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


By Carla Castle

25 Jan 2024

Cultural Diplomacy: What's in it for the artists?

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This article is written as part of the Arts Journalism Matters Fellowship 2023, organised by the Asia-Europe Foundation, in collaboration with European network on cultural management and policy (ENCATC), in …

By Esther Yeon

16 Jan 2024

Culture, Diplomacy, and Cultural Diplomacy

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Written as part of the Arts Journalism Matters Fellowship, this article is an attempt to understand cultural diplomacy from a layman’s point of view, by deconstructing the terms and putting …

By Grey Yeoh

27 Mar 2023

Asia-Europe Cultural Festival Podcast Series: #1 Kamini Ramachandran

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The Asia-Europe Cultural Festival is a public arts festival organised by ASEF since 2018 to celebrate the artistic diversity of Asia and Europe and to promote dialogue and exchange amongst …

By Preeti Gaonkar

08 Oct 2021

Southeast Asian Arts Forum 2021 – Schoolhouse Mavericks

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The Southeast Asian Arts Forum 2021 was a 3-day event organised by the Institute of Southeast Asian Arts (ISEAA) that ran from the 28th to 30th July at Nanyang Academy …

By Adriana Nordin Manan

22 Sep 2021

Cultivating Arts Writing Ecosystems: Criticality and Creativity amidst Necessity

Personal narratives on professional pathways to becoming arts writers in four Asian countries were the departure point for the rich discussion at “Critical Writing Training: Models, Methods and Pitfalls,” a …

Virtual Workings | Learning to Interweave New Curatorial Narratives

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Participants of the online residency Virtual Workings Tony Sugiarta (Indonesia), Masako Tanaka (Japan), Arie Syarifuddin (Indonesia) and Marinella Andrea Mina (Philippines) worked together on the topic of "Interweaving Textiles" under …

By Valentina Riccardi

10 Jun 2020

Compagnia Zappalà Danza at M1 Contact Festival | Interview

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As part of our media partnership with M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival, we have interviewed the Italian dance company Compagnia Zappalà Danza to know more about MoDem, the choreographic language developed by Roberto …

By Valentina Riccardi

14 Jan 2018

A look back at the Asian Intercultural Conference 2017 | Interview with T. Sasitharan

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As part of the media partnership with Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI), culture360 has interviewed its director and co-founder T. Sasitharan on the results of the the Asian Intercultural Conference organised …

By Valentina Riccardi

06 Nov 2017

Intercultural theatre practices | Interview with Frances Barbe

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As part of the media partnership with Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI), we have interviewed Frances Barbe, Director, Choreographer and Performer and one of the speakers at the upcoming Asian Intercultural …

By Kerrine Goh

04 Jun 2015

Immersion as curatorial practice | Southeast Asian curators experience Slovenia

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The first phase of Curating-In-Depth provided an immersion in Slovenia for six curators from Myanmar, the Philippines and Singapore.

By Valentina Riccardi

11 Oct 2012

"10 Lessons in Film" | discussing the importance of Asia-Europe exchanges in Film

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On September 28-29 2012, The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) organised at Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore, the launch of the project “10 Lessons in Film”.