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 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.

By Bharti Lalwani

17 Oct 2011

In conversation with Charles Merewether

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The Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore (ICAS) is the curatorial division of LASALLE College of the Arts. Bharti Lalwani speaks with the Director of ICA, Charles Merewether to find out …

By Kerrine Goh

17 Oct 2011

Festivals and Communities in Thailand | The Pahtum Thani Festival

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Two cases of Thailand in the context of the festivals and their communities will be shared in this two-parts article. This first part outlines the case of Pahtum Thani International …

By Kerrine Goh

10 Oct 2011

The Missing Voice of Southeast Asia – Documentary Film in Southeast Asia | Part II

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Part Two of Katrin Sohns and Leyla Hoppe's survey on the state of contemporary documentary filmmaking in Southeast Asia.

By Kerrine Goh

06 Oct 2011

Indian Film: Standing Before New Trend and Trade Turning Point

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[caption id="attachment_5823" align="alignleft" width="290" caption="A scene from “Guzaarish” (Request) by Sanjay Leela Banshali."][/caption] Presently, the Indian Film Industry occupies a position where a new gateway or dimension has opened. The …

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 …

By Kerrine Goh

29 Sep 2011

The Changing Role of Film Societies in Bangalore

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I have spent many hours visiting hole-in-the-wall vendors of pirated DVDs at Bangalore’s National Market. The collections are vast, the prices are low, and the salesmen, in their pithy analysis …

By Valentina Riccardi

26 Sep 2011

culture360.org in Melbourne | your voice to the World Summit on Arts and Culture

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culture360.org invites everyone to participate to the 5th World Summit on Arts and Culture and give a reason as to why the arts are a catalyst for change in today’s …

By Florentina Bratfanof

23 Sep 2011

Hands On! International | A network for children's museums

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In Europe, children’s museums are flourishing thanks to dedicated associations bringing museum experts together to network and share experiences and thereby helping its members to grow and develop.

By Kerrine Goh

20 Sep 2011

Unleashing the creative power of science

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Genetic scientist Dr Theodore Anagnostopoulos is no stranger to using creative and artistic approaches to communicate messages of sustainable solutions in response to global environmental challenges.

Visual Perspective Series | In the Homeland

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culture360.org and Angkor Photo Festival present the first of a series of bi-monthly photo stories by one Asian and one European photographer who are exploring similar themes or issues in …

By Shiva Pathak

13 Sep 2011

Towards Creating a Vibrant Contemporary Dance Platform in India

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Attakkalari is India’s premiere organization working in the field of contemporary movement arts. Through its many distinct programmes it works towards creating a context for contemporary movement.

By Kerrine Goh

30 Aug 2011

Creative Change | arts and culture in achieving sustainable change

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The arts have an important role to play in helping communities deal with the issues arising from environmental change and globalisation. That is the opinion of three passionate advocates for …

By Bharti Lalwani

16 Aug 2011

Rethinking Museums | Oei Hong Djien Museum in Indonesia

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In the fourth profile on Directors and Head Curators of Private Museums, Bharti Lalwani interviews Dr.Oei Hong Djien, a rare collector who has been consistently collecting Indonesian art during the …

By Kerrine Goh

13 Aug 2011

Film audience and film literacy

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The decline of cinema-houses, wherever it happens, is generally associated to the changes in social attitudes. These include the uses of new audiovisual tools, which allow interacting, transforming, and sharing …