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By Anjali Devidayal

12 Apr 2010

Indonesia-India: arts frameworks best practices

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The following brief interviews of Mirwan Andan, Researcher, Ruangrupa (Artist Inditiative) Jakarta, Indonesia and Tushar Jiwrajka, Director – volte gallery, Mumbai, India have been conducted simultaneously using a similar set …

By Judith Staines

22 Mar 2010

Digital culture festival considers the future

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Gustaff H.Iskandar from Bandung Center for New Media Arts, Indonesia, has written a review of the transmediale festival and conference held in Berlin in February 2010.

By Florentina Bratfanof

10 Mar 2010

Talking about contemporary circus in Europe

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By Florentina Bratfanof - My first memories of the performing arts go back to a little town near the amazing Danube Delta, my hometown.

By Judith Staines

22 Feb 2010

In conversation at Transmediale

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Transmediale.10 took up residence at the House of World Cultures in snowy Berlin in the first week of February 2010. Transmediale is an internationally prestigious festival for contemporary art and …

By Siddharth

18 Feb 2010

Riding the radio wave: community radio in South Asia

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India’s first cable community radio station, Namma Dhwani (meaning ‘Our Voice’) has made a small but substantial impact on the everyday lives of the villagers.

By Vanini Belarmino

08 Feb 2010

Cambodian contemporary dance: Amrita Performing Arts

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AMRITA Performing Arts is an NGO based in Cambodia. Its primary objective is to promote and sustain the preservation of traditional Cambodian performing arts.

By Florentina Bratfanof

08 Feb 2010

Romanian contemporary theatre: an insider’s perspective

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Over the last nine years, Romanian theatre went through a hectic but powerful journey. Some may argue that things are always evolving too slowly in Romania.

By Vanini Belarmino

20 Jan 2010

Search for Dance: a conversation with Takako Suzuki

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Takako Suzuki, a Japanese performer, is a familiar face in Berlin and internationally, working with Germany’s premiere dance company, Sasha Waltz & Guest since the 90s.

By Judith Staines

01 Jan 2010

Solutions for the mobility of visual artists in Europe

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[caption id="attachment_1023" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image credit: Trans Europe Halles http://teh.net/"][/caption] The Internationale Gesellschaft der Bildenden Künste (IGBK) organised a meeting of European experts on ‘Mobility in the Visual Arts Sector …

By Kerrine Goh

31 Dec 2009

Does Europe Know How To Fish? Some Thoughts Accompanying The Launch Of Media International Programme

It has been seventeen years since the European Commission introduced the first MEDIA programme to support the European audiovisual industry.

By Anjali Devidayal

06 Dec 2009

The 4th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2009

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The 4th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale was held in Japan in commemoration with the 10th anniversary of the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum. The exhibition included artists from 21 Asian countries.

By Vanini Belarmino

01 Dec 2009

Asia-EU performing arts: cultural influences

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I interviewed two prominent figures in the performing arts: one from Thailand and one from Germanyto discuss their own experiences in working in opposite sides of the world.

By Kerrine Goh

25 Nov 2009

Mapping Indian Film Festivals

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With a nation fiercely devoted to its own national cinemas, international film festivals are a crucial bridge between Bollywood, Indian cinema and world cinema.

By Siddharth

20 Nov 2009

Video: What do you think of media piracy?

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Video: What do you think of media piracy? Siddharth Chadha has asked this question to a broad group of people in the streets of New Delhi, India.

By Siddharth

20 Nov 2009

India: media piracy-intellectual property interview

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Lawrence Liang is a researcher and writer based at the Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore. His areas of interest have been in the intersection of law, culture and technology.