ASEF Culture360 | Connecting Asia and Europe through arts and culture


By Claire Rosslyn Wilson

01 Feb 2024

Key highlights of Asia-Europe creative encounters in 2023

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What happened in the culture field between Asia and Europe in 2023? What were some of the opportunities that helped to connect artists and arts managers? As a platform that …

By Liu Xiaoyi

29 Aug 2023

On the Potential, Shortcomings, and Other Aspects of Writing with Artificial Intelligence

What are the boundaries of human and computer intelligence? What are the limits of artificial intelligence (AI) models? What are the limits of human thought? What even defines human thought? …

By Grey Yeoh

10 Apr 2023

Asia-Europe Cultural Festival Podcast Series: #2 Vignesh Melwani

Asia-Europe Cultural Festival Podcast Series Cover Photo

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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 Sumaira Malik

05 Jan 2023

The future of Asian Folk regional music and its feasibility for Digitization

Digital technologies are now re-shaping popular culture around the world but as a developing country Pakistan is still far behind in terms of digital reach and infrastructure.

By Yasen Vasilev

08 Dec 2022

A Healthy Ecosystem for the Arts in Bulgaria

Ideal conditions for a national ecosystem of the independent performing arts scene in Bulgaria.

By Nicole Chang Shu Fun

31 Jan 2022

Re-interpreting the role of Muzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah | Malaysia

In addition to playing its role in preserving and showcasing cultural or natural heritage, museums play a crucial role in facilitating public education and cultural participation among visitors.

By Claire Rosslyn Wilson

24 Mar 2021

Learning from experience: Supporting diverse voices in the Australian arts sector

How are the arts adapting to the #NewNormal"? One year into the global pandemic, this series presents experiences and stories of #resilience, #adaptation, and success from the arts sector to …

By Nicole Chang Shu Fun

24 Feb 2021

Funding the Arts in Times of Pandemic in Malaysia

How are the arts adapting to the #NewNormal"? Well over 11 months into the global pandemic, this series presents experiences and stories of #resilience, #adaptation, and success from the arts …

By Carina Merin

08 Feb 2021

NEW INSIGHTS, NEW FORESIGHTS: Musings on the Performance Curators Initiatives' Virtual International Symposium 2020

Last October, the Performance Curators Initiatives (PCI), a global network of performance curators based in the Philippines, held its second international symposium entitled "Conversations on Curation and Performance in the …

By Jeffrey Tan

03 Feb 2021

Creating Online Collaborations – the SAME-SAME experience

In this article, creative producer Jeffrey Tan shares the experience of SAME-SAME, an online inclusive collaboration between differently abled artists from Singapore and Australia, developed in time of Covid-19.

By Veeranganakumari Solanki

14 Jan 2021

Funding the Arts in the time of pandemic

This article by Veerangana Solanki looks at various art funding models that emerged in three South Asian ASEM countries – Bangladesh, India, Pakistan – to support artists and art practices …

By James Luigi Tana

04 Jan 2021

Art and Artists’ (Im)Mobility

Last December, culture360 launched a series articles on how the arts are adapting to the "New Normal. Well over 10 months into the global pandemic, this series will present experiences …

By Andrea Abellon

18 Oct 2020

Virtual360 Konnect | Mid-residency: What's happening so far

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The 20 residents of Virtual360 Konnect - Emerging Arts Leaders Virtual Residency Series are on full speed working together on their joint projects.

By Judith Staines

15 Apr 2020

#StayHome #iorestoacasa #Quedateacasa - virtual tours of museums, online performances, webcams and more

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Many of us are confined at home #StayHome during the COVID-19 pandemic. Across Europe and Asia, masses of arts events have sadly been cancelled – festivals, conferences, performances, exhibitions, biennales …

By Vanini Belarmino

22 Feb 2019

Potency of the Invisible | The Sensorial Trail at the National Gallery Singapore

Norwegian scientist and artist, Sissel Tolaas at her laboratory and smell archive in Berlin. Photo: Vanini Belarmino

In the age of social media, our ability to share and access imagery has drastically changed our ways of seeing and being. With the use of our handheld devices, we …