Gwanak-gu to Operate Ontact Youth Culture Zone to Promote Cultural Exchange

Participation in 5 Programs via Pre-Registration from July to October... Programs Offered to Share Interests, Promoting Youth Culture and Building Multiple Networks

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Gwanak-gu (Mayor Park Jun-hee) will operate the ‘Ontact Youth Culture Zone’ from July to October, providing various cultural programs that local youth can freely participate in.

The ‘Ontact Youth Culture Zone’ is a project that utilizes privately owned spaces to offer youth networking spaces and diverse programs. In April, five private space operation sites were selected through a public contest.

First, ‘Itda Cooperative’ presents ‘Wise Emotional Life Arts in the Ontact Era,’ offering programs such as board games, healing horticulture, and healthy dessert making to help young people who are emotionally struggling due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic communicate and relieve fatigue and depression together.

‘Core’ aims to form a cultural enjoyment network for Gwanak youth by collaborating with local craft artists on leather crafts and natural dyeing through the ‘Ontact Youth Enjoyment Workshop Project,’ tailored to the sensibilities of young people.

‘Jaeron Books’ runs ‘Four Roads, One Path,’ a program centered on writing and discussing themes of writing, tea, food, and music. It also provides time for conversations with industry professionals to offer indirect experiences related to career choices for youth interested in employment and job changes.

On Stage Movement invites professional dance and street dance instructors to operate ‘Today I Am Also a Dancer,’ a dance learning program. Online workshops are also held, producing video content that records Gwanak youth sharing their hobbies, directed by professional video directors.

Additionally, by opening practice rooms in compliance with COVID-19 prevention guidelines, local youth are provided with dance practice spaces. Through feedback from professional dancers, participants can enjoy the program and relieve stress from daily life.

‘Salon de Book’ promotes youth networking by offering various cultural programs through lifestyle culture classes such as flower art, bead crafts, daily accessories, and book making.

Each program in the respective spaces will be operated from July to October in non-face-to-face/online and face-to-face formats according to COVID-19 prevention guidelines, and prior registration is required.

For more details on program participation, inquiries can be made to the Gwanak-gu Office Youth Policy Division or the respective program operation spaces.

Park Jun-hee, Mayor of Gwanak-gu, said, “Through the operation of the Ontact Youth Culture Zone, we expect exchanges among youth, who have been stagnant due to COVID-19, to be revitalized, and for local private youth spaces to establish themselves as cultural hubs. We will continue to actively support the Youth Culture Zone so that it can become a space where young people’s diverse cultural needs are met and where they can heal.”

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