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 Florentina Bratfanof

02 Nov 2010

Japanese animation film at Anim’est 2010

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The International Animation Film Festival, established in 2006, has become Bucharest’s most anticipated film festival and a recognized event on the international animation scene in Europe and Asia.

By Bharti Lalwani

11 Oct 2010

Singapore: an important showcase for southeast Asian art

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Poised to open in 2013, The National Art Gallery, Singapore (TNAGS) aims to provide a regional and cultural framework with a strong Southeast Asian focus.

By Anjali Devidayal

11 Oct 2010

Shanghai-Venice:exploring cultural dialogues

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The video presented here is a cross-interview which took place in Shanghai on 7 August 2010, on the occasion of the forthcoming exhibition Eyjafjallajökul - From Venice To Shanghai and …

By Florentina Bratfanof

08 Oct 2010

Online film festival:a review

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The 2010 edition of Filminute Festival is an exclusively online festival consisting of 25 shortlisted movies. Each movie lasts one minute. The festival is a platform for directors to produce …

By Judith Staines

28 Sep 2010

Complicite Theatre’s long road to India

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Complicite producer Judith Dimant describes the long process of setting up a tour of their theatre production about Indian mathematician, Ramanujan, to Mumbai.

By Judith Staines

28 Sep 2010

Sustainable Creative Cities | role of arts in globalised urban context

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Good practices from Asia and Europe, highlighting constructive initiatives with artistic rationales that address the topic of sustainable creative cities.

By Jerneja Rebernak

08 Sep 2010

New Delhi:contemporary Asian cinema at Netpac 2010

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The following article is a review of the conference organised by the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (Netpac), held in Delhi from the 18-22 August 2010. In addition …

By Florentina Bratfanof

08 Sep 2010

798 Beijing Art Zone: a profile

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A walk through the gallery district 798 in Beijing opens up a number of perspectives on the varied scope of works being created by contemporary Chinese artists today. It also …

By Anupama Sekhar

27 Aug 2010

Interview: Sacha Kagan of the Institute of Cultural Theory, Research and the Arts

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The role of the artists and creative practitioners in the creation and sustenance of Sustainable, Creative Cities will serve as the focus of the Workshop on culture and the arts …

By Jérémy Segay

13 Aug 2010

Interview with Charlotte Appelgren of Cine-Regio

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Culture360 discusses with Charlotte Appelgren of Cine-Regio, the European network of regional film funds.

By Valentina Riccardi

22 Jul 2010

Asia-Europe dance film: the Bow project

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The Bow Project was borne out of affiliations created during the Asia Europe Dance Forum- Pointe to Point organized by the Asia-Europe Foundation in China in 2007. It aimed to …

By Florentina Bratfanof

22 Jul 2010

Asian festivals in a global era

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Festivals in Asia run on very different models, as the state and sophistication of arts development and support in various parts of Asia are highly disparate.

By Florentina Bratfanof

14 Jun 2010

European festivals in a global era

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What do ‘festivals’ mean in a global world? How are they perceived in Europe compared with Asia? What is their dialogue, keeping in mind EU and Asian practices?

By Anjali Devidayal

19 May 2010

Art Hong Kong 2010: Exploring new horizons

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ArtHK 2010 (Art Hong Kong) is an Asian contemporary art fair that has recently gained visibility with the international art community for showcasing the best of contemporary art from the …

By Anjali Devidayal

20 Apr 2010

Vietnam:ASEM Workshop on enhancing visibility through cultural activities

“Culture is the glue that joins different worlds of Asia and Europe” said Mr. Pham Sanh Chau, the Director-General of the Department for Cultural Diplomacy and UNESCO, MOFA Vietnam in …