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 David Fernández

07 May 2018

Independent Hubs: The Zhongshan Building in Kuala Lumpur

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This month culture360.ASEF.org unveils a new series of articles and interviews titled ‘Independent Hubs / Creative Entrepreneurs’. This series takes into account the emergence of independent hubs and creative entrepreneurs …

By Fatima Avila

26 Apr 2018

Key Insights from the Southeast Asian Art Residencies Meeting 2018

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On 20-22 April 2018, over 50 representatives of 36 residencies and arts organisations from 9 Southeast and East Asian countries gathered in Roxas City in the Capiz province of the …

By Fatima Avila

27 Mar 2018

Cultural Mobility in Asia & Europe

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Now, more than ever, artists need to be able to travel internationally for exchange & dialogue, especially when for many practitioners, mobility is not only a matter of choice, but …

By Valentina Riccardi

07 Mar 2018

culture360.ASEF.org online survey | we need your feedback!

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Over the past decade, culture360.ASEF.org has been enabling easy access to relevant and reliable information for individual artists, arts organisations and policymakers across Asia and Europe. In October 2017, we …

By Chloe Chotrani

14 Feb 2018

The importance of documenting & archiving the performing arts

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Chloe Chotrani is a movement artist and writer based in Singapore. She has set up the performing arts archive, Talking Circles, a digital archive of performing artists from South, Southeast …

By Valentina Riccardi

14 Jan 2018

A look back at the Asian Intercultural Conference 2017 | Interview with T. Sasitharan

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As part of the media partnership with Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI), culture360 has interviewed its director and co-founder T. Sasitharan on the results of the the Asian Intercultural Conference organised …

By Claire Rosslyn Wilson

08 Dec 2017

Culture and the Sustainable Development Goals: Shaping perceptions and inspiring change

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Culture is increasingly recognised as an important dimension for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, a group of 17 interrelated global goals and 169 targets that cover a range of development …

By Claire Rosslyn Wilson

08 Nov 2017

Circles of telling and listening: Storytelling between cultures

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“There is no story without a teller and a listener. The storytelling cycle expands and becomes “ripples of telling and listening, and telling and listening all over again”.

By Valentina Riccardi

06 Nov 2017

Intercultural theatre practices | Interview with Frances Barbe

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As part of the media partnership with Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI), we have interviewed Frances Barbe, Director, Choreographer and Performer and one of the speakers at the upcoming Asian Intercultural …

By Claire Wilson

26 Sep 2017

Writing transnationally: Poets on writing between places

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People’s lives are more mobile than ever with estimates that this will only increase. However, the need for feeling like one belongs in a place is even more relevant in …

By David Fernández

20 Apr 2017

In conversation with Justin Sweeting I Sónar Hong Kong Festival

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ASEF culture360 contributor David Fernandez interviews Justin Sweeting, Co-founder and music director of Magnetic Asia and music director of Sónar Kong Kong after its inaugural edition in Hong Kong.

Redesigning Mobility Programmes | UNESCO-Aschberg connecting between artists and cities

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The field of artistic and cultural mobility encompasses an increasing number of agents, practitioners and stakeholders. Among the many initiatives that have emerged throughout the world over the past two …

By Kerrine Goh

17 Nov 2016

Are We Ready to be Cultural Leaders: Reflections on the Global Cultural Leadership Training Programme

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What is the expectation of global cultural leaders from the new generation of cultural managers? What is the response of young cultural leaders to their seniors and the world?

By Claire Wilson

27 Jul 2016

Translating voices | Finding connections between cultures

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ASEF culture360 contributor Claire Rosslyn Wilson looks into some of the some of the features and challenges of literary translation.

By Anupama Sekhar

19 Jul 2016

7th ASEM Culture Ministers’ Meeting I Key Outcomes

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Exchange of national good practices in the creative industries and exploration of international collaboration opportunities were the focus of the 7th ASEM Culture Ministers’ Meeting (ASEM CMM7) that took place …