ASEF Culture360 | Connecting Asia and Europe through arts and culture


By Ian Thomas & Nikki Locke

19 Sep 2023

Taking a People Centred Approach to Cultural Heritage

Over the past five years, the British Council (United Kingdom) has been developing, through an action research programme, a people centred approach to its work around cultural heritage and inclusive …

By Jenny Siung

14 Aug 2023

The role of cultural heritage within cities

Chester Beatty-Faiths in Focus

In 2017, the American Alliance of Museums looked into the future and projected how museums will operate in 2040 and predicted some will move from a static collection-based organisation to …

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 Hugh Davies

15 Feb 2022

Videogames in the Museum, The Museum in Videogames

Videogames are important cultural artifacts. Not only are they expressive instances of contemporary culture, they also represent the latest chapter in humanity’s ancient obsession with games and play.

By Katerina Valdivia Bruch

25 Apr 2017

Women dancers in India and UK at a glance

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Katerina Valdivia Bruch was in India as a bangaloREsident at Natya & STEM Dance Kampni. During her stay in Bangalore, she was able to attend the BENCH India, a conference …

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 Florent Petit

14 Nov 2016

What future for museums in Europe?

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ASEF culture360 contributor Florent Petit explores the current boom of museums throughout Europe and tries to analyse the trends beneath some of the major projects scheduled for the years to …

By Lai DEL ROSARIO

19 Aug 2016

The art of archiving lost things | From Monet to Tracey Emin

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What do Tracey Emin and Claude Monet have in common? Both created works that vanished into thin air and consequently are now part of galleries archiving lost art. Lai DEL …

By Claire Wilson

25 Aug 2015

A foot in each place: Managing the jet set life between Asia and Europe

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ASEF culture360 contributor Claire Rosslyn WILSON talks to artists Jun YANG and Yan PRESTON about their experiences working on projects in both Asia and Europe as they share the challenges …

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 Kerrine Goh

11 Jul 2013

The Key to a Cooler Lumpur

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Last 21 – 23 June 2013 saw a unique kind of art festival taking place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was what the organisers called a literature-inspired festival. It was …

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 …

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 Siddharth

20 Jun 2012

'Tango With Me' to be released in UK

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In what will be one of the biggest releases for a black independent film, Tango With Me will open in major cinemas across the United Kingdom and Ireland this August. …

By Anupama Sekhar

11 Apr 2012

The Bangalore Lysistrata Project: Indo-British Theatre Collaboration

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Indian writer and performer Deepika Arwind looks behind the scenes of the Indo-British collaboration on Aristophanes’ 2,500-year-old play, Lysistrata.