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 culture360

03 Oct 2024

Podcast | A conversation on cultural mobility with Sharmilla Ganesan

Podcast | A conversation on cultural mobility with Sharmilla Ganesan

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ASEF culture360 speaks with Sharmilla Ganesan, in our latest podcast series 'Opportunities for Mobility & More', where we explore the trends and shifts in the cultural mobility field of ASEAN.

By culture360

24 Sep 2024

Asia-Europe Cultural Festival: 2024 | Interview with artist Kent Lee

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ASEF culture360 speaks with Malaysian artist Kent Lee about his artistic practice and his experience in creating a new soundtrack for Myanmar film, Pyo Chit Lin (My Darling).

By culture360

16 Sep 2024

Asia-Europe Cultural Festival: Interview with the Asian Film Archive

Asia-Europe Cultural Festival: Interview with the Asian Film Archive

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ASEF culture360 speaks with Karen Chan, Executive Director of the Asian Film Archive, to share about the Archive and the significance of film restoration and preservation.

By culture360

16 May 2024

ASEF LinkUp2024 | Arts Sector Participants Announced!

ASEF LinkUp | Asia-Europe Cultural Diplomacy Lab 2024: Arts Sector Participants Announced!

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Taking place from 10 to 13 June in Prague, Czech Republic, ASEF LinkUp will serve as a meeting point for 20 selected participants from the cultural and government sectors to …

By culture360

13 Mar 2024

Mobility Funding Guides for Mekong Region | 2024 Edition Launched!

Mobility Funding Guides for Mekong Region | 2024 Edition Launched!

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ASEF culture360 is delighted to present the 2024 editions of the Mobility Funding Guides for Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam, a mapping of mobility funding opportunities for …

By Bikash K. Bhattacharya

25 Apr 2023

Poets as Keepers of Buddhist Tradition: The Zare Culture of Myanmar, Thailand and Yunnan

Zare Sai Jom Hlaing Han reciting lik long poetry in a Shan funeral, with the family members of the deceased and elderly villagers listening to the recitation and paying homage to the altar of the Buddha in Namkham, Northern Shan State, Myanmar. Photo: Bikash K. Bhattacharya

In Theravada Shan communities of upper Myanmar, northern Thailand, and the Yunnan province of China, a unique poetic tradition is the primary means of transmission of the teachings of Buddhism …

By Valentina Riccardi

17 Sep 2021

Virtual residencies: a new model of exchange beyond the pandemic

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As part of the Resartis General conference 2021 titled Defining the Next Decade, ASEF culture360 moderated a panel on alternative models of arts residencies that have been created since 2020, …

Virtual360 Konnect | Bounded Women

An article by Soe Yu NWE from Myanmar and Nayoung JEONG from Korea, participants of the Virtual360 Konnect - Emerging Arts Leaders Virtual Residency Series, on their joint project.

By Andrea Abellon

18 Oct 2020

Virtual360 Konnect | Mid-residency: What's happening so far

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The 20 residents of Virtual360 Konnect - Emerging Arts Leaders Virtual Residency Series are on full speed working together on their joint projects.

By Myint Myat Thu

11 Jul 2019

#peripheries: Arthouse Films | The Lost Genre in Myanmar

Arthouse films in Mynmar-The Monk

This month, culture360.ASEF.org is starting a new series of articles on the topic of #peripheries. The #peripheries have been regarded as being in the geographical margin, distant from the capital …

By Claire Rosslyn Wilson

08 Dec 2017

Culture and the Sustainable Development Goals: Shaping perceptions and inspiring change

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Culture is increasingly recognised as an important dimension for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, a group of 17 interrelated global goals and 169 targets that cover a range of development …

By Magali An Berthon

03 Jul 2017

From rare orchid to rare textile

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Myanmar is the home of more than 800 different species of orchids. A branch of the Kachin tribe uses an endangered species of orchid to produce fiber and create the …

By Valentina Riccardi

19 Oct 2016

Asiatopia Performance Conference 2016 | An open space for sharing

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From 13 to 19 October 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand, Asiatopia Performance Conference 2016 gathered over 120 among artists, curators, writers, historians and theorists to discuss and document the development of …

By Kerrine Goh

02 May 2016

ADD Editore Asia series | Interview with Ilaria Benini

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ASEF culture360 contributor Naima MORELLI interviews Ilaria BENINI, curator of the Asia series of ADD Editore, an independent Italian publisher based in Turin and promoting cultural dialogue between Italy and …