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By Florent Petit

13 Apr 2015

The International Biennale of Design | Saint-Etienne, France

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The 9th edition of the International Design Biennale of Saint-Etienne (France) was launched last month (March 12th – April 12th). ASEF culture360 contributor Florent Petit reports. Saint-Etienne, a member of …

By Judith Staines

06 Feb 2015

Asia-Europe | arts and culture agenda 2015

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In our annual round up of arts and culture across Asia and Europe, culture360.asef.org Editor Judith Staines takes a trip around some of the best arts and culture events coming …

By Magali An Berthon

01 Oct 2014

Between two-cultures : Euro-Asian creative personalities (part I)

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These 2 interviews are part of a focus on creative industries and creative personalities from a Euro-Asian background.

By Magali An Berthon

16 Jun 2014

Lisa Mam | Connecting the dots

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Magali An has interviewed a young artist whose unique artwork has blossomed on the walls of South East Asia from Phnom Penh Cambodia to Bangkok Thailand. Considered as the first …

By Florent Petit

12 May 2014

Design City Biennale Luxembourg | Interview with Anna Loporcaro

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Anna Loporcaro is in charge of cultural and artistic events in the Museum of contemporary art in Luxembourg (MUDAM), and curator of the Design City Biennale, organized in the same …

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 Kerrine Goh

11 Mar 2013

Bridging Cultures through Comic Books | Budi Wijaya and the Lingua Comica programme

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Artist Budi Wijaya (Indonesia/Singapore) works across different media including comics. He tells culture360.org about his experience with the Lingua Comica programme, which was set up by the Asia-Europe Foundation to …

By Judith Staines

14 Feb 2013

Asia-Europe | arts events 2013

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Here is the annual round up of some of the best visual, literary and other arts events in Asia and Europe in 2013 from culture360.org’s Editor Judith Staines.

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 Kerrine Goh

07 Sep 2012

Creative Encounters | The Ripple Effect | France, India, UK, Indonesia

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The Ripple Effect is a multi-disciplinary creative workshop process with partners in France, UK, India and Indonesia.

By people / In cities : Kuala Lumpur | interview with Vishal J. Singh

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This month culture360.org unveils a new series of articles and interviews entitled By people / In cities. The second Kuala Lumpur-based interview introduces Vishal J. Singh, a design consultant and …

By people / In cities : Kuala Lumpur | interview with Grey Yeoh

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This month culture360.org unveils a new series of articles and interviews entitled by people / in cities. The first article of the series introduces the Malaysian capital city Kuala Lumpur …

By people / In cities : Kuala Lumpur | city profile

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This month culture360.org unveils a new series of articles and interviews entitled by people / in cities. The first article of the series introduces the Malaysian capital city Kuala Lumpur …

By Claire Wilson

08 Feb 2012

Between art and environment: an Indian case study

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Soak: Mumbai in an Estuary is a mediation on urban terrain design by artist designers Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha who investigate Mumbai's relationship with water.

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 …

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 Anjali Devidayal

12 Apr 2010

Indonesia-India: arts frameworks best practices

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The following brief interviews of Mirwan Andan, Researcher, Ruangrupa (Artist Inditiative) Jakarta, Indonesia and Tushar Jiwrajka, Director – volte gallery, Mumbai, India have been conducted simultaneously using a similar set …

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.