Yeongdeungpo-gu Mayor Chaehyunil Communicates with Local Artists Online

From the 14th, '2021 Open Communication with Residents' Initiative... On the 15th, Communication with Artists... District Mayor Chae Hyun-il Shares and Discusses Current Issues Related to Creating a Cultural City Yeongdeungpo with Participants

Cha Hyun-il, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo District (left), attended the '2021 Open Communication with Residents' event held on the 15th at Yeongdeungpo District Broadcasting Station's 'Studio Tium' and took a commemorative photo with representatives of local artists who participated both online and offline.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Yeongdeungpo-gu (Mayor Cha Hyun-il) opened the new year with a distinctive online communication approach in preparation for its leap as a cultural city.

Starting from the 14th, the district launched the ‘2021 Open Citizen Communication’ event, and on the 15th invited local community artists to share current issues related to the creation of the cultural city Yeongdeungpo and to freely exchange opinions.

Considering the COVID-19 situation, the district limited the number of participants in the ‘2021 Open Citizen Communication’ event to three in person, while the rest attended through a non-face-to-face online method.

Yeongdeungpo-gu Mayor Cha Hyun-il was seated at the district broadcasting station ‘Studio Tium’ together with two leading local cultural artists: Kang Won-jae, CEO of Yeongdeungpo Cultural Foundation, and Yoo Ji-yeon, representative of Yeongdeungpo Sharing Roundtable.

Additionally, seven local artists including Bae Ji-hoon, head of the artistic creation space Seonyu Village, and artists from Mullae Creative Village participated in the discussion remotely via a video conferencing program.

Mayor Cha Hyun-il and the attendees first opened the conversation with New Year greetings and light daily topics. They then shared various current issues for the creation of the cultural city Yeongdeungpo and exchanged opinions on various development plans for the promotion of culture and arts.

In particular, the topics raised included ▲ revitalization projects for the Mullae-dong-based art activity hub area ▲ the timing to expand public-private governance to be designated as a legal cultural city following the approval as a preliminary cultural city ▲ and the promotion of waterfront cultural activities, a key project of the Yeongdeungpo Cultural Foundation.

This communication scene, where lively discussions on cultural and artistic development plans took place by harmonizing offline and online using the latest technology, was broadcast live on the district’s YouTube channel ‘Studio Tium’ for all citizens to watch.

Mayor Cha Hyun-il said, “We prepared this occasion to communicate with local artists at the start of the new year and have candid conversations about the development of culture and arts in the community. We ask for active participation from local artists so that Yeongdeungpo can leap forward as the center of culture leading the southwestern region of Seoul.”

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