ASEF Culture360 | Connecting Asia and Europe through arts and culture


Get in-depth perspectives through commissioned articles, interviews and reports on current topics for Asia-Europe cultural relations.


By Bilqis Hijjas

12 Jul 2011

Strategies and structures from Asian dance festivals

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A report on a meeting in Kobe, Japan, in April 2011, to share case studies of dance festivals in Asia and to build a network among festival directors.

By Ramona David

11 Jul 2011

Asia-Europe Shared Heritage | online photo-video exhibition

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The exhibition "Shared Heritage: As We See It" showcases photographs and videos on the theme of cultural heritage by the participants of the 17th ASEF University programme.

By Valentina Riccardi

05 Jul 2011

Festivals in society | Interview with Sydney Festival Director, Lindy Hume

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In this first two-part interview with Festival Directors, culture360.org talks with Lindy Hume, Director of the Sydney Festival in Australia.

By Deepak Srinivasan

29 Jun 2011

Perceiving cultural rights | Politics of development and food production (Part 2)

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In the part II of the "perceiving cultural rights" series, culture36.org contributor, Deepak Srinivasan investigates cultural rights in relation to the politics of development and food production, with 2 case …

By Claire Wilson

16 Jun 2011

Connecting the next generation of festival directors

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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 …

By Anupama Sekhar

14 Jun 2011

Heritage education for ASEM youth

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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 …

By Deepak Srinivasan

13 Jun 2011

Role of culture in society: Asian perspectives and European experiences

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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 …

By Bharti Lalwani

20 May 2011

Rethinking Museums | The Art Advisors - Part 2

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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.

By Bharti Lalwani

17 May 2011

Rethinking Museums | The Art Advisors - Part 1

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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 …

By Claire Wilson

11 Apr 2011

New connections in new media

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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 …

By Kerrine Goh

30 Mar 2011

Looking Back, Moving Forward | A conversation with film maker Tania Sng

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The Asia-Europe Foundation met up with one of its alumni, Singapore-based film maker Tania Sng, to learn about her latest projects and what her plans are for the future.

By Katelijn Verstraete

24 Mar 2011

The source of Monsoon

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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.

By Katelijn Verstraete

23 Mar 2011

Bridging Asia and Europe contemporary performing arts

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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 …

By Ramona David

14 Mar 2011

MONSOON – A whirlwind of global culture

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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.

By Ramona David

21 Feb 2011

Asia Europe Film | Nurturing independent cinema

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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.