Date: 18-31 October 2018

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Event Type: Summit

ASEM Cultural Festival, titled "Europe meets Asia, Asia meets Europe", an official side-event of the 12th ASEM Summit (ASEM12) hosted by the European Union is gearing up with a diverse range of programming to engage wide audiences in Brussels this October.

Brussels’ architectural masterpiece and leading cultural institution, Centre for Fine Arts-Brussels (BOZAR), provides the perfect setting for this festival. The two-week festival will offer a diverse range of programming from Asia & Europe including performances, exhibitions and conversations. An opening event featuring a specially commissioned digital and music performance under the artistic direction of renowned Belgian visual artist, Honoré d’O will be held on 18 October 2018. A public forum on 22 October 2018 will bring together two leading architects from Asia & Europe for a conversation on the topic of architecture and heritage. Over two weeks, an eclectic mix of music, dance and theatre performances, visual and photography exhibitions and film screenings will be presented.

The festival is organised by Centre for Fine Arts-Brussels with the support of the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and theEuropean Union, the host of Summit.

For enquiries about the programme, please contact: Olivier Delsalle at BOZAR, olivier.delsalle@bozar.be

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