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 Florent Petit

10 Feb 2016

How can the culture sector better embed sustainability in its activities?

ASEF culture360 contributor Florent Petit reports on the ArtCOP21 Professional Workshop, organised last December in Paris to discuss how the cultural sector can help turn society towards more durable ways …

By Claire Wilson

01 Dec 2015

Can artists make a difference in the climate change debate?

In the lead-up to United Nations conference on climate change (COP21) in Paris, ASEF culture360 took the opportunity to talk to 3 organisations working in the intersection between art and …

By Kerrine Goh

11 Dec 2014

Green + Arts + Culture + Mobility: Towards an international equation?

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Contributed by Marie Le Sourd In one year, the 21st UN International Conference on Climate Change will take place in Paris from 30 November to 10 December 2015. Despite some …

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 Katerina Valdivia Bruch

16 Dec 2013

The First Climate Art Festival in Yogyakarta: an Indonesian-German arts exchange on climate change and sustainability

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Katerina Valdivia Bruch held an interview with Christina Schott, co-initiator and organiser of the Climate Art Festival, in Yogjakarta Indonesia.

By Kerrine Goh

03 Sep 2013

Muslihat OK. Video | Interview with Andreas Siagian

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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 Andreas Siagian, …

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 …