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 Khan Mohammad Faisal

27 Jul 2023

On creating Bangladesh’s music ecosystem

This article explores the challenges faced by Bangladesh's music industry and outlines essential steps to create a vibrant music ecosystem. From infrastructure development to adapting to the digital landscape, nurturing …

By Kerrine Goh

21 Jun 2023

ECO Film Lab | Interview with Bibesh Roy

ECO Film Lab 2023

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As part of culture360's Media Partnership with the Bangladesh International Academy of Film and Media, culture360 interviewed Executive Director Bibesh Roy, to learn more about ECO Film Lab: An International …

By Winnie Lim

13 Dec 2021

<de>confine 2021 | Interview with Media Art South Asia

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<de>confine 2021, was a South Asian Digital Arts Festival that ran from the 10th to 30th of November 2021 across South Asia and online. Curated by Media Art South Asia, <de>confine …

By SJ Armstrong

28 Jan 2021

Invisible Borders: How transnational artist residences are adapting to travel bans

Art transcends borders. Physical borders, mental boundaries, transnational highways that bind us in place. Travel has been savaged by the ‘new normal’.

By Veeranganakumari Solanki

14 Jan 2021

Funding the Arts in the time of pandemic

This article by Veerangana Solanki looks at various art funding models that emerged in three South Asian ASEM countries – Bangladesh, India, Pakistan – to support artists and art practices …

By Valentina Riccardi

05 Jun 2017

Photography in Bangladesh | New publication launched!

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ASEF culture360 is delighted to launch a new research on contemporary photography in Bangladesh. Commissioned to the multimedia organisation Drik and researched by Mr Imran Ahmed, Chobiwalas of Bangladesh maps …

By Valentina Riccardi

12 May 2017

Contemporary Music: Tuning into Bangladesh | New report launched!

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ASEF culture360 is delighted to present a new report on the status of contemporary music in Bangladesh titled: Contemporary Music: Tuning into Bangladesh

By Claire Wilson

27 Sep 2016

Poets translating poets | A space for meaningful exchange

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Poets Translating Poets is a project of the Goethe-Institut/Max Muller Bhavan Mumbai that brings together poets from Germany, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to translate each other’s poems in …

By Valentina Riccardi

26 Sep 2016

7 Case studies on Arts Management in South Asia | New publication launched

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ASEF culture360 is proud to launch a new research titled "Arts Management: challenges and learning from 7 cultural organisations in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan".

By Claire Wilson

04 Jul 2016

Dhaka Literary Festival | Bringing the best of Bangladeshi literature to the world

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Dhaka Literary Festival co-director and producer Sadaf SAAZ discusses with Claire WILSON how literary festivals can build bridges and mutual understanding.

By Kerrine Goh

15 Jul 2015

“Made in Bangladesh”: Importing and Exporting the Fabric of Kathak | Interview with Vikram Iyengar

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Contributed by Vanini Belarmino   Female Factory Worker: “I think I am special. That’s why I am here.” Supervisor: “You think you are special. You have to be more than …