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 Kerrine Goh

15 May 2017

Cultural and natural environments in Indonesia | Interview with Edwin Jurriëns

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Naima MORELLI interviews Dutch researcher and lecturer in Indonesian Studies at The University of Melbourne, Edwin Jurriëns about his book “Visual Media in Indonesia”

By David Fernández

19 Jul 2016

HANGAR, Spain | Interview with Tere BADIA

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As part of the series By People/In Cities, ASEF culture360 contributor David FERNÁNDEZ interviews Tere BADIA, Director of HANGAR, a centre for art research and production, offering support to visual …

Interview with: Makiko Yamaguchi, Director of the Tokyo Culture Creation Project

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culture360 contributor Herman Bashiron Mendolicchio interviews Makiko Yamaguchi from the Tokyo Culture Creation Project to find out more about her perspective on "internationalisation" through arts, culture and creativity.

By Judith Staines

10 Jan 2014

Asia-Europe | arts and culture agenda 2014

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culture360.org focuses on arts and culture connections across Asia and Europe - from New Zealand to Ireland, Malta to Mongolia and Laos to Latvia, there are 49 ASEM member countries …

By People / In Cities : Jakarta Art Biennale | SIASAT

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Can art and artists help build a more balanced society in Jakarta? At the pace in which the city is developing, it seems like a tremendous challenge. But artists throughout …

By Kerrine Goh

02 Sep 2013

Muslihat OK. Video | Interview with Krisgatha Achmad

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Muslihat OK. Video – Jakarta International Video Festival is a biannual video festival held since 2003 by ruangrupa, an artists’ initiative in Jakarta, Indonesia. This month, culture360.org interviews Krisgatha Achmad, …

By People / In Cities : Hong Kong | interview with Shirley Surya, Assistant Curator at M+ Museum

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Former culture360.org Asia Editor, Sali Sasaki interviews Shirley Surya, Assistant Curator (Design & Architecture) at the M+ Museum in Hong Kong. The two met through the Royal College of Art …

By Judith Staines

14 Feb 2013

Beppu’s convivial creative spirit | artists' projects in southern Japan

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culture360.org Editor Judith Staines visits the southern Japanese city of Beppu and discovers a lively contemporary arts scene alongside the traditional hot springs culture.

By Katerina Valdivia Bruch

14 Feb 2013

Turning Targets: 25 years of Cemeti Art House

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culture360.org writer Katerina Valdivia Bruch shares her artistic experiences in Indonesia and interviews the artists and founders of Cemeti Art House: Mella Jaarsma (MJ) and Nindityo Adipurnomo (NA).

By Veeranganakumari Solanki

08 Feb 2013

Kochi Muziris Biennale | review

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India’s first Biennale debuted on 12/12/12 in Fort Kochi after months of build up in the form of announcements, artists’ visits, talks, support and controversies.

By Veeranganakumari Solanki

02 Jan 2013

World Biennial Forum No. 1 | Focus on case studies from ASEM countries | The future of biennials in Asia

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The history of Biennales and how they have developed in Asia is very young when compared to Biennales in other parts of the world. However, with this Shifting Gravity, there …

By Kerrine Goh

28 Dec 2012

Wasteland Twinning | Nottingham UK - Yogyakarta Indonesia

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The Wasteland Twinning Network (WTN) hijacks the concept of ‘City Twinning’ and applies it to urban wastelands in order to generate a transdisciplinary network for parallel research and action. By …

By People / In Cities : Hong Kong

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As Hong Kong is about to open the 2012 edition of its Business of Design Week (BODW), culture360.org takes a closer look at the local design scene, including its most …

By Katerina Valdivia Bruch

24 Oct 2012

Video Art and Video Initiatives in Indonesia: Sharing Audiovisual Culture between Activism and Artistic Practice

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In Indonesia, video art was not the result of an artistic movement or a particular development in contemporary arts. In fact, the influence of video in contemporary art is not …

By Llobet & Pons

22 Aug 2012

Manifesta 9 | Reconversion

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Manifesta is the European biennial of contemporary art, with the special characteristic of being a nomadic show, organised every two years in a different European city. Taking place in 2012 …