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 Claire Wilson

26 Sep 2017

Writing transnationally: Poets on writing between places

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People’s lives are more mobile than ever with estimates that this will only increase. However, the need for feeling like one belongs in a place is even more relevant in …

By Kerrine Goh

06 Sep 2017

The power of arts projects in driving Japanese regional revitalisation

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It is tricky to detect the impact Japan's 25-year recession from the lively streets of Tokyo, but the capital is a rare exception of growth in an economy otherwise in …

By Kerrine Goh

30 Aug 2017

Art & Disabilities in Southeast Asia | Beautiful Gate | Malaysia

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This September, ASEF culture360 continues its collaboration with ArtsEquator.com on the topic of Art & Disabilities in Southeast Asia. Dance critic Bilqis Hijjas meets with the dance troupe of Beautiful …

By Claire Wilson

01 Aug 2017

By People / In Cities: Melbourne

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Claire Wilson takes a look at the diverse cultural scene in Australia’s second largest city. There is no doubt that the creative industries play an important role in the state …

By Kerrine Goh

24 Jul 2017

Art & Disabilities in Southeast Asia | Art Beyond Words | Nolet Soliven

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This July, ASEF culture360 continues its collaboration with ArtsEquator.com on the topic of Art & Disabilities in Southeast Asia. Contributer Mark Louie Lugue meets with Nolet Soliven and his wife …

By David Fernández

18 Jul 2017

In conversation with Prateek and Priyanka Raja | Experimenter | Kolkata, India

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ASEF culture360 contributor David Fernández interviews Prateek and Priyanka Raja, co-founders of Experimenter, a multidisciplinary art space in Kolkata, and organizers of Experimenter Curators’ Hub, a platform to develop and …

By Kerrine Goh

11 Jul 2017

Feminism and women artists in Indonesian Contemporary Art

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Naima Morelli looks at what feminism means in the Indonesian art world with art historian Farah Wardani, artist Samantha Tio and researcher Wulan Dirgantoro – who just published a book …

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 Kerrine Goh

19 Jun 2017

Bombs and Buffalos: Social Issues in Contemporary Art from Laos

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Singapore art lovers are spoiled for choices of regional contemporary art. Yet in this abundant offer, contemporary art from Lao PDR or Laos as it is commonly referred to remains …

By Kerrine Goh

13 Jun 2017

Art & Disabilities in Southeast Asia | The story of Epic Arts | Cambodia

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This month, ASEF culture360 initiates a new collaboration with ArtsEquator.com, an online platform that brings together information, articles, events and ideas on the arts from Southeast Asia

By Valentina Riccardi

05 Jun 2017

Photography in Bangladesh | New publication launched!

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ASEF culture360 is delighted to launch a new research on contemporary photography in Bangladesh. Commissioned to the multimedia organisation Drik and researched by Mr Imran Ahmed, Chobiwalas of Bangladesh maps …

By David Fernández

31 May 2017

By people / In cities: Hong Kong | city profile

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This month culture360 contributor David Fernandez travels to Hong Kong. In this article he illustrates the local arts & cultural ecology of the city, focusing mainly on the emerging creative …

By Magali An Berthon

22 May 2017

Spedagi, Biking for Sustainability

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Indonesian rural life is at the heart of Spedagi's project. More than a bike design label, this is a movement that focuses on villages' social and environmental empowerment.

By Kerrine Goh

15 May 2017

Cultural and natural environments in Indonesia | Interview with Edwin Jurriëns

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Naima MORELLI interviews Dutch researcher and lecturer in Indonesian Studies at The University of Melbourne, Edwin Jurriëns about his book “Visual Media in Indonesia”

By Valentina Riccardi

12 May 2017

Contemporary Music: Tuning into Bangladesh | New report launched!

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ASEF culture360 is delighted to present a new report on the status of contemporary music in Bangladesh titled: Contemporary Music: Tuning into Bangladesh