Disappearing Alleys of Yongin: "Remember Them Through Pictures"

'Yongin, Time of the Alley' Exhibition Held at Bojeong-dong Resident Autonomy Center

Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 5th that it will hold the exhibition "Yongin, Time of the Alleys" at the Bojeong-dong Resident Autonomy Center in Giheung-gu until the 30th, focusing on the alleys of Yongin that are disappearing due to development.

The exhibition features 45 urban sketch works expressing the Bojeong-dong cafe street and Sosil Village area from the residents' perspective. The exhibition was promoted last year as part of the sustainable development learning city "Urban Records" project. It was created with works by participants of a program operated for citizens living in Sosil Village, Bojeong-dong cafe street, and other areas, aiming to record the time of the city disappearing due to development.

Citizens who participated in the program learned urban sketching and writing twice a week for three hours each session from professional artists over a month, from October 23 to November 23 last year. Afterwards, through urban exploration, they learned how to view and interpret hidden cityscapes anew and express them through drawings, spending time creating works from their own perspectives.

At the exhibition, 50 postcard copies of the exhibited works will be distributed free of charge daily on a first-come, first-served basis. A city official said, "We will carry out various projects to ensure that many landscapes disappearing due to development and the time contained within them are well preserved as part of the city's history."

Meanwhile, the city plans to conduct this program for residents of Idong-eup and Napsa-eup in Cheoin-gu starting in the second half of this year. Large-scale developments are expected to continue in the Idong and Namsa-eup areas, including a 7.28 million square meter advanced system semiconductor cluster national industrial complex and a 2.28 million square meter Idong public housing district, which will serve as a new city supporting the semiconductor industrial complex.

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