ASEF Culture360 | Connecting Asia and Europe through arts and culture


By Sarah Zia

19 Dec 2022

Taking Cultural Diplomacy to the Masses in Times of Covid

Sarah Zia explores how online campaigns were used innovatively to bridge and create cultural diplomacy digitally in South Asia.

By David Fernández

20 Apr 2017

In conversation with Justin Sweeting I Sónar Hong Kong Festival

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ASEF culture360 contributor David Fernandez interviews Justin Sweeting, Co-founder and music director of Magnetic Asia and music director of Sónar Kong Kong after its inaugural edition in Hong Kong.

By Lai DEL ROSARIO

01 Feb 2017

How digital innovation is making it easier to find the ideal creative space

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How is digital innovation making it easier for creatives to find space for artistic production, research, rehearsals, or desk work? How are these platforms redefining our idea of a creative …

By Valentina Riccardi

19 Oct 2016

Asiatopia Performance Conference 2016 | An open space for sharing

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From 13 to 19 October 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand, Asiatopia Performance Conference 2016 gathered over 120 among artists, curators, writers, historians and theorists to discuss and document the development of …

By Claire Wilson

27 Sep 2016

Poets translating poets | A space for meaningful exchange

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Poets Translating Poets is a project of the Goethe-Institut/Max Muller Bhavan Mumbai that brings together poets from Germany, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to translate each other’s poems in …

By Florent Petit

04 Aug 2016

NON Berlin | Asia contemporary art platform

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Korean architect Ido Shin, Director of NON Berlin – an Asia Contemporary Art Platform located in the German capital- shares his views with ASEF culture360 contributor Florent Petit.

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 Katerina Valdivia Bruch

04 Apr 2016

CuratorsLAB | A Programme for Emerging Southeast Asian Curators

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Agung Hujatnikajennong is one of the most interesting and renowned Indonesian curators. What follows is an interview with Katerina Valdivia Bruch, a Berlin-based freelance curator, arts writer and regular contributor …

By Valentina Riccardi

16 Dec 2015

Flipping from the Edge to Feet Planted Firmly on the Ground | Circus on the Edge | Thailand

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Contributed by Jessica Amery The Circus on the Edge project was supported by the Creative Encounters: Cultural Partnerships initiative between Asia and Europe, promoted by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and …

By Valentina Riccardi

12 Nov 2015

German Season in Indonesia | Interview with Heinrich Blömeke, Director Goethe Institut

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ASEF culture360 interviews Heinrich Blömeke, Director of the Goethe Institute in Jakarta, to know more about this important and event and the collaborations that it has initiated between artists in …

By Vanini Belarmino

15 Sep 2015

Franchising Theatre of Realities: An Interview with Stefan KAEGI (Rimini Protokoll)

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If Rimini Protokoll was a multi-national corporation, their profile can be written as such that since its establishment in the year 2000, they have been operating globally, with measurable success …

By Kerrine Goh

15 Jul 2015

“Made in Bangladesh”: Importing and Exporting the Fabric of Kathak | Interview with Vikram Iyengar

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Contributed by Vanini Belarmino   Female Factory Worker: “I think I am special. That’s why I am here.” Supervisor: “You think you are special. You have to be more than …

By Valentina Riccardi

15 Sep 2014

DOK Leipzig Lake Festival: Asia-Europe confluence through Documentary | India

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The second edition of the DOK Leipzig Lake Festival of documentaries was held between April 17 to 21, 2014 at The Lake Resort, Naukuchiatal, Uttarakhand, India.

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 Katerina Valdivia Bruch

29 Aug 2013

Two Singaporean artists in Berlin | Donna Ong | Part II

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In this interview, Donna Ong shares her experiences in Germany’s capital city and how she involves her practice within the context she has been living in.