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 Katerina Valdivia Bruch

25 Apr 2017

Women dancers in India and UK at a glance

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Katerina Valdivia Bruch was in India as a bangaloREsident at Natya & STEM Dance Kampni. During her stay in Bangalore, she was able to attend the BENCH India, a conference …

By David Fernández

20 Apr 2017

In conversation with Justin Sweeting I Sónar Hong Kong Festival

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ASEF culture360 contributor David Fernandez interviews Justin Sweeting, Co-founder and music director of Magnetic Asia and music director of Sónar Kong Kong after its inaugural edition in Hong Kong.

By Florent Petit

14 Nov 2016

What future for museums in Europe?

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ASEF culture360 contributor Florent Petit explores the current boom of museums throughout Europe and tries to analyse the trends beneath some of the major projects scheduled for the years to …

By Lai DEL ROSARIO

19 Aug 2016

The art of archiving lost things | From Monet to Tracey Emin

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What do Tracey Emin and Claude Monet have in common? Both created works that vanished into thin air and consequently are now part of galleries archiving lost art. Lai DEL …

By Claire Wilson

25 Aug 2015

A foot in each place: Managing the jet set life between Asia and Europe

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ASEF culture360 contributor Claire Rosslyn WILSON talks to artists Jun YANG and Yan PRESTON about their experiences working on projects in both Asia and Europe as they share the challenges …

By Magali An Berthon

01 Oct 2014

Between two-cultures : Euro-Asian creative personalities (part I)

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These 2 interviews are part of a focus on creative industries and creative personalities from a Euro-Asian background.

By Kerrine Goh

11 Jul 2013

The Key to a Cooler Lumpur

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Last 21 – 23 June 2013 saw a unique kind of art festival taking place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was what the organisers called a literature-inspired festival. It was …

By Kerrine Goh

28 Dec 2012

Wasteland Twinning | Nottingham UK - Yogyakarta Indonesia

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The Wasteland Twinning Network (WTN) hijacks the concept of ‘City Twinning’ and applies it to urban wastelands in order to generate a transdisciplinary network for parallel research and action. By …

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

20 Jun 2012

'Tango With Me' to be released in UK

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In what will be one of the biggest releases for a black independent film, Tango With Me will open in major cinemas across the United Kingdom and Ireland this August. …

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 Claire Wilson

06 Mar 2012

Between art and environment: a Singaporean case study

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WORK-LIFE, a forum in Singapore, engaged the community, to discuss and develop ideas on how art can be effectively and responsibly used to create greater understanding, tolerance and appreciation of …

By Kerrine Goh

25 Dec 2011

British Director leads Berlinale 2012 International Jury

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British film director Mike Leigh heads the International Jury of 62nd Berlin International Film Festival main awards -the Golden Bear and the Silver Bears.

By Kerrine Goh

12 Dec 2011

Asia-Europe perspectives on art and climate change

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Ulla-Alexandra Mattl talks to Alison Tickell (Julie's Bycicle) and Pooja Sood (Khoj Collective) during the 5th World Summit on Arts and Culture, last October in Melbourne Australia.

By Kerrine Goh

06 Oct 2011

Film success in small countries – from Scotland to Singapore

What counts as a ‘successful’ film (industry) inevitably means different things to different people.  Nonetheless, when it comes to building a sustainable domestic film sector for cultural or economic reasons …