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Get in-depth perspectives through commissioned articles, interviews and reports on current topics for Asia-Europe cultural relations.


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 Anjali Devidayal

19 May 2010

Art Hong Kong 2010: Exploring new horizons

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ArtHK 2010 (Art Hong Kong) is an Asian contemporary art fair that has recently gained visibility with the international art community for showcasing the best of contemporary art from the …

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 Anjali Devidayal

06 Dec 2009

The 4th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2009

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The 4th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale was held in Japan in commemoration with the 10th anniversary of the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum. The exhibition included artists from 21 Asian countries.

By Siddharth

20 Nov 2009

Media Piracy in India

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Piracy in the Indian Media and Entertainment Industry. In Bangalore, the racks selling pirated copies of the latest Hollywood, Bollywood and Tamil films could almost go unnoticed.

By Anjali Devidayal

29 Oct 2009

A new cultural platform for Indian contemporary art?

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The visual arts scene for Indian Modern and Contemporary art has grown exponentially over ten years, but its internal structure reveals almost no support system for public art.

By Jeffrey Withaya Campbell

04 Mar 2009

China-Denmark: artist residencies, transforming communities

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Stine Hebert is Curator and Residency coordinator of the Factory of Art and Design in Copenhagen, Denmark. Xinxin Guo is curator at the Beijing Studio Center in Beijing, China.

By Jeffrey Withaya Campbell

18 Apr 2008

The impressive rise of Korean film

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South Korea has played host to one of the most interesting film industries of the past ten years. While gradual change has been the norm, Korea's film sector has been …

By Jeffrey Withaya Campbell

15 Apr 2008

UK: performing arts operator reflects

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Alison Andrews, Performing Arts Officer in the Yorkshire region for the Arts Council England.

By Jeffrey Withaya Campbell

15 Apr 2008

Indonesia: performing arts operator reflects

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Amna Kusumo and three cultural activists founded Kelola, a national non-profit organisation that promotes Indonesian arts, through learning, access to funding and information.

By Jeffrey Withaya Campbell

15 Apr 2008

Japanese theatre critic reflects

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Kentaro Matsui is a theatre critic and also Programme Director of the Tokyo based Setagaya Public Theatre, Japan.

By Jeffrey Withaya Campbell

15 Apr 2008

Japan: dance critic reflects

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[caption id="attachment_2811" align="alignright" width="170" caption="Daisuke Muto, Japan "][/caption] Contributed by Ive Stevenheydens 'We are interrelated through history' Daisuke Muto, Japan "I like to interpret the word 'contemporary' literally: a moment …

By Jeffrey Withaya Campbell

15 Apr 2008

Asia-EU: 4 performing arts operators reflect

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What is 'contemporary' in performing arts today? What at first seems to be a very simple question actually has no straight or univocal answer at all.