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 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 …

By Claire Wilson

06 Jul 2015

Collaborations across borders | Two creative freelancers share their experiences

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In this article on creative freelancers, ASEF culture360 contributor Claire Rosslyn Wilson talks to artists Varsha Nair and Estelle Cohenny-Vallier about their experiences in collaborating across borders with artists and …

By Parul Wadhwa

26 Mar 2015

Film Festivals in India | The alternative theatrical circuit

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  With the establishment of Films Division, India became one of the first countries along with the United Kingdom and the USA, to establish a documentary tradition. This was conducive …

By Magali An Berthon

25 Mar 2015

ARTISANS' | Crafting the Future of Indian Hand-made

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Through a number of in-depth articles and interviews, Magali An Berthon will initiate a reflexion about a creative generation which connects arts, design, crafts and social responsibility.

By Valentina Riccardi

15 Sep 2014

DOK Leipzig Lake Festival: Asia-Europe confluence through Documentary | India

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The second edition of the DOK Leipzig Lake Festival of documentaries was held between April 17 to 21, 2014 at The Lake Resort, Naukuchiatal, Uttarakhand, India.

By Veeranganakumari Solanki

25 Mar 2013

India | Focus: Mumbai's first photography festival

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Veeranganakumari Solanki in conversation with the FOCUS Co-Founders: Nicola Antaki, Elise Foster Vander Elst, and Matthieu Foss for culture360.org. Focus is the first photography festival of Mumbai and it took …

By Veeranganakumari Solanki

08 Feb 2013

Kochi Muziris Biennale | review

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India’s first Biennale debuted on 12/12/12 in Fort Kochi after months of build up in the form of announcements, artists’ visits, talks, support and controversies.

By Veeranganakumari Solanki

14 Jan 2013

The Kochi-Muziris Biennale | Interview with Bose Krishnamachari and Riyas Komu

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The culture360.org correspondent Veerangana Solanki was in Kochi, India for the opening of the first ever Biennale in the country. She interviews here the initiators and curators Bose Krishnamachari and …

By Veeranganakumari Solanki

02 Jan 2013

World Biennial Forum No. 1 | Focus on case studies from ASEM countries | The future of biennials in Asia

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The history of Biennales and how they have developed in Asia is very young when compared to Biennales in other parts of the world. However, with this Shifting Gravity, there …

By Parul Wadhwa

23 Nov 2012

Creative Producing | The Midas Touch

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By the very nature of its diversity, the Asian member countries of the ASEM region are a terrain of new stories. The filmmaking is avant garde in its raw nature, …

By Mayur Bandyopadhyay

02 Nov 2012

'Is 3D going to be the future of Cinema?'

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The recent 3D buzz has got everybody asking, 'Is 3D is going to be the future of Cinema?'

By Kerrine Goh

07 Sep 2012

Creative Encounters | The Ripple Effect | France, India, UK, Indonesia

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The Ripple Effect is a multi-disciplinary creative workshop process with partners in France, UK, India and Indonesia.

By Siddharth

30 Jul 2012

Interview with Meenakshi Shedde - Behind the Film Festival

The ease with which Meenakshi Shedde connects with you, it almost feels like a good film gripping your attention from the first scene itself. A look around her house in …

By Anupama Sekhar

11 Apr 2012

The Bangalore Lysistrata Project: Indo-British Theatre Collaboration

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Indian writer and performer Deepika Arwind looks behind the scenes of the Indo-British collaboration on Aristophanes’ 2,500-year-old play, Lysistrata.

By Anupama Sekhar

29 Mar 2012

A Small, Small World: Living with Difference in Intercultural Theatre

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Indian playwright, actor & director Abhishek Majumdar on his collaboration with Konradin Kunze and Sophia Stepf from Germany and their common love for storytelling.