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Get in-depth perspectives through commissioned articles, interviews and reports on current topics for Asia-Europe cultural relations.


By Preeti Gaonkar

12 Mar 2021

Engage: A conversation about arts for children and young people

Preeti Gaongkar interviews the organisers of Engage, the international forum of the arts for children and young people organised last November 2020 by ThinkArts.

Virtual Workings | Clearing Histories: The First Voice in Cyberspace

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Participants of the online residency Virtual Workings Celene Sakurako from Japan and Mac Andre Arboleda from the Philippines worked together on “Clearing Histories” under the mentorship of Dr. Amareswar Galla. …

Virtual360 Konnect | Field Notes: Reflections on Virtual360 Konnect

Art installation by Bagus Pandega

In this article, Dian and Gahye share their reflections from collaborating online through a virtual residency.

By Kathy Rowland

05 Mar 2021

Mapping Asian Arts Media: Key Findings in Cambodia, Malaysia and Singapore

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ASEF culture360 and ArtsEquator are pleased to present the key findings of the Arts Media Ecosystem Research, a mapping of the state of the arts media in Cambodia, Malaysia and …

By Jue Yang

02 Mar 2021

Making systemic changes: reflections from artistic residencies in the Netherlands and Belgium

How are the arts adapting to the #NewNormal"? One year into the global pandemic, this series presents experiences and stories of #resilience, #adaptation, and success from the arts sector to …

Virtual360 Konnect | Co-dreaming, Maintenance, and the Body: A Dialogue

This article summarises the thoughts of Virtual360 Konnect residents Charmaine and June on their collaborative work during the virtual residency

By Nicole Chang Shu Fun

24 Feb 2021

Funding the Arts in Times of Pandemic in Malaysia

How are the arts adapting to the #NewNormal"? Well over 11 months into the global pandemic, this series presents experiences and stories of #resilience, #adaptation, and success from the arts …

Virtual360 Konnect | Art Residencies in the Pandemic Era

In this article, Minji Chun and Micah Pinto map out virtual residencies in Asia & Europe and their relevance in the time of Covid.

By Carina Merin

08 Feb 2021

NEW INSIGHTS, NEW FORESIGHTS: Musings on the Performance Curators Initiatives' Virtual International Symposium 2020

Last October, the Performance Curators Initiatives (PCI), a global network of performance curators based in the Philippines, held its second international symposium entitled "Conversations on Curation and Performance in the …

Virtual360 Konnect | Spirit of Rice

An article by Jade Park from Korea and Theyvapaalan S Jayaratnam from Malaysia, participants of the Virtual360 Konnect - Emerging Arts Leaders Virtual Residency Series, on their joint project.

By Jeffrey Tan

03 Feb 2021

Creating Online Collaborations – the SAME-SAME experience

In this article, creative producer Jeffrey Tan shares the experience of SAME-SAME, an online inclusive collaboration between differently abled artists from Singapore and Australia, developed in time of Covid-19.

By SJ Armstrong

28 Jan 2021

Invisible Borders: How transnational artist residences are adapting to travel bans

Art transcends borders. Physical borders, mental boundaries, transnational highways that bind us in place. Travel has been savaged by the ‘new normal’.

By Di Liu

21 Jan 2021

"How are the arts adapting to the New Normal"? | A Reading Room in Guangzhou

A library, a study room, and a hangout spot, Reading Room is a public space where friends gather to read, discuss, meditate and imagine. Launched by HB Station in Guangzhou, …

By Veeranganakumari Solanki

14 Jan 2021

Funding the Arts in the time of pandemic

This article by Veerangana Solanki looks at various art funding models that emerged in three South Asian ASEM countries – Bangladesh, India, Pakistan – to support artists and art practices …