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 Catherine Sarah Young

19 May 2020

#art&technology: How art and technology collaborations contribute to a sustainable world

#art&technology: How art and technology collaborations contribute to a sustainable world

In culture360.ASEF.org’s series of articles on #art&technology, Catherine Sarah Young highlights the hidden processes behind taxidermied animals and other preserved specimens in her multimedia artwork and examines questions and potential …

By Roli Mahajan

18 May 2020

#art&technology: Indian Digital Heritage | Digital Hampi Project

#art&technology: Indian Digital Heritage | Digital Hampi Project

In culture360.ASEF.org’s series of articles on #art&technology, Roli Mahajan features the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Hampi and how experts have chosen the 3D path to recreate damaged sculptures, in …

By Parul Wadhwa

07 May 2020

#art&technology: Outside the Boundaries | Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)

#art&technology: Outside the Boundaries | Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)

In culture360.ASEF.org’s series of articles on #art&technology, Parul Wadhwa features Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T), a non-profit organisation established by Finnish multinational telecommunications , Nokia corporation, to develop collaborations …

By Budhaditya Chattopadhyay

30 Apr 2020

Sacred Sounds and AI: Some takeaways from EXPERIMENTA Arts & Sciences Biennale 2020

culture360.ASEF.org features Mobility First! alumni travel stories supported by ASEF's travel grant for artists and cultural professionals.

By Angela Youngman

22 Apr 2020

#art&technology: Visiting Popular Exhibitions and Museums

#art&technology: Visiting popular exhibitions and museums

In culture360.ASEF.org’s series of articles on #art&technology, Angela Youngman highlights the sustainability and overtourism problem linked to museums and how museums are experimenting with virtual reality to alleviate this problem.

By Kerrine Goh

17 Apr 2020

Mobility First! 2019: What we learnt about cultural mobility in Asia and Europe

Mobility First! 2019:  What we learnt about  cultural mobility in Asia and Europe

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culture360.ASEF.org features Mobility First!, ASEF’s travel grant for artists and cultural professionals. With most of us having to physically stay home to slow the spread of Covid-19, our work as …

By Judith Staines

15 Apr 2020

#StayHome #iorestoacasa #Quedateacasa - virtual tours of museums, online performances, webcams and more

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Many of us are confined at home #StayHome during the COVID-19 pandemic. Across Europe and Asia, masses of arts events have sadly been cancelled – festivals, conferences, performances, exhibitions, biennales …

By Valentina Riccardi

08 Apr 2020

culture360.ASEF.org: An Observatory of digital trends in the Asia-Europe context | 2019 Review

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In these times of uncertainty where face-to-face encounters are not always possible, digital projects are proving to be even more valuable and risk-effective. The following article is an overview of …

By Duna Viezzoli

26 Mar 2020

#art&technology: Enter paintings, a dream come true

#art&technology: Enter paintings, a dream come true

In culture360.ASEF.org’s series of articles on #art&technology, virtual technologies are today applied to works of art, fascinating spectators on a new dimension and creating subjective perceptions of cultural heritage: the …

By Zane Šime

18 Mar 2020

#art&technology: Greenness in the Anthropocene

The art exhibition “UN/GREEN” showcased at the Latvian National Museum of Art enriches a wider reflection process on the multi-faceted implications of the new geologic epoch.

By Claire Wilson

06 Mar 2020

#art&technology: Making space for dialogue between art and science

#art&technology: Making space for dialogue between art and science

In culture360.ASEF.org’s new series of articles on #art&technology, making art in the nexus with scientific concepts requires time, dedicated research and a willingness for open dialogue. In this article, Claire …

By Katerina Valdivia Bruch

03 Mar 2020

Interview with Farid Rakun from ruangrupa | Indonesia

Interview with Farid Rakun from ruangrupa, Indonesia

culture360.ASEF.org features the artists’ collective ruangrupa, from Jakarta. In this article, Katerina Valdivia Bruch interviewed Farid Rakun, one of the members of ruangrupa, on topics around collective practice, the role …

By culture360

26 Feb 2020

CultureCon 2020 | Interview

CultureCon 2020-Three Vital Questions

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As part of the media partnership between culture360.ASEF.org and The Art X Company, we interviewed Parmesh Shahani, Head, Godrej India Culture Lab and Rashmi Dhanwani, founder, ArtX Company to tell …

By Bill Aitchison

19 Feb 2020

#peripheries: Allenheads: on the edge of the Milky Way | United Kingdom

#peripheries: Allenheads: on the edge of the Milky Way  | United Kingdom

culture360.ASEF.org is featuring a series of articles on the topic of #peripheries. The #peripheries have been regarded as being in the geographical margin, distant from the capital cities and cultural …

By Andrea Giacomelli

12 Feb 2020

#art&technology: The Metalliferous Hills Jug Band from Southern Tuscany

What do rock music and science have in common? According to Andrea Giacomelli and its band Jug Band dalle Colline Metallifere quite a bit. To be precise this connection is …