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


By Cléo Verstrepen

08 Jun 2023

Revitalising Rural Communities through the Arts | Kamiyama Art Residency Shikoku, Japan

Kamiya's Food Hub project, 2016

Kamiya Art Residence (KAIR) was implemented in Shikoku in 1999 by a group of volunteer inhabitants concerned by the dramatic decline of their town. Using art as a catalyst, they …

Interview with: Makiko Yamaguchi, Director of the Tokyo Culture Creation Project

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culture360 contributor Herman Bashiron Mendolicchio interviews Makiko Yamaguchi from the Tokyo Culture Creation Project to find out more about her perspective on "internationalisation" through arts, culture and creativity.

By Judith Staines

14 Feb 2013

Beppu’s convivial creative spirit | artists' projects in southern Japan

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culture360.org Editor Judith Staines visits the southern Japanese city of Beppu and discovers a lively contemporary arts scene alongside the traditional hot springs culture.

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 Llobet & Pons

17 Oct 2011

Exchanging artistic ideals and values | residency programmes in Japan

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Artists Jasmina Llobet and Luis Fernández Pons visited a number of artist-in-residency programmes in Japan and offer their impressions and advice to artists considering applying.