inspire and learn from each other about creating leading-edge arts events. Read More
(1)MONSOON – A whirlwind of global culture
Belgian dramaturge Bart van den Eynde describes his experiences at ‘Monsoon’, a transcultural and multi-disciplinary research and performance platform for Asian and European artists. Read More
(1)Investigating the relationship between programmers and artists
Escape Line is a research project that aims to prove the possibility of establishing a balanced dialogue between programmers and creators in the performing arts market. Read More
Asia Europe Film | Nurturing independent cinema
East Meets West Fim Forum and Festival project – selected under the Asia-Europe Cultural Partnership Initiative: Film 2010 (AECPI: Film) programme which supported collaborative projects from Asia and Europe. Read More
(1)The European Dimension of the Romanian National Theatre Festival
The Romanian National Theatre Festival (RNTF) started in 1990, in Bucharest, just after the fall of the communist regime. The festival was at first a gathering of Romanian productions from all over the country – an annual theatre party of sorts. Read More
Walking for social and ecological transformation
The first edition of the “International Summer School of Arts and Sciences for Sustainability in Social transformation” (Gabrovo, Bulgaria, August 2010) proved an insightful and challenging process for the wide diversity of participants, coming from ASEM and a few other countries. Read More
Cultural policy overview on Romanian Film Industry
Romanian cinema began to gain recognition on the world stage after 2005. Interest in Romanian movies grew ever since, and important young film directors begun to make a name for themselves. Read More
(1)Nomadic artists
Judith Staines, Culture360.org’s Europe Editor, met Spanish artists Jasmina Llobet & Luis Fernández Pons during their residency at Seoul Art Space Geumcheon in Korea and asked them about their nomadic lives. Read More
(3)2010lab.tv stimulates cultural creativity
2010LAB.tv is an interactive web TV, blog and audio podcast for creative people in the Ruhr Metropolis and Europe. As a media hybrid of TV and internet, it is an innovation in and of itself. Read More
Call for articles on film.culture360.org
The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and the editorial team of www.culture360.org are inviting potential writers from ASEM countries* Read More
Sustainable Creative Cities | role of arts in globalised urban context
Good practices from Asia and Europe, highlighting constructive initiatives with artistic rationales that address the topic of sustainable creative cities. Read More
(1)Interview: Sacha Kagan of the Institute of Cultural Theory, Research and the Arts
The role of the artists and creative practitioners in the creation and sustenance of Sustainable, Creative Cities will serve as the focus of the Workshop on culture and the arts at ASEF’s 4th Connecting Civil Societies Conference (2-3 October 2010, Brussels) in preparation for the ASEM8 Summit (4-5 October 2010, Brussels). Read More
(1)Interview with Charlotte Appelgren of Cine-Regio
Culture360 discusses with Charlotte Appelgren of Cine-Regio, the European network of regional film funds. Read More
European festivals in a global era
What do ‘festivals’ mean in a global world? How are they perceived in Europe compared with Asia? What is their dialogue, keeping in mind EU and Asian practices? Read More
(1)Art Hong Kong 2010: Exploring new horizons
ArtHK 2010 (Art Hong Kong) is an Asian contemporary art fair that has recently gained visibility with the international art community for showcasing the best of contemporary art from the region. Read More
(1)Vietnam:ASEM Workshop on enhancing visibility through cultural activities
“Culture is the glue that joins different worlds of Asia and Europe” said Mr. Pham Sanh Chau, the Director-General of the Department for Cultural Diplomacy and UNESCO, MOFA Vietnam in his opening remarks of the ASEM Workshop on Enhancing Visibility Through Cultural Activities held in April 2010. Read More
Talking about contemporary circus in Europe
By Florentina Bratfanof – My first memories of the performing arts go back to a little town near the amazing Danube Delta, my hometown. Read More
(3)In conversation at Transmediale
Transmediale.10 took up residence at the House of World Cultures in snowy Berlin in the first week of February 2010. Transmediale is an internationally prestigious festival for contemporary art… Read More
China in Europe: europalia cultural festival
Europalia, based in Belgium, is a major international arts festival held every two years to celebrate one invited country’s cultural heritage. This year China has been chosen. Read More
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