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 Judith Staines

23 Apr 2012

Curating culture360.org #1 | Llobet and Pons

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Europe Editor Judith Staines asked the Spanish visual artist collective Llobet & Pons to start the curatorial journey with Curating culture360.org #1

By Kerrine Goh

14 Feb 2012

Changing audience participation in Polish contemporary art

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Many projects in Polish performing and visual arts in recent years are being developed in non-institutional spaces to take advantage of the context and to experiment with strategies of viewer …

Cultural Transitions: George Town

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Since George Town received the World Heritage title from UNESCO, jointly with Melaka as historic cities of the Straits of Malacca in 2008, it has experienced growing attention and underwent …

By Florentina Bratfanof

15 Nov 2011

Picnic 2011 | Building on our creativity

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PICNIC 2011 is a festival that has taken place at NDSM Wharf in Amsterdam last September. Florentina Bratfanof talks to Kitty Leering, the Program Director & interim General Manager of …

By Toby To

10 Nov 2011

Festivals and Communities in Thailand | The case of Chet Samien

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Despite the lack of government support towards performing arts in Thailand, various artists and organizers are striving to create arts festivals for and with their respective communities.

By Kerrine Goh

17 Oct 2011

Festivals and Communities in Thailand | The Pahtum Thani Festival

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Two cases of Thailand in the context of the festivals and their communities will be shared in this two-parts article. This first part outlines the case of Pahtum Thani International …

By Shiva Pathak

13 Sep 2011

Towards Creating a Vibrant Contemporary Dance Platform in India

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Attakkalari is India’s premiere organization working in the field of contemporary movement arts. Through its many distinct programmes it works towards creating a context for contemporary movement.

Art as a tool for development: searching for new social solutions

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In 2003, The Bagasbas Beach International Eco Arts Festival (BBIEAF) was created to answer the need for active participation to alleviate poverty and spur sustainable development with care for the …

By miki braniste

25 Jul 2011

Independent theater in the red carpet world

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Why theater at one of the biggest film festivals in Eastern Europe? What does it bring to the audience in addition to the movie projections?

By nikkicassidy

12 Jul 2011

First Ever Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Singapore!

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After a week of intensive workshops and discussions I am attempting to put into words what an incredibly inspiring and transforming experience it has been for me to attend the …

By Bilqis Hijjas

12 Jul 2011

Strategies and structures from Asian dance festivals

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A report on a meeting in Kobe, Japan, in April 2011, to share case studies of dance festivals in Asia and to build a network among festival directors.

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 Claire Wilson

23 Dec 2010

Dancing in the Graey: A Festival of Asian Dance in Singapore

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The Graey Festival, staged in Singapore in November at the Substation, had its 3rd edition this year in 2010. The festival originally began as a study of Indian contemporary dance …

By Florentina Bratfanof

08 Oct 2010

Online film festival:a review

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The 2010 edition of Filminute Festival is an exclusively online festival consisting of 25 shortlisted movies. Each movie lasts one minute. The festival is a platform for directors to produce …

By Florentina Bratfanof

22 Jul 2010

Asian festivals in a global era

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Festivals in Asia run on very different models, as the state and sophistication of arts development and support in various parts of Asia are highly disparate.

By Florentina Bratfanof

14 Jun 2010

European festivals in a global era

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What do ‘festivals’ mean in a global world? How are they perceived in Europe compared with Asia? What is their dialogue, keeping in mind EU and Asian practices?

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 Judith Staines

02 Nov 2009

China in Europe: europalia cultural festival

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Europalia, based in Belgium, is a major international arts festival held every two years to celebrate one invited country’s cultural heritage. This year China has been chosen.