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 Deepak Srinivasan

23 Jun 2011

Perceiving cultural rights | Social spaces and living spaces (Part 1)

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The Cultural Rights discourse is a new and emerging one, intrinsically tied to processes of the political. culture36.org contributor, Deepak Srinivasan looks into some of the interventions from Europe that …

By Claire Wilson

16 Jun 2011

Connecting the next generation of festival directors

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Held for the first time in Asia, the Atelier for Young Festival Managers brought 34 young professionals to Singapore from 14 to 21 May. They reflected on topics related to …

By Deepak Srinivasan

15 Jun 2011

Changes in contemporary art practices | 2 case studies from Asia and Europe

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How have changes in contemporary art practice affected institutionalized forms like the gallery and the museum? Drawing from emerging practices based on 2 case studies, India and Croatia

By Anupama Sekhar

14 Jun 2011

Heritage education for ASEM youth

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Heritage dominated the agenda of the Fourth ASEM Culture Ministers’ Meeting in Poland in 2010 and will continue to shape the deliberations of the next Ministerial meeting, scheduled to be …

By Deepak Srinivasan

13 Jun 2011

Role of culture in society: Asian perspectives and European experiences

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culture360.org contributor Deepak Srinivasan reports on the Asian perspectives and European experiences from the Ready to Change? Conference held in Ljubljana, December 2010, with 2 video interviews and his his …

By Catarina Saraiva

13 Jun 2011

The bridges to build in performing arts: utopia or reality? Part 3

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This article gives an overview of the European and Southeast-Asian performing arts markets. It provides information that can lead to the creation of non-hierarchical dialogue between these two communities of …

By Catarina Saraiva

08 Jun 2011

The bridges to build in performing arts in Southeast Asia: utopia or reality? Part 2

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This is the second of a series of three articles based on interviews done to contemporary performing artists and programmers from Europe and Southeast Asia.

By Bharti Lalwani

20 May 2011

Rethinking Museums | The Art Advisors - Part 2

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In the second part of her interview, Bharti Lalwani continues her discussion with Nicolai and Michael Frahm about what aspects make a private museum more meaningful.

By Bharti Lalwani

17 May 2011

Rethinking Museums | The Art Advisors - Part 1

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culture360.org contributor Bharti Lalwani presents the third of a series of interviews with Directors and Head Curators of Private Museums as well as Art Advisors to discuss the phenomenon of …

By Kerrine Goh

09 May 2011

What are Human Rights film festivals?

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The last decade witnessed an impressive proliferation of human rights film festivals all over the world. The formula of such a festival appeared attractive, both to the audiences and to …

By Bharti Lalwani

02 May 2011

Singapore Biennale 2011 | In Conversation with Matthew Ngui

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The Singapore biennale presents its third edition “Open House” headed by Artistic Director Matthew Ngui, Russell Storer and Trevor Smith. culture360.org contributor Bharti Lalwani catches up with Artistic Director Matthew …

By Catarina Saraiva

28 Apr 2011

The bridges to build in performing arts in Europe: utopia or reality?

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This is the first of three articles based on interviews with contemporary performing artists and programmers from Europe and Southeast Asia.

By Claire Wilson

11 Apr 2011

New connections in new media

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The Asia-Europe Foundation continued its work in new media artist exchange and policy dialogue through the Asia-Europe Cultural Partnership Initiatives (AECPI). AECPI projects connected 40 experts from across 14 countries …

By Claire Wilson

11 Apr 2011

New Media Lives | research on new media workers in Asia and Europe

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During the Shanghai Expo, media practitioners, artists and civil society organisers met to find out about the changes taking place in the web-based industries in the two regions.

By Bharti Lalwani

11 Apr 2011

Rethinking Museums | the Kiran Nadar Museum in New Delhi

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Bharti Lalwani talks to Kiran Nadar, who recently launched the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art in Delhi