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 Valentina Riccardi

17 Sep 2021

Virtual residencies: a new model of exchange beyond the pandemic

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As part of the Resartis General conference 2021 titled Defining the Next Decade, ASEF culture360 moderated a panel on alternative models of arts residencies that have been created since 2020, …

By Nominbileg P.

21 Jun 2021

Stripped: Motion in a Contemporary City | Mongolia

The second Motion Mongolia International Dance Festival was organized with the theme, ‘Rhythm of the City’. What is a rhythm of a city?

By Preeti Gaonkar

09 Jun 2021

What future for Asia-Europe museum cooperation?

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Key takeaways from the forum discussion on ‘State of play, perspectives and new forms of cooperation between Asian and European museums’, held at the ASEM Day Virtual Celebration organised by …

By Gloria Tan

04 Jun 2021

culture360 interviews Dimo Milev | M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival, Singapore

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culture360 interviews Dimo Kirilov Milev, a dance choreographer for the M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival organised by The Human Expression (T.H.E) Dance Company in Singapore. Based in the Netherlands, Dimo …

By Klaudia Chzhu

25 May 2021

Towards a Gender Equity in the Arts

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This article is the result of the research conducted by Klaudia Chzhu during the e-residency Virtual Crossovers, organised in April 2021 by ASEF and ENCATC, the European network for cultural …

Creative Responses to Sustainability | United Kingdom Green Guide launched!

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culture360 and Invisible Flock are delighted to announce the launch of a new Green Guide for the United Kingdom, the 8th in the series Creative Responses to Sustainability.

By Tola SAY

18 May 2021

Making Arts Accessible in Rural Areas of Cambodia

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This article is the result of the research conducted by Tola SAY during the e-residency Virtual Crossovers, organised in April by ASEF and ENCACT, he European network for cultural management …

By Valentina Riccardi

05 May 2021

Virtual Crossovers: Meet our mentor | A conversation with Carla Figueira

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Carla Figueira was one of the mentors of Virtual Crossovers, an e-residency for arts journalists organised last month by culture360 in partnership with ENCACT. In this interview she shares about …

By Yasen Vasilev

25 Mar 2021

Reimagining Residencies Post-Pandemic

In this article, Yasen Vasilev rethinks how the artists residencies ecosystem could be in the future, following the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

By Claire Rosslyn Wilson

24 Mar 2021

Learning from experience: Supporting diverse voices in the Australian arts sector

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 …

Virtual Workings | Learning to Interweave New Curatorial Narratives

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Participants of the online residency Virtual Workings Tony Sugiarta (Indonesia), Masako Tanaka (Japan), Arie Syarifuddin (Indonesia) and Marinella Andrea Mina (Philippines) worked together on the topic of "Interweaving Textiles" under …

Virtual Workings | PERTIWI : Resilience in the arts

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Participants of the online residency Virtual Workings Kamiliah Bahdar from Singapore and Savitri Sastrawan from Indonesia worked together on “Pertiwi” under the mentorship of Luckana Kunavichayanont. The two curators talk …

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.