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| ACC Information Center Announces New Address
| The Asian Culture Complex Information Center has built a new nest in Cheonha building, Geumnamro 1-ga, Gwangju, where it began operation on October 7, 2008. The ACC Information Center left its old venue where it had been operating for three years for the Edu-Culture Agency for Children, one of the five agencies of the Asian Culture Complex, to be housed there. The newly moved ACC Information Center, designed to provide visitors with a comprehensive view of the Hub City ..................... (more) | | Hub City of Asian Culture White Paper Published What is Hub City of Asian Culture? How has it progressed so far? Where and when is the Asian Culture Complex to be built? Such questions can be answered at once if you look at, and in, the <Hub City of Asian Culture White Paper>. The <White Paper> is a concrete record of the four years\' process of Hub City of Asian Culture Project since it was .............(more)
| | Gwangju ACE Fair 2008 Successfully Held Organized by Gwnagju Metropolitan City and sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the 3rd Gwangju Art Contents & Entertainment Industry Fair was held from September 4th through 7th at Kimdaejung Convention Center in Gwangju. Under the theme of \"Contents Evolve,\" this year\'s ACE Fair was joined by Korea Trade-Investment......... ..(more) | | Imagination is National Competitiveness: 2008 TIF International Forum HeldThe 1st TIF (Technology Imagination Future) International Forum was held for four days starting on November 4th, 2008, in Seoul and Gwangju. Co-organized by Yonsei University\'s Institute of Media Arts, the Office for Hub City of Asian Culture, and Korean Society of Information Design, the Forum is designed to share cultural imagination from various cultural backgrounds, and seek to make use of the cultural imagination ....................................... (more)
| | Feel the Flavor of Asia: Photo Exhibition Reveals Asian KitchensTraditionally in many parts of Asia, kitchens have been regarded as sacred. Though various in name, the god of kitchen was the god of household, so the shrine(kitchen) required to be kept neat and clean. Today the kitchen is less sacred than it used to be, but its representativeness of a household remains more or less the same. The kitchen is not simply a place for cooking food, but a place where people\'s life and culture ................. (more) | | Sound Source and Sound Industry Promotion Seminar Held Organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism\'s Office for Hub City of Asian Culture and hosted by Gwangju Information & Culture Industry Promotion Agency, the Sound Source and Sound Industry Promotion Seminar was held on October 30th, 2008, at Kimdaejung Convention Center, Gwangju. The Seminar was designed to draw some strategic topics as core contents for the Hub City of Asian Culture, and seek development plans for each ........................(more) | | 2008 Asia Culture Forum
‘2008 Asia Culture Forum’ was successfully held the on October 31st at Hub City of Asian Culture, Gwangju by the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. This year’s forum was attended by participants from nationwide, reflecting a growing interest in culture cities and cultural professionals from Europe and Asia under the theme of “Looking to the future of the Asian Culture Complex through the European Capital Cities.........(more) | | 2008 Asia Youth Culture Camp
The Office for Hub City of Asian Culture, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Republic of Korea has held the AYCC from October 30 to November 2, 2008. The purpose of the camp was to entice mutual understanding and recognition of the importance of culture and environment through such diversified approaches as workshops, cultural events, area visits, etc. The “Mission Impossible” tour program took all participants to Hub City of ...........(more) | | The 2nd ASEAN-Korea Meeting on Cultural Collaboration Projects - The ASEAN-Korea Traditional Music Orchestra
A further step was taken to realize a harmony of Asian music cultures. The foundation of the ASEAN-Korea Traditional Music Orchestra was officially announced during the 2nd ASEAN-Korea Meeting on Cultural Collaboration Projects, held for two days from September 25th, 2008, in Seoul (Chung Ang University) and in Gwangju (Ramada Plaza Hotel). Held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Office for Hub City of Asian Culture, the Meeting was attended by ...............(more) | | Talk With a Leading Culture Figure
Hayashida Hideki, Director of the National Art Center, Tokyo, paid a visit to the Office for Hub City of Asian Culture on the 28th of October. Mr. Hayashida, who was on a visit to Korea as a keynote speaker for \'2008 Asia Culture Forum,\' was greeted by Head of Hub City of Asian Culture Project ...................(more) | | Dresden: Its Cultural City Project and Kulturpalast
Historically a German center for the Baroque, a city of art and culture much adored by Friedrich August I in the 17th century, Dresden is the capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony, located between Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. The city\'s two major industries are information technology and culture, with the latter in particular having been a catalyst for the city\'s successful repositioning as a major city of Germany..............(more) | | Sixty-Six Days of Gwangju Biennale 2008Opened on September 5th, 2008, the 7th Gwangju Biennale completed its march of sixty-six days. Under the exhibition tittle of \'Annual Report: A Year in Exhibitions,\' this Biennale was participated by many internationally renowned artists, adding another cultural momentum to Gwangju, Hub City of Asian Culture. The 7th Gwangju Biennale intended to realize an international and open exhibition ..........................(more) |
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