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


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 …

By Katerina Valdivia Bruch

06 Feb 2012

The Global Contemporary-Art Worlds After 1989 | A Summary of the Contemporary Art World?

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The exhibition The Global Contemporary – Art Worlds after 1989 was initiated by the Global Art and the Museum, with the attempt to show a compendium of contemporary art in …

By Bharti Lalwani

30 Jan 2012

Dialogue Across the Equator at the Jogja Biennale

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culture360 contributor Bharti Lalwani speaks to the curators of the Jogja Biennale, Alia Swastika and Suman Gopinath to discuss the premise of the first international Jogjakarta Biennale titled Equator #1- …

By Florentina Bratfanof

16 Jan 2012

Maribor 2012 | "Townkeys" for a young city and a new image

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[caption id="attachment_18464" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="The "Townkeys" team"][/caption] The programme of the Europe Capital of Culture Maribor 2012 may be seen through an horizontal-vertical structure. Horizontally, lie strands of individual artistic …

By Katerina Valdivia Bruch

13 Jan 2012

Beyond the East: A Eurocentric gaze on Indonesian contemporary art

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From October 2011 to February 2012, the city of Rome presents an extensive programme of events in the frame of the international cultural biennale Vie della seta (Silk Roads).

By Kerrine Goh

10 Jan 2012

Between art and environment: a Mongolian case study

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As part of the Connect2Culture programme ASEF commissioned the art and environment research "Linking the Arts to Environment and Sustainable Development Issues". This first case study outlines the Land Art …

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 Llobet & Pons

30 Oct 2011

Outside the mainstream | independent project spaces and artist-run initiatives in Japan

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Artists Jasmina Llobet and Luis Fernández Pons look at how independent art spaces and artist-run initiatives in Japan function and their place within the contemporary arts scene.

By Llobet & Pons

17 Oct 2011

Exchanging artistic ideals and values | residency programmes in Japan

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Artists Jasmina Llobet and Luis Fernández Pons visited a number of artist-in-residency programmes in Japan and offer their impressions and advice to artists considering applying.

By Bharti Lalwani

17 Oct 2011

In conversation with Charles Merewether

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The Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore (ICAS) is the curatorial division of LASALLE College of the Arts. Bharti Lalwani speaks with the Director of ICA, Charles Merewether to find out …

By Bharti Lalwani

16 Aug 2011

Rethinking Museums | Oei Hong Djien Museum in Indonesia

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In the fourth profile on Directors and Head Curators of Private Museums, Bharti Lalwani interviews Dr.Oei Hong Djien, a rare collector who has been consistently collecting Indonesian art during the …

By Valentina Riccardi

13 Jul 2011

Festivals in society | Interview with Korean Sidance Festival Director, Lee Jong-Ho

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In this second of this two-part interview with culture360.org, Jong‐Ho Lee, Founding Artistic Director, SIDANCE Festival (Seoul International Dance Festival) talks about the importance of festivals in Asia.

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 Valentina Riccardi

05 Jul 2011

Festivals in society | Interview with Sydney Festival Director, Lindy Hume

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In this first two-part interview with Festival Directors, culture360.org talks with Lindy Hume, Director of the Sydney Festival in Australia.

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