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 Deepak Srinivasan

29 Jun 2011

Perceiving cultural rights | Politics of development and food production (Part 2)

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In the part II of the "perceiving cultural rights" series, culture36.org contributor, Deepak Srinivasan investigates cultural rights in relation to the politics of development and food production, with 2 case …

By Claire Wilson

16 Jun 2011

Connecting the next generation of festival directors

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Held for the first time in Asia, the Atelier for Young Festival Managers brought 34 young professionals to Singapore from 14 to 21 May. They reflected on topics related to …

By Deepak Srinivasan

15 Jun 2011

Changes in contemporary art practices | 2 case studies from Asia and Europe

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How have changes in contemporary art practice affected institutionalized forms like the gallery and the museum? Drawing from emerging practices based on 2 case studies, India and Croatia

By Anupama Sekhar

14 Jun 2011

Heritage education for ASEM youth

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Heritage dominated the agenda of the Fourth ASEM Culture Ministers’ Meeting in Poland in 2010 and will continue to shape the deliberations of the next Ministerial meeting, scheduled to be …

By Deepak Srinivasan

13 Jun 2011

Role of culture in society: Asian perspectives and European experiences

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culture360.org contributor Deepak Srinivasan reports on the Asian perspectives and European experiences from the Ready to Change? Conference held in Ljubljana, December 2010, with 2 video interviews and his his …

By Catarina Saraiva

13 Jun 2011

The bridges to build in performing arts: utopia or reality? Part 3

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This article gives an overview of the European and Southeast-Asian performing arts markets. It provides information that can lead to the creation of non-hierarchical dialogue between these two communities of …

By Bharti Lalwani

20 May 2011

Rethinking Museums | The Art Advisors - Part 2

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In the second part of her interview, Bharti Lalwani continues her discussion with Nicolai and Michael Frahm about what aspects make a private museum more meaningful.

By Bharti Lalwani

17 May 2011

Rethinking Museums | The Art Advisors - Part 1

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culture360.org contributor Bharti Lalwani presents the third of a series of interviews with Directors and Head Curators of Private Museums as well as Art Advisors to discuss the phenomenon of …

By Kerrine Goh

09 May 2011

What are Human Rights film festivals?

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The last decade witnessed an impressive proliferation of human rights film festivals all over the world. The formula of such a festival appeared attractive, both to the audiences and to …

By Catarina Saraiva

28 Apr 2011

The bridges to build in performing arts in Europe: utopia or reality?

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This is the first of three articles based on interviews with contemporary performing artists and programmers from Europe and Southeast Asia.

By Claire Wilson

11 Apr 2011

New connections in new media

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The Asia-Europe Foundation continued its work in new media artist exchange and policy dialogue through the Asia-Europe Cultural Partnership Initiatives (AECPI). AECPI projects connected 40 experts from across 14 countries …

By Katelijn Verstraete

24 Mar 2011

The source of Monsoon

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Choreographer Arco Renz, the creator of the Monsoon platform, talks to Katelijn Verstraete, Asia-Europe Foundation’s (ASEF) Assistant Director for Cultural Exchange, about the latest edition of his project.

By Katelijn Verstraete

23 Mar 2011

Bridging Asia and Europe contemporary performing arts

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At a recent gathering in Yokohama, Japan, over 50 independent creative producers from Asia and Europe got the opportunity to inspire and learn from each other about creating leading-edge arts …

By Ramona David

14 Mar 2011

MONSOON – A whirlwind of global culture

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Belgian dramaturge Bart van den Eynde describes his experiences at ‘Monsoon’, a transcultural and multi-disciplinary research and performance platform for Asian and European artists.

By Catarina Saraiva

28 Feb 2011

Investigating the relationship between programmers and artists

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Escape Line is a research project that aims to prove the possibility of establishing a balanced dialogue between programmers and creators in the performing arts market.