Gwangju Dong-gu Explores Future Art Directions with 'Miro, Meta Art' Initiative

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 8th that it will actively promote the ‘Miro, Meta Art Project’ to establish global competitiveness in the emerging digital art environment and explore the direction of future art in transformation.

The ‘Miro, Meta Art Project,’ selected as an excellent project for autonomous districts in Gwangju’s ‘Gwangju-type AI New Deal’ contest, is an NFT art bridge-building project that establishes and drives the growth of the local digital art ecosystem through ▲an international digital art competition ▲construction of a metaverse world map as the background of the Art Street ▲operation of online and offline technology camps ▲NFT showcase events ▲linkage with NFT art curation markets.

As the first phase of the ‘Miro, Meta Art Project,’ Dong-gu is conducting the international digital art competition ‘Miro Race: The Moment 2022’ until the 31st to discover and support a global community of NFT creators connecting the local area and the world.

‘Miro Race: The Moment 2022’ is the first case of a local government-led international digital art competition targeting the NFT art market based on blockchain technology, prepared in response to the increasing acceptance of digital art and the growing scale of the NFT art market.

Through the competition, Dong-gu plans to select global issue keywords annually, create digital artworks reflecting these themes, and propose the issue keywords as detailed themes for the competition to ensure continuous operation.

This year’s first competition theme is ‘The Moment 2022,’ with detailed keywords including ▲Borders & Migration ▲Climate Change & Crisis ▲COVID-19 & New Normal. Participants are to complete and submit digital works such as 2D, 3D, animation, video, and generative art that correspond to this year’s keywords.

Eligibility is individuals or groups aged 14 and over, and the participation period is from the 19th to the 31st. To participate, applicants must download the relevant form from the competition website, fill it out, and submit it via email.

Dong-gu will select a total of three winners based on artistic quality, originality, creativity, relevance to the theme, and technical expression: one first prize winner (5 million KRW), one second prize winner (3 million KRW), and one third prize winner (2 million KRW), awarding prize money accordingly.

The selected works will be exhibited on the ‘Metaverse World Map,’ which is being constructed by modeling actual buildings within the Art Street. They will also be displayed at an offline showcase and in the NFT Miro Race collection. For more details, contact the Dong-gu Miro Center.

Im Taek, Mayor of Dong-gu, said, “As modern technology rapidly evolves, the art ecosystem is also evolving into new areas such as digital art and the metaverse. We will successfully promote the ‘Miro, Meta Art Project,’ which will present Dong-gu’s unique artistic direction, and enhance the global competitiveness of local art.”

Meanwhile, since August, Dong-gu has been conducting an ‘NFT Art Technology Experience Education Program’ for about 30 local artists and 10 youths. Prior to the international competition, from October 30 to November 5, a ‘MIRO RACE Test Competition’ was held, and a creator community is currently being operated on the social media platform Instagram.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.