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Incheon Art Platform (IAP, formerly Jung-gu Arts & Culture Center) is a multiplex cultural arts center purchased and developed by Incheon Metropolitan City, transforming the turn of the century structures and nearby buildings in Haean-dong, Jung-gu district as part of the old downtown restoration project. Incheon Art Platform is operated under the auspices of the Incheon Arts and Culture Foundation with artist-in-residency program at its core, fostering the creation of new art by supporting artists in various genres and research scholars in the arts.
ncheon Art Platform’s historic and strategic location enhances the area’s comprehensive revitalization efforts with a specific emphasis on cultural and artistic perspective. IAP offers a nurturing venue for productive creativity in arts and culture. From active production to dissemination, IAP engaging the public with education and arts programs that the city of Incheon promotes as a part of global art community. Both IAP and Incheon city continues to support the effort to realize the dream of creating a cultural city that promotes a creative dialogue between various constituents of artists and audiences from all regions of the world.
ncheon Art Platform’s historic and strategic location enhances the area’s comprehensive revitalization efforts with a specific emphasis on cultural and artistic perspective. IAP offers a nurturing venue for productive creativity in arts and culture. From active production to dissemination, IAP engaging the public with education and arts programs that the city of Incheon promotes as a part of global art community. Both IAP and Incheon city continues to support the effort to realize the dream of creating a cultural city that promotes a creative dialogue between various constituents of artists and audiences from all regions of the world.
- 1. A place that nurtures the creation of new artistic talents
- IAP supports the environment for new creative, diverse artistic genres and programs
- IAP continues to lead the promotion of international artists and supports the discovery of new artistic talents - 2. The platform on which international networks are formed
- IAP forms a network of artists and actively promotes creative exchanges between artists both in Korea and the international art communities
- IAP promotes establishing cultural and artistic exchanges with international art institutions to build cooperative affiliations - 3. Engages the audiences with interactive art and culture
- IAP establishes an alternative cultural space by expanding exhibition programs as well as performing and alternative interactive art offered to the general public
- IAP continues to expand cultural and artistic public education training programs - 4. Essential to the promotion of a dynamic local culture
- IAP develops and implements planned events that emphasize Incheon’s urban characteristics
- IAP contributes to the revitalization of Incheon’s old downtown area through creative cultural and artistic activities
