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 Vanini Belarmino

18 May 2016

The Face of the Invisible | Art and Displacement

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ASEF culture360 contributor Vanini Belarmino converse with 2 artists living across the 2different continents ofAsia and Europe on their efforts to awaken spirits and offer a face to the invisible …

By Florent Petit

13 Apr 2016

By people/in cities: Brussels city profile

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ASEF culture360 contributor Florent Petit sketches a profile of Brussels, the capital of Belgium and home to the most important bodies of the European Union. One of the most important …

By David Fernández

30 Mar 2016

In conversation with Christophe Loviny | Yangon Photo Festival

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ASEF culture360 contributor David Fernández interviewed French photojournalist Christophe Loviny, Director of the Yangon Photo Festival.

By David Fernández

09 Mar 2016

By people / In cities | Yangon city profile

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ASEF culture360 contributor David Fernandez travels to Yangon, Myanmar’s social and cultural hub. In this article he describes the current panorama of contemporary arts & cultural fabric, focusing mainly on …

By Hatta Moktar

10 Sep 2015

Chose Commune or the art of publishing

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In 2015, ASEF culture360 invites you to get an insight on issues that are highly discussed in the cultural sector across Asia and Europe. Through a number of in-depth articles …

By Kerrine Goh

04 Jul 2013

Asia at the 55th Venice Biennale

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A long and historical presence at the Biennale for Asian countries include China at the Arsenale, but also in myriads of other collateral events through the city; Indonesia at the …

By Veeranganakumari Solanki

25 Mar 2013

India | Focus: Mumbai's first photography festival

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Veeranganakumari Solanki in conversation with the FOCUS Co-Founders: Nicola Antaki, Elise Foster Vander Elst, and Matthieu Foss for culture360.org. Focus is the first photography festival of Mumbai and it took …

By Veeranganakumari Solanki

14 Jan 2013

The Kochi-Muziris Biennale | Interview with Bose Krishnamachari and Riyas Komu

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The culture360.org correspondent Veerangana Solanki was in Kochi, India for the opening of the first ever Biennale in the country. She interviews here the initiators and curators Bose Krishnamachari and …

By Atteqa

20 Dec 2012

Building curatorial knowledge in Pakistan

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The Curatorial Knowledge Forum held on 17 November 2012 in Karachi, Pakistan, was part of a two-week residency programme - the Asia-Europe Curatorial Knowledge Workshop.

By Kerrine Goh

10 Dec 2012

Indonesian visual arts goes West… to France

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Indonesian contemporary art has started since a few years to be better known in France

By Judith Staines

23 Apr 2012

Curating culture360.org #1 | Llobet and Pons

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Europe Editor Judith Staines asked the Spanish visual artist collective Llobet & Pons to start the curatorial journey with Curating culture360.org #1

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 Valentina Riccardi

05 Dec 2011

In conversation at the Angkor Photo Festival | Cambodia

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While attending the festival, the culture360.org coordinator Valentina Riccardi, exchanged some views with its Asia coordinator Jessica Lim on past and future directions of the Festival.

Visual Perspective Series 2 | Traditional sports

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This second series of images presented by culture360.org and Angkor Photo Festival is about "traditional sports". Jill Coulon (France) takes an intimate look into the world of Sumo, Japan’s national …

Visual Perspective Series | In the Homeland

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culture360.org and Angkor Photo Festival present the first of a series of bi-monthly photo stories by one Asian and one European photographer who are exploring similar themes or issues in …

By Ramona David

11 Jul 2011

Asia-Europe Shared Heritage | online photo-video exhibition

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The exhibition "Shared Heritage: As We See It" showcases photographs and videos on the theme of cultural heritage by the participants of the 17th ASEF University programme.

By Bharti Lalwani

18 Feb 2011

Beyond an Art Fair – part 2

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culture360 contributor, Bharti Lalwani, was in New Delhi last month to attend the third edition of the India Art Summit. In this second part of her article, she explores the …

By Bharti Lalwani

15 Feb 2011

Beyond an Art Fair – part 1

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culture360 contributor, Bharti Lalwani was in New Delhi last month to attend the third edition of the India Art Summit. In this two parts in-depth, she interviews the founding director …

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 Jerneja Rebernak

29 Oct 2009

Words and photo: literature and photography

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The symposium Encutentros Photo España, held in Madrid, highlighted the influence of photography in modern literature, and their impact on the reproduction of history and memory.